Blog Tour Review + Giveaway!: Embers in a Dark Frost

Author: Kelly Keaton  

The Fire Breathers have come. The Underworld calls. A choice must be made…

With her feared half blood and flame-colored hair, DEIRA D'ANU is a constant reminder of human betrayal and the war that claimed the light from Innis Fail. Now, darkness and frost creep across the land, strengthening the Lord of the Underworld. War is imminent—an allegiance with the Fire Breathers is vital. When their champion, Balen, sees Deira, he believes she is the key to finding the light and stopping the dark frost.... 

But the Underworld calls to Deira, tempting her to turn her back on a world that never cared and betray the champion willing to sacrifice everything to keep her safe and save his world from darkness.

Betwixt Book Tour: Review + Giveaway!

Author: Melissa Pearl

Beautiful, wild-child Nicole Tepper is hit by a car and left for dead. But when she wakes the next morning, Nicole finds herself in bed without a scratch. Perhaps she was more intoxicated than usual, as her mother is giving her the silent treatment and her friends are ignoring her as well. 

Things take a turn for the weird when Nicole soon discovers she is actually hovering between life and death. Her body is lying in the forest while her spirit is searching for anyone who can hear her. Unfortunately the only person who can is Dale Finnigan, the guy she publicly humiliated with a sharp-tongued insult that has left him branded.

Desperate, Nicole has no choice but to haunt Dale and convince the freaked-out senior to help her. Will he find her body before it's too late? Or will the guy who tried to kill her with his car, beat him there and finish her off before anyone finds out?

The Unresisting Blog Tour: Review + Giveaway!

Author: Shane Morgan

Seventeen year old Natasha Johnson is having a rough year. Her twin brother, Sean, died last summer after a car crash, and her parents decided to pack up and leave the only home she’d known all her life. It's a lot to take in, and Nat has decidedly given up on the world, until moving to Stetson Valley and meeting high school ‘outcast’, Chace Owens.

Chace's dark and mysterious aura is not exactly seen as 'normal', but Nat already knows that not a lot of things are of the norm when it comes to her life. She soon finds herself unable to resist Chace's strange pull on her heart, unleashing a sudden attraction to the unnatural forces that have always been burning within her. But with uncovering her true self brings forth great danger, as Nat learns that her brother's death had a lot more to do with the side she's unable to resist.

Can Natasha calm the blazing flames and withstand the threat of danger, or will this new found power destroy her?

Stacking the Shelves #4

Hosted By: Tynga's Reviews

Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

It's been ages since I have done a Stacking the shelves post. I have a LOT of books to show you guys. My birthday was last week and my parents gifted me the Iron Fey box-set. OMG! You should have seen my reaction. I think my parents got scared when I opened my gift. Lol

And did you see it? The blog crossed the 500 followers mark. *squeals* I will be doing a giveaway as soon as possible. Thank You guys for all your support. 

I am only showing the physical books but I also got some great ebooks. I will probably do another post for them later this week. 

Blog Tour Excerpt + Giveaway!: Stalk Me

                                     Author Name: Jillian Dodd 

                              Title: Stalk Me (Keatyn Chronicles, #1)

Gossip girl meets Hollywood in this new series by That Boy author, Jillian Dodd.

Keatyn has everything she ever dreamed of. Her life is following the script she wrote for the perfect high school experience. She’s popular, goes to the best parties, dates the hottest guy, and sits at the most coveted lunch table.  

She’s just not sure she wants it anymore.

Because really, things aren’t all that perfect.

Her best friend is threatening to tell everyone her perfect relationship is a scam. 

Her perfect boyfriend gets drunk at every party they go to. 

It’s exhausting always trying to look and act perfect.

And deep down, she isn’t sure if she has any true friends. 

To add to the drama, her movie star mom’s long-time fan has turned stalker.

An older man is flirting with her and telling her they should make a movie together. 

And she’s crushing on an adorable surfer. Dating a guy like him would mean committing social suicide.

So she writes a new script. One where all the pieces of her life will come together in perfect harmony. 

But little does she know, there’s someone who will do anything to make sure that doesn’t happen.

Book #2, KISS ME will be released Nov. 28, 2012. Also, STALK ME will be on sale for .99 the week of the tour then return to its normal price of $2.99 on Dec. 2.

OPAL: Trailer Reveal!

I am really busy this month. My end semester exams start this week. I also have some assignments that need to be completed. So I am sorry for not posting enough. I hope you guys will stick with me through this. :) 

Anyways, today, I reveal the trailer of Opal by Jennifer L. Armentrout. I am so so excited about this book. I just can't get enough of Daemon Black! Oh and Pepe is like so Hot, right? 

No one is like Daemon Black.

When he set out to prove his feelings for me, he wasn’t fooling around. Doubting him isn’t something I’ll do again, and now that we’ve made it through the rough patches, well... There’s a lot of spontaneous combustion going on.

But even he can’t protect his family from the danger of trying to free those they love.

After everything, I’m no longer the same Katy. I’m different... And I’m not sure what that will mean in the end. When each step we take in discovering the truth puts us in the path of the secret organization responsible for torturing and testing hybrids, the more I realize there is no end to what I’m capable of. The death of someone close still lingers, help comes from the most unlikely source, and friends will become the deadliest of enemies, but we won’t turn back. Even if the outcome will shatter our worlds forever.

Together we’re stronger... and they know it

It's coming out on December 18th 2012, pre-order the book from Book Depository || Amazon. 

Forever My Girl: Cover Reveal + Giveaway!

                                    Author: Heidi McLaughlin

Release: December 27th

Once Upon A Second Chance: Book Tour, Review

                                    

Author: MarianVere

Julia Basham’s life was perfect. She was finally done with school, about to start an internship with a prestigious financial company which would lead to a great job and, best of all, she’d just become engaged to her very own Prince Charming, Nicholas Kerkley. Unfortunately, while Nick was warm, intelligent, and completely devoted to Julia, he was also a college dropout, with no job to speak of, and almost completely broke. While none of his shortcomings were a problem for Julia, they were a big problem for her older sister Lisa, who told her that a guy like Nick wasn’t proper marriage material for a girl on the fast track to success, Julia began to reconsider the relationship. Although she didn’t wholeheartedly agree with Lisa, after some thought Julia decided that she would take her sister’s advice and end her engagement with Nick, convincing herself that it was the right thing to do. Only after breaking Nick’s heart, and her own in the process, did Julia realize what a horrible mistake it was. 

As the story opens nearly a decade later, Julia is the quiet shadow of the woman everyone thought she’d be, who’s once fulfilling life has fallen into a stale and safe existence. Her shell of a world is thrown into upheaval when she finds out that the financial planning team she works for has taken on a new client; a now successful and very rich Nick Kerkley. Stuck in a horribly awkward situation, Julia makes a decision–take charge, step up, and find her own happy ending. However, she quickly realizes that fairy tales aren’t as straight forward as we’ve been brought up to believe. Sometimes, to get to happily ever after, you have to stop waiting for fate, strap on a pair of wings, and be your own fairy godmother.

Once Upon A Second Chance, is a modern yet whimsical take on Austen’s classic love story, Persuasion.

REVIEW:

You say Chick Lit, I say YES! I love this genre. It's cute, sweet and makes me smile.

Women are taught to believe they have to look for and find ‘the one,’ while men are taught to believe there will always be another princess.” 

Blog Tour Review + Giveaway!: Dear Teen Me

Welcome to my stop on the 'Dear Teen Me' Blog Tour.

Dear Teen Me includes advice from over 70 YA authors (including Lauren Oliver, Ellen Hopkins, and Nancy Holder, to name a few) to their teenage selves. The letters cover a wide range of topics, including physical abuse, body issues, bullying, friendship, love, and enough insecurities to fill an auditorium. So pick a page, and find out which of your favorite authors had a really bad first kiss? Who found true love at 18? Who wishes he’d had more fun in high school instead of studying so hard? Some authors write diary entries, some write letters, and a few graphic novelists turn their stories into visual art. And whether you hang out with the theater kids, the band geeks, the bad boys, the loners, the class presidents, the delinquents, the jocks, or the nerds, you’ll find friends--and a lot of familiar faces--in the course of Dear Teen Me.

Blog Tour Review: Reflection

Welcome to my stop on the Reflection Blog Tour hosted  by Young Adult Novel Reader. Today I am here with a review of this book. 

Bright, spunky Heather Robbins has escaped her small hometown and is anxiously beginning her freshman year of college. Rising above her rocky childhood, she’s found a place where good things are finally starting to happen: her own private apartment, refreshing college classes, and an intense attachment to a mysterious and rugged classmate, Nick Richards.

But when her dreamy college life turns out to be nothing more than a wonderful dream while resting in a coma, questions threaten. 

Now, Heather must press forward to unlock the real past, and find the answers buried deep in her mind. What she unlocks instead is a roller coaster ride through flashbacks, embellished memories, and a whirlwind romance.

And when it’s all over and she comes face to face with the truth, will she lose everything she’s fallen in love with?

Falling in Love with Books Hop!

This blog hop is hosted by Readers Confession and Author Toni Aleo. 

More than 40 blogs are giving away their favorite books, swags or GCs. Also, there is a grand prize which includes a brand new Kindle fire and can be found on Toni's blog. So hop on and best of luck! 

2013 is just around the corner and this is a great way to celebrate new books and authors that have completely blown your mind. I recently read The Lost Girl and fell in love with the book. You can read my review here. I want more people to read it and so I am giving away a copy of the book. It's open to everyone. :)

Waiting On Wednesday #3

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme, hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine that highlights future releases that we are excitedly anticipating.                                        

                           

In the aftermath of a forbidden moment that rocked Sydney to her core, she finds herself struggling to draw the line between her Alchemist teachings and what her heart is urging her to do. Then she meets alluring, rebellious Marcus Finch--a former Alchemist who escaped against all odds, and is now on the run. Marcus wants to teach Sydney the secrets he claims the Alchemists are hiding from her. But as he pushes her to rebel against the people who raised her, Sydney finds that breaking free is harder than she thought. There is an old and mysterious magic rooted deeply within her. And as she searches for an evil magic user targeting powerful young witches, she realizes that her only hope is to embrace her magical blood--or else she might be next.

I LOVED The Golden Lily. I LOVE Adrian and it's physically painful to wait for this book. I am dying here!! And the publishers are making it worse, first the video and then Penguin Teen Australia tweeting updates. I am so jealous. You can't READ the book BEFORE ME!!! Well they have but It's not fair. 

What do I have to do to get ARC? Tell me and I WILL DO IT. I mean it but please give me the book NOW.  I CAN'T WAIT.  ADRIAN!!

Review: The Lost Girl

Author: Sangu Mandanna

Eva’s life is not her own. She is a creation, an abomination – an echo. Made by the Weavers as a copy of someone else, she is expected to replace a girl named Amarra, her ‘other’, if she ever died. Eva studies what Amarra does, what she eats, what it’s like to kiss her boyfriend, Ray. So when Amarra is killed in a car crash, Eva should be ready.But fifteen years of studying never prepared her for this.Now she must abandon everything she’s ever known – the guardians who raised her, the boy she’s forbidden to love – to move to India and convince the world that Amarra is still alive ...

Review: Ashen Winter

Author: Mike Mullin

It’s been over six months since the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano. Alex and Darla have been staying with Alex’s relatives, trying to cope with the new reality of the primitive world so vividly portrayed in Ashfall, the first book in this series. It’s also been six months of waiting for Alex’s parents to return from Iowa. Alex and Darla decide they can wait no longer and must retrace their journey into Iowa to find and bring back Alex’s parents to the tenuous safety of Illinois. But the landscape they cross is even more perilous than before, with life-and-death battles for food and power between the remaining communities. When the unthinkable happens, Alex must find new reserves of strength and determination to survive.

REVIEW:

I have absolutely no idea how to write a review that could do justice to this book. I would like to start by saying that I haven't read Ashfall and I am terribly sorry. I am sure it's a crime to start the second book before the first one so.....

Sweet Peril Cover Reveal!

I am so excited to present before you the cover of Sweet Peril, book II in the Sweet Evil series. The cover is gorgeous. I love the colors and the dark, mysterious look it has. What do you think?

Fear Blog Tour: Author Interview with Tom Gillespie + Giveaway!

Welcome to my stop on the Fear Blog Tour! hosted by Carmen@Book Me!

60 Authors

Two Incredible Volumes

One Terrifying Ride!

                      

Fear: A Modern Anthology of Horror and Terror brings together, for the first time, tales of murder, monsters and madness, by sixty of the world’s best indie horror authors. 

Discover what lurks in the water at the end of the garden, learn of the unforgiving loyalty of a loving toy and meet a writer, just itching to finish his latest horror story.

Every author in the Anthology has generously contributed their work for free. All royalties from sales will go directly to the international charities, Barnardo’s and Médecins Sans Frontières.

Fear, with forewords by international bestselling authors, Peter James and Sherri Browning Erwin, is released in Paperback and on Kindle, October 3rd 2012.

Today I get to interview Tom Gillespie, we talk about his work, writing process, favorite authors and also discuss the Apocalypse. There is a giveaway in the end. Don't forget to enter!!

One Question Q&A with Gennifer Albin, author of Crewel

Hi and welcome to my stop on the One Question Q&A with author Gennifer Albin! 

We are celebrating the release of Crewel which came out on 16th October. Congratulations Gennifer!

Ten people from the Crewel street team asked Gennifer ten hard-hitting questions.

Follow the Tour:

16th-Reading and Writing Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Romance
17th-Chapter by Chapter
18th-Joire de Lire
19th-Qwerty
20th-I Talk Books
21st-Books for YA
22nd-Kari's Crowded Bookshelf
23rd-Creative Therapy
24th-We All Make Mistakes
25th-Proud Book Nerd                       

MY Question:

Me: What is your biggest fear? 

Gennifer: Impalement. I have a serious fear of being run through. No clue why. Perhaps I was killed in a joust in a previous life.

Winners!!!

I am very excited to announce the winners of the Giveaways held on my blog. I, thank you all,  for participating and making it fun for me. Please keep supporting my blog. Congratulations to all the winners!!!

Jane Austen Giveaway Hop!

The blog Hop is Hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer & vvb32reads

Jane Austen is one of my favorite authors and Pride and Prejudice is just the best book ever. I mean who doesn't love Mr. Darcy? So, I am really excited to join this hop and I am giving away a modern day retelling of the classic tale. 

You have a chance to win any one of the three books listed below. Click on the cover to go to goodreads. Happy reading and All the very best! :)

     

Gravity: Blog Tour Review and Giveaway!

              Welcome to my stop on the Gravity Blog Tour hosted by Shane @Itching for Books.