Waiting on Wednesday #173

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking The Spine where you can spotlight an upcoming release that you're eagerly anticipating.

This week I'm waiting on.....  

Daughter of the Burning City by Amanda Foody Releases on: July 25th 2017 Add on Goodreads!   A darkly irresistible new fantasy set in the infamous Gomorrah Festival, a traveling carnival of debauchery that caters to the strangest of dreams and desires.

Sixteen-year-old Sorina has spent most of her life within the smoldering borders of the Gomorrah Festival. Yet even among the many unusual members of the traveling circus-city, Sorina stands apart as the only illusion-worker born in hundreds of years. This rare talent allows her to create illusions that others can see, feel and touch, with personalities all their own. Her creations are her family, and together they make up the cast of the Festival’s Freak Show.

But no matter how lifelike they may seem, her illusions are still just that—illusions, and not truly real. Or so she always believed…until one of them is murdered.

Desperate to protect her family, Sorina must track down the culprit and determine how they killed a person who doesn’t actually exist. Her search for answers leads her to the self-proclaimed gossip-worker Luca, and their investigation sends them through a haze of political turmoil and forbidden romance, and into the most sinister corners of the Festival. But as the killer continues murdering Sorina’s illusions one by one, she must unravel the horrifying truth before all of her loved ones disappear.

Thoughts:
There's been some really wonderful circus/travelling carnival tales recently that I've very much enjoyed, and Daughter of the Burning City looks like it'll be the latest one to steal my heart and capture my imagination. Everything about this description has me perking up in interest; amazing abilities, danger, murder, forbidden romance....it all screams brilliant read!

Does Daughter of the Burning City sound like something YOU would want to read?

And what are you waiting on this week?