is a weekly meme hosted here, at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous Jill at Breaking the Spine. If you’re continuing with WOW, feel free to link those up as well! Find out more here.
The Taking of Jake Livingston
by Ryan Douglass
Hardcover, 308 pages
Expected publication: July 13th 2021 by Putnam
Get Out meets Danielle Vega in this YA horror where survival is not a guarantee.
Jake Livingston is one of the only Black kids at St. Clair Prep, one of the others being his infinitely more popular older brother. It’s hard enough fitting in but to make matters worse and definitely more complicated, Jake can see the dead. In fact he sees the dead around him all the time. Most are harmless. Stuck in their death loops as they relive their deaths over and over again, they don’t interact often with people. But then Jake meets Sawyer. A troubled teen who shot and killed six kids at a local high school last year before taking his own life. Now a powerful, vengeful ghost, he has plans for his afterlife–plans that include Jake. Suddenly, everything Jake knows about ghosts and the rules to life itself go out the window as Sawyer begins haunting him and bodies turn up in his neighborhood. High school soon becomes a survival game–one Jake is not sure he’s going to win.
Let’s start with the cover…I am so loving this cover. I love the text placement and the spooky hands. LOVE IT! I am looking forward to the diverse representation in this book. This is one of my most anticipated! I plan to grab it as soon as it is released!
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Michelle xx
This sounds like my kind of read! Definitely adding this to my to read list.
That does sound interesting! And I like the cover too.
Karen @For What It’s Worth
I’m not a huge horror reader but this does sound and look like a fun read!