Waiting on Wednesday #13 The Pledge by Kimberly Derting

Waiting on Wednesday is  a weekly bookish meme hosted by Breaking the Spine where we show off books that we want to read but have not been published yet. 
Title: The Pledge
Author: Kimberly Derting
Release Date: November 15th 2011
Goodreads: In the violent country of Ludania, the classes are strictly divided by the language they speak. The smallest transgression, like looking a member of a higher class in the eye while they are speaking their native tongue, results in immediate execution. Seventeen-year-old Charlaina has always been able to understand the languages of all classes, and she’s spent her life trying to hide her secret. The only place she can really be free is the drug-fueled underground clubs where people go to shake off the oppressive rules of the world they live in. It's there that she meets a beautiful and mysterious boy named Max who speaks a language she's never heard before . . . and her secret is almost exposed.

Charlie is intensely attracted to Max, even though she can’t be sure where his real loyalties lie. As the emergency drills give way to real crisis and the violence escalates, it becomes clear that Charlie is the key to something much bigger: her country’s only chance for freedom from the terrible power of a deadly regime.
Even himself.



Why I want it: I've been getting through quite a few dystopians, much more than I would have without starting this blog. And this looks like a pretty good one, even if ridiculously harsh. Well, it happened in the olden days...I think it will be interesting to see how these old fashioned things will work in a vaguely modern day setting. 


What are YOU waiting on this week?