Waiting on Wednesday #76: To Best The Boys by Mary Weber

Posted February 20, 2019 by Melissa Robles in Waiting on Wednesday / 0 Comments

Hi everyone! Welcome to another “Waiting on Wednesday” post (meme hosted by Breaking the Spine!).

This week I am waiting on:

To Best the Boys by Mary Weber
Published by Thomas Nelson ISBN: 0718080963
on March 5, 2019
Genres: YA Fantasy
Pages: 352
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Every year for the past fifty-four years, the residents of Pinsbury Port receive a mysterious letter inviting all eligible-aged boys to compete for an esteemed scholarship to the all-male Stemwick University. Every year, the poorer residents look to see that their names are on the list. The wealthier look to see how likely their sons are to survive. And Rhen Tellur opens it to see if she can derive which substances the ink and parchment are created from, using her father’s microscope.

In the province of Caldon, where women are trained in wifely duties and men are encouraged into collegiate education, sixteen-year-old Rhen Tellur wants nothing more than to become a scientist. As the poor of her seaside town fall prey to a deadly disease, she and her father work desperately to find a cure. But when her Mum succumbs to it as well? Rhen decides to take the future into her own hands—through the annual all-male scholarship competition.

With her cousin, Seleni, by her side, the girls don disguises and enter Mr. Holm’s labyrinth, to best the boys and claim the scholarship prize. Except not everyone’s ready for a girl who doesn’t know her place. And not everyone survives the maze.

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Um, doesn’t this book sound THE ABSOLUTE BEST!?! Girl power and a quest to best the boys in a deadly maze where girls are NOT allowed to enter? Sign me up! Cannot wait to get my hands on a copy and dive right into it! ♥

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What are you waiting on this week? 🙂


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