Waiting on Wednesday: We Were Liars & Bright Before Sunrise

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

This week's WoW selection is...

Title: We Were Liars
Author: E. Lockhart
Series: n/a
Publisher: Random House
Publication Date: May 13, 2014

A beautiful and distinguished family.
A private island.
A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.
A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.
A revolution. An accident. A secret.
Lies upon lies.
True love.
The truth.

We Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from National Book Award finalist and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart.
Read it.
And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE.

I am beyond excited by the premise of this book.  I haven't read anything by the author before, but I've heard the most wonderful things.  This one is supposed to be on its way to me, so we'll see if the story and writing hold up against what I've heard.

Title: Bright Before Sunrise
Author: Tiffany Schmidt
Series: n/a
Publisher: Walker Children's
Publication Date: February 18, 2014

When Jonah is forced to move from Hamilton to Cross Pointe for the second half of his senior year, "miserable" doesn't even begin to cover it. He feels like the doggy-bag from his mother's first marriage and everything else about her new life—with a new husband, new home and a new baby—is an upgrade. The people at Cross Pointe High School are pretentious and privileged—and worst of all is Brighton Waterford, the embodiment of all things superficial and popular. Jonah’s girlfriend, Carly, is his last tie to what feels real... until she breaks up with him.

For Brighton, every day is a gauntlet of demands and expectations. Since her father died, she’s relied on one coping method: smile big and pretend to be fine. It may have kept her family together, but she has no clue how to handle how she's really feeling. Today is the anniversary of his death and cracks are beginning to show. The last thing she needs is the new kid telling her how much he dislikes her for no reason she can understand. She's determined to change his mind, and when they're stuck together for the night, she finally gets her chance.

Jonah hates her at 3p.m., but how will he feel at 3 a.m.?

One night can change how you see the world. One night can change how you see yourself.

I thought Schmidt's debut novel -- Send Me a Sign -- was cute and clever and handled some tough subject matter with grace, and I'm excited to see what she does with this new story.  I'm a big fan of hate-to-love stories, so I'm pretty sure this is going to be right up my alley.  Also, how adorbs is that cover?!?

Now that you know what I'm dying to read, what are you waiting on this week?  Feel free to share it in the comments or leave a link so I can stop by!

Labels: bloomsbury, bright before sunrise, contemporary, e. lockhart, must-read, random house, tiffany schmidt, waiting on wednesday (wow), we were liars