St. Martin's has a great new promotion for Fated, book one in #1 New York Times bestselling author Alyson Noël's new Soul Seekers series. When fans pre-order Fated in any format (print, e-book or audiobook) and submit their receipt, they will receive a pair of soul seeker inspired earrings–while supplies last. They look so cute! Check out the rules by visiting http://stmartins.com/fatedpreorder St. Martin's be mailing out the earrings approx. 4-6 weeks after Fated goes on-sale (5/22). If you want to read more about Fated, you can read an excerpt & a special bonus scene on the Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/soulseekersseries.
Fated by Alyson No ël Publisher: St. Martin's Press (May 22nd, 2012) Reading Level: Young Adult Hardcover: 308 pages Series: Soul Seekers #1 The first book in a magnificent new series about a girl who can navigate between the worlds of the living and the dead by #1 New York Times bestselling author Alyson Noël.
Lately strange things have been happening to Daire Santos. Animals follow her, crows mock her, and glowing people appear out of nowhere. Worried that Daire is having a nervous breakdown, her mother packs her off to stay in the dusty plains of Enchantment, New Mexico with a grandmother she’s never met.
There she crosses paths with Dace, a gorgeous guy with unearthly blue eyes who she’s encountered before… but only in her dreams. And she’ll get to know her grandmother—a woman who recognizes Daire’s bizarre episodes for what they are. A call to her true destiny as a Soul Seeker, one who can navigate between the worlds of the living and the dead. Her grandmother immediately begins teaching her to harness her powers—but it’s an art that must be mastered quickly. Because Dace’s brother is an evil shape-shifter who’s out to steal her powers. Now Daire must embrace her fate as a Soul Seeker and find out if Dace is one guy she’s meant to be with… or if he’s allied with the enemy she’s destined to destroy. I can't wait to read Fated and I'm already in love with the cover. Anyone else excited to check out this new series?
Last year we did a couple of these larger giveaways and we're doing the SAME thing this year too! Don't ya just LOVE all the author and book love we have going around for Halloween! Seriously guys, it's a fantastic time of the year and we couldn't think of anyone else we'd want to spend the Spookiest time of the year with that YOU! So, here's the next amazingly HUGE giveaway we have for you all and what you just might win.FIRST PLACE WINNER Will receive 10 books + a swag pack!
Crash By: Lisa McMann Temptation By: R.L. Stine Ashes By: Ilsa J. Bick Shadows By: Ilsa Bick TEN By: Gretchen McNeil Blink Once By: Cylin Busby Fated By: Alyson Noel Anew By: Chelsea Fine Violins of Autumn By: Amy McAuley A Whole Lot of Lucky By: Danette Haworth
SECOND PLACE WINNER Will receive 8 books + a swag pack!
Blink Once By: Cylin Busby The Unquiet By: Jeannine Garsee Dead to You By: Lisa McMann Fated by Alyson Noel A Whole Lot of Lucky By: Danette Haworth The Horse Road By: Troon Harrison Smart Girls Get What They Want By: Sarah Strohmeyer Never Fall Down By: Patricia McCormick
THIRD PLACE WINNER Will receive 6 books + a swag pack!
Fury By: Elizabeth Miles Things That Go Bump in the Night by Patrick Carman A Whole Lot of Lucky By: Danette Haworth All the Right Stuff By: Walter Dean Myers Just Write By: Walter Dean Myers The Book of Night By: Pearl North
NOTE: Some books are ARC's and some are finished copies in Hardback and Softback.
More AMAZING Prize Packs, right? We think they are pretty epic if we do say so myself! So, now it's time for everyone to get to entering.
Each winner will receive one of the above prize packs depending on what place they have won.
Rules and how to enter -
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Name & Email Address must be provided. (Easy Entry, just click the form & it does it for you!)
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This giveaway is open to US residents only. SORRY! Postage is killing us this month. I hope you understand.
Giveaway ends: November 14th, 2012 (12:01AM EST)
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A HUGE THANK YOU to all the many publishers who have donated this month for our Haunted Halloween Event. Without you and the many authors and friends, this event would be nothing that it is today. Thank you, Thank you, THANK YOU!Reminder: If you are interested in the COMMENT CONTEST, remember to include your email address with your comment for an extra entry! Please read full entry rules here.
How about the first HUGE Young Adult BLOW OUT Giveaway?!?!? Yep, we thought it was time for one, don't you? I mean, were not really giving much away throughout October. Yeah, RIGHT! Lisa and I had a bunch of books donated and then some extras of our own that could use a good home. There will be 3 winners, and TONS of amazing books in each of the prize packs. LOTS of swag too! So, lets see just what you have a chance to win, shall we?FIRST PLACE WINNER Will receive 10 books + a swag pack! Carnival of Souls By: Melissa Marr (ARC) Breathe By: Sarah Crossan Blink Once By: Cylin Busby Cryer's Cross By: Lisa McMann Shadows by Ilsa Bick TEN by Gretchen McNeil Fated by Alyson Noel Violins of Autumn By: Amy McAuley A Whole Lot of Lucky By: Danette Haworth The Sweetest Spell By: Suzanne Selfors SECOND PLACE WINNER Will receive 8 books + a swag pack! A Beautiful Evil By: Kelly Keaton Blink Once By: Cylin Busby The Unquiet By: Jeannine Garsee Destiny By: Gillian Shields Violins of Autumn By: Amy McAuley A Whole Lot of Lucky By: Danette Haworth The Sweetest Spell By: Suzanne Selfors The Horse Road By: Troon Harrison
THIRD PLACE WINNER Will receive 6 books + a swag pack! Blink Once By: Cylin Busby The Death Catchers By: Janenifer Anne Kogler The Prince of Mist By: Carlos Ruiz ZafÛn, Lucia Graves Violins of Autumn By: Amy McAuley A Whole Lot of Lucky By: Danette Haworth The Sweetest Spell By: Suzanne Selfors
NOTE: The titles we're giving away will be a mixture of ARC's and finished copies — Hardbacks & Paperbacks.
Those are some serious Prize Packs, right? I think they are pretty amazing if I do say so myself! So, now it's time for everyone to get to entering.
Each winner will receive one of the above prize packs depending on what place they have won.
Rules and how to enter -
Please fill out the Rafflecopter form below to enter this giveaway.
Name & Email Address must be provided. (Easy Entry, just click the form & it does it for you!)
You must be at least 13 years old to enter.
This giveaway is open to US residents only. SORRY! Postage is killing us this month. I hope you understand.
Giveaway ends: November 7th, 2012 (12:01AM EST)
NOTE: This is the SAME Rafflecopter form you will find at A Life Bound By Books. a Rafflecopter giveaway
A HUGE THANK YOU to all the many publishers who have donated this month for our Haunted Halloween Event. Without you and the many authors and friends, this event would be nothing that it is today. Thank you, Thank you, THANK YOU! Reminder: If you are interested in the COMMENT CONTEST, remember to include your email address with your comment for an extra entry! Please read full entry rules here.
I'm the second stop on the White Flame tour for Jordan Deen's upcoming book Half Moon. If you'd like to visit the first stop it was with Reading Teen. First I have an interview with Jordan and later today my review of Half Moon will be up. This series ROCKS by the way: ) I highly suggest it. There are 12 stops on this tour and it all ends at Jordan's blog on Half Moon's release day, 1-13-11. All of the blogs on the tour are listed below. There is also a giveaway and you could win… 'Half Moon' swag Signed ARC of 'Half Moon' $25 Barnes and Noble gift card Leather Bound Bracelet
1. What did you learn between writing The Crescent and then Half Moon? What were the biggest differences in how you tackled this project?
When I started working on 'The Crescent' I was so green in the world of writing. The difference between the two novels is night and day. I think readers will notice the difference in my writing style between the two novels. The story is deeper, more detailed and the plot is richer. I hope readers appreciate the transformation the characters (and I've) gone through in the past year.
2. Can you give us a teaser as to what is in store for Lacey in Half Moon?
Lacey will learn more about her parents and her history. She'll get to meet some new people, including a few that she never thought possible.
3. Are there any scenes you had to take out of the story that you wish could have stayed in? Yes. There was one scene that I had to remove, but not because of publisher demands. I removed it myself. I know that sounds crazy, however, I had to take out a scene between Lacey's new best friend (Brea) and her mate, (Catch), that didn't make since to put in at this point of the overall story. But don't fear, that scene is going to be in 'Full Moon'. I've already got it planned out.: )
4. You have recently had book signings and that has to be exciting! Can you tell us a little about that experience and if you have any more events coming up soon? My first signing was nerveracking. The store was not ready for me and several people walked right past me, asked me where the restrooms were, picked up the book and said werewolves suck… yup- true story. However, you take the good with the bad. I had one girl come back after buying the book and told me the book was amazing. It was a great feeling. Plus, I've met some amazing people. Currently, my signings are on hold in preperation for 'Half Moon's release. I'll be starting signings again in March (fingers crossed).
5. Full Moon is the third book in this series. Does the writing seem easier or more difficult as you go? This story has gotten easier and more difficult in many ways. Easier because I'm growing into each of the characters skin and harder because I know that this great story is coming to an end and I want the readers to be comfortable in the ending of the story. The struggle is to write to that point-- write to the ending, knowing that it's coming.
6. If you could use 3 words to describe the relationship between Lacey and Brandon, what would they be? And, what words do you think Lacey would use? Only three word?! I'm a writer! What are you trying to do to me? Only 3? Okay-- in my opinion: heartbreaking, fated and natural. From Lacey's opinion… I think her idea of her relationship changes throughout 'Half Moon', so, I'll give you three words from the beginning Lacey: crushing, convoluted, and stressful
Thank you so very much for participating in the 'White Flame Tour' for 'Half Moon's release. I'm looking forward to sharing this story and 'Full Moon' with all your followers!
Half Moon by Jordan Deen Publisher: Black Rose Writing (January 13th, 2011) Reading Level: Young Adult Paperback Series: The Crescent, book #2"I’d been a fool for coming here with them, and now… no one would come to save me. The world that hid in the shadows of humanity was full of enemies."
Faced with death, Lacey Quinn ran away from the only family she’d ever known.
That… was just the beginning.
As the decision she’s made sinks in, Lacey struggles to fit in with the pack and find the key to bonding with her werewolf soul mate, Brandon. But, lies can only be concealed for so long.
Adjusting to a powerful new best friend, a twelve-year-old roommate with a nauseating Barbie fetish, and a lost love that won’t stop haunting her dreams, she knows she has no hope of having a normal future—ever again.
After a long talk with the dead mother she never knew, and an almost deal-breaking night out with Brandon, Lacey starts spiraling into the underworld—a place where all things are possible and everyone is out to kill her.
With mysterious legends of witches and sorcery marring her past and clouding her future, she quickly learns—werewolves aren’t the only ones lurking in the woods… waiting to claim her powers for their own.
The Mares? Well, they are the least of her worries.
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"The mystery of the plot really kept my interest; there were times when I thought I had it all figured out (after the first initial twist) and then with the last eight chapters there was another twist! And then another! The end of the book was absolutely perfect — I laughed and I cried." — Miss Remmers
From Amazon.com...
"Haven Moore can't control her visions of a past with a boy called Ethan and a life in New York that ended in fiery tragedy. In our present, she designs beautiful dresses for her classmates with her best friend Beau. Dressmaking keeps her sane, since she lives with her widowed and heartbroken mother in her tyrannical grandmother's house in Snope City, a tiny town in Tennessee. Then an impossible group of coincidences conspire to force her to flee to New York, to discover who she is, and who she was.
In New York, Haven meets Iain Morrow and is swept into an epic love affair that feels both deeply fated and terribly dangerous. Iain is suspected of murdering a rock star and Haven wonders, could he have murdered her in a past life? She visits the Ouroboros Society and discovers a murky world of reincarnation that stretches across millennia. Haven must discover the secrets hidden in her past lives, and loves, before all is lost and the cycle begins again."
Why I read this: The cover really drew my attention in and then after reading the synopsis I knew I would love this novel.
Plot: It took me a while to warm up to the plot; in the beginning it was slow and I could really connect with the setting or characters. The plot also left a lot out, which adds to the mysteriousness, but frustrated me because 1/4 of the way into the book I figured I should have some idea of what was going on. With patience in check, by half way through the novel the plot thickened and deepened to a point where I couldn't put this novel down. I found myself rethinking reincarnation and wondering "what if" and thinking "how romantic." The mystery of the plot really kept my interest as well, there were times when I thought I had it all figured out (after the first initial twist) and then with the last eight chapters there was another twist! And then another! The end of the book was absolutely perfect — I laughed and I cried.
Characters: I did struggle with some of the characters and the amount of religion emphasized in this small community. Coming from a small Midwestern community, I understand how religion can play an important part of a community but I thought it was caked on pretty heavy throughout (especially) the beginning of this novel. I also struggled with Haven's back and forth mentality in regards to Iain. Speaking of Iain... loved him! I absolutely adored him... even when I really disliked him I enjoyed his character. A great character (in my opinion) is one who you can love and hate at the same time because of the depth of the character... this was Iain Morrow for me. Also, I just gotta say Adam definitely caught me unawares.
Cover: A very simple cover — but definitely cover love.
Random Thoughts: I'll admit it, I definitely googled the Ouroboros Society. I just can't get over how romantic it all is! To continue searching for "the one" for lifetimes. I would LOVE to see this novel as a movie.
Final Thoughts: This book was fantastic; I could not put it down and could not push it from my thoughts. I had about 100 pages left when school got out and read until I was able to leave (3:45) and then took it home with me. Dan was reading "Mockingjay" and when he began to shut his book so that we could "talk about our days" I begged him to continue reading. Together we sat side by side on our recliner and read. He saw me laugh, cry, and shout out in amazement over this book. He saw my despair when the novel was ending and I knew it wasn't going to end the way I wanted it to. He witnessed the small bit of hope that remained as I began reading the final chapter. And he held my hand when I shut the book and let out the sigh that goes along with the end of any great read. It's become a very fond memory that I think says a lot about our relationship and I'm so happy to say that it is a memory that involves this book.
