Posts By: Giselle

Friday, February 10, 2012

Cover Reveal: The Color of Snow, The Watchers Trilogy

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The Legions Trilogy
(Cover redesign)
Karice Bolton

Awakening Synopsis:
Alone in snowy, remote Whistler village, Ana tries to build a new life since losing her parents. With a cozy condo, a sweet-faced bulldog and an evening job to leave the days free for the slopes, life slips into a great routine. If only she could shake the guilt for not remembering anything about her parents and banish the night terrors that haunt her every dream. On a whim, Ana goes out with Athen, a guy she’s just met in the Grizzly Pub… The only problem is that she feels like she already knows him.
Within 48 hours of meeting Athen and his family, Ana’s world implodes. She falls for Athen quickly and before she knows it, a past life begins to resurface. As thrilling as the revelations appear at first, she fights against the chilling information that Athen is from the underworld. Soon she begins to struggle as her own supernatural gifts are slowly unveiled, and she realizes that the nightmares she’s been having might be premonitions and not dreams at all. It is up to Ana to decipher between fact and fiction before it is too late, and her new love, Athen, follows in her same fate – one that is lost between two worlds.

Old covers:
 

The Color of Snow
Brenda Stanley
Release date: June 1st,2012
bu Tribute Books

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When a beautiful 16-year-old girl named Sophie is found sequestered in a cage-like room in a rundown house in the desolate hills of Arbon Valley, Idaho, the entire community is shocked to learn she is the legendary Callidora–a baby girl who was kidnapped from her crib almost seventeen years ago and canonized in missing posters with portraits of what the fabled girl might resemble. Authorities soon learn that the cage was there to protect people from Sophie, because her biological father believes she is cursed.

Sophie is discovered after the man she knows as Papa, shoots and injures Damien, a young man who is trying to rescue her. Now, unsocialized and thrust into the world, and into a family she has never met, Sophie must decide whether she should accept her Papa’s claims that she is cursed and he was only trying to protect others, or trust the new people in her life who have their own agendas. Guided by a wise cousin, Sophie realizes that her most heartbreaking challenge is to decide if her love for Damien will destroy him like her Papa claims, or free her from past demons that haunt her mind.

I don’t know about you, but I love the looks and sounds of The Color of Snow. It sounds different from anything I’ve read. It also has a great mysterious vibe that I’m just loving! As for the Watchers series redesign, it’s incredible. They’re a much more eye catching cover that also better represents the vibe of the story. If you want to know what I thought of Awakening (book 1), click here for my review.

Thoughts on these new covers?

All’s Fair in Vanities War Tour Stop

Posted by on 02/09/2012 • 23 Comments

As part of the All’s Fair in Vanities War blog tour, Elizabeth Marx is coming over to Xpresso Reads to list her top ten Celtic Goddesses. There is also a giveaway… or 2… or none… I guess you’ll have to check! 🙂If you haven’t heard of Elizabeth’s book before, here’s the deal:

All’s Fair in Vanities WarElizabeth MarxRelease date: October 24th, 2011

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Salem’s always held sinister secrets. No one understands this better than a sixteen-year-old girl who dies on Halloween night and is reborn a Seer. The Seer can’t imagine anything worse than being an invisible teenager with enormous black wings. Until she finds out she’s been sacrificed to watch over Locke’s new flame.

Locke Cavanaugh is a Druid, and part of the…

Review: Zombies vs Unicorns – Inoculata & Cold Hands

Posted by on 02/08/2012 • 29 Comments

Zombies vs UnicornsMultiple authors (anthology)Release date: September 21st, 2010by Margaret K. McElderry

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It’s a question as old as time itself: which is better, the zombie or the unicorn? In this anthology, edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier (unicorn and zombie, respectively), strong arguments are made for both sides in the form of short stories. Half of the stories portray the strengths–for good and evil–of unicorns and half show the good (and really, really bad-ass) side of zombies. Contributors include many bestselling teen authors, including Cassandra Clare, Libba Bray, Maureen Johnson, Meg Cabot, Scott Westerfeld, and Margo Lanagan. This anthology will have everyone asking: Team Zombie or Team Unicorn?

*This review is part of Zombies vs Unicorns month co-hosted with Literary Exploration, YA-Aholic and YA Bookmark*

Waiting on Wednesday (22)

Posted by on 02/08/2012 • 68 Comments

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine and spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.  My pick this week:

Never Let You Go                                     Emma Carlson Berne                                     Release date: Fall, 2012 by Simon Pulse Add it to your Goodread

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. . .

You always want what you can’t have.

Megan never meant to hurt her best friend Anna. She made a mistake, and she’s spent all year trying to regain Anna’s trust. So when Anna invites her to spend the summer on her uncle’s farm, Megan is excited…and relieved. The past is finally behind them.

On the farm, Anna quickly falls for Jordan, a rugged summer-hand. Megan and Jordan have their own spark,…

Review: Pure by Julianna Baggott

Posted by on 02/07/2012 • 36 Comments

PureJulianna BaggottRelease date: February 8th, 2012by Grand Central Publishing

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We know you are here, our brothers and sisters . . . Pressia barely remembers the Detonations or much about life during the Before. In her sleeping cabinet behind the rubble of an old barbershop where she lives with her grandfather, she thinks about what is lost-how the world went from amusement parks, movie theaters, birthday parties, fathers and mothers . . . to ash and dust, scars, permanent burns, and fused, damaged bodies. And now, at an age when everyone is required to turn themselves over to the militia to either be trained as a soldier or, if they are too damaged and weak, to be used as live targets, Pressia can no longer pretend to be…

Cover Reveal: Awaited & Live Through This

Posted by on 02/07/2012 • 10 Comments

Awaited(Wasteland, #2)Lynn RushRelease date: May 2012by Crescent Moon Press

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The voice is a powerful thing…

Russell Leonard is a centuries-old Guardian who’s lost faith in his purpose. So when he’s charged with procuring the first female Guardian in over two centuries, he can only hope it’s the red-headed beauty who’s been haunting his dreams for months. And if it is, he intends to claim her as his. But when he finds his dream woman, Annabelle is mute and bears no Guardian’s Mark.

He soon realizes she’s been tainted by an ancient evil. Russell must somehow release the secrets trapped within this delicate soul to help her tap into the only weapon powerful enough to silence a millennia-old demon—her voice.

The Wasteland series:

Dusty Reads (20)

Posted by on 02/07/2012 • 18 Comments

Dusty Reads is a weekly meme, hosted here, featuring a book that has been sitting unread on my home shelf for some time. To participate, add your link at the bottom.  If you wish, you can grab the button and find more information here.

My pick this week:

Witch SongAmber ArgyleRelease date: September 1st, 2011by Rhemalda Publishing

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The world is changing.

Once, Witch Song controlled everything from the winds to the shifting of the seasons, but not anymore. All the Witches are gone, taken captive by a traitor.

All but Brusenna.

Now the traitor is coming for Brusenna, and even her guardian can’t protect her. Somehow, Brusenna has to succeed where every other Witch has failed. Find the traitor. Fight her. Defeat her.

Follower Love Giveaway Hop – Zombie Love

Posted by on 02/06/2012 • 17 Comments

Hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer and Rachael Renee Anderson.

There are over 300 blogs linked together to give you lots of winnings! As part of Zombies Vs. Unicorns month, one blog on each team has decided to participate in this giveaway to give you some zombies and unicorn goodness! The team Unicorn blog is Haley over at YA-Aholic. So let’s see what Team Zombie has to give!

Since this is Zombies vs Unicorns month, I felt it suitable to giveaway a copy of the book that inspired us to organize this event: OR  you can pick instead, a pre-order of my most anticipated zombie book coming out in June: Have you missed any Zombies vs Unicorns posts? Click here for all the event posts so far….