Waiting on Wednesday #43: Of Metal and Wishes by Sarah Fine

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly feature created by Jill at Breaking the Spine. This is where you showcase an upcoming release you're anxiously awaiting!

This week, I'm waiting on:

Of Metal and Wishes by Sarah Fine.

Expected Publication: August 5, 2014.
by: Margaret K. McElderry Books.

Goodreads Blurb:
There are whispers of a ghost in the slaughterhouse where sixteen-year-old Wen assists her father in his medical clinic—a ghost who grants wishes to those who need them most. When one of the Noor, men hired as cheap factory labor, humiliates Wen, she makes an impulsive wish of her own, and the Ghost grants it. Brutally.

Guilt-ridden, Wen befriends the Noor, including their outspoken leader, a young man named Melik. At the same time, she is lured by the mystery of the Ghost and learns he has been watching her … for a very long time.

As deadly accidents fuel tensions within the factory, Wen must confront her growing feelings for Melik, who is enraged at the sadistic factory bosses and the prejudice faced by his people at the hand of Wen’s, and her need to appease the Ghost, who is determined to protect her against any threat—real or imagined. She must decide whom she can trust, because as her heart is torn, the factory is exploding around her … and she might go down with it.

Why I'm excited:
Woah. Gruesome but totally intriguing. I believe Sarah said on Twitter that the sheet the model is peering out through is the barrier between the cafeteria and the killing floor in the slaughterhouse. That's ridiculous. I'm so morbidly curious.

What are you waiting on this week?

Also, head over to The White Unicorn for Christianna's stop on the Unhinged blog tour!