Waiting on Wednesday (4)

Waiting on Wednesday was started by Jill at Breaking the Spine. It features upcoming releases we can't wait to get our hands on.

This week's pick is...

So Shelly

Ty Roth

Coming February 8, 2011 - Preorder it below

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From Goodreads:

Until now, high school junior, John Keats, has only tiptoed near the edges of the vortex that is schoolmate and literary prodigy, Gordon Byron. That is, until their mutual friend, Shelly, drowns in a sailing accident.

After stealing Shelly's ashes from her wake at Trinity Catholic High School, the boys set a course for the small Lake Erie island where Shelly's body had washed ashore and to where she wished to be returned. It would be one last "so Shelly" romantic quest. At least that's what they think. As they navigate around the obstacles and resist temptations during their odyssey, Keats and Gordon glue together the shattered pieces of Shelly's and their own pasts while attempting to make sense of her tragic and premature end.

My thoughts:

1. It's a 2011 debut.

2. It sounds (and the cover looks) like it's going to be mysterious and creepy, in a good way.

3. I have no idea if it's written in first or third person, but it's a guy's POV and there just aren't enough of those in my opinion.