Friday 15 March 2013

Firefly excerpt and giveaway!:)


“The darkest days are ahead of us,” Andrew whispered as the drape of shadows slipped away, allowing Blair to awaken. And in her heart of hearts she knew it was true. The unmistakable signs were all around her, growing within her. She was becoming something more than human. All she could do was accept the inevitable.

“I’ve become a freak … an alien. I no longer belong to the human world,” Blair told her true love, and he held her close, determined never to give her up.

“I’d stay in this darkness forever as long as I could be with you. Wherever you are … that’s my home.” Everett meant every word. In fact, he’d willingly give up his own life to protect the girl he’d always loved.

But there was a storm brewing … a firestorm so strong and catastrophic that it could keep them apart forever.
That storm roared into town wearing a brown leather bomber jacket and riding a motorcycle.
Ash was like a secret in human clothing … a dangerous secret. Everything about him was mesmerizing – right down to the swirls of ink that flowed over the smooth muscles across his chest and around his arms. Being with him was like playing with fire.
Blair knew all about playing with fire.
She knew something else, too. A small quiet voice deep within whispered that she really would be separated from everyone and everything she’d known and loved.

Because some secrets run too deep.


As you probably know, Firefly is out! To all of you here is a little sneak peek and giveaway.

“I’ve gotta give myself up to him, y’all,” I buried my face in my hands. “It’s the only way to make sure y’all are safe.”
“The hell it is!” David blurted out. “You think for one minute that after all these years of us growing up together and looking out for one another that any one of us would just let you walk into the arms of that thing?”
I was startled to my senses, and everyone else was just plain shocked. We stared at him for a moment, and then he continued.
“Seriously, Blair! Didn’t I tell you that you’re like my own little sister? Think about what you are saying and how that would affect your mother and Andrew. And what about Everett? Do you think that nerd will ever find another girl like you?” He motioned toward Everett, and his face displayed that ‘well, do you?’ expression that I’d seen cross his face before.
I opened my mouth to say something … I had no idea what, because David was clearly on a roll. But I didn’t get the chance.
“Andrew,” David turned to speak to him. “We’ve been on bear hunting trips with our dads in the past; we came up against some pretty scary shit. But we didn’t back down. Why the hell should we now? Seriously, people!”
David shoved away from the table and walked around the room, anger and frustration rolling off him. I’d never seen him in such a state, and from the look on Natalie’s face, neither had she. He looked even bigger and broader when he was angry, and I realized he must have been a terrifying opponent when he was on the football field.
Then he turned around and pointed at Everett. “I’m gonna help this nerd keep his hot girlfriend. I’m gonna help my friend keep his sister, and then we’ll put an end to this shit once and for all!” Then he reached into the glass display cabinet, grabbed a slice of pumpkin pie with his bare hand, and shoved it in his mouth.
“I’m a nerd?” Everett asked, breaking the tension and cooling down David’s rage until he nearly choked on the pie from laughing.
“Yeah, bro,” Andrew slapped Everett on the shoulder. “I’ve been meaning to break it to you, but David beat me to the punch.”
“Huh,” Everett said, then winked at me and smiled. “Imagine that.”
“I love nerds,” I said and crawled back into his lap. “Save a horse, ride a nerd. That’s my motto!”
“Y’all are crazy,” Natalie giggled at all of us, her bright blue eyes sparkling.
“That was TMI, Sis,” Andrew shook his head.


And that's it! Liked it?
It's a great sequel to one of my favorite books, Belle- you rock!
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Monday 11 March 2013

Cover reveal: Fleeting Fires by Nadège Richards!

You ready for the cover reveal?

Fleeting Fires, the final book of The Bleeding Heart trilogy hits the scene! Yeah, I know that you want to see the cover so without further ado...


The timepiece ticks and the hour wanes...

The day fades and the night weakens, bringing with it a new dawn we may never see.

The annihilation of New Haven was only the beginning. With King Cyrus still on the loose and a forbidden past still yet to be discovered, Echo Abbeny is finding that her entire existence relies solely on one thing—the acceptance of her gifts as hybrid and the godly abilities she can’t even begin to understand. Or control. Ayden and Kahl are both destined for her love and won’t stop until they’ve claimed her heart, and they’re proving to be an even greater temptation than she could have ever dreamed. And when rumors of a mysterious kingdom in the Sunken City begin to spread like wildfire, spurring chaos between the Xavians, the race against the King and the clock begins…

In the third and final installment of The Bleeding Heart Trilogy, the hour is of the essence, every move will be watched, and death lurks at every corner. A war will be fought and there will be blood to pay. As one of the last oracles on earth, Echo will have to trust herself like never before.


Tadaaaah! It's here! Whatcha think?
Make sure to add it to your TBR list on goodreads and to visit the author's page!:)

Saturday 2 February 2013

VAMPIRE ACADEMY THE MOVIE!

We've all waited for like, a century for this series to come to life. AND IT FINALLY DID!
Rose, Dimitri, Lissa and others will appear on the big screen. Yay!
Badass Rose will be played by Zoey Deutch, Lucy Fry will appear as Lissa and Danila Kozlovskiy will play god-like guardian Dimitri.

And the name of the first movie is... (trn trn trn trn)
Blood sisters!
They actually did chose a Russian actor to play Dimitri, Zoey's ages fits and Lucy looks like she could pull of the role of the last Dragomir.
Filming starts this June and in the meanwhile, Zoey will be training to get Rose-kind-of look.

Whatcha think about this?
Don't forget to get the newest information on the official VA site on facebook.

*Happy-dance*



Thursday 30 August 2012

Belle Whittington, review and interview

Belle Whittington, writer of Young Adult Sci-Fi Paranormal Novels, released her new novel- Cicada.

Summertime for Blair Reynolds and her friends had always been carefree and fun... until the summer they happened upon something that was not human. As they band together in a fight for their lives, Blair's true love becomes something more than human. Something unnatural. And their survival depends entirely upon their ability to keep a secret.

Sounds interesting, right?

For more, check out her page.


1.) How did you get the idea of writing Cicada?

There’s not any one thing that inspired me to write Cicada. I find inspiration in everything around me, and there are a lot of cumulative memories of inspiration from over the years that all culminated in this YA Paranormal Sci-Fi trilogy! However, I will say that I did include a lot of actual places from the town in which Cicada is set.  For instance, I pass a ranch on my way home every day (and sometimes night!), and out in the middle of one of the grassy fields is a small forest of trees with a dense wall of tightly grown underbrush.  For years, I’ve imagined that something very mysterious was going on inside that forest, and sometimes at night I’d get creeped out while driving by it!  Now readers can get a feel for that forest by reading about the “haunted forest” in Cicada!


2.) When did you realize that you'd like to be a writer?

I have been daydreaming stories for as long as I can remember.  My first recollection of wanting to be a writer was when I was in the second grade, and my teacher, Mrs. Rambin, would have us lay our heads on our desks after lunch while she read us stories full of magic and imagination.
Most of my early writings were stories with a twist of science fiction…even my earliest poems.  I remember sitting on the dam of a neighbor’s pond around the time I was eleven, writing a story about space travel.  In fact, I still have that little handwritten story.  It’s still bound in the same yellow notebook that I put it in way back in the sixth grade!
Growing up in Nacogdoches, the oldest town in Texas, afforded me summers full of adventure with my friends.  I call on those adventures and memories a great deal for my YA stories.  Cicada has a lot of the energy of those childhood adventures spun throughout.  One of them is something that actually happened to me when I was thirteen years old.  I was on one of my adventures in the woods with my dog, Dusty.  We made our way through the woods to a neighboring pasture and crawled through the barbed wire fence.  When we got to the top of one of the rolling hills in the grassy field, I realized I was standing in the middle of a giant circle imprinted in the pasture grass.  No one had ever told me about crop circles at that time in my life, so I just thought it was an odd occurrence that there was a strange circle in the tall grass.   Now that circle is forever memorialized in a YA novel, Cicada!


3.) What kind of books do you like to read in your free time? 

As a literature major at University, I love anything lit-related.  However, for casual reading, I usually stick to reading Young Adult fiction, because it’s so full of adventure!  I frequently get asked which books or authors are my favorite.  I’m not even sure I can answer the question of favorites, because I don’t have any one favorite. Of course I love Jane Austen. Who doesn’t?  And Beowulf totally rocked my world.  Getting past that, there are so many others! For instance, Suzanne Collins rocked my world with her Hunger Games trilogy! After I finished Mocking Jay, the characters stayed with me night and day until I picked the trilogy up and reread it!
Then there’s Beth Revis and her awesome Across the Universe series! I was completely engrossed with the first two books, and I cannot wait for the next one! Not only are her characters compelling, but the world she created aboard Godspeed is unique and fresh.
Likewise, Amy Kathleen Ryan’s Glow was enthralling. The twist in her story literally caused me to gasp out loud when I read it! I’m looking forward to reading the sequel to her novel!
It goes without saying that I love J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series! I still wish I could have gone to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!
As you can see, I could go on and on… so many terrific authors, so little time! And, just about with every book I read, I add another favorite author to my list! For instance, I’m reading Spark by Amy Kathleen Ryan, so you can imagine that I’ll be adding it to my favorites soon!


4.) What gives you inspiration?
If I had to answer that in one word, I would say “life”.  Everything around me feeds my imagination.  As an avid daydreamer, I sort of walk around this world half-in, half-out of a daydream.  I enjoy looking at life through the lenses of magic.  However, there are those daily routines from which I draw inspiration.
Like most authors, I love listening to great music while writing.  There are so many talented musicians that inspire me while daydreaming and writing my stories.  I thought I'd share my inspiration play lists with your lovely readers. :-)

Another thing I think readers might like to know is that I have a favorite song that fits the mood for each one of the books in the trilogy! Want to hear the unofficial theme song to each book? Here goes!
· Cicada: The Resistance
· Firefly: Cosmic Love
· Third (yet unnamed book): Electric Feel



Where is Cicada sold?

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Where to find out more about Cicada:





Belle, thank you so much for the book, can't wait to get it. I hope you'll write more amazing books for us! :)

Monday 11 June 2012

Bloodlines

The most of you probably know what Bloodlines is, but for those who are scratching their heads and wonder is that some kind of a chocolate, I'll tell them. 

 

So, in my previous blog I mentioned Vampire academy by Richelle Mead. Bloodlines book series are spin-off of VA. Rose's story kinda ends up in VA, and in Bloodlines begins completely new story from Sydney's point of view.
Yes, that's right- Sydney's. I was surprised too. She is a 18 year-old Alchemist who thinks "all vampires are evil creatures of the dark".

If you still haven't checked it out, you can read first chapter here.


So, my question for you today is: What do you prefer, VA or BL? Why?






Sunday 10 June 2012

Hey ya all :)
So, as you can see, I'm new over here. My old blog got deleted.
I'll write about Young- Adult books and writers.
Here are couple of need-to-read-books from my shelf






 The first book is Hush, Hush from Becca Fitzpatrick.
You can lend it in a library. It is  a-m-a-z-i-n-g!
Anyway, it's saga about angels which will make your view on YA books much better (if that's even posible).






















Second one is Fallen series by Lauren Kate.
This book is also about angels (saga too) but it's  for experienced readers. At the beginning I could not read this. It was too boring. But when I read the first book, I couldn't stop.












The last but not the least is the Vampire academy by Richelle Mead. This book takes place in Montana, and as you can conclude- it's about vampires.
Don't you worry, this is not classical story about " Oh, this guy I fell in love is a vamp so he'll turn me into one". It is worth to read it.

Stay tooned!