Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted over at Wishful Endings to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about but haven’t yet read. Most of the time they’re books that have yet to be released, but not always. It’s based on the Waiting on Wednesday meme, which was originally hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.
This week my Can’t-Wait-For Book is Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger!
Genres: Fantasy, Contemporary or Urban Fantasy
Representation: Lipan Apache MC
Published on: 16th April 2024
Goodreads
Darcie Little Badger's Elatsoe launched her career and in the years since has become a beloved favorite. This prequel to Elatsoe, centered on Ellie's grandmother, deepens and expands Darcie's one-of-a-kind world and introduces us to another cast of characters that will wend their way around readers' hearts.
Shane works with her mother and their ghost dogs, tracking down missing persons even when their families can't afford to pay. Their own family was displaced from their traditional home years ago following a devastating flood - and the loss of Shane's father and her grandparents. They don't think they'll ever get their home back.
Then Shane's mother and a local boy go missing, after a strange interaction with a fairy ring. Shane, her brother, her friends, and her lone, surviving grandparent - who isn't to be trusted - set off on the road to find them. But they may not be anywhere in this world - or this place in time.
Nevertheless, Shane is going to find them.
Do you know Elatsoe??? If you do not, I have good news for you: it’s an amazing contemporary fantasy in a world like ours but where all sorts of magics are real and thriving, and it’s a very awesome story about a girl and her ghost-dog with illustrations by Rovina Cai! You should go read it immediately.
If you do know Elatsoe, I have good news for you: WE’RE GETTING A PREQUEL! Following Elatsoe’s amazing grandmother! Who USES GHOST-DOGS TO TRACK DOWN MISSING PEOPLE! How ridiculously amazing is that?!
I – like lots of people! – loved the world of Elatsoe, and am so excited-delighted to get to see it again – I would have been happy to do so no matter WHAT Little Badger chose to write about in this verse. But this??? This sounds EXTRA amazing! Of all the characters to feature, I’m so happy we’re getting Elatsoe’s grandmother – she was such a cool figure in the background of Elatsoe, with how her life and work with the ghost-dogs influenced Elatsoe.
And now we’ll get to see her up close! Plus – is that blurb implying Shane will have to travel out of the world to find her mom and the missing boy?!
It’s only a week until we find out – you still have time to preorder yourself a copy!
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