Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Altered by Gennifer Albin Chapter Reveal + Giveaway

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If you do not know yet how much I loved Crewel you can read my review here (it has giraffe balls)! For the rest of you, you must know how excited I am to be on this chapter reveal tour for its sequel, Altered. On each stop, you will ge part of the 1st chapter until you’ve read it all! Plus, you get a chance to win an ARC!

*Altered, the sequel to Crewel, does not yet have a cover*
Altered Chapter One (Part 3)
[…Continued from Part 1 at Bewitched Bookworms and Part 2 at Cuddlebuggery Book Blog]
“Clearly the fact that we are in some type of forsaken alternate reality is much less important than your grudge against me, so can we get this over with and move on?” Erik asks. He moves out of the shadows to face his brother. Standing there, they mirror each other, and for the first time I study them as brothers. I’d only just figured out the real reason they were cold to each other at the Coventry: they were both hiding that secret. They’re exactly the same height, something I’d not noticed before, but Jost is bulkier from his work at the Coventry. He’s dressed in casual work clothes, unlike Erik, whose suit, while wrinkly, is still smart. Erik’s hair brushes his shoulders and Jost’s is longer, but although they share the same unruly waves, Erik’s silvery hair is smoothly slicked into place. Jost’s wild dark locks look like you’d expect after as much action as we’ve seen. The one thing that’s exactly the same is their piercing blue eyes.

“Grudge?” Jost laughs, but there’s a hollowness to it. “You think watching my wife, our sister, our mother get wiped from Arras resulted in a grudge?”

“Then why are you here? What purpose does it serve to run to the Guild if you hate them so much for what they did to Rozenn?” Erik demands.

“That’s our problem.” Jost steps closer to him. “You’ve never understood. Even I knew why Rozenn’s brother and his friends were discontent. I know what the Guild is capable of, and so do you. How can you turn a blind eye? You’ve become one of them.”

“Jost, you were at the Coventry for two years, and I never once let it slip you were from Saxun.”

“It would have given away your own secret. You wouldn’t want those officials knowing you were a fisherman’s son,” Jost accuses.

Erik’s jaw tightens.  “I never once gave them a reason to suspect your motives, but I’ll be honest with you, I don’t understand what you were waiting for. I expected you to attack them, maybe even kill the Spinster who did it. Anything,” Erik says. “I wouldn’t have blamed you. I stood back, and you did nothing. I actually thought maybe you’d formed some type of twisted dependency on them.”

“That’s not it.” Jost sighs, and the lightest of lines remain on his forehead and around his eyes. “If you understood then you’d know I wasn’t looking for some quick, simple payback. I want to understand how the system operates.”

“How will that help you heal?” Erik demands. “What can you possibly gain?”

“Myself ? Not much. But understanding the system and getting the information into the right hands could do more damage.”

“So that’s it,” Erik says in a quiet voice. “You were plotting treason.”

“And killing Spinsters wouldn’t have been that?” Jost asks, responding to the allegation in his brother’s voice.

“Killing the one responsible would be reasonable,” Erik says. “But destroying the system would undermine the peace the Guild has established.”

“Peace?” Jost echoes with a laugh.

I think of the people who have been ripped, the neatly orga- nized proof in storage at the Coventry, the look of defeat on my father’s face as he tried to shove me into the tunnel the night the Guild came to claim me. No part of me wants to laugh.

Jost grabs my arm. “Ask Adelice. Ask her what it’s like to rip someone from Arras. Ask her if it’s peaceful for them.”

I open my mouth to protest being dragged into the middle of this, but Jost doesn’t wait for me to respond to his point.

“Or better yet, ask me, Erik. Ask me what it was like to see it happen.” Jost’s voice drops down and trails off. None of us speak. “I watched it. I saw her slip away piece by piece. I watched as they took her away from me.”

“I’m sorry,” Erik offers. He sounds sincere, but even I know his words are far from enough.

Jost shakes his head slightly as if to clear his thoughts, and looks out into the dark. “Rozenn was better than any of us. You or me. So was our mother.” He pauses. “And my daughter.” Erik’s shock registers like a slap across the face.

“Daughter?” he mouths. No actual sound comes, but the heaviness of the word presses on my chest, and judging from their expressions, they feel it, too.

“You missed out on a lot when you took off.” Jost’s words are dismissive, but he doesn’t look away from Erik.

“You could have telebounded me,” Erik insists. Now he’s the one who sounds accusatory.

“And what?” Jost asks. “You would have come to visit? You didn’t come when Dad got sick or I got married. I knew where we stood with you when you left to serve the Guild. Your family couldn’t help you move forward politically, so we were of no use to you.

“You wouldn’t have cared,” Jost continues. “You were busy cozying up to Maela, following her orders like the perfect Spinster’s errand boy. Just like you’ve been busy weaseling your way into Adelice’s heart.”

…Read more tomorrow over at The Book Cellar!

Have not heard of Crewel yet? *gasp* Check what you’re missing:
Crewel
Gennifer Albin
Series: Crewel World #1
Publication date: October 16th 2012
by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Enter a tangled world of secrets and intrigue where a girl is in charge of other’s destinies, but not her own.

Sixteen-year-old Adelice Lewys has always been special. When her parents discover her gift—the ability to weave the very fabric of reality—they train her to hide it. For good reason, they don’t want her to become a Spinster — one of the elite, beautiful, and deadly women who determine what people eat, where they live, how many children they have, and even when they die.

Thrust into the opulent Western Coventry, Adelice will be tried, tested and tempted as she navigates the deadly politics at play behind its walls.  Now caught in a web of lies and forbidden romance, she must unravel the sinister truth behind her own unspeakable power.  Her world is hanging by a thread, and Adelice, alone, can decide to save it — or destroy it.

About the Author
Gennifer’s Website / Goodreads / Facebook / Twitter

I like coffee. A lot. Writing gives me time to go get a cup without my kids. I like books as much as I like coffee, but it is easier to read with children hanging on you than drink coffee due to the threat of third degree burns. That’s why coffee gets top billing in my intro: its unattainability.

I hold a Masters in English with a specialization in 18th century women’s studies. While this is a highly marketable area of expertise, I stay home with my kids, which means my 3 year-old son uses correct grammar and doesn’t burn down the house.

I have a ridiculously supportive husband who dreams of being included on a book jacket: “The author lives in Kansas with her husband, two children, and a Tuesday cat.”

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Altered Chapter One Reveal Tour:
Monday, May 20—Prologue and Part One of Chapter One
Bewitched Bookworms

Tuesday, May 21—Part Two of Chapter One
Cuddlebuggery

Wednesday, May 22—Part Three of Chapter One
Xpresso Reads

Thursday, May 23—Part Four of Chapter One
The Book Cellar

Friday, May 24—Part Five of Chapter One
BookYAReview

Giveaway
The lovely people at Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group have generously offered up one ARC of Altered (Crewel World, #2) for giveaway.

· Open to US and Canada addresses only
· Full contest terms and conditions found on Rafflecopter

Giveaway ends June 3rd, 2013
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Giselle

Canadian blogger, wife, mother, coffee lover, and sarcastic at heart! She has had a love for all things bookish since before Amazon and eReaders existed *le gasp*. You can also find her organizing tours and other fun things at Xpresso Book Tours.

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52 Responses to “Altered by Gennifer Albin Chapter Reveal + Giveaway”

  2. Alicia Batista

    This book sounds SO GOOD! I LOVED the Chapter reveal! I can”t wait to read it! Thanks for this AMAZING Giveaway! 🙂

    My Rafflecopter name is Vannah Batista

  6. Jenni @ Alluring Reads

    I can’t freaking wait for this book! I absolutely loved Crewel and that ending definitely left me hanging. I am going to wait until the week is out and then read the whole chapter. Thanks for sharing chick!

  14. Aman

    I remember your initial reaction to Crewel, giraffeballs! lol! I loved the cover for Crewel (and I really need to read that book), but I’m more excited to see what’s it going to be for Altered. More vibrant colors!

  18. Bonnie R

    Crewel was so fantastic I can’t wait to see where the story goes… especially with that ending! Gah! Lovely little sneak peek. 🙂

  20. Megan K.

    Yaaaay! I’m so excited for Altered, so I have to go check out the other blogs for the first part of that chapter. I find it funny how the entire excerpt here just revolves around Jost and Erik. I miss those two. Can’t wait to read more about them!

  23. Megan Hand

    Ooh Ooh, I still have not read this one, but I own it. Prettiest cover, yes? Going to read your Crewel review NOW 🙂 You had me at giraffe balls! HA!

  27. Eileen

    This is seriously such a cool idea there was such a HUGE cliffhanger to the ending of Crewel and I know how much you loved the first book, so I’m so happy you got to post part of the first chapter! I’ve been seeing a lot of people tweeting about this whole campaign and I think I need to finish reading everything I haven’t started yet but I think that definitely needs to change lol 🙂

    Fantastic post, Giselle!

  29. Jovon Tucker

    First off…I totally love the cover of CREWEL! It’s so beautiful!!! The story sounds great and I loved the chapter here! Great sneak peak for realz! I am interested how it all turns out for Adelice Lewys and how she got her power and how she learns to harness it!

  36. Melanie

    A beautiful cover and a wondeful book? It’s hard to find one of those these days…. I didn’t read the excerpt as I haven’t read Crewel but hopefull soon, seeing you LOVED it. <33

  38. Meghan

    This looks so great! Thanks for sharing with us! I adore that cover as well.
    Books like this make me wonder whether the author had any influence from friends and family while writing it.
    Thanks for the giveaway!
    mestith at gmail dot com

  46. Kamla L.

    These chapter reveals are killing me! I haven’t had the chance to read CREWEL as yet and I’m so afraid to read the ALTERED chapter reveals. Tempting as they are , I don’t want to come across any spoilers. I know , I know . It’s my own fault for not having read CREWEL as yet. I’m kicking myself right about now. I’m bookmarking all the posts…now I just have to hurry and get my hands on Crewel