Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking The Spine and is a fun way to see what books other bloggers just can't wait to get their hands on!
Alwyn Hamilton
Young Adult/Fantasy
Releases March 2016 from Penguin
From Goodreads:
Guys, Amani sounds like a badass. A sharpshooter? I am 100% on board with that! Also, when I was a little girl the thing I wanted most in all the world was a horse, so anytime I see horses mentioned in a synopsis the little girl in me rears up (see what I did there? Rears? I'm on my game today...) and forces the book either into my hands or into my online shopping cart. Add in a romance and a powerful truth that's going to turn her into a very special snowflake indeed and I'm already counting the days until March!She’s more gunpowder than girl—and the fate of the desert lies in her hands.
Mortals rule the desert nation of Miraji, but mystical beasts still roam the wild and barren wastes, and rumor has it that somewhere, djinni still practice their magic. But there's nothing mystical or magical about Dustwalk, the dead-end town that Amani can't wait to escape from.
Destined to wind up "wed or dead," Amani’s counting on her sharpshooting skills to get her out of Dustwalk. When she meets Jin, a mysterious and devastatingly handsome foreigner, in a shooting contest, she figures he’s the perfect escape route. But in all her years spent dreaming of leaving home, she never imagined she'd gallop away on a mythical horse, fleeing the murderous Sultan's army, with a fugitive who's wanted for treason. And she'd never have predicted she'd fall in love with him...or that he'd help her unlock the powerful truth of who she really is.
