tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88731684551882630482024-02-17T14:52:24.087-05:00Enchanted by BooksReviews of Urban Fantasy, Paranormal, Mysteries, Chick Lit, Romance and Young Adult NovelsEnchanted by Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939494712100587128noreply@blogger.comBlogger530125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873168455188263048.post-73904256362229941832012-07-13T22:31:00.000-04:002012-07-13T22:31:15.420-04:00Hearts of Darkness by Kira Brady Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Kayla Friday’s life dramatically changed the day she arrived
in Seattle Washington to identify her sister’s body at the morgue. Within
minutes, she is thrust into a world of paranormals who are looking for a
necklace that was in her sister’s possession. Without a clue to what is going
on, Kayla clings to a man named Hart who she meets at the morgue, to help
her. The only problem is, Hart’s job is
to recover that necklace by any means possible and helping Kayla is just a ruse
to get his hands on it. Also she’s
pretty sexy and he wouldn’t mind getting her into bed.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As Kayla tries to survive in this post-apocalyptic world,
her attraction for Hart grows more and more every day. But little does she know
another man has his eyes set on her, and he plans to make her his next prized possession.
Will Kayla find the necklace and make it
home safe or will her trip to Seattle be her last? <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Hearts of Darkness</b> is the first book in the Deadglass Series
by debut author Kira Brady. At first I
had trouble getting into this story right from the beginning. Kayla’s sister’s dead body is set on fire in
front of her and a couple pages later, she grabs onto a perfect stranger named
Hart and starts kissing him. My jaw
actually dropped when Kayla started checking out Hart and did this. How could
you think about a man, how could you be attracted to a man, after just seeing
your dead sister in a morgue and watching her body burn? And you react by
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The romance between Hart and Kayla was not enjoyable for me
because it never had time to develop. They kiss in Chapter 3 before they’ve
even gotten to know each other at all. This ruined the chase for me. You know when
one person in a romance novel is chasing after another and they don’t know if
the other really likes them or not? Well we didn’t have any of that. We knew from the very beginning that Hart
wanted to screw Kayla, and we knew Kayla although supposedly a virgin, was
QUICK to jump into bed with the first man she meets in Seattle. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The word ‘’Lady’’ is used over and over and over in this
story instead of God. The Lady is one of
their Gods and they say her name constantly.
I had no idea who this Lady is but eventually it was sort of explained.
I started counting at one point how many times Lady is used. After 15 times, I
stopped counting. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The world that Kayla was in was already built for me as it
is practically identical to Karen Marie Moning’s Fever Series world, so I didn’t
have trouble picturing it. At times I
got confused because of the extreme similarities between the two series. In both series the main character is
traveling far to a place where their sister was studying, was found
dead/possibly murdered, had a secret boyfriend, and was living in a place that
was overrun by paranormal beings that the rest of the world doesn’t know about.
In both series the main character clings on to the first man she meets. In the Fever Series, Barron; In Deadglass,
Hart. There are numerous more
similarities but they would create spoilers for both series so I won’t mention
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I had extremely high hopes for Hearts of Darkness when I
heard it’s comparable to KMM’s series. I
didn’t think the comparison was because of near identical plots. I assumed it would be because of the writing or
some other aspect. After having read a
lot of urban fantasy novels, (I don’t know why this is classified as paranormal
romance) this story just doesn’t feel unique to me. I feel like I’ve read it before, too many
times. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Despite all of my complaints, I WILL be continuing on with
this series to see if it will develop more. It did have a fast pace and the action was enjoyable. Unfortunately, the negatives still outweigh the positives with Hearts of Darkness. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Summer is supposed to be when teenagers have the time of
their lives. They discover themselves, have relationships, party, and make
lasting memories with their best friends.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For Maggie, her summers will never be the same again.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It took one moment, one second, and forever
her life was changed.</span><br />
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immediately suffers from amnesia of what happened because of the shock. Maggie and her boyfriend Joey were about to
go cliff diving together, Joey jumped, Maggie didn’t, and Joey fell to his death. All of their friends were at the bottom of
the cliff and they want to know what went wrong. After all Joey has cliff
jumped a million times before. The one time he takes Maggie to jump with him,
he dies? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Joey’s death becomes an investigation because of it’s
suspicious nature. Maggie’s best friend Adam is by her side, holding her hand
through it all. But Adam was Joey’s best friend and he is suffering as
well. When he starts to withdraw from
Maggie and becomes distant, she starts to feel like she is all alone. It doesn’t help that whenever Adam is around,
she gets flashes of memories coming back to her that don’t make any sense. How
will she make sense of her life and what happened without Adam by her side?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ONE MOMENT is a young adult story that explores the topic of
grief in a heartbreaking and real manner.
I could relate to every emotion Maggie went through after Joey’s
death. From having the image of him dead
glued in her brain and wanting to rip her eyelids out because it hurt too much,
to wishing she did something different to change the course of what
happened. Going to a funeral and having
that out of body experience where you can’t believe this is happening, all of
it, was real and something everyone has had to deal with one time in their
life. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I felt Maggie’s grief deeply and I felt for her and every
emotion she experienced dealing with her tremendous loss. ONE MOMENT has a mystery element to it
because the reader is given a clue as to what happened to Joey, but not the
whole story. As we read we truly don’t know if Maggie as the narrator is
dependable and truthful, afterall she is suffering from amnesia. So at one point I started to question if what
she was narrating was even reality. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ONE MOMENT is the best Young Adult book that I have read in
a very long time. It is so good that I
can’t manage to even read any other books right now because all I can think
about is Maggie and Joey. When an author’s
characters come alive like Kristina McBride’s have done for me, that is a big
deal. That is DAMN GOOD writing at it’s
finest. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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won’t regret it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The winner of A Discovery of Witches is Terzak! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The winner of Shatter Me is Linda: Book Ninja!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The winner of Glow is Adrianne Cruz!</span> <br />
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The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette’s touch is fatal. As long as she doesn’t hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don’t fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong color.<br />
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The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a cell. Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering war– and The Reestablishment has changed its mind. Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Maybe she’s exactly what they need right now.<br />
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Juliette has to make a choice: Be a weapon. Or be a warrior.</blockquote>
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What if you were bound for a new world, about to pledge your life to someone you'd been promised to since birth, and one unexpected violent attack made survival—not love—the issue? <br />
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Out in the murky nebula lurks an unseen enemy: the New Horizon. On its way to populate a distant planet in the wake of Earth's collapse, the ship's crew has been unable to conceive a generation to continue its mission. They need young girls desperately, or their zealous leader's efforts will fail. Onboard their sister ship, the Empyrean, the unsuspecting families don't know an attack is being mounted that could claim the most important among them...<br />
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Fifteen-year-old Waverly is part of the first generation to be successfully conceived in deep space; she was born on the Empyrean, and the large farming vessel is all she knows. Her concerns are those of any teenager—until Kieran Alden proposes to her. The handsome captain-to-be has everything Waverly could ever want in a husband, and with the pressure to start having children, everyone is sure he's the best choice. Except for Waverly, who wants more from life than marriage—and is secretly intrigued by the shy, darkly brilliant Seth. <br />
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Glow is the most riveting series debut since The Hunger Games, and promises to thrill and challenge readers of all ages.</blockquote>
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When historian Diana Bishop opens a bewitched alchemical manuscript in Oxford’s Bodleian Library it represents an unwelcome intrusion of magic into her carefully ordinary life. Though descended from a long line of witches, she is determined to remain untouched by her family’s legacy. She banishes the manuscript to the stacks, but Diana finds it impossible to hold the world of magic at bay any longer.<br />
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Chief among the creatures who gather around Diana is vampire Matthew Clairmont, a geneticist with a passion for Darwin. Together, Diana and Matthew embark on a journey to understand the manuscript’s secrets. But the relationship that develops between the ages-old vampire and the spellbound witch threatens to unravel the fragile peace that has long existed between creatures and humans—and will certainly transform Diana’s world as well.</blockquote>
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<strong>A Discovery of Witches will be released in paperback for the first time on December 27th. I am pleased to have a copy to give away to one lucky reader. Also here is a video sponsored by Harkness’s UK publisher which features Harkness giving a walking tour of Oxford with commentary about her inspiration for the book.</strong><br />
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<strong>For more information about the book and what Deborah Harkness has been up to, you can check out her website</strong><a href="http://deborahharkness.com/"><strong> here</strong></a><strong> or her facebook page </strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Deborah-Harkness/163048101811"><strong>here</strong></a><strong>. </strong><br />
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<b>Thank you everyone for visiting and giving me your opinion on the new design. I did have my About the Author lightened per a suggestion so I appreciate the feedback. </b><br />
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<b>As for the people who said my blog looks enchanted or magical now, that is EXACTLY what I was going for and thank you so much! I am so glad everyone likes the new design! My Review Archive is now complete, so check it out if you get a chance. </b><br />
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<b>Winners please email me, email is under the Contact tab on the top of this page. I will then buy the B&N giftcards and your $10 will be sent right away to your email by B&N. </b><br />
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<br />Enchanted by Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939494712100587128noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873168455188263048.post-73022298201343079902011-11-17T01:54:00.001-05:002011-11-21T00:17:43.114-05:00Welcome Back Contest!<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello everyone! I decided to do a contest to thank everyone for visiting my blog again despite my long absence. To be entered please answer the following three questions in the comments:<br />
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Prizes: B&N online giftcard<br />
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<strong>THIS CONTEST HAS ENDED. WINNERS ARE POSTED IN THE ABOVE POST.</strong>Enchanted by Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939494712100587128noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873168455188263048.post-12708901189621140212011-11-16T20:49:00.003-05:002011-11-19T16:29:42.326-05:00Welcome to the New Enchanted by Books!<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><b>As you may have noticed, my blog had a huge makeover done! <u>Please check out my About Me profile and my Review Archive! Everything is now complete! </u></b> </i><br />
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<i> <b>But this <span style="color: black;">absolutely</span> beautiful design was made and installed by the brilliant Hafsah from </b></i><a href="http://www.iceydesigns.com/"><i><b>Icey Designs</b></i></a><i><b>. This girl knows her stuff! I am so thrilled with the job she did and I would HIGHLY recommend her if you are looking for a great designer to do your blog for you! </b></i><br />
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<i><b>I hope to be posting again reguarly soon after the very long break that I had from blogging. I missed it all terribly and I still read a ton, just haven't reviewed in a while. I knew if I came back that I would want something beautiful to look at it and thanks to </b></i><a href="http://www.iceydesigns.com/"><i><b>Icey Designs</b></i></a><i><b> I now do. </b></i><br />
<br />Enchanted by Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939494712100587128noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873168455188263048.post-3067352481604250352010-09-13T01:15:00.001-04:002010-09-13T01:17:05.076-04:00Shadowland Winner!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The winner of Shadowland is Ladytink_574! Please email me through the link in my profile to claim your prize! Congrats! I hope you enjoy the book.Enchanted by Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939494712100587128noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873168455188263048.post-45738059276077259692010-09-02T19:14:00.002-04:002010-09-03T07:37:17.458-04:00Shadowland Contest!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I recently received Shadowland from St. Martins for it's upcoming release in paperback on September 14th. I already own it in hardcover and reviewed it last year, so I thought I'd give this extra copy away to a lucky reader! Shadowland is the third book in the Immortals Series and I strongly recommend reading this series in order. It just won't make sense read out of order. <br />
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This contest is open to the US Only. To be entered please tell me the last book that you read that blew you away. Also leave an email address so I can contact you if you win. This contest will end on September 10th at 6:00 pm EST. Have fun!<br />
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<strong>PS: Please no spoilers!!</strong>Enchanted by Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939494712100587128noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873168455188263048.post-69230160332692873132010-09-02T19:01:00.002-04:002010-09-05T18:00:13.061-04:00Winner of My Darcy Mutates + Keychain...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>The winner of an e-book of My Darcy Mutates plus a keychain is</strong><br />
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<strong>hangnhu! Congrats! I will email you and forward your address on to Enid. Thanks everyone for participating and thanks again Enid for being a great guest! </strong><br />
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<strong>EDITED: I emailed you and haven't heard back. You have until September 4th at 6:00 pm EST to claim your prize or I will pick a new winner. </strong><br />
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<strong>EDITED: The new winner is Meredith! Congrats! I will email you now through the address you provided. </strong>Enchanted by Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939494712100587128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873168455188263048.post-59869888035619354442010-08-26T19:23:00.005-04:002010-08-26T19:26:40.050-04:00Guest Author Enid Wilson + Giveaway!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Please welcome back author Enid Wilson! Her newest book was just released on August 10th and is titled My Darcy Mutates. Here is a summary:<br />
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What if old Mr. Darcy was still alive... What if Mr. Darcy had a rakish soul? What if Netherfield Park was haunted? What if action of Pride and Prejudice had played out in Egypt? This collection of 14 short stories contains sexy, over-the-top "pick-me-up" stories across the historical, fantasy and modern genres. They are not for the faint-hearted. Some may call the stories wild and say that they bear no resemble to the original, but Wilson finds Miss Austen's characters timeless and inspirational. <br />
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<strong>Dear readers, </strong><br />
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<strong>I’m happy to be back at Enchanted by Books. First I want to thank Rachael for having me back. And I want to congratulate Enchanted by Books and her on winning an award for being one of the Top 50 Romance Book Blogs for 2010! It’s such a great honour and Rachael deserves it.</strong><br />
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<strong>My latest book, </strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0980610559?tag=stedpub-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0980610559&adid=067HQ7WFT7RNRDK94ZX3&"><strong>My Darcy Mutates</strong></a><strong>, has just been released. It’s a collection of 14 Pride and Prejudice-inspired steamy story stories. A blog host asked me once why I wrote different genres when my second novel Bargain with the Devil attained the top 50 best selling historical romance ranking in Amazon. </strong><br />
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<strong>I fell in love with Pride and Prejudice when I was around 12. But reading it again and again didn’t seem to be enough. I wish Jane Austen was alive and wrote more sequels. I started to think of all kinds of “what-if” to continue my fascination of Austen’s work. </strong><br />
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<strong>Of course, it’s not enough to put Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet in Regency era. In My Darcy Mutates…, I’ve put them in future and modern times. Some may call my stories wild and say that they bear no resemble to the original, but I find Austen's characters timeless and inspirational. But be warned, the book is not for the faint-hearted.</strong><br />
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<strong>Below is an excerpt of My Darcy Mutates…</strong><br />
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What if Netherfield Park was haunted?<br />
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“I like to listen in on the lives of the living, from time to time. Mr. Hurst likes to drink and sleep. His wife is called Lousia. They seldom spend their nights together. In fact, they have not done so once since they moved to Netherfield. But you are right, my dear. Matchmaking is my favourite. I know what I shall do.” With a quick turn, Emma Knightley disappeared, leaving nothing but a puff of white. <br />
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Luckily, George could find her anywhere. With a fast swirl of the air and another puff of white, he joined her in another bedroom, where she was perched on a chair beside a bed where a handsome young man lay sleeping.<br />
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“George, young Darcy here loves the lively lady staying in the guest chamber, Miss Elizabeth Bennet. Unfortunately, he has the laughable notion that, since she has no connections or money, and has a mother and sisters who are improper, he should not show her any sign of admiration. Shall I make him confess to her?”<br />
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“How can you do that? We do not possess the magical power to make the living speak as we want!” Knightley rolled his eyes and shook his head. After so many years of marriage, he still did not understand how his wife could unerringly find all the gossip of the world.<br />
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“All things are possible. I can put him and Miss Elizabeth in the same room, and I can turn quite scary every time he does not reveal his true feelings to her. Let me wake him and take him to his heart’s desire.”<br />
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Knightley put his hand on her arm. “Wait, Emma. You might well scare them both to death.”<br />
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“Well then, if you do not like that plan, I suppose I could strike him on the head every time he does the wrong thing.”<br />
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“You will knock him witless then. Do you want to do that to a sensible young man?”<br />
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“What would you have me do, then? It is only on this night that I can play at matchmaking for the living,” Emma said, pouting again. But then her face brightened. “I know! I shall simply put him in her bed. I know how much he loves to gaze upon the form of the fair maiden. He will not be able to resist her, when he lies so close beside her. He will simply have to marry her, after tonight!” She clapped her hands, congratulating herself on the brilliant idea.</blockquote>
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After almost losing her best friend Haven in the previous installment, Ever is transitioning her friend into the life of an Immortal. The only problem is Haven is acting crazy with her new found power and can not be trusted to keep their secret. She’s turned into a completely different person and Ever is scared of what will happen to her and Damen if their secret gets out.<br />
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In the mean time, Ever has screwed up once again with dark magic. She is now bound to Roman and finds herself drawn to him constantly. Like a zombie, she floats over to his house wanting to be with him despite Roman being an evil Immortal who tried to kill her boyfriend Damen. Because of the spell Ever finds herself physically unable to communicate what is going on to Damen or to anyone else for help. The only place she can find solace is in Summerland. <br />
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Without any other options, Ever decides to trust in her boss Jude and takes him to Summerland with her. Jude has no knowledge of the Immortals and trusting in him could result in exposing herself to the world. Can Jude be trusted and will he find a way to help Ever break the spell that is binding her to Roman?<br />
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Will Roman figure out that Ever is under a spell and use this to his advantage? Will he ever give Ever the cure so she can be with Damen? How will Haven adjust to her new life? <br />
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<strong>Dark Flame</strong> is the fourth installment in The Immortals which is a YA paranormal series featuring an immortal teenager named Ever Bloom. As always there are plenty of exciting moments but this time I was able to almost predict what would happen in the end. It wasn’t as much a surprise to me as previous books but that may just be because I have figured out how Alyson Noel writes. <br />
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It’s definitely an interesting premise and I am intrigued to find out what happens next for Ever and Damen. The writing was solid and as always there wasn’t a dull moment. Haven was transformed into a rather bitchy and ignorant girl whom I didn’t particularly like, but becoming Immortal changes people I guess. It would have been interesting for Ever and Haven’s friend to be around a little more, so maybe he could catch Haven acting weird now and drinking the Immortal drink also, but I guess he had to go to Italy for a reason.<br />
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I enjoyed reading about the magic spells and all the little rituals Ever did when performing them. My only main annoyance is the same one I had before about the ‘’no touching or we die’’ thing. I hate how they found this easy solution around the problem. I just think it would have been a great idea for magic NOT to be the solution this time and to leave them in love but unable to even touch each other’s hand without the fear of dying. <br />
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I know a lot of people hate that Ever continues to make mistake after mistake in this series. But if everything went right, then there would be no tension and suspense to see what happens in the next book right? In all fairness the blame in this installment isn’t necessarily on Ever at the end, it’s on someone else. But Ever caused the problem once again so I guess she doesn’t learn; again though she’s a teenager and teenagers make mistakes over and over! I guess the predictability of Ever messing everything up can get tiresome but I believe in the end she will save the day and turn out the hero in all of this. I have faith that will happen and hope I am not let down. <br />
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I did find a lot more to my liking in Dark Flame and I think this book made up for the previous one, Shadowland. The next book, Night Star, (due out November 16, 2010) is actually the final book in the series so I am interested to see how Alyson Noel will wrap everything up. Alot like the Twilight series, people either love it or hate it, and I for one love it. More please? <br />
<br /><strong>Read my reviews of the previous books in this series at the following links:</strong><br />
<strong>Evermore - Book 1 </strong><a href="http://booklover07202.blogspot.com/2009/01/evermore-review.html"><strong>Review</strong></a><br />
<strong>Blue Moon- Book 2 </strong><a href="http://booklover07202.blogspot.com/2009/07/blue-moon-review.html"><strong>Review</strong></a><br />
<strong>Shadowland- Book 3 </strong><a href="http://booklover07202.blogspot.com/2009/11/shadowland-review.html"><strong>Review</strong></a>Enchanted by Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939494712100587128noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873168455188263048.post-48937895042088074572010-08-11T23:24:00.001-04:002010-08-11T23:26:20.212-04:00Winner of Crave!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thank you so much Melinda and Laura for being the most awesome guest authors this past week! You guys were so active with answering questions and it was so much fun reading about your new book Crave. It sounds like a fabulous book and I am really excited for it to be released!<br />
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Now for the winner of their own copy of Crave! <br />
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<strong>The winner is.... </strong><br />
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<strong>Sandy6265</strong><br />
Congrats! I will email you through the address you provided and forward it on to the authors for your prize. Thanks again to everyone who posted!Enchanted by Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939494712100587128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873168455188263048.post-57666371678515148142010-08-06T14:46:00.000-04:002010-08-06T14:46:00.398-04:00Winner of Immortal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>The winner of a copy of Immortal by Gene Doucette is.....</strong><br />
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<strong>Jasmine1485</strong><br />
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<strong>Congrats! I will contact you through the email you provided. Thanks Gene for a great interview and to everyone for posting! </strong>Enchanted by Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939494712100587128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873168455188263048.post-55808215933744643072010-08-01T23:42:00.001-04:002010-08-01T23:46:39.387-04:00Guest Authors Melinda Metz & Laura J. Burns + Giveaway!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>Please welcome Melinda Metz and Laura J. Burns, authors of the YA paranormal novel Crave which is due out September 21, 2010. They have worked together for numerous years co-writing for TV shows, movie tie -ins and a middle grade mystery series, Wright and Wong. </strong><br />
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<strong>They’ve written novelizations for a lot of famous TV shows such as Buffy, Everwood, and Charmed. They were both staff writers on the TV show Roswell and Melinda’s YA series Roswell High was even the basis for the show! Laura writes the YA series called the Chloe Gamble Series and together they are an unstoppable team! </strong><br />
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<strong>Shay has always been different—and she is about to find out why.</strong><br />
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<strong>Shay could never do the things her friends could—never try out for sports, never go to parties, never fall in love. Because of the mysterious and incurable blood disorder she was born with, she can barely make it through three days of school a week.</strong><br />
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<strong>But now, her doctor-turned-stepfather has a brand-new treatment that he thinks will change everything. And it does. As soon as the new blood starts pumping into Shay’s veins, she has visions of a different life…Gabriel’s life. She sees an orphanage, loss, fangs, blood, and lust that she can’t explain. </strong><br />
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<strong>Is Gabriel real? And if he is, could he really be what she thinks he is? </strong><br />
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<strong><u>INTERVIEW</u></strong><br />
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<strong>Welcome Melinda and Laura!</strong><br />
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<strong>1. Please tell us about your new co-authored YA paranormal novel Crave?</strong> <br />
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<strong>LJB</strong>: Crave is a vampire romance, but we went in a slightly different direction with it. Our heroine is introduced to the vampire world in an unusual way, through blood transfusions. She's been sick all her life, and is basically being kept alive by other people's blood. When she begins having visions during a new type of transfusion, she thinks it's probably just a side effect, a hallucination.<br />
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<strong>MM:</strong> Those visions she starts having—they're of the life of a vampire. She sees through his eyes, feels his emotions, and the power of his body. When the transfusions end, she continues to have his strength for a little while, and she's able to live more fully than she ever has before.<br />
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<strong>2. How did you come up with the idea for this novel?</strong> <br />
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<strong>MM:</strong> We both have a love of vampires, and we kept looking for a way to put a spin on a vampire romance. We got intrigued by the idea of a girl falling for a vampire by seeing his life through visions—visions that might or might not be true.<br />
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<strong>LJB</strong>: We also liked examining the personality of a chronically ill teen—people have always treated Shay as if she is fragile and sweet, as if she should be handled carefully, when all she really wants is to be strong and normal, and to do the regular (and not necessarily smart) things that her friends do.<br />
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<strong>3. How did you go about writing this book together?</strong> <br />
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<strong>LJB:</strong> We've been writing together for years, so we have our method down pretty well! At the beginning, we spent a lot of time just talking about CRAVE--about Shay, our heroine, and what her life has been like. About Gabriel, our vampire, and his history. We figured out the things that they want, what their personalities are, that sort of thing. Once we felt as if we knew them, we outlined the book together. Only when we know everything that's going to happen do we split up. Each of us writes about half the book, then we edit each other's halves.<br />
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<strong>MM:</strong> We do talk a huge amount before we start writing any book! Some of it on topic, a lot of it off, as we slowly piece together the story.<br />
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<strong>LJB:</strong> By the time we’re done writing and re-writing, we never know anymore who wrote which part.<br />
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<strong>4. What made you decide on the YA genre? What is it that you like about writing YA books versus Adult books?</strong><br />
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<strong>LJB:</strong> We were both YA book editors before we became writers. It's a genre that we feel very comfortable in. Personally, I don't see much difference in writing for teens versus for adults. Teen characters are every bit as complex and interesting as adult characters, and teen readers are, too. I think it's more of a distinction in the way books are sold than in the way they're written.<br />
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<strong>MM:</strong> I think I like writing about teen characters because they are going through so many things (falling in love with a vampire, for example) for the first time. <br />
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<strong>5. Who are some of your favorite authors? Did any of them inspire you to write?</strong> <br />
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<strong>LJB</strong>: I always tell people my two favorite authors are Jane Austen and J.R.R. Tolkien, and everyone acts like that's weird! I think, as a paranormal writer, I learned the absolute most important lesson from Tolkien's books--to make sure that the mythology of the world you've created is rich, textured, and fully thought-out. It's the details that really make a fantasy book great.<br />
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<strong>MM:</strong> Stephen King is one of my faves. I must have read The Stand six or seven times when I was a teenager. I don't think he inspired me to write exactly. But I admire the way his "bad" characters don't become cartoons of evilness. Like in Cujo, you never forgot that down deep, Cujo was a good dog. His layered characters (even the animal ones) inspire me.<br />
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<strong>6. Is Crave going to become a series? How many books are projected for it?</strong> <br />
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<strong>LJB:</strong> It's always been planned as a two book project. We're working on the second one now.<br />
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<strong>MM:</strong> We're all done with the plotting and on to the writing. We left Shay and Gabriel in a pretty horrible place in the first book. I think we managed to get them out in an interesting way. But then things quickly got bad for them again!<br />
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<strong>7. What are you currently working on?</strong><br />
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<strong>LJB:</strong> The second CRAVE book--we don't have a title yet--and a new paranormal book proposal.<br />
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<strong>MM:</strong> We have a new policy where we devote one day a week to working on our proposal. We're so psyched about it, it's hard not to let it take over the whole week.<br />
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<strong>8. If you had to pitch Crave to readers in one sentence, what would you say?</strong><br />
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<strong>MM:</strong> Transfusions of vampire blood give a dying girl a second chance at life—but a life that's nothing like she ever imagined.<br />
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<strong>LJB:</strong> Hey, that’s pretty good!<br />
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<strong>9. What was it like writing for all of those famous TV shows?</strong> <br />
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<strong>MM:</strong> It was fun—and kind of surreal. Laura and I shared a trailer on the Paramount lot when we were on the writing staff of Roswell. It was right near the fake New York street, which made us feel right at home, because we'd both just moved from NYC to L.A. to work on the show. At one point, the opening musical number for Austen Powers 3 was being filmed right next to us, so close there was an elephant in the next trailer over. Also, in case you're wondering, those cute Roswell actor guys? Even cuter in person.<br />
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<strong>LJB:</strong> It’s basically about as much fun as you can imagine a job being.<br />
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<strong>10. If Crave was to become a movie, who would you have play your characters?</strong><br />
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<strong>LJB:</strong> I picture Ellen Page as Shay, but I guess she's too old!<br />
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<strong>MM:</strong> Maybe Mia Wasikowska for Shay. Love her! And for Gabriel—well, the model on the cover looks a LOT like Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Why not just go with him? ;) He's not too old to play a vampire.<br />
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<strong>LJB:</strong> Or we can just find the model from the cover, and get him to do it!<br />
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<strong>11. If you could run away with any hero from any YA paranormal novel, who would it be and why him?</strong> <br />
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<strong>LJB:</strong> Have you ever read the Vampire Diaries books? I'd run away with Stefan, because he's so passionate!<br />
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<strong>MM:</strong> I'd run off with Pudge from Looking for Alaska. Okay, he's not from a paranormal novel. He has no paranormal powers, except that he's able to keep all those "last words" quotes in his head. But he's smart, funny, and willing to think about the really big life questions. Also, he's romantic. Um, he'd have to be older than 15, though, or I'd have to be younger, otherwise there would be, at the very least, some legal and moral questions.<br />
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<strong>12. Is there anything else you’d like to share with readers?</strong><br />
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<strong>MM:</strong> Ben and Jerry's New York Super Fudge Chunk ice cream is realllly good.<br />
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<strong>LJB:</strong> I can’t argue with that.<br />
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<strong>Please welcome Gene Doucette, author of the novel Immortal which is an adult book that is a mix of science fiction, contemporary fantasy, and historical fiction, with elements of action/adventure and humor tossed in. Immortal will be released on October 1, 2010 and sounds like a really unique book!</strong> <br />
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<strong>Welcome Gene!</strong><br />
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<strong>1. Please tell us about your novel Immortal?</strong> </div>
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Immortal is, as you described it above, a mashup of a few different genres: a little sci-fi and contemporary fantasy, some historical fiction, and a few other genres. The story is narrated by Adam, a man who has been around for roughly sixty thousand years. And in a lot of ways he isn’t anything special: he doesn’t get older and he doesn’t get sick, but other than that he’s fully capable of being wounded and—in theory—killed. So almost more important than the long lifespan is the fact that he is highly intelligent—smarter than I am, at least—and very clever.<br />
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The book flits between the present narrative—in which Adam finds himself in a fair bit of danger—and stories about his past that inform the present circumstances. We all draw from past experiences to help us understand current events. With Adam, that experience spans nearly all of modern human history.<br />
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<strong>2. How did you come up with the idea for this book?</strong> <br />
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I’m not all that sure, actually. The first draft of Immortal was finished a little over six years ago. All I remember is that I wanted to write a novel—this would be the third one I’d completed—and I wanted to write it in first person. Playing the role of immortal man as author just seemed like something fun to try. I had also been publishing as a humorist, and a lot of that was in first person, so it was a natural voice for me.<br />
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<strong>3. What are you currently working on?</strong><br />
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That depends on what day it is. I have two novels that have been completed and are sitting around waiting for me to look at them again. Neither of them will be going anywhere until after Immortal is out, for different reasons. I’ll have to revisit both of them at some point. I also have a feature screenplay that’s won a couple of awards—based on one of the novels I wrote before Immortal, called Charlatan—that is done until someone else tells me it needs a rewrite.<br />
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The one thing I’m doing that does involve immediate writing has to do with a film project I’m not at liberty to discuss because of a non-disclosure agreement. (In my other life I’m a screenwriter, if you hadn’t guessed.) It’s a fun project, and should take up enough of my time while waiting for Immortal to debut that I don’t go insane staring at the calendar.<br />
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<strong>4. Who are some of your favorite authors?</strong><br />
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I am simply in awe of Neal Stephenson. I don’t actually read a tremendous amount of fiction—perhaps unsurprisingly I spend much of my reading time buried in books on history and science—but when I do I like to pick up something that I simply can’t imagine writing myself. Stephenson is like that; he’s on an entirely different plane from the rest of us.<br />
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I’m also a fan of quirkier works that kind of fit into contemporary fantasy, except not really. Christopher Moore is a great example. Eric Garcia, too—he wrote a series of detective novels starting with the premise that dinosaurs didn’t go extinct, they’re just hiding. Good stuff. <br />
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<strong>5. What makes Immortal different from other books?</strong> <br />
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I think the narrative structure of Immortal is fairly different. Adam is an extremely informal, albeit not entirely reliable narrator. His take on history is interesting because he was there for so much of it, and if you asked him, he’d tell you that a lot of the stuff we consider epic in hindsight really wasn’t much of a big deal when it was happening.<br />
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But I’m cheating. What really makes the book different is that it’s a contemporary fantasy with the usual allotment of non-human creatures, but without any magic. Adam’s world is exactly like the world we live in because it IS the world we live in. It’s just that he’s been around for so long he’s managed to encounter some of the less common species most of us would have to live five lifetimes to come across. <br />
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<strong>6. What made you decide to not have any magic in your books despite it being a fantasy type story?</strong> <br />
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I don’t know if I can call it a decision, so much as a series of incremental steps. Fairly early into the book I realized I wasn’t going to get far in an immortal man story without some other fantastic elements, but it was important to me that this be a guy who simply lived for a long time. I didn’t want him to be a wizard or an alien or a god or anything that would somehow make his life experiences less applicable to us mortals. I needed him to be a version of you or me, just older. I also wanted the history he lived through to be our history as much as possible. If you throw magic into history, it affects a lot of things that I didn’t want to see changed.<br />
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One particularly cool consequence of swearing off magic is that it has helped me to avoid some of the tropes one sees in most fantasy novels. Fantastic beings are a little less fantastic, a little more down-to-earth, a bit more real than they might be otherwise. A place can be found for them in our world.<br />
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<strong>7. How long did it take you to write Immortal? What is your writing process like?</strong><br />
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The first draft took only a few months, but there were rewrites so I guess I can’t really answer the “how long did it take” question definitively. And my writing process is a bit insane. I began Immortal with Adam, and with a vague idea of what the ending was going to be like. Beyond that I made it up as I went along. And I’ve approached everything that way: start at the beginning, keep going until I reach the end. I don’t take notes or outline or write sections outside of the order they appear in the book. And since I’m “the reader” I have to keep myself interested while I’m writing, so my first drafts tend to be propulsive and breathless; I only put in space to exhale and assess in later drafts. Basically, I write from the seat of my pants… while falling down a flight of stairs. <br />
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<strong>8. Will there be a sequel to Immortal? Will this be a series? </strong><br />
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There is a sequel to Immortal, which is one of the novels I alluded to earlier. It’s called Hellenic Immortal, and it’s basically done, although since I’m the only one to have read it, that conclusion may be premature. And there will be a third book. I’m doing research for that book right now, a process that may take some time because I have absolutely no idea what’s going to happen in it yet. It has to exist, though, because there are questions raised in the first book that are not answered in the second book and will have to be addressed in the third.<br />
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Beyond that? I don’t know. There might be more books in Adam. <br />
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<strong>9. Who would you have play Adam the Immortal in a movie?</strong> <br />
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Hah! That’s a tough question. Adam looks thirty-two, so it would have to be an actor that could play that age. Both Robert Downey Junior and Johnny Depp project the kind of intelligence the role would need, but I don’t think either of them can pull off thirty-two any more. Jeffrey Donovan from Burn Notice could probably do it.<br />
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<strong>10. Is there anything else you’d like to share with readers?</strong> <br />
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How about some links? You can read more about Immortal at <a href="http://genedoucette.me/immortal">genedoucette.me/immortal</a> including a sample chapter. And <a href="http://genedoucette.me/category/immortal">genedoucette.me/category/immortal</a> will give you a summary of my blog posts on writing it, plus some shorter book excerpts.<br />
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Immortal will be available from Amazon on 10/1/10. Your proverbial local bookstore will have it too, but probably not right away—hopefully before Christmas. <br />
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<strong><u>CONTEST:</u></strong> <br />
<strong>Gene is giving away one copy of Immortal to one lucky reader. Contest is open WORLDWIDE so everyone is elgible to enter. Please note that he doesn't have ARC copies yet so there will be a slight wait to receive your prize. Contest will end on August 6th. Leave a comment or question for Gene about his book to be entered. Please leave your email address with your post so I can contact you if you win. </strong>Enchanted by Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939494712100587128noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873168455188263048.post-18369281236602620942010-07-30T17:30:00.007-04:002011-11-16T10:28:09.824-05:00Demon Princess: Reign Check Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nikki Donovan is sixteen years old and just discovered two weeks ago that she is half demon, her father is a King in the Underworld, and therefore she is a demon princess! As if that wasn’t a lot to handle, she has to keep her identity a secret from everyone she loves. <br />
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When Nikki returns to school to see Rhys (king of the faery realm) is the new foreign exchange student; she fears that her secret will be discovered. He is Mr. Popular and all the girls are interested in him, little do they know he isn’t even human. Nikki finds him cute but his constant distrust of her because she is a demon is becoming kind of annoying. <br />
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King Rhys is visiting Erin Heights High School to investigate Princess Nikki since learning of her prophecy. Apparently she is going to destroy the world but they both doubt the validity of this prophecy. After all, how could a girl as sweet and innocent as Nikki hurt anyone?<br />
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Nikki misses her Shadow servant Michael and is upset that a relationship between them is strictly forbidden. Her best friend Melinda is acting really strange and then there’s that guy Chris who saw Nikki turn into a Darkling and hasn’t talked to her much since. Will Nikki be able to win the trust of King Rhys and put an end to all this prophecy talk? Will Michael find a way to visit Nikki despite their union being forbidden? <br />
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<strong>Demon Princess: Reign Check</strong> is the second book in a YA paranormal series written by the fabulous Michelle Rowen. Nikki is stuck in a love triangle between two boys who are complete opposites. She has strong feelings for Michael (her Shadow servant) but Rhys (the Faery King) is here in her world and is dateable. <br />
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Her relationship with Michael is so forbidden that it could possibly get him killed if anyone found out about it. But with Rhys, there are no laws about demons and faeries dating. Unfortunately Rhys has an intense hatred for Nikki’s kind and she isn’t someone he would want to date. But despite their differences, they have a chemistry together that is undeniable. <br />
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I enjoyed Rhys’ presence making things a little more complicated for Michael and Nikki. Although I am a fan of Michael, Rhys comes off as more mature and wise beyond his years. I think the fact that Nikki and Rhys didn’t like each other made me root for them to be together even more. <br />
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The story moved along at a fast pace with secrets to be discovered around every turn. I loved learning more about Demon Princess Nikki Donovan and I greatly look forward to the next installment in the series. Overall, Demon Princess: Reign Check is a fantastic, suspenseful, paranormal that kept me up all night reading until its exciting conclusion and I highly recommend it to YA readers! <br />
<br />Enchanted by Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939494712100587128noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873168455188263048.post-51093584021491014452010-07-22T13:47:00.000-04:002010-07-22T13:47:25.582-04:00Winner of Liz Strange e-books!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The winner of the e-books My Love Eternal (book 1) and A Second Chance at Forever (book 2) by Liz Strange is.....<br />
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<strong>♥s.shapeshift_ Congrats! Please email me through the link in my profile and I will forward your email on to the author for your e-book prizes! </strong><br />
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Thanks Liz for guest blogging and to everyone for participating in the post!Enchanted by Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939494712100587128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873168455188263048.post-69782205412615367482010-07-16T14:17:00.000-04:002010-07-16T14:17:58.208-04:00The Book Blogger Hop!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOezZj0cVadwCo4C9naENDozVU-uxWvtf6qGbfIndFIm8zeTjPJHDB3hnB5QqxBbrhosenyM2r_1xN3kz7dLKqyCap5oIQZ7wcqsDwLMhO0Mum-EQJoOUDq5YiMIk5OaCt-wC0sZPSaQ/s1600/bookbloggerhop.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOezZj0cVadwCo4C9naENDozVU-uxWvtf6qGbfIndFIm8zeTjPJHDB3hnB5QqxBbrhosenyM2r_1xN3kz7dLKqyCap5oIQZ7wcqsDwLMhO0Mum-EQJoOUDq5YiMIk5OaCt-wC0sZPSaQ/s320/bookbloggerhop.png" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly event hosted by </strong><a href="http://www.crazy-for-books.com/"><strong>Crazy For Books</strong></a><strong> where bloggers and readers get the chance to discover new blogs! This is my first time participating and it looks like alot of fun with over 200 new blogs to discover.</strong> </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><strong>This week's question from Crazy for Books is:</strong><br />
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<em><strong>RIGHT THIS INSTANT, WHAT BOOK ARE YOU DYING TO GET YOUR HANDS ON (PAST, PRESENT, OR FUTURE)?</strong></em><br />
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<strong>Watch for my review of Dark Flame coming soon! </strong><br />
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<strong>Welcome new readers! Below is an interview and giveaway with paranormal author Liz Strange. I have lots of reviews and interviews to read through so feel free to browse through my site. Thanks for visiting! And please leave a comment, I love comments!</strong>Enchanted by Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939494712100587128noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873168455188263048.post-75341859560644475742010-07-14T18:51:00.000-04:002010-07-14T18:51:05.665-04:00Interview with author Liz Strange + Giveaway!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7iJCia5pennKEJwgVuH2GxTZJIQH9_rnQwWVvIMnlWNKHloXILAf354Hkg3_NrM4wQLCPiSpF3Br6ZQoWCseJFD2dVr0qJP8WwK6umscRNPV7bh7qkvLf23zT1LcyaIlguKSbj9zFew/s1600/Liz+Strange.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7iJCia5pennKEJwgVuH2GxTZJIQH9_rnQwWVvIMnlWNKHloXILAf354Hkg3_NrM4wQLCPiSpF3Br6ZQoWCseJFD2dVr0qJP8WwK6umscRNPV7bh7qkvLf23zT1LcyaIlguKSbj9zFew/s320/Liz+Strange.jpg" /></a></div><strong>Please welcome my guest author for this week, paranormal author Liz Strange! Liz is the author of the Dark Kiss Trilogy which currently consists of Book 1: My Love Eternal, Book 2: a Second Chance at Forever, and not yet released Book 3: Born of Blood and Retribution. She also has stories in two anthologies, Bonded by Blood II and coming soon, Unspeakable. Please welcome Liz Strange! </strong><br />
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<strong>Hi Liz, thank you so much for guest blogging!</strong> <br />
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<strong>1. Please tell my readers about your books.</strong> <br />
<strong><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The Dark Kiss Trilogy is a dark paranormal romance series, which follows the “lives” of Rachel and Giovanni, and their circle of friends, allies, and enemies. The books primarily focuses on the relationship of the two main characters and those in their inner-most circle, but there is also a back-story involving a centuries old vendetta and the search for the first vampire.</span></strong><br />
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<strong>2. What are you currently working on?</strong> <br />
<strong><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I am working on an erotic fantasy novel involving some of the secondary characters from the Dark Kiss.</span></strong> <br />
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<strong>3. Who are some of your favorite authors?</strong> <br />
<strong><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I enjoy Charlaine Harris, Tanya Huff, Michael Slade, Anne Rice, Kathy Reichs, and Karin Slaughter. I read mostly horror, fantasy, and mystery/forensic novels.</span></strong> <br />
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<strong>4. If you could be turned into a vampire by any famous person, who would it be?</strong><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> <strong>Oh, that’s so hard. I’d love it to be some powerful woman like Cleopatra, or someone really brilliant like Oscar Wilde.</strong></span> <br />
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<strong>5. If you could write a book about any subject and it would sell no matter what, what would you write about?</strong> <br />
<strong><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Well, in honesty I’ve already written about something that completely fascinates me – vampires. I guess I’d have to turn to my inner geek here, and say I’d love to write a story involving ancient cultures, and perhaps a historical mystery. I’d love to have a story set on Easter Island.</span></strong> <br />
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<strong>6. What inspired you to become an author?</strong><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><strong> I get asked that I lot and it never seems to get easier to answer. It’s just something I’ve always had in me, ever since I was a little girl. I have so many things churning around in my brain, if you could see them, you’d understand that I need to write them down.</strong> </span><br />
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<strong>7. Do you have any weird phobias?</strong> <br />
<strong><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I do. I don’t like people touching my feet. It completely freaks me out. I also don’t like driving over bridges, clowns, and the idea of alien abduction.</span></strong> <br />
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<strong>8. You write paranormal, fantasy and horror books; what are the major differences in writing in each of these three different genres?</strong> <br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><strong><span style="color: #3d85c6;">These genres all fit together nicely, but I think it’s the tone that sets them apart. Writing horror can be exciting, but also draining because it’s so dark. With paranormal and fantasy its lighter, for me anyway, though I do find that my dark tendencies do drift into most of my works. I enjoy all three because you can stretch your imagination, and create creatures and circumstances that do not exist in reality.</span> </strong></span><br />
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<strong>9. If you could have any magical power, what would it be and why that power?</strong><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> <strong>I’d love to be able to turn invisible. It would be so fun to be able to eavesdrop on situations I would normally never see.</strong></span><strong> </strong><br />
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<strong>10. Is there anything else you’d like to share with my readers?</strong><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><strong> I’d just like to take the opportunity to thank everyone for their interest and support. Happy reading everyone!</strong></span><br />
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<strong>Liz is giving away an e-book of My Love Eternal (book 1) and A Second Chance at Forever (book 2) to one lucky reader who leaves a comment or question for her. This contest will run for one week and will end on July 21st at 7:00 pm EST. Open to everyone, everywhere! </strong>Enchanted by Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939494712100587128noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873168455188263048.post-17496938603566738822010-07-14T11:52:00.001-04:002010-07-14T11:53:04.290-04:00Waiting on Wednesday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXu4swCXHJrxsJa9nTIU6XminjO0vG8uxeKVWZFxBMifxsK52AVmgh-EF-qq-83kboC1zT-UX3tz5VGZd8BOtHVqZoza1wcuJmjrDpsAo7BWUgSnAZcYxtsptIFf5n-PJJqA4Tq14_NQ/s1600/New+WoW.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="186" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXu4swCXHJrxsJa9nTIU6XminjO0vG8uxeKVWZFxBMifxsK52AVmgh-EF-qq-83kboC1zT-UX3tz5VGZd8BOtHVqZoza1wcuJmjrDpsAo7BWUgSnAZcYxtsptIFf5n-PJJqA4Tq14_NQ/s200/New+WoW.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><strong>Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at </strong><a href="http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/"><strong>Breaking The Spine</strong></a><strong>, that spotlights upcoming releases that we are eagerly anticipating</strong>!<br />
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<strong>This is my first time participating in Waiting on Wednesday! Here is my pick! </strong><br />
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<div> Attorney Sara Constantine is thrilled with her promotion—until she finds out that she must now prosecute vampires and werewolves. The first defendant she’ll be trying to put away? Lucius Dragos, the sexy stranger with whom she recently shared an explosive night of ecstasy.</div><br />
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<strong>J.K. Beck is the alter ego for Julie Kenner whose urban fantasy trilogy I adored. I am so excited for this new trilogy by her and I can't wait to get my hands on this first book! I've already been hearing great things about it and I want to read it SO bad!!</strong> <br />
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<strong>CECILE! Congrats! I will email you through the address that you provided. Thanks everyone for stopping by and stay tuned for my interview with author Liz Strange coming soon! Thanks Trina for guest blogging</strong>!Enchanted by Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939494712100587128noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873168455188263048.post-89640679954610095222010-07-13T16:59:00.001-04:002011-11-16T10:28:09.893-05:00Blood of the Demon Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLXscLuiXxHjUtNWlqVS6qhhfYJuZYDBVXEVi2yef-SuGca_Nsqz42RZaIOPx3PgjMkX9ra52wT4tiJ-sLZayB_o_Jy3VhAUFzKl24i3vScnt3lXgXFZ5cHTePettXYsJbtV_WTfV_pA/s1600/Blood+of+the+Demon+cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLXscLuiXxHjUtNWlqVS6qhhfYJuZYDBVXEVi2yef-SuGca_Nsqz42RZaIOPx3PgjMkX9ra52wT4tiJ-sLZayB_o_Jy3VhAUFzKl24i3vScnt3lXgXFZ5cHTePettXYsJbtV_WTfV_pA/s320/Blood+of+the+Demon+cover.jpg" /></a></div>Detective Kara Gillian has another case to solve and her abilities as a demon summoner who can see the arcane becomes useful once again for her investigation. Victims are turning up dead by what appears to be suicide but Kara knows the truth once she sees that their soul was sucked out of them. <br />
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What kind of creature would do this to people and why? With her aunt out of commission since losing her soul, Kara has no one else to turn to for advice so she summons her sometime lover and demon, Lord Rhyzkahl. <br />
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Kara has feelings for Special Agent Ryan Kristoff since working side by side with him on The Symbol Man case. He is well aware of demons and what Kara can see since he met a demon up front and personal last time. <br />
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But there’s something more to Ryan then Kara knows and even the demons know the truth. When one of them calls out Ryan, Kara isn’t sure if she can truly trust him anymore. She longs for affection from a human being but right now Lord Rhyzhal might just have to do. <br />
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The case becomes sinister when Kara realizes all of the people turning up dead are connected somehow. Will Kara be able to solve the case before another person’s essence is stolen from them? Will Ryan prove to be trust worthy or has he been lying to Kara all along? Can Lord Rhyzkahl be trusted and will Kara decide if she will become his personal summoner or not? <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><strong>Blood of the Demon</strong> is the second book in a series by paranormal suspense author Diana Rowland. I was blown away by her debut book <em>Mark of the Demon</em> and could not wait to get my hands on this next installment. <br />
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Rowland pens a fantastic mystery with enough twists to keep readers guessing until the final showdown. The suspense is relentless and add in just a touch of romance to keep things interesting, made <em>Blood of the Demon</em> a sure winner for me. This was a fantastic book and I can not wait to see what happens next with Kara! The third book in the series is titled <em>Secrets of the Demon</em> and is due out January 4, 2011.Enchanted by Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939494712100587128noreply@blogger.com0