Waiting on Wednesday: Outpost by Ann Aguirre (2)

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. It spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. 

For my second WoW post, I've chosen a sequel I've been dreaming about ever since I finished reading book one. Now that it has a cover, I can finally share my enthusiasm with you:

Outpost by Ann Aguirre

Expected publication: September 4th 2012.
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Hardcover, 336 pages


Deuce’s whole world has changed. Now living topside in a community called Salvation, she has a whole new set of problems. Down below, she was considered an adult, and she contributed to the whole. Now, topside, the people of Salvation think she’s a brat in need of training. She hates school, and she doesn’t fit in with the other girls. They’ve spent their lives learning to cook and sew–suitable woman’s work. Deuce only knows how to fight. To make matters worse, Fade keeps her at a distance, and the band of four has broken into fragments.
Stalker presses for a closer relationship, but Deuce sees him as a training partner, and she’s busy trying to find her place in Salvation. She refuses to accept that she’s wrong for being who she is, but tensions rise as she struggles against the status quo. Her feelings for Fade haven’t changed, but he seems not to want her around anymore. Confused and lonely, she starts looking for a way out. 
Once she’s free from school for the year, Deuce pursues a chance to serve in the summer patrols–those responsible for making sure the growers and planters can work the fields without danger of Freak attack. It should have been routine, little fighting, but things have been changing on surface, just as they did below ground. The Freaks are smarter. They’re watching. Waiting. Planning. The monsters don’t intend to let Salvation survive, and it will take a girl like Deuce to turn the tide

Enclave made it to all my lists of favorite 2011 releases. Usually when I love the first book so much, I'm a little scared to read the sequel because my expectations get sky high and I often end up disappointed. I have no such fear with Ann Aguirre. After reading exactly 10 of her novels and loving every single one of them, I trust her completely. There aren't many authors whose books I pre-order without hesitation, but I pre-ordered Outpost months ago, before it even had a cover. 

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