THE WINNER'S CURSE Extravaganza, Day IV!

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There are less than TWO WEEKS TO GO until one of this year's biggest YA titles, THE WINNER'S CURSE by Marie Rutkoski, releases into the wild!

I was lucky enough to read this book last summer, and I've been DYING to talk about it with you, to hear your thoughts as you read it for the first time.

...And, with all the hype and buzz lately, I'm already anticipating an upcoming re-read!

Damaris from Good Choice Reading and Macmillan have come up with a fun, week-long celebration in anticipation of the book's launch, so look forward to fun quotes here, as well as on my Twitter, Pinterest, and Tumblr accounts!

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...did you enjoy that brief taste of this amazing book?

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Marie Rutkoski is the author of The Kronos Chronicles, including The Cabinet of Wonders and The Celestial Globe. The Cabinet of Wonders, her debut novel, was named an Indie Next Kids’ List Great Read and a Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year, among other honors. Rutkoski grew up in Bolingbrook, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago), as the oldest of four children. She attended the University of Iowa, where she took Writers’ Workshop classes and studied with Pulitzer Prize-winner James Alant McPherson. After graduating, she lived in Moscow and Prague. Upon receiving her Ph.D. from Harvard University, she held dual appointments as a lecturer there in both English and American Literature and Language, and History and Literature. Rutkoski is currently a professor at Brooklyn College, where she teaches Renaissance Drama, children’s literature and creative writing. She lives in New York City with her husband and cat.

Visit Marie's website, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!

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Title: THE WINNER'S CURSE

Author: Marie Rutkoski

Release Date: Out March 04, 2014

Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux / Macmillan

SUMMARY:

Winning what you want may cost you everything you love 

As a general's daughter in a vast empire that revels in war and enslaves those it conquers, seventeen-year-old Kestrel has two choices: she can join the military or get married. But Kestrel has other intentions. 

One day, she is startled to find a kindred spirit in a young slave up for auction. Arin's eyes seem to defy everything and everyone. Following her instinct, Kestrel buys him—with unexpected consequences. It's not long before she has to hide her growing love for Arin. 

But he, too, has a secret, and Kestrel quickly learns that the price she paid for a fellow human is much higher than she ever could have imagined.

Set in a richly imagined new world, The Winner's Curse is a story of deadly games where everything is at stake, and the gamble is whether you will keep your head or lose your heart.