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Take home a copy of Undertow by Callie Kingston!
In case you missed it, today I reviewed Undertow by Callie Kingston. This is a book that wasn’t quite what I expected, but what it turned out to be was great! This was a book that I really enjoyed. Marissa can’t wait to leave behind her mom and the traumatic life they shared. With Drake, she has it all figured out–until she discovers his betrayal. She flees to a desolate beach on the wild Oregon coast hoping to escape her pain where, overcome with exhaustion, she dozes off beside a log. When the first icy waves strike her, it is too…
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Win a copy of Trafficked by Kim Purcell!
Earlier today I reviewed Trafficked by Kim Purcell. This is a tough read, but one that is definitely worth your time. It deals with a character named Hannah who becomes a modern day slave. Hannah believes she’s being brought from Moldova to Los Angeles to become a nanny for a Russian family. But her American dream quickly spirals into a nightmare. The Platonovs force Hannah to work sixteen-hour days, won’t let her leave the house, and seem to have a lot of secrets – from Hannah and from each other. Stranded in a foreign land with false documents, no money, and…
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World-Building: Guest Post and Giveaway with Charlotte E. English
Special thanks to Charlotte for providing the guest post below, as well as the giveaway! On Fantasy World-Building I’ve been a lifelong fan of fantasy fiction. Perhaps that isn’t saying much given that I’ve yet to reach my thirtieth year, but nonetheless I’ve read an awful lot of it. I still love it and read it very regularly, but there are some things about the genre that I stopped loving some time ago. The biggest of those is traditional fantasy world-building. “Traditional” fantasy books are usually inspired by Tolkien, to a greater or a lesser extent, and tend to feature…
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The Way We Fall Giveaway!
In case you missed my raving today on Twitter, and my review earlier today, The Way We Fall has fast become a book I feel the need to share around! It blew me away because of how different it is from a lot of other books I’ve read lately. In fact, I’m not even sure it’s dystopian. It’s more about survival, and living in the moment when it’s all you have left. More about that below in the synopsis. It starts with an itch you just can’t shake. Then comes a fever and a tickle in your throat. A few days later, you’ll…
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International Kissing Club Giveaway!
Thanks to the lovely Ivy Adams, I have a signed copy of The International Kissing Club to give away here on the blog! This is a cute and girlish book, complete with lots of hot guys and…you guessed it…kissing! Piper, Cassidy, Mei, and Izzy have been best friends their whole lives. And they’ve always agreed on one goal: to get out of tiny Paris, Texas, and see the world. The school’s foreign exchange program seems like the perfect escape: Piper will go to the original Paris; Mei will go to China; Cassidy will go to Australia; and Izzy, unable to afford…
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Take home a copy of Nightingale by David Farland!
Dear readers, I have the best news for you! Do you remember when I reviewed Nightingale and raved about how wonderful it was? If you don’t, you can check out my review and see for yourself. I still stand by the fact that it is an amazing addition to the Fantasy genre! Now a copy can be yours! Up for grabs is one enhanced copy of Nightingale for you, my dear readers! To enter, FILL OUT THIS FORM. Open to everyone. Giveaway ends December 23, 2011.
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The Black Sun’s Daughter series can be yours!
If you follow my reviews, you might have seen these four books pop up the last few weeks. The Black Sun’s Daughter series by M.L.N. Hanover was my first official foray into Urban Fantasy, and I had a blast reading them! You can see my reviews for each book below: Unclean Spirits (The Black Sun’s Daughter #1) Darker Angels (The Black Sun’s Daughter #2) Vicious Grace (The Black Sun’s Daughter #3) Killing Rites (The Black Sun’s Daughter #4) Pocket Books was nice enough to provide me with a set of these to review (and subsequently hook me on them) and now they…
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From Sketch to Chapter Art, an Illustrator at Work: Inside the Moon Coin
I’m very pleased today to have Richard Due, and his lovely illustrator Carolyn Arcabascio, here to share a little bit about the making of The Moon Coin. If you missed my review you can find it here, but quite honestly this book is pure magic. Read on my friends, and get lost in the artwork that brings this book to life! Then check below for a chance to take a copy home for your very own! From Sketch to Chapter Art, an Illustrator at Work For me, getting to work with Carolyn Arcabascio was a dream come true. On The…
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Meet Kersten Hamilton’s characters and take a book home. It’s a win/win!
For those of you who may not know, I am an avid Kersten Hamilton fan. Her writing mixes fantasy and Celtic mythology, and her characters are wonderfully vivid! Kersten has two books out so far, both which are fantastic. You can find my review for Tyger, Tyger here and my review for In the Forests of the Night here, if you’re interested in seeing what I thought! I’d definitely suggest you give them a try though!———————————————————————————————————Now, without further ado, I give you an interview with Teagan, Finn and Abby (who just sort of snuck in but we won’t say anything). Jessica: Since…
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An interview and giveaway with Victoria Simcox!
Yesterday I reviewed The Magic Warble by Victoria Simcox. Today, I’m lucky enough to have her stopping by to answer a few questions and offer up a giveaway for all you lovely people! *cue cheer here* Take a minute to learn a little bit more about Victoria and her writing, and don’t forget to leave her a comment! An Interview with Victoria Simcox Author of The Magic Warble Everyone loves getting lost in story set in a magical world. What other books and/or authors inspired your world? C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia were probably my greatest inspiration. I read these books…