Waiting on Wednesday

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine where we spotlight some much anticipated releases.

This week my pick is: 

The Gift (Witch and Wizard #2)

By: James Patterson

Published by: Little Brown Books for Young Readers

Released December 13, 2010

Synopsis from Goodreads: When Whit & Wisty were imprisoned by the wicked forces of the totalitarian regime known as the New Order, they were barely able to escape with their lives. Now part of a hidden community of teens like themselves, Whit and Wisty have established themselves as leaders of the Resistance, willing to sacrifice anything to save kids kidnapped and brutally imprisoned by the New Order.

But the One has other plans in store for them: He needs Wisty, for she is "The One Who Has the Gift." While trying to figure out what that means, Whit and Wisty's suspenseful adventures through Overworld and Shadowland lead to a jaw-dropping climax and conclusion: the highly-anticipated fulfillment of the heart-pounding opening prologue of book one... The Execution of the Allgoods.

I usually don't like James Patterson, but one of my roommates had the first book in this series last year and I needed something to read. I would like to say that I was pleasantly surprised, although the book did leave off at an epic cliffhanger. The characters are fun and pretty interesting and I loved trying to figure out the popular references in the book. This is a pretty close release, so maybe I'll ask for this for Christmas.

What are you waiting for?

P.S. - I swear that I have been reading. I finished three books in the last week but I've been at my field placement and I had to write a paper on Esperanto. Reviews will be coming, I promise, now that I don't have classes.