Waiting on Wednesday {4}

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

Since I missed last week I'm going to have 2 picks this week. Both will be released in May 2012 and both sound AMAZING!!

No Safety in Numbers, Dayna Lorentz

Release Date: 5/29/2012 by Dial Books

Goodreads / Amazon

Synopsis from Goodreads:  Life As We Knew It meets Lord of the Flies in a mall that looks just like yours...

A biological bomb has just been discovered in the air ducts of a busy suburban mall. At first nobody knows if it's even life threatening, but then the entire complex is quarantined, people start getting sick, supplies start running low, and there's no way out. Among the hundreds of trapped shoppers are four teens.

These four different narrators, each with their own stories, must cope in unique, surprising styles, changing in ways they wouldn't have predicted, trying to find solace, safety, and escape at a time when the adults are behaving badly.

This is a gripping look at people and how they can—and must—change under the most dire of circumstances.

And not always for the better.

The Hunt, Andrew Fukuda

Release Date: 5/8/2012 by St. Martin's Griffin

Goodreads / Amazon

Synopsis from Goodreads:  "A book that grabs you by the throat and doesn't let go. "The Hunt "is both terrifying and sublime, with every page evoking that fragile, yet unyielding thing we call humanity." --Andrea Cremer, "New York Times "bestselling author of the Nightshade Trilogy

In a world where humans have been eaten to near extinction, seventeen-year-old Gene has only managed to survive by painstakingly concealing his true species. If the bloodthirsty creatures surrounding him knew what he really was--a human--he would be devoured swiftly and terribly. When Gene is chosen to participate in the government-sponsored hunt for the last remaining humans, it thrusts him into the fight of his life--and into the path of a human girl who makes him feel things he never thought possible. Now, he must learn the art of the hunt and elude his fellow hunters whose suspicions about his true human nature are growing. But most importantly, Gene and the girl he loves must find a way to forge a life together in a brutal world that's bent on their destruction.

With his propulsive plot and highly developed characters, readers will find it impossible to resist the vivid world Andrew Fukuda has created in this stunning standout debut. Readers craving a book that grips and mesmerizes them like "The Hunger Games "will love "The Hunt."

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So there's mine. What's your WOW pick this week? Also, if you want to participate, head on over to Breaking the Spine and link up!!

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