Can't Wait Wednesday #272

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous Jill at Breaking the Spine.

Love, magic, gods, and monsters collide in the thrilling conclusion to the Soul of Shadow trilogy!

When Charlie Hudson awakens after her Trial, it’s to find that nothing will ever be the same. The king of the gods is plotting to destroy Asgard. Charlie and her brother are trapped a world away from the people they love most. And worst of all, she’s become the very thing she hates a night mare.

Charlie’s transition is anything but smooth. Stuck in Helheim Palace, she must train her new shadow magic alongside dozens of soulless mares who would gladly turn her over to the enemy if they discovered she’s Loki’s true heir.

Her only hope is Elias Everhart, her once-sworn enemy who has somehow become one of her closest allies. He’s promised to help train her mare abilities—an easy idea in theory, if her magic weren’t malfunctioning… and if being near Elias didn’t make the darkness within Charlie grow bigger and more all consuming by the day. Charlie is in a race against time to reconcile the powers warring within her. Because if the threat on Asgard isn’t enough to kill her… love certainly will be.

In Dreams of Ruin, the only thing worse than becoming a night mare, is loving one.

I still need to start this series but I like the vibes it gives off! So I'm adding this one to the list! Lol.

TITLE: Dreams of Ruin
AUTHOR: Emma Noyes
PUBLISHER: Wednesday Books
GENRE: YA Fantasy
RELEASE DATE: November 17, 2026

A teen investigates the history of disappearances on her island home and uncovers a dark, magical secret in this swoony romantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of the Hush, Hush saga, Becca Fitzpatrick.

A teen beauty queen has vanished from idyllic Tea Kettle Island, and all evidence points to the girl's ex-boyfriend, Sascha Sinner. When a local vigilante group posts a hefty reward for his capture, seventeen-year-old Bunny decides to go after it-and him-hoping the prize money will help her save her grandmother's failing farm.

Sascha, however, insists he didn't do it. And he wants Bunny to help him prove his innocence. Bunny's less sure, but when yet another disappearance reveals a hidden history of missing girls-a history that includes her own mother-she has to admit something is at play.

Her search for the truth takes her to the very edges of town, into its darkly magical past, and dredges up secrets the other townsfolk would rather not surface. All the while, there are devilish creatures stalking the woods, devilishly handsome young men with more than their fair share of darkness, and the very devil to pay if Bunny can't figure out what, exactly, is taking the girls of Tea Kettle Island...

I am SOOOOOO excited Becca has a new book coming out this year! I LOVED The Hush, Hush series and I LOVED her two standalone thrillers she wrote after that! So I am TOTALLY NEEDING this book in my life! 

TITLE: Vanishing Beauties
AUTHOR: Becca Fitzpatrick
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
GENRE: YA Dark Fantasy
RELEASE DATE: December 1, 2026