Cover Reveal: Allure by Lea Nolan

Today, we're celebrating the cover reveal of Allure, the sequel to Lea Nolan's Conjure, coming October 1^st from Entangled Teen!

Worst. Summer. Ever.

Emma Guthrie races to learn the hoodoo magic needed to break The Beaumont Curse before her marked boyfriend Cooper's sixteenth birthday. But deep in the South Carolina Lowcountry, dark, mysterious forces encroach, conspiring to separate Emma and Cooper forever. When Cooper starts to change, turning cold and indifferent, Emma discovers that both his heart and body are marked for possession by competing but equally powerful adversaries.

Desperate to save him, Emma and her twin brother, Jack, risk their lives to uncover the source of the black magic that has allured Cooper and holds him in its grip. Face with the horror of a soul-eating boohag, Emma and Jack must fight to resist its fiendish power to free Cooper long enough to join their strengths and face it together, before it destroys them all.

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Praise for Conjure

"Richly filled with exquisite imagery, a compelling story, and a strong, smart heroine, Conjure will keep you up way past your bedtime." ~ Trinity Faegen, author of The Mephisto Covenant series

"A true adventure, complete with pirates, romance, a flesh-eating curse, and ancient magic. I couldn't put it down!" ~ Inara Scott, author of The Talents (Delcroix Academy) series

"Ifthere is one book teens and adults should have on their must read list, Conjure is it! Fans of young love and adventure will hurry to the end of each chapter, in anticipation of what will happen next. Unfolding at an easy pace, this tale is magical and spellbinding. Nolan is one to watch!" ~ RT Book Reviews, 4 ½ Stars Top Pick

"Conjure is a sweet, adventure-packed romp for young teen readers... There are pirates, lost treasure, curses, and ancient curses, chases, narrow escapes, and secret letters galore." ~ New York Journal of Books

"This is an unexpected read: exciting, dangerous, adventurous - everything we want from a good book. Yet Nolan puts that creative twist on all the elements, making Conjure something special. Conjure is recommended, 4 out of 5 stars." ~ Teen Librarian's Toolbox

About the Author

Lea Nolan couldn’t read until the third grade. After a lot of hard work she finally got the hang of it and quickly learned the best way to get out of doing chores was to tell her parents she was reading. Soon she was hooked, devouring books by Roald Dahl, E.B. White, Judy Blume, C.S. Lewis, and anything with a shiny Newberry Award sticker on the cover. Books provided a portal to enchanted lands where anything was possible and characters relied on their wits to wiggle out of sticky situations. Today, even though she’s all grown up, Lea writes the kinds of stories she sought as a teen--smart paranormals with bright heroines, crazy-hot heroes, diabolical plot twists, plus a dose of magic, a draft of romance, and a sprinkle of history. She holds degrees in history and women’s studies concentrating in public policy and spent fifteen years as a health policy analyst and researcher. She lives in Maryland with her heroically supportive husband and three clever children, who’ve figured out how to get out of doing their chores.

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Giveaway

Enter the giveaway below to win one of the first five electronic ARCs of Allure from Entangled Teen!

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Cover Reveal and Giveaway: Hover by Melissa West

Hey everyone!!!!  Today, we are super duper excited to be a part of the Hover cover reveal!!!  I just recently read Gravity, and I really enjoyed it!  It was action-oriented with a sweet romance, and I can't wait to see what happens next!  (Especially after Gravity's ending!)

You can read my review of Gravity here and while you're there, be sure to enter the GIVEAWAY to win an ecopy of the book!!!  AND be sure to enter the Rafflecopter at the bottom of this post to win a paperback of Gravity!  TWO CHANCES TO WIN!!!!  Does this day rock or what??

So....without futher ado!

 

Stay tuned in the coming months for the official blurb and trailer.

 

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Pre-order Buy links:

Amazon-http://www.amazon.com/Hover-The-Taking-Melissa-West/dp/1620610930/

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Chapters-http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Hover-Melissa-West/9781620610930-item.html

Book Depository- http://www.bookdepository.com/Hover-Melissa-West/9781620610930

Melissa’s links:

Website-http://www.melissawestauthor.com/

Blog-http://m-b-west.blogspot.com/

Twitter-https://twitter.com/MB_West

Facebook-http://www.facebook.com/MelissaWestAuthor

Goodreads-http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5287439.Melissa_West

 

 

 

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Blog Tour and Giveaway: Gravity by Melissa West

Gravity by Melissa West

eARC received from Entangled Publishing

Release Date: December 18

Reviewed by:  Middle Sis Jenn

The Sisters Say:  Gripping and Grostesque--with a touch of romance!

In the future, only one rule will matter:

Don’t. Ever. Peek.

Seventeen-year-old Ari Alexander just broke that rule and saw the last person she expected hovering above her bed — arrogant Jackson Locke, the most popular boy in her school. She expects instant execution or some kind of freak alien punishment, but instead, Jackson issues a challenge: help him, or everyone on Earth will die.

Ari knows she should report him, but everything about Jackson makes her question what she’s been taught about his kind. And against her instincts, she’s falling for him. But Ari isn’t just any girl, and Jackson wants more than her attention. She’s a military legacy who’s been trained by her father and exposed to war strategies and societal information no one can know — especially an alien spy, like Jackson. Giving Jackson the information he needs will betray her father and her country, but keeping silent will start a war.

I had been looking forward to reading Gravity since I first read the blurb months and months ago.  The concept was new and refreshing, and I couldn’t wait to dig into Jackson’s secrets!  Now that I have read it, I will say—his secrets are definitely worth reading!  Adventurous and romantic, Gravity will lift your off your feet and send your soaring through a broken world teetering on the brink of destruction. 

The world building was my favorite part of this book.  Earth has been ravaged by war after war, to the point where nothing grows naturally any more.  As a result, humans had to reach out to the Ancients to try and bring the Earth and its resources back to life.  I found the new government interesting—how the future seemed to bleed back into the past where family lineage was the way to power; yet the technology was much more advanced than our own.  Prejudice and poverty are rife, and those in power seek to obtain perfection. 

I found Ari to be a kick butt heroine, even though she was daft at times.  Her father is one of the most powerful people in this dystopian world, and he is in charge of the safety of the citizens.  Since power is handed down through families, this makes Ari the next in line to be the sort of supreme commander.  She has ninja skills that would make Jackie Chan look twice, and she doesn’t give in to pain and vulnerability.  I liked that strength about her, and I liked that she also had a mind of her own.  She wasn’t brainwashed like you would think many who have been indoctrinated to believe something would be; instead, she looks at the evidence, weighs the consequences, and then chooses what she thinks is best for the world.  The only thing that bugged me at times is she seemed to be clueless when it comes to relationships.  There were things that she didn’t understand that were right in front of her, and that made me want to smack her at points.

Don’t. Ever. Peak.

But with Jackson Locke?  That’s just not possible!  He’s gorgeous—sculpted and made to look like the perfect human being, but he also has the hero complex that just makes me swoon.  Add the fact that he floats over Ari every night while she is asleep (hot!), and he is just full to the brim with sexiness!  But Jackson has secrets of his own, and I really didn’t see them coming.  Maybe I should have, but Melissa did a great job of making you focus on other aspects of the world and the forth-coming war that when you discover his secret, you don’t really see it coming.  Jackson made me smile—that’s how I would explain him.  He’s the guy that’s caring and can hypnotize you with a look, yet once the trance is broken, you see how dangerous and deadly he truly is.

 And The ENDING!!!!  Oh my goodness, I can’t wait for the next book to come out because I need to know what is in store for Ari and her world!  I was able to predict that something weird/crazy would happen just from the hints, but everything is still all up in the air; and I’m not really sure if I have any idea about what is coming.  So, Melissa and Entangled…..we need book 2 now!!!!  Now!!!  Please!!!

I did find a few plot holes throughout the story, but since this is just the first book, it is probably because those revelations have yet to be revealed.

Melissa creates a world torn apart by despair and greed, where its brother against brother, friend against friend—a world where fate is manipulated, love is perilous, and truth is obscured.  So ignore the warning, and take a peak!

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Blog Tour: Luminosity by Stephanie Thomas

 

Today we have the pleasure of hosting the Luminosity Blog Tour!  I was so excited to get to read Stephanie Thomas's book!!!  Be sure to check out my review below, and don't forget to enter to win an ecopy and Bea's necklace in the Rafflecopter's at the bottom of this post.  PLUS...keep scrolling after this post to see the OPAL TRAILER from Entangled and Jennifer L. Armentrout.

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Luminosity by Stephanie Thomas

Published by Entangled Publishing

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Reviewed by:  Middle Sis Jenn

The Sisters Say:  Gripping, Mysterious and Gruesome

My name is Beatrice. When I was born, I was blessed with the Sight. I was immediately removed from my parents and enrolled in the Institution. At the age of twelve, I had my first true vision, earning my raven’s wings. And when I turned seventeen, one of my visions came true. Things haven’t been the same since.

The Institution depends on me to keep the City safe from our enemy, the Dreamcatchers, but I’m finding it harder to do while keeping a secret from everyone, including my best friend Gabe. It is a secret that could put us all in danger. A secret that could kill me and everyone close to me.

But the enemy has been coming to me in my dreams, and I think I’m falling in love with him. He says they’re coming. He says they’re angry. And I think I’ve already helped them win.

From the moment I read the blurb about this one, I was hooked.  What’s not to love? 

A dystopian society—check

Mysterious villains—check

Dangerous dream boy—check

And then when the cover was revealed, I wanted to read it even more!  This cover is absolutely gorgeous, and I still can’t take my eyes off of it!

Enter a world where death is everywhere, where mystery abounds, and where love and hate are two halves to the same whole.  A thrill ride of a story, Luminosity won’t just bring you to the edge of your seat, it will tip you right over!

I was intrigued by Stephanie’s world because it seemed like it was set out of place and out of time.  It’s a world where paranormal powers exist and are commonplace, yet revered and feared.  It’s a world that rose from the ashes of the past only to find itself, once more, on the brink of destruction.  What I find most interesting is how it feels like there are no good guys.  The story takes place from Beatrice’s point of view (she’s a Seer), so we get a biased view of the world.  Now I think it’s a biased view, not a truthful view.  Beatrice doesn’t know much about her enemy, the Dreamcatchers, and as a result, we know little nothing about them either.  All we know is that the Seers want to kill them and the Dreamcatchers want to kill the Seers.  So that is why I say there are no good guys.  There is so much mystery surrounding their world that we know very little about why they hate each other.  Because of this, you are always on edge, wondering when a truth will surface—and when it does, whose truth will it be?  And can it even be called truth?  Stephanie’s world is a game of cat and mouse, but the question is--who is the cat and who is the mouse? 

Beatrice was an unusual heroine because I felt like she wanted to do good, but she was pulled into a bad situation and didn’t know how to fight back.  She is revered as one of the greatest Seers, yet she is unsure of herself and unsure about what she really wants.  I liked that even though she was powerful, she was still weak and vulnerable in some aspects of her life.  However, there were times when I got annoyed by her because I felt like she was being too naïve.  She was too trusting, to a point where she would trust people pointing a gun at her head.  At these points, I wanted to whack her upside the head and yell, “What are you thinking??”  Still, I was captured by her struggle because she was unaware that she was walking such a dangerous line between protector and betrayer. 

So…I know what you are wanting to know.  The guys, am I right?  There are two in this book, Gabe and Echo; and they couldn’t be more different.  Gabe is Beatrice’s best friend, but they are starting to become more than that.  I truthfully didn’t like Gabe that much because I felt he was too fickle and sensitive.  He likes Beatrice, but when Bea pays him little attention because her mind is on the war (seriously, whose mind wouldn’t be on the war?), he got all huffy and pouty about it.  Still, they had some very sweet and sincere romantic moments.

And Echo…the Dreamcatcher.  I like Echo because I always fall for the mysterious bad boy, even though we don’t really know if Echo is the bad guy.  He speaks in riddles (hot!), but he seems to know exactly what Bea needs.  They are drawn to each other like a moth to the flame, and its possible, they just might be the death of each other.  But this is what makes their relationship so compelling.  It’s built on trust when there should be none between them.  It’s raw and emotional, yet at times void of feeling.  If ever there was a roller coaster of a relationship, this would be it!  But who doesn’t love a good roller coaster?

Overall, this was a unique and enjoyable read.  There were times when the action was slow and I found myself wondering when things were going to pick up, but then the last 25% of the book came along and it was fight after fight, kiss after kiss, revelation after revelation.  I will warn you though, be ready for some gruesome and very sad moments.  There were deaths and murders that were extremely upsetting to me as a parent because Stephanie did not shy away from child death.  So, put your tough skin on to read this one.

I’ll leave you with one of my favorite quotes from the book, and be sure to purchase your copy today!

“Everything is starting to unravel into a pool of nonsense.  And standing in the middle of the pool is Echo, handsome and tall, pleading with me to save him.  Save us.”  Pg 92

 

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