Wishlist Wednesday

Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff’s Aurora Rising

When is it released: May 7th

What is it about?: The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Star pupil Tyler Jones is ready to recruit the squad of his dreams, but his own boneheaded heroism sees him stuck with the dregs nobody else in the Academy would touch…

A cocky diplomat with a black belt in sarcasm
A sociopath scientist with a fondness for shooting her bunkmates
A smart-ass techwiz with the galaxy’s biggest chip on his shoulder
An alien warrior with anger management issues
A tomboy pilot who’s totally not into him, in case you were wondering

And Ty’s squad isn’t even his biggest problem—that’d be Aurora Jie-Lin O’Malley, the girl he’s just rescued from interdimensional space. Trapped in cryo-sleep for two centuries, Auri is a girl out of time and out of her depth. But she could be the catalyst that starts a war millions of years in the making, and Tyler’s squad of losers, discipline-cases and misfits might just be the last hope for the entire galaxy.

They’re not the heroes we deserve. They’re just the ones we could find. Nobody panic.

Why am  I waiting for it: I actually told myself I wouldn’t get hyped for this, and passed up the chance to snag an Illumicrate copy, since I wasn’t sure I’d like a sci-fi themed box. But in the past few weeks, the anticipation for this book has definitely made me more excited for it. Okay, okay, I know it has just been released, but I won’t be getting to it anytime soon. But it is definitely a book I have my sights on. Also, the artwork that keeps getting released for it is so damn fine :O

Is anyone else eagerly anticipating this book? Let me know your thoughts and feelings in the comment section below ❤