Waiting on Wednesday (30)

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that you are eagerly anticipating.

And I Darken by Kiersten White
Genre: Young Adult/Historical Fiction
Page Length: 475 pages
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Publication Date: June 28, 2016

About And I Darken (via Goodreads):

NO ONE EXPECTS A PRINCESS TO BE BRUTAL. And Lada Dragwlya likes it that way. Ever since she and her gentle younger brother, Radu, were wrenched from their homeland of Wallachia and abandoned by their father to be raised in the Ottoman courts, Lada has known that being ruthless is the key to survival. She and Radu are doomed to act as pawns in a vicious game, an unseen sword hovering over their every move. For the lineage that makes them special also makes them targets.

Lada despises the Ottomans and bides her time, planning her vengeance for the day when she can return to Wallachia and claim her birthright. Radu longs only for a place where he feels safe. And when they meet Mehmed, the defiant and lonely son of the sultan, who’s expected to rule a nation, Radu feels that he’s made a true friend—and Lada wonders if she’s finally found someone worthy of her passion.

But Mehmed is heir to the very empire that Lada has sworn to fight against—and that Radu now considers home. Together, Lada, Radu, and Mehmed form a toxic triangle that strains the bonds of love and loyalty to the breaking point.

This book sounds so amazing... I don't even know what else to say. The plot sounds so intense and intriguing, and this book is definitely one of my highly anticipated reads of this year! And I just found out that it's also a reimagining of Vlad the Impaler, but instead of Vlad, it's Princess Lada. Which makes the book sound even more glorious and fascinating.