Showing posts with label The Lost Immortals: When Copper Suns Fall. Show all posts
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Thursday, October 25, 2012

YA Mythology Giveaway Hop - Afterlife Series, Temptation, ILLumine & Obumbrate & The Lost Immortals: When Copper Suns Fall


Welcome to the YA Mythology Giveaway hop, Hosted by I am a Reader, Not a Writer and  For Those About to Read
It’s all about Mythology! Be sure to visit the other blogs on this hop.


I have some good books to giveaway for you.


You get all 3 ebooks of the Afterlife series, by Willow Rose.
Here is summary of them below

Beyond:
Meghan is 16 when she dies.

She wakes up on a flying steamboat on her way to a school run by Angels in a white marble castle. On the boat she meets Mick who has been dead for more than a hundred years but still looks like a teenager. He helps her past the difficult beginning at the new school in a new world. One day some of Meghan's roommates find a mirror in the cellar of the school and they persuade her to go through it with them - well knowing it is strictly against the rules of the school. Meghan ends up back on earth where she meets Jason. But Jason is in danger and Meghan know something important. Something that is a matter of life and death. Soon she is forced to choose between the two worlds. The one she belongs to now and the one she left.

Beyond is the first novel in Willow Rose's Afterlife series.

Serenity:
It is Meghan’s second year at The Academy.

While trying to help and care for Jason on earth she is struggling to keep up in school, where they this year will learn both to ride Pegasus’ and fly through severe storms. Meanwhile Mick is becoming more than a friend to her and soon she finds herself facing the unavoidable choice.

But something evil is threatening the students at the Academy and Meghan is no longer safe within the walls of the castle. Something causes several of the students to be caught in the middle of a nightmare, that they can’t wake up from.
Soon they realize that they might have a traitor in their midst.

Serenity is the second book in Willow Rose's Afterlife-series about a young girl's life after death. It is great for the young reader ages 9 and up.

Endurance:
Meghan’s training at the Academy is coming to an end.

Everything is going great for her as she comes closer to the graduation. She is engaged to be married and the wedding is very near when she hears some disturbing news that makes her rethink all of her coming life.

In class they are taught to catch dreams and fly with the speed of light. Meghan soon discovers that she has a lot of special talents and that she is much stronger than she thought. But unfortunately that doesn’t help her as she faces the truth about her own death which will be revealed to her at the end of the year.

Endurance is the third book in the Afterlife-series about a young girl’s life after death.


You also will get Temptation, thanks to Author Jamie Canosa
Kindle Format.
Read this post for more about this book, there is an excerpt and review too. Temptation Post



You also get this 2 in 1 ebook of Illumine and Obumbrate. Goodreads

Book 1
For the past five months Essallie Hanley has been trying to forget about the frightening murder of her boyfriend. Haunted by vivid nightmares and hallucinations of the event she does anything she can to pretend she's like every other normal girl in High School.

Only Essallie is far from normal. Able to conjure blue fire and a shimmering silhouette of wings from her body, she seeks the only known solace left to her name; her first home in Belfast, Maine.

But she soon realizes that her return home is only the beginning of a long and twisted road taking her as far from her humanity as possible, with Kayden, the demon originally summoned to slaughter her, leading the way. Unable to touch her but oddly curious, he joins Essallie in her search to find out just what she is. But neither of them were prepared for the secrets they've begun to unravel, secrets that will change Essallie and everyone around her forever.

The second book to The Illumine Series.

Essallie Hanley just wishes her life could go back to normal. But what's normal when you carry the burden of knowing you're a half-angel created for war, that the only person who can help you is a demon still waiting to kill you, and that your only chance for salvation lied in a boy who died in front of you?

If Essallie had turned her back on everything she'd learned, she could have made the most of her fractured life. That is, until Kayden told her that she's a ticking time-bomb; that at any given moment her blood could betray her, her veins burning her alive from the inside out until nothing but ash remains.

Desperate to find answers, and possibly find her only chance for survival, Essallie heads back for New York City, back to the place where it all began. With every answer comes a price, and with every price the risks and rewards become greater. But when Essallie soon finds herself the target of an unknown hunter determined to kill her, she's at wits' end. That is, until a fellow Nephilim named Ari steps in. But is Ari a piece of the puzzle to her salvation, or the promise of her demise?


You also get to pick 2 books from these 4!
Forbidden | Goodreads
Elixir | Goodreads
Intuition | Goodreads
Goddess Interrupted | Goodreads


I Have added a book that I like so much, called The Lost Immortals: When Copper Suns Fall. There was a giveaway for the tour, but it has ended  so decided to go ahead and add it here, you will also get an ebook copy of it along with the others. And still a choice of the 4 in the box above.
Here is link to my tour page, with lots of info on this wonderful book and my review. Book 2 is due out later this year (When Silver Moons Rise (Lost Immortals book 2) Also if you go here, to my Waiting On Wednesday post, you can see some great pics and videos about the world of the Lost Immortals.
Goodreads


Be sure to enter my other giveaway while here, like the Howloween Giveaway Hop
You can also go to my Giveaways page, has all the rafflecopters for all giveaways including some great ones from book tours.

Here are some book trailers of some of these books.















Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Tuesday Teasers & Tuesday Intros First Chapter. 10/16


Teaser Tuesday Is a Weekly bookish Meme, Hosted by MitzB of Should Be Reading. 

Anyone can play along.  Just do the following:


 Grab your current read Open to a random page Share 2 (Two) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

   Be Careful, No Spoilers Please (Make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don’t want to ruing the book for others)    Share title and author too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their tbr list if they like your teaser!Please leave me a comment with either the link to your own Teaser Tuesdays post, or share your ‘teasers’ in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog) Thanks! 

I have a few good books I am reading to give you some teasers. Hope you like them. This first one, I just finished actually, just in time for the book tour and giveaway, so check that out too.

The Lost Immortals When Copper Suns Fall  by Kasonndra Leigh | Goodreads

Teaser:

I’d never run so fast.
How was I doing this?
Everything was all good until my back started to tingle in the area around my shoulder blades. The skin burned a bit too. Not anything too painful. Just enough heat to let me know something powerful was happening to me.

Teaser 2
His noble face tensed. I wanted to know everything about this boy who rescued me: my Protector, my joy, my friend. I took his hand, assuring him with my touch, not caring one bit about who might see us, or the Tribunal’s strict rules, or what dark secret Faris Toulan might be hiding. He glanced at our entwined hands, hinting at a smile, strands of dark hair falling into his ridiculously good-looking face.

Check out the tour for the above book HERE and giveaway



Finishing up Dead Hunter now | Goodreads (for adults only on this DEAD series)
Teaser

The dark eyes studied her closely for a moment, pushing the alarm warn-
ings to the front of her mind. What the hell is going on here? My whole being screams vampire, but how can that be? This is a normal family waiting for the birth of a new baby.

Teaser: 

“ArieAnne Hews.” His fingers curved around hers, and he gave her the smile.
Chills played across her neck, but the spasms of heat that flowed down her body canceled them out. For the first time since she’d undergone her vampire hunter training, Arie chose to disregard all the signals.
Jonas Nickels is the hottest man I’ve met in a long time, and even if he’s Satan himself, I want him.

Watch for the book tour in a few days for the above book.


Tuesday Intros, First Chapter, First Paragraph

First Chapter First Paragraph - Tuesday Intros Hosted by Bibliophile By The Sea

Every Tuesday I will participate in the Tuesday Intro First Chapter-First Paragraph Intros.
These are books we decided to read based on the first paragraph or so. Then find another “Teaser” in the book somewhere to catch our interest. Leave me a comment with link to your post, and if your a new follower be sure to let me know. I want to be sure to follow back.

First Paragraph of first Chapter of Forbidden Fire (Forbidden Mind is book one) Goodreads
Warning, mild spoiler for BOOK 1 Forbidden Mind, so if you had not read it yet, you have been warned
You can read till the red line safely.


The warmth of Drake's lips against mine sent butterflies spiraling through my stomach. His strong arms tightened around me just enough to make me feel safe without stealing all the air from my lungs. I rested my cheek against his chest and breathed in his unique scent—part campfire, part wind. Everything about that moment in our bed felt right... until the butterflies in my stomach turned into angry bees bent on killing me.
My legs itched as if unseen bugs crawled through them; I couldn't keep them still. Hot and cold, my body fluctuated between extremes as I opened my mouth to speak, but my throat refused to comply.
"Drake!" My mind called to him even as my body pushed away from his.
He held onto me and refused to let me crawl into my own misery. "Sam, what's wrong?"
I tried to speak out loud, but couldn't. "I don't know. Something is happening to me. Something isn't... right."
Drops of sweat trickled down my forehead and stung my eyes. I shivered and clutched at Drake. My hands wrapped around his taut muscles as if trying to absorb their strength.
_________Spoiler for Book one below this line__________________
His hand dropped to my swollen belly, and he switched to our mind link. 'Is it our baby?'
My mental whimper made me cringe, but I couldn't help it. My body had been invaded by aliens. I wanted to tear my skin off and crawl out of myself. A ball of anxiety grew in my chest, smothering any of the peace I had felt just moments before. "It's not my stomach, it's everywhere. Like a poison or... Ahhhh!"

Teaser:
He loved her like no one else in the world could, and he trusted her—having access to her thoughts made that a no-brainer.

See the book tour and the giveaway for this series well, this link is for book one, but giveaway is for all the tour, HERE
I hope you liked my teasers and into too


Sunday, October 14, 2012

Book Tour & Giveaway: The Lost Immortals: When Copper Suns Fall by Kasonndra Leigh



Welcome to my stop on the Lost Immortals When Copper Sun Falls book tour. Brought to you by Reading Addiction Book Tours. Here you can read a synopsis of the book, my review, and Excerpt and a Giveaway! I also have a bio of author Kasonndra Leigh. Don’t forget to visit the other blogs on this tour for more information and other reviews about this book and author.


Summary:
It has been fifty-five years since the angels of the Apocalyptic War attempted to wipe out humanity. Now a new nation has been built where alchemy is forbidden, and angels fear for their lives as they hide among the mortals. 
The city's leaders share one view on the ancestors of angels: shoot first, no questions. 
When her twin brother falls into a strange coma, sixteen-year-old Chela Prizeon vows to discover her role among these exiles, the royal angels known as the Lost Immortals. 
Chela's only hope lies with the mysterious, but infuriating leader of a rebel group. But can she trust this boy, someone who can control her dreams and her heart. 
Escape into a world filled with celestial creatures, fascinating villainy, high-stake choices, and forbidden romance.

My Review:


I was not sure what to expect from this book, but being blown away from start to finish isn’t what I expected. It was so beautifully written, it had me captivated right from the movement of Chela’s twin brother’s hand (Micah), who is in a strange coma.

KaSonndra Leigh did an amazing job with this book. I fell in love with the characters, its not like most fantasy books I had read, it has that deep meanings and feelings in it. I really loved the main character Chela, she is so strong, determined, adventurous and fiercely protective of those she cares about.
This book has it all, we have angels, and magic, and its set in a dystopian type future, but with all the deep feelings I mentioned in the fantasy world.

Plenty excitement with these characters who are emotionally charged with the adventures of the celestial beings and angelic realms. I loved it.

I love the fierce determination Chela has to find out what happened with her twin brother, and why he is still in this coma, she feels something is not right, and is determined to save him. Before they pull the plug.

I do not want to say much past what is in the blurb, so not to spoil anything, but will say, I enjoyed the romance delevoping between Chela and……. Yeah, not gonna tell you who, lol. You can find out. As in the beginning, you do not know, 2 mysterious hotties show up, and it keeps you guessing for a bit. Don’t want to ruin that for you.

Overall a fantastic read, for teens up to upper adults, it has it all for everyone. Your heart will swell up at the mushy parts, and get angry along with Chela too.

5 out of 5 stars for me. Pick it up, you wont be sorry. I am looking forward to the sequel.


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Guest Blog from KaSonndra Leigh Author of The Lost Immortals: When Copper Suns Fall

First I’d like to say thank you for allowing me this opportunity to visit your wonderful blog. Readers and bloggers have been so kind to me during this adventure. I can’t wait to share the story behind the music on my website, the heart of When Copper Suns Fall. I think every author has some kind of motivation technique when crafting a scene. For me, it’s about taking the essence of the novel as a whole when writing a scene. And to do that without losing sight of the story elements, I use music. Copper Suns is a cross-genre novel. It is pretty much a dark urban fantasy, but with heavy dystopian elements. So I listened to music that put me in the mood.
Here’s a list of seven songs that very much influenced my writing process:
   1)   Furious Angels by Rob Dougan
Faris’s Song - Kind of goes without saying. But the song is about a guy who loses his fiancée in a car accident. He makes a promise to her passing spirit that if she goes away, then his furious angels will find her and bring her back to him.  Unfortunately, I can’t say too very much about what scene this was relevant to and why. But when you read the book, you’ll automatically know which one it relates to.

   2)  Who Am I Living For? By Katy Perry
Chela’s Song- If you’ve heard Katy Perry’s heavy base and hard beats coupled with some pretty haunting lyrics, then you’ll understand why this is Chela’s song.

   3)   Teardrop by Massive Attack
Chela’s song- One suggestion. Watch the video trailer and then listen to the song.

   4)  Bring Me to Life by Evanescence
A song that always assisted me with focusing on the core being of my character Seth Alton. Listening to the words on this one tells you so much about him.

   5)   My Immortal by Evanescence
Kind of goes without saying again. And I truly don’t want to ruin the story by talking too much about this one.  So, I’ll let my readers listen to the song and place it with the right scene when reading.

   6)  Uprising by Muse
An overall feel for the dystopian nature behind the book. This one covers the entire series as well.

   7)  Paint the Sky with Stars by Enya
Okay. So there’s a romantic element in the story if you haven’t guessed by now. And this song is so pretty and light. There’s a scene in the book where you’ll be able to picture lying there and listening to this song in the background. Ahhh. LoL. All right, giving out too much information.
You can listen to all of these songs on my website. Two of them (Furious Angels and Teardrop) have been removed for some reason. But you can listen to them on Amazon and tons of other places. I do hope you enjoy reading the world I’ve created in When Copper Suns Fall. Once again, I’d like to thank Nikki for hosting me on her site today. 


Lost Immortals When Copper Sun Falls Chela and Seth First Meet Excerpt


The Lost Immortals When the Copper Suns Fall Interview


·        Author website:  http://www.kasonndraleigh.com
 
·        Book Trailer: (Lost Immortals) http://kasonndraleigh.com/id14.html
·        Twitter:  http://twitter.com/kasonndraleigh
·        Facebook:  http://facebook.com/kasonndraleighbooks
·        Facebook#2:  http://facebook.com/kasonndraleighbookspage
·        Amazon
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Be sure to visit the other blogs on this tour.
October 15- YA Novel Reader - Review
October 15 - B.O.O.K.L.I.F.E. - Review/Interview
October 16-A Soul Unsung - Review/Guest Post/Giveaway
October 17- A World of Mine - Review/Giveaway/Guest Post
October 18- Known to Read - Review/Guest Post/Giveaway
October 19- My Cozie Corner - Review/Giveaway
October 20- Moosubi Reviews - Review/Interview
October 21- Book Breifs - Review/Givewaway
October 21 - A Bibliophile's Thoughts - Review/Guest Post/Giveaway
October 22- Up All Night Reviews - Review/Giveaway/Guest Post
October 23- Berds Fly - Review/Guest Post
October 24- One Page at a Time - Review
October 25- Wonderland Reviews - Review
October 26- My Reading Addiction - Review
October 26 - Jen McConnel - Review/Giveaway/Guest Post

*Disclosure of Material Connection: I have received this book free from the author as part of Reading Addiction Blog Tours. Although payment may have been received by Reading Addiction Blog Tours, no payment was received by me in exchange for this review. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”