Waiting on Wednesday (2)

Shannon Hale has been one of my favorite authors for a while now. Though I have not loved absolutely everything she's done, several of her books are some of my very favorites. One of the ones that I just love to pieces, also the first Hale book I ever read, is Princess Academy. I just found out during this last week that there's a sequel coming out soon (August 21 by Bloomsbury). I need to get my hands on this!!!

Synopsis from Goodreads:
Coming down from the mountain to a new life in the city seems a thrill beyond imagining. When Miri and her friends from Mount Eskel set off to help the future princess Britta prepare for her royal wedding, she is happy about her chance to attend school in the capital city. There, Miri befriends students who seem so sophisticated and exciting . . . until she learns that they have some frightening plans. They think that Miri will help them, that she should help them. Soon Miri finds herself torn between loyalty to the princess and her new friends’ ideas, between an old love and a new crush, and between her small mountain home and the bustling city.

Picking up where Princess Academy left off, this incredible stand-alone story celebrates the joys of friendship, the delight of romance, and the fate of a beloved fairy tale kingdom.