Of Fire & Roses by Danielle Belwater Blog Tour {Excerpt + Giveaway}

Title: Of Fire & Roses

Author: Danielle Belwater

Release date: February 15^th, 2014

Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal

Tour: Irresistible Reads Book Tours

Book Description:

Nate West’s mother is dead, his dad a lost cause. Anger has become a way of life, until he meets and falls in love with Cora Ewell. But Cora has a secret, one that could kill them both.

Nate moves from the big city to a small, forest town with his father after his mother’s tragic death. Alone and angry, Nate feels even more isolated by his father’s inability to communicate and relate to his only son in the wake of their loss.

Nate takes to the forest in an attempt to find some peace, but instead finds a beautiful girl with flaming red hair. But before he can speak with her, she vanishes. Unsure if the girl is a vision or real he searches desperately for her.

When Nate finally meets Cora, his world is turned upside down and inside out.
Dreams of his own death plague his sleep as old dark magic, hidden for centuries, resurfaces and has its sights clearly set on Nate

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 EXCERPT!!!

I felt her before I saw her. Warmth and comfort spread through me like hot soup on a cold day. I spun around and tried to focus through the hazy grey mist. But I could see her, hiding behind a large oak. There was no mistaking that flaming red hair. I had to resist the urge to run both my hands through the rich silk tresses, to feel its softness, to see if locks the colour of fire would burn me.

I didn’t want to startle her, so I motioned with my fingers that I was coming over. I calmly and deliberately walked over, terrified she might run off, even though my own heart felt like it was going to make a break for it. Her head darted back and forth like a frightened rabbit, uncertain of where to go. As I approached, I could see her eyes flicker with apprehension but she remained still.

When I got about ten feet away, I stopped. Her eyes connected with mine and I lurched backward. Her eyes were two azure blue pools so deep you could dive in and never reach the bottom. Those eyes appraised me inquisitively. I couldn’t move. I was stuck fast like the forest tree she hid behind. I had the unsettling feeling I was about to be dashed against rocks like sailors drawn to a siren’s song, and there was nothing I could do about it.

About the Author:

 Danielle Belwater adores the concept of true love and truly believes everyone has their Prince Charming or Snow White out there somewhere, even if they have to fight demons, ghosts, and wizards to find it.

Danielle has been having a love affair with words since she was young and in primary school, writing some rather imaginative tales. This love has followed her into adulthood.

She lives in rural South Australia with her husband, young daughters and way too many animals to mention. She spends most of her time dreaming up characters, stories, ghostly tales, and watching Firefly re-runs. She also cooks the odd meal for her family to avoid them looking like skeletons at official author functions!

Danielle is passionate about reading and her interests include pretty much anything with words from rolling four volume epics to the daily newspaper.

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Landing by J. Bennett Blog Tour {Review}

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Will Maya's Nightmare Come True in Landing?

Fighting evil isn’t only high-stress, no pay, and uncomfortable as hell most of the time, it also doesn’t turn out to be quite as black and white as Maya would have hoped. As a hybrid angel struggling to control her murderous appetite, Maya should know better than to expect simplicity.  With one half-brother still convinced that she’s an unstable threat and the other oblivious to the danger she presents, Maya struggles to find a balance between her diminished humanity and the darkness of the monster within.

The world gets murkier when Maya discovers a pair of angels who invite her into their lives. Now, she must choose between family or the promise of acceptance. The stakes grow higher when Maya’s greatest enemy returns. Vengeance may be within her grasp, but will Maya have to sacrifice one she loves to take it?

Landing is J Bennett's action-packed, darkly-humorous sequel to Falling, and the second book in the paranormal Girl With Broken Wings series.  And yes, there will be plenty more Chuck Norris jokes.

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My Review

I love these books, but it lacks something that I love, which is a love interest. I know she still loves Ryan and it’s going to be while for her to get over him. I just want a little spark and we maybe get that in this one. She thinks about this one guy, but its fleeting. Anyways enough talk about love. Maya and her brothers are still on the hunt for angels and things are still stressed between them. Tarren still wants to kill her and Gabe is well Gabe, trusting. So many things so down in this book I can’t keep them straight. We learn more about the boy’s childhood and Tammy. We learn more about angels and Maya finally confesses, to what you have to read the books. There was a lot of laughing and crying during this book, but mostly laughing. Gabe and Maya sure know how to make you laugh. The crying parts though; UGH I thought it was….I can’t speak of it. Just know that I cried and the boys cried and just leave it at that.

The books ended leaves much to the imagination. I can’t wait to see what happens. I know things are never going to be the same with the three of them though. At the end of the book everyone is changed. It leaves a lot of questions as well. One being that is someone still alive *cue intense music* I’m really curious. I think we learn more about Tarren in this book than anything. I loved getting to know him and I can’t help but to like him and hate him. Maya is still struggling with her hunger and wants more than anything to be accepted by Tarren and not screw up a hunt. Gabe is just full of life; nothing can really get him down, well not for long. He is what holds them all together, but what happens if he is not there anymore?

Overall: Landing was full of excitement, surprises, sadness, and laughter. What a combination. If you are a fan of Chuck Norris jokes, hunters, and angels this book is for you.

3.6 STARS

BIO:

J Bennett is a professional copywriter, as well as a novelist. She lives and writes in Southern California.

She also writes the blog www.ShyWriter.com

Find J Bennett online at www.jbennettwrites.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/jbennettwrites.

Works by J Bennett

Girl With Broken Wings
Falling (Book One)
Coping (Novella, 1.5)
Landing (Book Two), To Be Released Jan 2013

The Vampire’s Housekeeper Chronicles
#1 Employment Interview With A Vampire (Short Story)
#2 The Vampire Hunter Comes to Call (Short Story)
#3 Duel With The Werefrog (Short Story)

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{Cover Reveal} Reign of Shadows by Melissa Wright

Brianna can see her future, but it’s the past that haunts her. Plans laid in place centuries ago are threatening not only her and her sister, but all of the Seven Lines. As the shadows plot their way to old rule, the visions shift again. Her power has led to some hard choices—and the occasional stab wound—but this set of futures holds nothing but darkness.

Unable to bear the idea of losing the footing they've so recently gained, she turns the soldiers of the Seven. But with shadows hidden among the ranks, can she overcome the path they've set in place, or is she blindly following their lead?

About the Author

Melissa is the author of the Frey Saga and Descendants Series. She is currently working on the next book, but when not writing can be found collecting the things she loves at Goodreads and Pinterest. Contact her through the web at www.melissa-wright.com

Biggest Flirts by Jennifer Echols Blog Tour {Review + Giveaway}

Series: The Superlatives #1

Release date: May 20th 2014
Publisher: Simon Pulse

Pre-order: AMAZON

 

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BOOK DESCRIPTION:

Tia and Will’s lives get flipped upside down when they’re voted Yearbook’s Biggest Flirts in this sassy novel from the author of Endless Summer and The One That I Want.

Tia just wants to have fun. She’s worked hard to earn her reputation as the life of the party, and she’s ready for a carefree senior year of hanging out with friends and hooking up with cute boys. And her first order of business? New guy Will. She can’t get enough of his Midwestern accent and laid-back swagger. 

As the sparks start to fly, Will wants to get serious. Tia’s seen how caring too much has left her sisters heartbroken, and she isn’t interested in commitment. But pushing Will away drives him into the arms of another girl. Tia tells herself it’s no big deal…until the yearbook elections are announced. Getting voted Biggest Flirts with Will is, well, awkward. They may just be friends, but their chemistry is beginning to jeopardize Will’s new relationship—and causing Tia to reconsider her true feelings. What started as a lighthearted fling is about to get very complicated…

MY REVIEW

Tia is the life of the party and likes the way her life is, no commitments and no responsibilities. That is until Will Mathews moves to town. Now she is looking at her life differently and is actually showing her feelings, but she ends up doing something she regrets and doesn’t think Will will take her back. She thought she was unattached, but watching Will with another girl brings out the green monster. Oh and there is this one little thing that her and Will are the class Flirts, talk about drama.

Tia is putting her life back together, but will Will take her back?

Biggest Flirts was a highly enjoyable book. I felt like there are other books out there like it but it did have some unique qualities. Tia is half Puerto Rican and a band major that is super smart, but doesn’t want any one to know it. I thought her being in the band was awesome. You usually associate people that are in the band to be rule followers, but Tia is the life of every party. I’m usually not interested in band books but this one I really liked. Jennifer Echols never disappoints me. There are lots of parties, teen angst, and drama all in one novel. It made me think about what I’m doing with my life and what I want to do. I love when books make you think, when you can actually relate to the things that are going on in the book. It makes it more enjoyable and believable. It was a fast read for me because it had me ensnarled from the beginning. I want to read more about Tia and her journey of finally putting some effort in what she is doing. I also want to see where her relationship with Will goes. As for secondary characters I liked Kaye, Sawyer, and Harper. Everyone was pretty cool and I really liked them.

Biggest Flirts was a hoot and frustrating at the same time and I loved every minute of it.

Tia is highly unusual. She is ridiculously smart but doesn’t apply herself. She doesn’t want people to know that she is smart because if they found out they will expect greater things from her. She thinks that if she gets in a position where she has to give orders, she will screw it up. So she does everything in her power to stat off the grid, but when Will enters her life and she decides to makes changes. I want to see those changes in the next but. I know she is going to be the main character, but I like to see them in the book.

Will is from Minnesota and moves to Florida his senior year. You would expect it to not be easy and it isn’t. He finds out that the person he thought he was is not who he is anymore. He wants to be his own person for a change and do things his way. He is a genuinely a good guy and it doesn’t hut that he is hot and played hockey at his last school. Did I mention his body is ripped and he has an earring? ;) And nothing is hotter than a guy that can play the drums.

Tia has just met her match in this highly addicting novel by Jennifer Echols. 

4 STARS!!!!!!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jennifer Echols was born in Atlanta and grew up in a small town on a beautiful lake in Alabama—a setting that has inspired many of her books. She has written nine romantic novels for young adults, including the comedy MAJOR CRUSH, which won the National Readers’ Choice Award, and the drama GOING TOO FAR, which was a finalist in the RITA, the National Readers’ Choice Award, and the Book Buyer’s Best, and was nominated by the American Library Association as a Best Book for Young Adults. Simon & Schuster will debut her adult romance novels in 2013, with many more teen novels scheduled for the next few years. She lives in Birmingham with her husband and her son. 

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