11/27: Waiting on Wednesday: The Ring and the Crown by Melissa de la Cruz (Disney Hyperion)

11/27/2013

Happy Wednesday, Reading Nook!

Today, my Waiting on Wednesday pick is The Ring and the Crown, the first book in Melissa de la Cruz's new series with Disney Hyperion.

Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine. It’s a weekly meme that allows bloggers to talk about what upcoming book they’re most looking forward to read!

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Title information:

The Ring and the Crown by Melissa de la Cruz
Hardcover, 336 pages
Expected publication: April 1st 2014 by Disney-Hyperion
ISBN: 1423157427

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Synopsis via Goodreads:

What if the sun never set on the British Empire? A dazzling new alternate history fantasy series by best-selling author Melissa de la Cruz.What if the sun never set on the British Empire? Best-selling author Melissa de la Cruz does "glam of thrones" with this dazzling new alternate history fantasy series.

One will rule, and one will serve

Princess Marie-Elizabeth, heir to the Lily Throne, and Morgan Myrddn, bastard daughter of the Mage of England, grew up together. Quiet and gentle, Marie has never lived up to the ambitions of her mother, Queen Eleanor the Second, Supreme Ruler of the Franco-British Empire. With the help of the Head Merlin, Eleanor has maintained her stranglehold on the world's only source of magic. She rules the most powerful empire the world has ever seen. But Eleanor's extended lifespan is nearing its end. The princess must marry and produce an heir.

When Marie is promised to the heir to the Prussian throne, she turns to Morgan, desperate for help. The best friends form a perilous plan: Morgan, a powerful magician herself, will take on Marie's face, allowing the princess to escape with the boy she loves and live the quiet life she's always wanted. And Morgan will get what she's always dreamed of-the chance to rule.

But the hunger for power in Lenoran England run deeper than anyone could imagine. In the end, there is only rule that matters in Eleanor's court: trust no one.

Why I'm waiting:

This has everything I love in a great book:

* Melissa de la Cruz - I've really liked her since reading her Witches of East End series
* Counterfactual/alternate history! Alternate British history!
* One of my favorite publishers + editors behind the book! Emily Meehan of Disney Hyperion always works on the best books, so I know this will be just as fantastic!

What are you waiting on this week? Let us know!

Also, a reminder: we're still giving away five chances to win a 2014 pre-order of your choice here, and this could be one of them! Be sure to check out the giveaway!

We're also giving away a complete set of Miranda Kenneally's books here!!

About the author:

Melissa de la Cruz (www.melissa-delacruz.com) is the author of many best-selling novels, including all the books in the Blue Bloods series: Blue Bloods,Masquerade, Revelations, The Van Alen Legacy, Keys to the Repository, Misguided Angel, Bloody Valentine, Lost in Time, and Gates of Paradise. She lives in Los Angeles, California with her husband and daughter.

Emily

11/26/2013 02:28:27 pm

Thank you for sharing! Haven't heard of this one before - will have to pre-order this one ASAP!

Jess

11/26/2013 02:48:48 pm

Thanks for reading!! :)

Kimberly

11/26/2013 02:31:39 pm

Thanks for stopping by my WoW post this week! I can't wait for this book either.

- <a href="http://www.turningthepagesx.blogspot.com">Kimberly @ Turning the Pages</a>

Jess

11/26/2013 02:49:04 pm

Thank you for visiting back!! <3

Cricket link

11/26/2013 02:34:59 pm

Loving the sound of this one. Great pick.
Here's my <a href=http://littlelibrarymuse.blogspot.com/2013/11/waiting-on-wednesday-42-dorothy-must.html> WOW</a>

Jess

11/26/2013 02:49:43 pm

Thank you for visiting! I can already tell by your link that I'm going to <3 your WoW! :D

Aly @ My Heart Hearts Book link

11/26/2013 02:58:38 pm

Oh wow, I hadn't heard that Melissa De La Cruz was doing a new series. This is quite the surprise. I hope you enjoy it!

Aly @ My Heart Hearts Books<br><a href="http://myheartheartsbooks.blogspot.com/2013/11/waiting-on-wednesday-26-wish-you-were.html
"> My WoW </a>

Jess

11/30/2013 04:20:30 pm

Thank you so much for stopping by!! :)

Chel

11/26/2013 03:00:03 pm

Melissa is such a popular YA author but I haven't read anything by her. Thanks for sharing this and thanks for stopping by!

<a href="http://to-procrastinate.blogspot.com/2013/11/waiting-on-wednesday-39-proxy.html">My WoW</a>

Jess

11/30/2013 04:20:57 pm

Neither have I, but I'm totally looking forward to this one! And thank you for stopping by as well!! :)

Katie @ The Quiet Girl Talks link

11/26/2013 03:13:01 pm

This sounds great! I really like her Blue Bloods series, so it'll be fun to read more by her:)

Thanks for stopping by my WoW!
Katie @ <a href="http://the-quiet-girl-talks.blogspot.com/">The Quiet Girl Talks</a>

Jess

11/30/2013 04:22:02 pm

Oooh! I'll have to see if you wrote anything on Blue Bloods - I haven't read it, but I have heard great things about it!! :)

Thank you for stopping by!!

Patty link

11/26/2013 05:26:56 pm

Ooooo I haven't seen this one but it sounds great! I quite liked her 'Blue Bloods' series so I'll definitely be checking this one out. Thanks for sharing :)

Jess

11/30/2013 04:19:18 pm

Oooh, you're going to have to tell me what you thought of the Blue Blood Series! I haven't had the chance to read it yet!

And we'll have to swap notes on this one! :]

Athena link

11/26/2013 05:32:10 pm

Ooh I love alternate history stories :)

Here is my WoW http://totalbookgeek.blogspot.be/2013/11/waiting-on-wednesday-alienated.html

Jess

11/30/2013 04:21:17 pm

Can't wait to check out your post!! :) And thank you for stopping by!!

Petra link

11/26/2013 06:19:06 pm

I haven't heard of this one before, but it seems awesome. Thanks for sharing, and thanks for stopping by my WoW! :)

Jess

11/30/2013 04:21:34 pm

Thank you for stopping by too!! :]

Grace Fonseca link

11/26/2013 09:06:12 pm

Nice pick. I hadn't even heard of this one before. I like the concept of it a lot.

Grace

Jess

11/30/2013 04:19:45 pm

Isn't it an awesome concept? :D I love alternate history!

Thank you for stopping by! <3

kleinbrina link

11/26/2013 09:19:03 pm

Great pick. I love Melissa de la Cruz so much. She's awesome!

My WoW: http://kleinbrina.wordpress.com/2013/11/27/waiting-on-wednesday-20/

Jess

11/30/2013 04:22:23 pm

Right? She's so versatile!!

Can't wait to see what you picked!! :)

Shane Morgan

11/26/2013 10:51:58 pm

Great pick. Sounds interesting.

Happy Wednesday!

<a href="http://www.itchingforbooks.com/2013/11/waiting-on-wednesday-75-evermore-by-rae.html">My WoW</a>

Jess

11/30/2013 04:22:52 pm

Happy Wednesday to you too! :) Thanks for stopping by, and can't wait to see what you picked!!

Laurel-Rain Snow link

11/26/2013 11:04:06 pm

I've never read this author, but now I must explore and add to my list. Thanks for sharing...and for visiting my blog.

Kaniesha

11/27/2013 12:01:24 am

Nice pick! I haven't read anything by the author yet but a few of her books are on my TBR.

Michelle & Leslie's Book Picks link

11/27/2013 12:17:54 am

i've never read a book by melissa de la cruz and i feel that as a self-respecting YA fan, I really should pick up one of her books. she's one of those mainstays in the genre, yeah? anyway, awesome pick! i'm adding it to my wish list :)

hope you can stop by <b><a href="http://booksandmakeup.blogspot.com/2013/11/book-i-covet-secrets-of-lily-graves-by.html">my WoW post</a></b>.

-michelle @ Michelle & Leslie's Book Picks

Jenn @ Books and Swoons link

11/27/2013 12:33:53 am

Oooh looks good! Hope you enjoy it once it comes out.

Here's my <a href="http://booksandswoons.blogspot.com/2013/11/waiting-on-wednesday-36.html">WoW</a>.

Cyn link

11/27/2013 01:36:38 am

Great pick Jess! I'm always up for alternate history/fantasy! Will definitely need to check this out! Thanks for sharing & stopping Bookmunchies (:

Yvonne link

11/27/2013 01:43:47 am

Sounds like a good choice!

magan bagan link

11/27/2013 03:07:35 am

I'd forgotten I'd heard Melissa talk about this at one of her tour stops when Frozen came out. This definitely sounds interesting and I can't wait to check it out!

Nikki link

11/27/2013 03:41:56 am

Oooh, I love alternate history!! This sounds super intriguing, definitely adding it to my TBR list :D

Sandra link

11/27/2013 04:27:12 am

I've never read a book by this author before. I don't know why I haven't - I should really try something of hers. Thanks for sharing.

Shaheen @ Speculating on SpecFic link

11/27/2013 05:06:12 am

I hadn't heard of this before but it sounds really cool! Thanks for sharing :-)

Shaheen @ Speculating on SpecFic
<a href="http://www.speconspecfic.com/2013/11/27/waiting-wednesday-63/" rel="nofollow">Check out what I'm waiting on!</a>

YA Book Addict link

11/27/2013 05:15:24 am

What a great pick this week!!! Thanks for sharing!!
Thank you for stopping by and checking out my WoW: http://youngadultbookaddict.blogspot.com.au/2013/11/waiting-on-wednesday-46-murder-complex.html

Have a great day!! :)

Megan Nicole link

11/27/2013 06:21:25 am

Haven't read anything by Melissa de la Cruz but I hear that her books are really good, plus I really want to read this series! Great pick!

Samantha Stewart link

11/27/2013 06:46:33 am

Why have I never heard of this book before?! It sounds so freaking awesome! I'm excited now to see what happens with Morgan and Marie and see how everything turns out. Great pick! :D

Amber R link

11/27/2013 11:04:49 am

This sounds so good! I've never read anything like this but I'm intrigued. Putting it on my TBR!

Jess

11/30/2013 04:18:29 pm

YAY! :) So glad!! We'll have to swap notes on what we think! Thank you so much for stopping by!!!

Rachel @ Paper Cuts link

11/27/2013 01:07:47 pm

WHAAAA?? How have I missed that this book exists? Excuse me whilst I have an attack of excitement! AH, great pick!!!

Jess

11/30/2013 04:16:48 pm

:D :D I pretty much had the same reaction too!

Thank you so much!! <3

Zareena link

11/27/2013 03:40:35 pm

This looks so good! Nice pick ;) Thanks for stopping by!

<a href="http://booksandbooksreviews.blogspot.co.uk">Zareena @ Books and Books</a>

Nadia @ Nadia Reads link

11/27/2013 03:53:00 pm

Sounds really cool! I've never read anything by Melissa De La Cruz

Jess

11/30/2013 04:17:38 pm

:D I think so too! Thank you so much for visiting!!

Andrea @ The Bookish Babe link

11/27/2013 11:25:06 pm

Nice pick! I've never read any of de la Cruz's books, but I've heard they're good. Thanks for sharing!

Jess

11/30/2013 04:13:02 pm

Thank you so much for visiting!! <3

Kazhy link

11/28/2013 12:17:43 am

Wow, I didn't know Melissa's gonna have another series! Another addition to my TBR list, then. Great pick!

Thanks for dropping by my WoW post! :D

- Kazhy @ <a href="http://mylibraryinthemaking.blogspot.com/">My Library in the Making</a>

Jess

11/30/2013 04:11:07 pm

Yay! So glad my WoW was helpful!! :]

Thank you so much for visiting!!

Mel link

11/28/2013 11:09:49 am

Wow I had no idea she had a British Empire series coming out. Thanks for the heads up. I will add this to my list! :)

Jess

11/30/2013 04:10:07 pm

YAY! :D So glad that this was helpful!!

Thank you so much for visiting! :)

Kaitlin link

11/28/2013 11:19:02 am

Melissa de la Cruz is such a versatile writer. I've only read a few of her Blue Bloods books, but I've looked into her other books. All her series seem to be really different from one another.

Jess

11/30/2013 04:09:36 pm

Hope you'll want to check this one out too! :]

Thank you so much for visiting!!

Ellie

12/1/2013 11:53:16 am

Awesome pick, thanks for stopping by!

Naomi @ Nomi’s Paranormal Palace link

12/2/2013 06:17:20 am

It sounds like an awesome read. I love Fantasy books, nice Wow choice!!

Naomi @ <a href=http://nomisparanormalpalace.blogspot.com.au>Nomi’s Paranormal Palace</a>

Aleksandra @ Aleksandra's Corner link

12/2/2013 08:51:59 pm

Wow, this one sounds amazing, thank you so much for sharing, I'll add it on my wishlist :)

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