Waiting on Wednesday: The Apollo Academy

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill from Breaking the Spine, and specifically spotlights upcoming novels we can't wait to read. As always, there are some amazing upcoming books, but this week I'm particularly excited for...

Title: The Apollo Academy
Author: Kimberly P. Chase (Twitter)
Publisher: Independent
Publish Date: August 8, 2013
Genre: NA, Sci-Fi, Romance
Pages: 340

As the heiress to Titon Technologies, eighteen-year-old Aurora Titon can have whatever she wants—clothes, expensive gadgets, anything money can buy. All she really wants is to escape her pampered, paparazzi-prone life for the stars.

Becoming the first female pilot to train as an astronaut for the Apollo Academy is exactly the chance for which she has been waiting. Everything would be perfect if it weren't for her unreciprocated crush on a fellow student, the sexy astronaut bent on making her life hell, and the fact that someone keeps trying to kill her.

Guys, I love me some sic-fi. This is no secret. It's also no secret that I have an insatiable lust for literary men. Is that too much? Oh well...the secret's out. Regardless, it sounds to me like The Apollo Academy might just offer all I could ever want from a book, plus a kick-ass cover to boot. I mean, seriously, guys. Tell me that isn't absolutely gorgeous. Here's to hoping this book is as perfect as I think it could be because this could be my first foray into new adult...What do you think, and what are you waiting on this week?