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Waiting on Wednesday #19.

Title: Icons
Author: Margaret Stohl
Genre: YA
Expected Publication Date: 7th May 2013
Publisher: Little Brown Books

Goodreads Summary: Your heart beats only with their permission.

Everything changed on The Day. The day the windows shattered. The day the power stopped. The day Dol's family dropped dead. The day Earth lost a war it didn't know it was fighting.

Since then, Dol has lived a simple life in the countryside -- safe from the shadow of the Icon and its terrifying power. Hiding from the one truth she can't avoid.

She's different. She survived. Why?

When Dol and her best friend, Ro, are captured and taken to the Embassy, off the coast of the sprawling metropolis once known as the City of Angels, they find only more questions. While Ro and fellow hostage Tima rage against their captors, Dol finds herself drawn to Lucas, the Ambassador's privileged son. But the four teens are more alike than they might think, and the timing of their meeting isn't a coincidence. It's a conspiracy.

Within the Icon's reach, Dol, Ro, Tima, and Lucas discover that their uncontrollable emotions -- which they've always thought to be their greatest weaknesses -- may actually be their greatest strengths.

Bestselling author Margaret Stohl delivers the first book in a heart-pounding series set in a haunting new world where four teens must piece together the mysteries of their pasts -- in order to save the future.

{ Thoughts }

I'm still totally captivated by the first line of the blurb. Your heart beats only with their permission. How sinister! There seem to be loads of stories about wars on Earth these days and to be honest I'm not really into those sorts of stories but this one sounds pretty interesting. I also couldn't help but laugh at the names of the characters - Dol, Ro and Tima - the randomest names I've ever heard of!

What's everyone else waiting for?

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