Passenger by Alexandra Bracken
Out: 1/5
From Goodreads:
passage, n.
i. A brief section of music composed of a series
of notes and flourishes.
ii. A journey by water; a voyage.
iii. The transition from one place to another,
across space and time.
In one devastating night, violin prodigy Etta Spence
loses everything she knows and loves.
Thrust into an unfamiliar world by a stranger with a dangerous agenda,
Etta is certain of only one thing: she has traveled not just miles but years
from home. And she’s inherited a legacy
she knows nothing about from a family whose existence she’s never heard
of. Until now.
Nicholas Carter is content with his life at sea,
free from the Ironwoods—a powerful family in the colonies—and the servitude he’s
known at their hands. But with the
arrival of an unusual passenger on his ship comes the insistent pull of the
past that he can’t escape and the family that won’t let him go so easily. Now the Ironwoods are searching for a stolen
object of untold value, one they believe only Etta, Nicholas’ passenger, can
find. In order to protect her, he must
ensure she brings it back to them—whether she wants to or not.
Together, Etta and Nicholas embark on a perilous
journey across centuries and continents, piecing together clues left behind by
the traveler who will do anything to keep the object out of the Ironwoods’
grasp. But as they get closer to the
truth of their search, and the deadly game the Ironwoods are playing,
treacherous forces threaten to separate Etta not only from Nicholas but from
her path home…forever.
Why I’m Waiting:
Do we need to re-read the description? Seriously time travel and a mystery/scavenger
hunt through time and space. Plus it involves
a ship, so many yummy Captains come to mind, and hints at romance. I’m interested. Plus while I have not yet finished The
Darkest Minds series (I know I’m so behind) it is in no way because I don’t
enjoy them, just life and constant interruptions. Also technically I’m not waiting on it as I
was lucky enough to get an ARC of this which I plan to start soon but still I’ll
need the beautiful hardcover edition to go on my shelf with the other books
since that is my favorite format!
