Waiting On Wednesday (103)

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

Title: The Here and Now

Author: Ann Brashares

Expected Publication Date: April 8, 2014

Synopsis:

Follow the rules. Remember what happened. Never fall in love.
 
Thrilling, exhilarating, haunting, and heartbreaking, The Here and Now is a twenty-first-century take on an impossible romance. Ann Brashares’ first novel for teens since The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is about a girl from the future who might be able to save the world . . . if she lets go of the one thing she’s found to hold on to.
 
Meet seventeen-year-old Prenna James, who immigrated to New York when she was twelve. Except Prenna didn’t come from a different country. She came from a different time—a future where a mosquito-borne illness has mutated into a pandemic, killing millions and leaving the world in ruins. 
 
Prenna and the others who escaped to the present day must follow a strict set of rules: never reveal where they’re from, never interfere with history, and never, ever be intimate with anyone outside their community. Prenna does as she’s told, believing she can help prevent the plague that will one day ravage the earth. But everything changes when she falls for Ethan Jarves.

I've only read one other book by Brashares, My Name is Memory, but I enjoyed it quite a bit. Years later, I am still waiting on the sequel, although it doesn't look like it will ever happen. But still, The Here and Now looks pretty excellent and right up my alley (although time travel science is not my friend). What can I say? I'm a sucker for forbidden love :)