Waiting on Wednesday #54

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

The Archived by Victoria Schwab

Summary via Goodreads:
Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books.

Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures that only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive.

Da first brought Mackenzie Bishop here four years ago, when she was twelve years old, frightened but determined to prove herself. Now Da is dead, and Mac has grown into what he once was, a ruthless Keeper, tasked with stopping often-violent Histories from waking up and getting out. Because of her job, she lies to the people she loves, and she knows fear for what it is: a useful tool for staying alive.

Being a Keeper isn't just dangerous—it's a constant reminder of those Mac has lost. Da's death was hard enough, but now her little brother is gone too. Mac starts to wonder about the boundary between living and dying, sleeping and waking. In the Archive, the dead must never be disturbed. And yet, someone is deliberately altering Histories, erasing essential chapters. Unless Mac can piece together what remains, the Archive itself might crumble and fall.

In this haunting, richly imagined novel, Victoria Schwab reveals the thin lines between past and present, love and pain, trust and deceit, unbearable loss and hard-won redemption.

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Why am I waiting on The Archived? Because look at that plot and that cover! But if I'm being completely honest, I mean that I'm waiting to buy a finished copy. As in, I've recently read an ARC and honestly? I freaking loved it. It's one of those books that is really lingering in my mind and thank goodness it's not a standalone! If you use NetGalley, you might want to check out the hundred page sampler of The Archived that they have up (as a Read Now file). 

The Archived by Victoria Schwab is published by Hyperion and its expected publication date is January 22, 2013. 

So, what are you waiting on this week? 
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