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SPOTLIGHT+GIVEAWAY: Whisper to Me by Nick Lake

SPOTLIGHT+GIVEAWAY: Whisper to Me by Nick Lake

We are honored to host the Whisper to Me tour, hosted by the Irish Banana!! Take a look below for a synopsis, information about the author, and an awesome giveaway! ENJOY!

SPOTLIGHT+GIVEAWAY: Whisper to Me by Nick LakeWhisper to Me by Nick Lake
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Synopsis:

Cassie is writing a letter to the boy whose heart she broke. She’s trying to explain why. Why she pushed him away. Why her father got so angry when he saw them together. Why she disappears some nights. Why she won’t let herself remember what happened that long-ago night on the boardwalk. Why she fell apart so completely.

Desperate for his forgiveness, she’s telling the whole story of the summer she nearly lost herself. She’s hoping he’ll understand as well as she now does how love—love for your family, love for that person who makes your heart beat faster, and love for yourself—can save you after all.

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ABOUT NICK LAKE:

e222ffe5-8cf6-469d-a9e4-1ba68791d328My name is Nick and I write and edit books for young adults. My first YA novel IN DARKNESS, was published by Bloomsbury in 2012 and won the Michael L Printz Award for Excellence in YA Literature. I also wrote a book called HOSTAGE THREE about a girl kidnapped by Somali pirates.

THERE WILL BE LIES is coming in January 15 and is about a girl who learns that everything she knows is a lie. To say it’s a book with a twist in the story would be a massive understatement. There is also a talking coyote in it.

I live with my wife, daughter and son in a 16th century house in England with almost 19th century amenities. Sometimes the heating even works. 

I like: reading, art, music, food containing sugar, cities at night, the countryside in the daytime, vintage furniture, modern standards of heating (see above), travelling.

I dislike: being sick, failing, being underdressed in the cold, being overdressed in the heat, the unnecessary suffering of children, being punched in the face.

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TOP TEN TUESDAY – Websites I Love That Aren’t About Books

TOP TEN TUESDAY - Websites I Love That Aren't About Books

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.
This week I get to gush about Websites I Love That Aren’t About Books.  So I have a few obsessions, other than books.  First off – I LOVE to eat and try any and all types of food.   Seriously. I have a weakness for all food, as long as it’s not spicy.  And this is why I have to force myself to jog everyday and do evil Jillian Michael videos lol.  Secondly, I also adore clothes!  I’ve come to rely on fashion bloggers, since shopping with two little boys, 3 & 5, is not the most fun lol!  And lastly I enjoy looking at different types of makeup or products that don’t test on animals.
So here are the 9 bloggers (shhh don’t tell anyone it’s not 10) whose websites I absolutely love –

Food:

1. Sally’s Baking Addiction – The pictures she takes alone makes everything look SO yummy!  But my favorite thing about her recipes are that they are so EASY & delicious!  Seriously.  This week I’m going to try out one her recipes for donuts and I just know they’re going to turn out perfect!  One of my favorites so far is her Sunshine Smoothie!  I can’t even count how many times I’ve made it because YUM!

2. Averie Cooks – She has such a wide range of recipes that  feel very unique to me.  And again, they don’t take forever and a day to make, which I adore.  My favorite so far is her Honey-Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Honey-Cinnamon Dip.  Each time I make them, my boys ask if they can just have that for dinner.  Uhh no lol.

Clothes:

3. The Sweetest Thing BlogEmily’s style is gorgeous, flowy, comfortable, and at times bright!  My favorite loose, long and crazy comfortable sweaters are all because of her and her posts!  I don’t even want to admit how many I have purchased from her posts lol.  I adore her style – I so want the wedges she just posted about here.  Plus Fitz, her mini golden doodle, is sometimes in the pictures with her and he is beyond adorable!

4. Southern Curls & PearlsCaitlin’s style in clothes is cute, flirty & comfortable!  There have been so many shirts and tank tops that look adorable on her, so I’ve ordered them and ended up loving!  I’m still obsessing over the blue and white bell sleeve top she wore in this post.  And of course another bonus is that she is only 5’3″ and I’m 5’4″ so I can always trust how the length is going to fit on me.  Yay!

5. A Spoonful of StyleJade’s style is classy and sophisticated.  But just a heads up – she’s currently on  a leave from blogging since she is on bedrest while being pregnant.  But.  Oh. My. Gosh.  I got one of my favorite dresses ever because of one of her posts.  It’s long-sleeved and has a 70’s feel and is soooooo comfortable!  You can find the post here.

6. For All Things LovelyMegan’s style is all about being sophisticated, chic and sometimes a little edgy.  I have a ton of her clothes on my wish-list right now! 

Makeup:

7. Curelty Free Kitty –  I’m a huge supporter of buying products that don’t test on animals, and Suzi’s post are informative, detailed and she gives the best comparative results.  I always find myself going back and reading so many of her old posts!  I just purchased and got in the mail Alba Botanica Mango Vanilla Shave Foam because of her post on The Ultimate Guide to Cruelty-Free Hair Removal .  I can’t wait to take a shower tomorrow so I can try it out! 🙂

8. Buy Now Blog LaterI adore that Laura posts lots of pictures and her voice is fun and personable.  I started following her because her coloring is a little similar to mine and I loved some of the products that were her faves.  Plus she’s been blogging for about 4-5 years (I believe), so there are so many old articles that I’m still going through!

9. Ysis LorennaI started following Ysis because her coloring is similar to mine and I used to be obsessed with MAC, and she has soooo many reviews on MAC.  But I’ve come to love that she tests multiple products and there are always lots of options to choose from.

So these are the Websites I Love That Aren’t About Books.  Have you ever visited these sites before?  Are you obsessed with food, clothes or makeup too?  And if so, what are some of your faves, I’d love to know!

Jen

TOP TEN TUESDAY – Characters That We’d Love To Have A Peek Into Their Future

TOP TEN TUESDAY - Characters That We'd Love To Have A Peek Into Their Future

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.
This week we get to gush about Characters That We’d Love To Have A Peek Into Their Future!  These are characters that have found a way into our hearts, and we’d love to know how they are doing in the future.  Whether it was 10 or 20 years from now, we are dying to know!  And they are…….

my heart and other black holes
(Chelsea’s Choice – Review)

(Chelsea’s Choice – Review)

1. Aysel & Roman from My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine WargaSixteen-year-old physics nerd Aysel is obsessed with plotting her own death. With a mother who can barely look at her without wincing, classmates who whisper behind her back, and a father whose violent crime rocked her small town, Aysel is ready to turn her potential energy into nothingness. (…)

2. Raffe & Penryn from Angelfall by Susan Ee : It’s been six weeks since angels of the apocalypse descended to demolish the modern world. Street gangs rule the day while fear and superstition rule the night. When warrior angels fly away with a helpless little girl, her seventeen-year-old sister Penryn will do anything to get her back. Anything, including making a deal with an enemy angel. (…)

faking normal courtney stevens
(Chelsea’s Choice – Review)
anna and the french kiss stephanie perkins
(Chelsea’s Choice – Review)

3. Alexi & Bodee from Faking Normal by Courtney C. Stevens : An edgy, realistic, and utterly captivating novel from an exciting new voice in teen fiction. Alexi Littrell hasn’t told anyone what happened to her over the summer. Ashamed and embarrassed, she hides in her closet and compulsively scratches the back of her neck, trying to make the outside hurt more than the inside does. When Bodee Lennox, the quiet and awkward boy next door, comes to live with the Littrells, Alexi discovers an unlikely friend in “the Kool-Aid Kid,” who has secrets of his own. As they lean on each other for support, Alexi gives him the strength to deal with his past, and Bodee helps her find the courage to finally face the truth.

4. Anna & St Clair from Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie PerkinsAnna is looking forward to her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a great job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. Which is why she is less than thrilled about being shipped off to boarding school in Paris–until she meets Étienne St. Clair. Smart, charming, beautiful, Étienne has it all…including a serious girlfriend. But in the City of Light, wishes have a way of coming true. Will a year of romantic near-misses end with their long-awaited French kiss?

ugly love colleen hoover
(Chelsea’s Choice – Review)

(Chelsea’s & Anna’s Choice – C-Review & A-Review )

5. Tate & Miles from Ugly Love by Colleen HooverWhen Tate Collins meets airline pilot Miles Archer, she knows it isn’t love at first sight. They wouldn’t even go so far as to consider themselves friends. The only thing Tate and Miles have in common is an undeniable mutual attraction. Once their desires are out in the open, they realize they have the perfect set-up. He doesn’t want love, she doesn’t have time for love, so that just leaves the sex. Their arrangement could be surprisingly seamless, as long as Tate can stick to the only two rules Miles has for her. (…)

6. Jazz from I Hunt Killers by Barry LygaWhat if the world’s worst serial killer…was your dad? Jasper “Jazz” Dent is a likable teenager. A charmer, one might say. But he’s also the son of the world’s most infamous serial killer, and for Dear Old Dad, Take Your Son to Work Day was year-round. Jazz has witnessed crime scenes the way cops wish they could—from the criminal’s point of view. And now bodies are piling up in Lobo’s Nod. In an effort to clear his name, Jazz joins the police in a hunt for a new serial killer. But Jazz has a secret—could he be more like his father than anyone knows?

the knife of never letting go patrick ness
(Chelsea’s & Anna’s Choice – C-Review)

(Anna’s Choice – Review)

7. Todd from The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick NessPrentisstown isn’t like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else’s thoughts in an overwhelming, never-ending stream of Noise. Just a month away from the birthday that will make him a man, Todd and his dog, Manchee — whose thoughts Todd can hear too, whether he wants to or not — stumble upon an area of complete silence. They find that in a town where privacy is impossible, something terrible has been hidden — a secret so awful that Todd and Manchee must run for their lives. But how do you escape when your pursuers can hear your every thought?

8. Ronan Lynch from The Raven Boys by Maggie StifvaterEvery year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue never sees them–until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks to her. His name is Gansey, a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble. But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can’t entirely explain. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven Boys: Adam, the scholarship student who resents the privilege around him; Ronan, the fierce soul whose emotions range from anger to despair; and Noah, the taciturn watcher who notices many things but says very little. (…)

Jellicoe Road melina marchetta
(Anna’s Choice – Review)
all our yesterdays christin terrill
(Anna’s Choice – Review)

9. Jonah Griggs from The Jellicoe Road by Melina MarchettaTaylor is leader of the boarders at the Jellicoe School. She has to keep the upper hand in the territory wars and deal with Jonah Griggs—the enigmatic leader of the cadets, and someone she thought she would never see again. And now Hannah, the person Taylor had come to rely on, has disappeared. Taylor’s only clue is a manuscript about five kids who lived in Jellicoe eighteen years ago. She needs to find out more, but this means confronting her own story, making sense of her strange, recurring dream, and finding her mother—who abandoned her on the Jellicoe Road.

10. Finn from All Our Yesterdays by Cristin TerrillWhat would you change? Imprisoned in the heart of a secret military base, Em has nothing except the voice of the boy in the cell next door and the list of instructions she finds taped inside the drain. Only Em can complete the final instruction. She’s tried everything to prevent the creation of a time machine that will tear the world apart. She holds the proof: a list she has never seen before, written in her own hand. Each failed attempt in the past has led her to the same terrible present—imprisoned and tortured by a sadistic man called the doctor while war rages outside.(…)

the amber spyglass cover
(Anna’s Choice)
the piper's son melina marchetta
(Anna’s Choice – Review)

11. Will from The Amber Spyglass by Philip PullmanIn the astonishing finale to the His Dark Materials trilogy, Lyra and Will are in unspeakable danger. With help from Iorek Byrnison the armored bear and two tiny Gallivespian spies, they must journey to a dank and gray-lit world where no living soul has ever gone. All the while, Dr. Mary Malone builds a magnificent Amber Spyglass. An assassin hunts her down, and Lord Asriel, with a troop of shining angels, fights his mighty rebellion, in a battle of strange allies—and shocking sacrifice.

12. Thomas Mackee from The Piper’s Son by Melina MarchettaAward-winning author Melina Marchetta reopens the story of the group of friends from her acclaimed novel Saving Francesca—but five years have passed, and now it’s Thomas Mackee who needs saving. After his favorite uncle was blown to bits on his way to work in a foreign city, Tom watched his family implode. He quit school and turned his back on his music and everyone that mattered, including the girl he can’t forget. Shooting for oblivion, he’s hit rock bottom, forced to live with his single, pregnant aunt, work at the Union pub with his former friends, and reckon with his grieving, alcoholic father. Tom’s in no shape to mend what’s broken. But what if no one else is either? An unflinching look at family, forgiveness, and the fierce inner workings of love and friendship, The Piper’s Son redefines what it means to go home again.

i'll meet you there heather demetrios
(Jen’s Choice – Review)
The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
(Jen’s Choice – Review)

13. Skyler & Josh from I’ll Meet You There by Heather Demetrios Since I adore HEA’s more than HFN, I’d love to see what happens in the future!  It was emotionally intense and impossible to put down and such an important story and accurate portrayal of PTSD.
If seventeen-year-old Skylar Evans were a typical Creek View girl, her future would involve a double-wide trailer, a baby on her hip, and the graveyard shift at Taco Bell. But after graduation, the only thing standing between straightedge Skylar and art school are three minimum-wage months of summer. Skylar can taste the freedom—that is, until her mother loses her job and everything starts coming apart. Torn between her dreams and the people she loves, Skylar realizes everything she’s ever worked for is on the line.(…)

14. All of Them! from The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds #1) by Alexandra Bracken: Again another HFN that I’d love to know what happened!  I was glued to this page turner and the story was a collection of darkness, laughter and the fact that maybe we can never out run our fate. I will never forget this story for as long as I live.
When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed. Something alarming enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that gets her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government “rehabilitation camp.” She might have survived the mysterious disease that’s killed most of America’s children, but she and the others have emerged with something far worse: frightening abilities they cannot control.(…)

scarlet a.c. gaughen
(Jen’s Choice – Review)
divergent veronica roth
(Jen’s Choice – Review)

15. All of Them! from Scarlet (Scarlet #1) by A.C. Gaughen: Sorry haha, but another HFN that I’d love to know what happened!  This was an adventurous series that was filled to the brim with excitement and hardships at many turns!
Posing as one of Robin Hood’s thieves to avoid the evil Lord Gisbourne, Scarlet has kept her identity secret from all of Nottinghamshire. Only Big John and Robin Hood know the truth-that the agile thief posing as a whip of a boy is actually a fearless young woman with a secret past. It’s getting harder to hide as Gisbourne’s camp seeks to find Scarlet and drive Robin Hood out of Nottinghamshire. (…)

16. You Know Who….. from Divergent (Divergent #1) by Veronica Roth: I’ve always wanted to know what happened after I closed that last page.  Especially after the final book broke my heart into a million little pieces.  I would love to look into that future and see more happiness and smiles.
One choice can transform you. Beatrice Prior’s society is divided into five factions—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). Beatrice must choose between staying with her Abnegation family and transferring factions. Her choice will shock her community and herself. But the newly christened Tris also has a secret, one she’s determined to keep hidden, because in this world, what makes you different makes you dangerous.

So these were Characters That We’d Love To Have A Peek Into Their Future!  What are some of yours?

REVIEW+GIVEAWAY: Suffer Love by Ashley Herring Blake

REVIEW+GIVEAWAY: Suffer Love by Ashley Herring Blake

We are so excited to be a part of the Suffer Love Blog Tour! This story is so deep, meaningful, and heartfelt. Your emotions will be all over the place, but most of all you will feel the hurt and betrayal...and what happens when families are in the process of being torn apart. The aftermath is what our two main characters are dealing with, and I absolutely fell in love with both of them. A cruel twist of fate brought them together, but is it enough to tear them apart? Look below to find my 5 star review, some of my favorite quotes, and a giveaway! I hope it will encourage you to give this one a try! Enjoy!

REVIEW+GIVEAWAY: Suffer Love by Ashley Herring BlakeSuffer Love by Ashley Herring Blake
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Synopsis:

Hadley St. Clair's life changed the day she came home to a front door covered in slips of paper, each of them revealing the ugly truth about her father. Now as her family falls apart in the wake of his year-long affair, Hadley wants everyone-her dad most of all-to leave her alone.

Then she meets Sam Bennett, a cute new boy who inexplicably "feels like home" to Hadley. Hadley and Sam's connection is undeniable, but Sam has a secret about his family that could ruin everything.

Funny and passionate, Suffer Love is a story about first love, family dysfunction, and the fickle hand of fate.

Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Release Date: May 3rd 2016
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Realistic Fiction

My heart is crushed within me, Here is the truth: You made me love you-your eyes and mouth and voice. You pulled me into your heart. You don’t want me there and I don’t want to be there, but it’s where I will always live.

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You know those books that just pop out at you when you see them? The covers that are beautiful, yet you know that by looking at the synopsis, this isn’t going to be one of those flops where the cover is better than anything possible in the book?? Yeah, well, this is one of those instances. This book, despite it’s absolutely fucking gorgeous cover, doesn’t lack in depth. Whether this will be for everyone?? I have no clue. But what I do know?? Those of you looking for a YA book that isn’t all rainbows and sunshine, but still like the warm fuzzies and bouts of butterflies that are likely to choke you with their frequency….will love this story.

I kneel to help, accepting a thank-you from the boy’s harried-looking mother. When we finish, I edge Sam’s hard stomach with my elbow, trying to play off his sudden nervousness. “Don’t get any ideas, Sam Bennett. I just want to hang out.”
Pink splashes over his cheekbones as he throws up his hands in surrender. He smiles that lopsided grin. “I wouldn’t dream of getting any ideas.”

“Okay, I would dream of getting ideas.”

Or maybe you won’t-that’s just the way of it, and I am hardly a person who picks on each and every flaw within a story. But there was just something so sweet, yet heartbreaking, about this story. Something that reached into my soul and latched onto it, making it hard for me to breathe long after I had put it down. I adore YA realistic fiction, but lately it’s hard to find those winners that really stick with you. I don’t know what it was about this story that made me so happy-Whether it be the not so easy romance or the flawed family relationships or even the hilarious banter that I found so life-like and tangible and authentic…no matter what it was, it really resonated with me, and that’s not so easy to do lately.

As I adjust the temperature on the oven and listen to Mom as she finally trudges up the stairs, I think about what Hadley said about wanting something you don’t even believe is possible. I wonder now whether she was really talking about a happy ending or whether she was just talking about the kind of life where you don’t have to fight so hard to feel at home with your own family.

For years I was caught in an inferno of insta-love, lust, and easy-fix relationships when it came to romance novels. It wasn’t until I got onto Goodreads that I really started to find the books that touched me in ways I never imagined possible. YA is a genre I latched onto quickly, using the idea that, after reading a few fantastic novels, YA writers have a little more difficult time writing a truly engrossing story because they can’t use sex as a crutch or raunchy conversations to make time pass quickly-fade to black may not be for everyone, but it happens frequently in these YA novels. And it has became something that doesn’t bother me, but makes me appreciate how wonderful everything is that surrounds the intimate moments.

My arms go around her and she sort of melts into me. I rest my cheek on her head and we just stand there, wordless. I let myself imagine a different life with her, free of knots and lies and little slips of paper. I let myself believe what feels true-that she’s just a girl and I’m just a boy and we want to be together. We couldn’t not be together, because being together was the only thing that made sense. The only thing that kept us from both disappearing.

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My point in all that was simple: YA is such an underappreciated genre because people feel they outgrow it or can’t relate to something that happened so long ago for them…but for some reason it’s the opposite for me. When I read a story like this, it helps me embrace the moments from long ago where I fell in love with my husband in the hallways of our high school. It helps me reminisce about the carefree days and nights and how we fell in love despite what people said about our completely different lifestyles, how we would never make it because we had nothing in common-But look who’s laughing now, hmm? And you know what they say…opposites attract.

Her movement startles me out of my fog, and I turn to look at her. A lawnmower cranks up next door and we sit in its rumble as I try to figure out why the hell I’m so furious with Josh, want to slash Sloane’s tires, want to crush every guy who even looks at Hadley below the neck.

Again, back to my point-this story wasn’t about two opposites. In fact, it was about two people living the same lonely life, connected in a way no one in their right mind would ever wish to be. Her father cheated, causing tension and strife in what was an otherwise stable household. His mother cheated, breaking up a family that wasn’t perfect, but was whole. These horrible instances brought these two together….but they don’t realize it until it’s too late. Didn’t you wonder why this was called Suffer Love? Well…that’s a piece of it.

And everything slows down.
Crash.
In Romeo and Juliet, stars didn’t cross. They collided.
Game over.
Hadley slides the paper across the table.
I don’t need to look at it.
I know what it is.
Crash.

Sam and Hadley were two characters I just absolutely adored. Sam, for his broken soul, his unwavering loyalty that changed the way his family looked at him forever, the way he takes care of his little sister, Livy, and the fact that he was real. He wasn’t a cardboard boy in a cardboard story-He had real feelings and real anger and real angst and he did some things wrong (I won’t mention one that made me cross my arms and humph, even though he wasn’t really in the wrong). And then the way he slowly fell for Hadley, despite the devastating consequences of such a heartbreaking connection. He knew what it would mean, what it would cost, and who it would hurt to fall in love with the beautiful Hadley…but he couldn’t help falling. I mean…come on. Of course I fell in love with him and with this story.

And that’s when I know I’ve finally lost this battle with myself. I don’t care who I am. I don’t care what our parents did or how I’ll explain everything to her. I only care about being with her, right now up on this hill. I feel her in my gut and in my bones and that deep, hollow place in my chest.

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And then Hadley-Going through a phase to help numb the pain, she’s dealing with things in the only way she knows how. But when she meets Sam, all of that changes. Instead of seeking solace in stolen kisses in dark rooms and utility closets, she finds that simply talking to Sam, spending time with Sam, falling in love with Sam….is the only distraction she needs. She starts to see that she doesn’t have to feel alone, that he understands and can relate in ways no one else can-And that when things start to crumble, he’s the one she wants to run to.

Relief pours through me, and suddenly I need him closer. Unlike with josh or any other guy, it’s not about filling some void or only having fun. It’s about Sam. It’s about me. It’s an overflow of whatever this unspoken unseen thing is between us, and I realize that I do want it. I want him.

An authentic ending, a beautiful portrayal of families in turmoil who are just trying to make it work again, and a wonderful look at a relationship that is built from broken hearts and closet betrayals, even as the world continues to crumble around them. Hadley’s relationship with Sam’s sister, Livy, warmed my heart in ways I didn’t think existed. The familial ties that, no matter what they’ve gone through, don’t sever, but stay frayed as everyone tries to hold on as best they can. These people are real, and real people have flaws, make mistakes, and don’t handle themselves like they should. Maybe everyone wouldn’t agree, but I found that every little step felt right, like this would really happen if this story actually did exist. And because of this, unexpected tears coursed down my face without me even realizing as the book came to a close, causing me to hug my iPad to my chest and cradle these characters close as they held onto the hope, longing, and sacrifice that would mold their tentative new relationship. Not all HEA’s are clean cut and care-free….and HEA’s don’t exist for everyone. I hope that all of you will give this one a try, but if you aren’t convinced, ask yourself this-Can you really resist his charms? Can you?

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

8545130Ashley Herring Blake is a poet, teacher, and YA novelist. Her debut novel, SUFFER LOVE, follows two teens as they attempt to wade through an intense relationship complicated by their parents’ infidelities. Ashley lives in Nashville, TN.

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RELEASE DAY BLITZ + GIVEAWAY-The Rose and the Dagger (The Wrath and the Dawn #2) by Renee Ahdieh

RELEASE DAY BLITZ + GIVEAWAY-The Rose and the Dagger (The Wrath and the Dawn #2) by Renee Ahdieh

I am so excited that THE ROSE & THE DAGGER by Renée Ahdieh releases today and that I get to share the news, along with an awesome giveaway! If you haven’t yet heard about this wonderful book by Author Renée Ahdieh, be sure to check out all the details below. This blitz also includes a giveaway for a paperback of THE WRATH & THE DAWN and a hardcover of THE ROSE & THE DAGGER and an awesome candle from The Melting Library’s Etsy Store, US Only! So if you’d like a chance to win, enter in the Rafflecopter at the bottom of this post.

RELEASE DAY BLITZ + GIVEAWAY-The Rose and the Dagger (The Wrath and the Dawn #2) by Renee AhdiehThe Rose and the Dagger (The Wrath and the Dawn #2)
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Synopsis:

The much anticipated sequel to the breathtaking The Wrath and the Dawn, lauded by Publishers Weekly as "a potent page-turner of intrigue and romance."

I am surrounded on all sides by a desert. A guest, in a prison of sand and sun. My family is here. And I do not know whom I can trust.

In a land on the brink of war, Shahrzad has been torn from the love of her husband Khalid, the Caliph of Khorasan. She once believed him a monster, but his secrets revealed a man tormented by guilt and a powerful curse—one that might keep them apart forever. Reunited with her family, who have taken refuge with enemies of Khalid, and Tariq, her childhood sweetheart, she should be happy. But Tariq now commands forces set on destroying Khalid's empire. Shahrzad is almost a prisoner caught between loyalties to people she loves. But she refuses to be a pawn and devises a plan.

While her father, Jahandar, continues to play with magical forces he doesn't yet understand, Shahrzad tries to uncover powers that may lie dormant within her. With the help of a tattered old carpet and a tempestuous but sage young man, Shahrzad will attempt to break the curse and reunite with her one true love.

“Above all there is the shattering, triumphant catharsis of love… In a story about stories, love is ‘the power to speak without words.’ Thrillingly full of feeling.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Fiery romance, a spirited heroine, shifting loyalties… With more than a few heartrending twists and turns.”—Booklist

Release Date: April 26, 2016
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 432
Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook

 

 

About Renée:

Renee Ahdieh

Renée lives in North Carolina (Go Heels!) with her husband Victor and their dog Mushu. Her YA fantasy novel, THE WRATH AND THE DAWN, will be published on May 12th, 2015. In her spare time, she likes to cook, dance salsa, and wreak havoc on the lives of her characters.

She’s also a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, as well as an active member of theScience Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America.

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1 winner will receive a paperback of THE WRATH & THE DAWN, a hardcover of THE ROSE & THE DAGGER, and a His Calipha candle from The Melting Library’s Etsy Store, US Only.

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