Waiting on Wednesday: The Valiant - Lesley Livingston

Welcome to Waiting on Wednesday originally run by Jill over at Breaking the Spine. 

This week my #WoW is The Valiant. As if female gladiators and historical Rome weren't enough - this one also has been getting rave reviews lately (check out Alyssa's review over at The Eater of Books for a great one!). Described as ferocious and kickbutt I cannot wait to get my hands on this one next month!

Expected publication: February 14th 2017
by HarperCollins

The youngest daughter of a proud Celtic king, Fallon has always lived in the shadow of her older sister Sorcha's legendary reputation as a warrior. But when Fallon was a young child, the armies of Julius Caesar invaded the island of Britain and her beloved older sister was killed in battle.

On the eve of her seventeenth birthday, Fallon is excited to follow in her sister's footsteps and earn her rightful place in her father's royal war band. But she never gets the chance. Instead, Fallon is captured by a band of ruthless brigands who sell her to an exclusive training school for female gladiators—and its most influential patron is none other than Julius Caesar himself. In a cruel twist of fate, Fallon's worst enemy, the man who destroyed her family, might be her only hope of survival.

Now, Fallon must overcome vicious rivalries, chilling threats and the dangerous attention of Caesar himself to survive the deadly fights that take place both in and out of the arena—and claim her place in history among the Valiant.