Waiting on Wednesday: Darkest Mercy

Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.

Quick question: Do you love the Wicked Lovely series by Melissa Marr? Because I know I do. And over the weekend, the cover for the final book in the series, titled Darkest Mercy, was released on Melissa's livejournal page. She says it's not quite perfect yet, but still, is this a beautiful cover or what?

The flap copy was also released not too terribly long ago: 


“Send the messengers for the faery courts. This is the end.”
The Summer King is missing; the Dark Court is bleeding; and a stranger walks the streets of Huntsdale, his presence signifying the deaths of powerful fey.

Aislinn tends the Summer Court, searching for her absent king and yearning for Seth. Torn between his new queen and his old love, Keenan works from afar to strengthen his court against the coming war. Donia longs for fiery passion even as she coolly readies the Winter Court for battle. And Seth, sworn brother of the Dark King and heir to the High Queen, is about to make a mistake that could cost his life.

Love, despair, and betrayal ignite the faery courts, and in the final conflict, some will win…and some will lose everything.

The exhilarating conclusion to Melissa Marr’s New York Times bestselling Wicked Lovely series will leave readers breathless.


I am so, so excited for this book! If you haven't read the Wicked Lovely series, I don't know why you're still reading this blog post. Go to your local bookstore or library right now and pick them up. The books, in order, are Wicked Lovely, Ink Exchange, Fragile Eternity, and Radiant Shadows. They're full of faeries and romance and danger and excitement and suspense and magic and pretty things and...well, and all sorts of other amazing things.


So, my WoW pick this week is Darkest Mercy, because as sad as I will be to see the series end, I absolutely cannot wait to find out what happens to Ash and Seth and Donia and the rest. After reading Radiant Shadows, I hope to see a bit more of Ani and Devlin too. 


Darkest Mercy (HarperCollins) will be released in February 2011. Here's to hoping we can all wait that long. :)