Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous Jill at Breaking the Spine!
Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
With her newly completed PhD in astronomy in hand, twenty-eight-year-old Grace Porter goes on a girls’ trip to Vegas to celebrate. She’s a straight A, work-through-the-summer certified high achiever. She is not the kind of person who goes to Vegas and gets drunkenly married to a woman whose name she doesn’t know…until she does exactly that.
This one moment of departure from her stern ex-military father’s plans for her life has Grace wondering why she doesn’t feel more fulfilled from completing her degree. Staggering under the weight of her father’s expectations, a struggling job market and feelings of burnout, Grace flees her home in Portland for a summer in New York with the wife she barely knows.
In New York, she’s able to ignore all the annoying questions about her future plans and falls hard for her creative and beautiful wife, Yuki Yamamoto. But when reality comes crashing in, Grace must face what she’s been running from all along—the fears that make us human, the family scars that need to heal and the longing for connection, especially when navigating the messiness of adulthood.
Released: February 23rd, 2021
Apparently this is less of a romance than initially advertised but I’m still excited. I read a recent review that this is super relatable for those right out of college, but don’t know what’s gonna happen next, which is the nebulous area if life I’ve been living in for a couple months. Plus the cover is gorgeous!
Roman and Jewel by Dana L. Davis
Jerzie Jhames will do anything to land the lead role in Broadway’s hottest new show, Roman and Jewel, a Romeo and Juliet inspired hip-hopera featuring a diverse cast and modern twists on the play. But her hopes are crushed when she learns mega-star Cinny won the lead…and Jerzie is her understudy.
Falling for male lead Zeppelin Reid is a terrible idea–especially once Jerzie learns Cinny wants him for herself. Star-crossed love always ends badly. But when a video of Jerzie and Zepp practicing goes viral and the entire world weighs in on who should play Jewel, Jerzie learns that while the price of fame is high, friendship, family, and love are priceless.
Released January 5th, 2021
Man, saying “getting the Hamilton treatment” got me way more excited than I thought I would. Plus, I love books set in theaters!
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Honey Girl sounds like such an amazing read! And you’re right, that cover is gorgeous.
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I will have to keep an eye out for Honey Girl. It sounds really good. And it’s nice to know going in that it isn’t a romance per say–knowing that helps control expectations. Roman and Jewel sounds really good too! That one is new to me. I hope you enjoy both of these when you read them!
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