Monday, November 30, 2015

Get ready to Pre-Order Dawn Of Ash by Rebecca Ethington!


Title: Dawn of Ash
Author: Rebecca Ethington
Genre: YA Paranormal
Expected Release Date: Feb. 23rd, 2015
Hosted by: Lady Amber's Tours



Blurb: 
Underneath the deep red barrier Edmund has placed over the city, Prague is in ruins… 


Vilį»³ hide in the darkened alleys, waiting to attack anyone who passes, while Edmund’s men roam the blood-soaked streets, scouring every crumbling building in a mad attempt to flush out Ilyan and his men. 


Among the danger, Ilyan and Joclyn are trapped, unable to leave the city. trying to keep their people safe behind a powerful shield, unseen from Edmund and his scouts.


Wyn spends her days haunted by her daughter and watching Thom waste away from the mysterious curse slowly taking him.


Ryland has risen above his father’s control, ready to take his place as his brother’s second. However, Sain needs his help first for a simple assignment, or so he thinks.


Their safety is about to be shattered.


A mole behind those safe, Cathedral walls has begun whispering through the survivors that Joclyn is unstable, that her magic is an uncontainable force that will destroy them all in the end. 


Determined not to let the rumors affect her, Joclyn battles ahead, only to have reality and sight intersect in an explosion that shatters the walls between future, past, and present, leaving her imprisoned in a seamless existence she must learn to control … before Edmund and Ovailia control her.


Before Sain unfurls the plan he has been orchestrating for centuries.




Rebecca Ethington is an internationally bestselling author with almost 700,000 books sold. Her breakout debut, The Imdalind Series, has been featured on bestseller lists since its debut in 2012, reaching thousands of adoring fans worldwide and cited as "Interesting and Intense" by USA Today's Happily Ever After Blog.

From writing horror to romance and creating every sort of magical creature in be-tween, Rebecca's imagination weaves vibrant worlds that transport readers into the pages of her books. Her writing has been described as fresh, original, and groundbreaking, with stories that bend genres and create fantastical worlds.

Born and raised under the lights of a stage, Rebecca has written stories by the ghost light, told them in whispers in dark corridors, and never stopped creating within the pages of a notebook.









Friday, November 20, 2015

Imdalind Series Book Blitz!


Title: Kiss of Fire & Eyes of Ember
Author: Rebecca Ethington
Genre: YA Paranormal


Blurb: 
Joclyn Despain has been marred by a brand on her skin. She doesn't know why the mark appeared on her neck, but she doesn't want anyone to see it, including her best friend Ryland, who knows everything else about her. The scar is the reason she hides herself behind baggy clothes, and won't let the idea of kissing Ryland enter her mind, no matter how much she wants to.

The scar is the reason she is being hunted.

If only she knew that she was.


If only she had known that the cursed stone her estranged father sent for her 16th birthday would trigger a change in her. Now, she is being stalked by a tall blonde man, and is miraculously throwing her high school bully ten feet in the air.


Joclyn attempts to find some answers and the courage to follow her heart. When Ryland finds her scar; only he knows what it means, and who will kill her because of it. 



Blurb:
Joclyn is in hiding, hunted by the man she still desperately loves. Ryland is gone, his mind erased, no memory of Joclyn remains. But, Joclyn’s heart desperately begs her to hold out hope. While, in reality the black eyed monster that possesses him, attempts to kill her over and over.

If it wasn’t for Ilyan, Joclyn would be dead by now. 


Ilyan. The man who once stalked her, is now Joclyn’s protector, the only thing she has left. He protects Joclyn from the men who seek to end her life, and while she is haunted by dreams where Ryland begs her to break the bond between them. 


Ilyan is there. Always there.


Ilyan trains and prepares her, teaching her everything she needs to know in the hope that one day she can avenge Ryland, if not protect herself from him.


And then there is her father.


The man who has never been there, is suddenly responsible for everything. And who he is has made Joclyn into something she never wanted to be.


The Silnį»³.



Rebecca Ethington is an internationally bestselling author with almost 700,000 books sold. Her breakout debut, The Imdalind Series, has been featured on bestseller lists since its debut in 2012, reaching thousands of adoring fans worldwide and cited as "Interesting and Intense" by USA Today's Happily Ever After Blog.


From writing horror to romance and creating every sort of magical creature in be-tween, Rebecca's imagination weaves vibrant worlds that transport readers into the pages of her books. Her writing has been described as fresh, original, and groundbreaking, with stories that bend genres and create fantastical worlds.



Born and raised under the lights of a stage, Rebecca has written stories by the ghost light, told them in whispers in dark corridors, and never stopped creating within the pages of a notebook.




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Buy Links:
Kiss of Fire:
Amazon: http://amzn.to/1OhCZkt
Eyes of Ember
Amazon: http://amzn.to/1OhD2Na


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Friday, November 13, 2015

COVER REVEAL: Dawn Of Ash by Rebecca Ethington



Title: Dawn of Ash
Author: Rebecca Ethington
Genre: YA Paranormal
Hosted by: Lady Amber's Tours



Blurb:
Underneath the deep red barrier Edmund has Vilį»³ hide in the darkened alleys, waiting to attack anyone who passes, while Edmund’s men roam the blood-soaked streets, scouring every crumbling building in a mad attempt to flush out Ilyan and his men. 

Among the danger, Ilyan and Joclyn are trapped, unable to leave the city. trying to keep their people safe behind a powerful shield, unseen from Edmund and his scouts.

Wyn spends her days haunted by her daughter and watching Thom waste away from the mysterious curse slowly taking him.

Ryland has risen above his father’s control, ready to take his place as his brother’s second. However, Sain needs his help first for a simple assignment, or so he thinks.

Their safety is about to be shattered.

A mole behind those safe, Cathedral walls has begun whispering through the survivors that Joclyn is unstable, that her magic is an uncontainable force that will destroy them all in the end. 

Determined not to let the rumors affect her, Joclyn battles ahead, only to have reality and sight intersect in an explosion that shatters the walls between future, past, and present, leaving her imprisoned in a seamless existence she must learn to control … before Edmund and Ovailia control her.

Before Sain unfurls the plan he has been orchestrating for centuries.





Rebecca Ethington is an internationally bestselling author with almost 700,000 books sold. Her breakout debut, The Imdalind Series, has been featured on bestseller lists since its debut in 2012, reaching thousands of adoring fans worldwide and cited as "Interesting and Intense" by USA Today's Happily Ever After Blog.

From writing horror to romance and creating every sort of magical creature in be-tween, Rebecca's imagination weaves vibrant worlds that transport readers into the pages of her books. Her writing has been described as fresh, original, and groundbreaking, with stories that bend genres and create fantastical worlds.

Born and raised under the lights of a stage, Rebecca has written stories by the ghost light, told them in whispers in dark corridors, and never stopped creating within the pages of a notebook.







Thursday, October 8, 2015

A Madness So Discreet


INTENSE
INTRIGUING
DISTURBING
SECRETIVE
PERPLEXING
INSANE
 …OR IS IT?...



{A Madness So Discreet is hauntingly beautiful; treading on the frail line between sanity and madness.}



There have been a lot of varying thoughts on this book… Some had high expectations and others- it just wasn’t their cup of tea.  I, for one, thoroughly enjoyed it!  It wasn’t really what I expected, although to be fair, I wasn’t really sure what I expected.  I was hesitant at first because I don’t usually go for this type of genre: asylums, dark, gothic.  I usually go for the fantasy, adventure, or sci-fi novels.  But the cover drew me in and sealed the deal… Let’s be real: WE ALL JUDGE BOOKS BY THEIR COVERS.  :o) Have no shame, for it is nothing but the truth!  If you were to go to a bookstore and weren’t looking for anything specific, you would tend to gravitate towards books that drew your attention based on its’ cover art. That’s just how it is done.



Despite the magnificent cover, it is a dark and twisted tale.  This book took me on quite the ride and momentarily left me without words.  There were some shocking revelations that I did not see coming.  At first, it reminded me of Law and Order.  The first third or half of the book is quite different from the rest.  In all honesty, it sort of wigged me out.  The story flows together well, it’s just a different atmosphere altogether… you’ll see what I mean.  I am so glad I didn’t give up (or get too disturbed) by the first part of the book!  The second half was much more pleasant, though still hauntingly beautiful.  It reminds me of a mix between Criminal Minds and BBC’s Sherlock.  Just wait for it.



THE STORY

The beginning- and frankly the first third of the book- sort of wigged me out.  It was disturbing and implanted horrific scenes in my head as to the hidden truths of the savage, inhuman way people treat others just because they can, especially when they believe they have reason to and that their actions are justified.

“They call us insane, then feed their own insanities on our flesh, for we are now less than human… They work their discreet types of madness on us, power and pain, and we hold to our truths in the darkness.”
Part of this story can be summed up as being about secrets: hidden secrets, shared secrets, secrets that haunt you in the dark and bring about the horrors and terrors of the past.  And on occasion, secrets that can connect people, in the knowledge that they are not alone in their suffering.  It was a heart-wrenching and thought-provoking tale that examines the sanity of us all.  There’s just something about it that seeps into your soul and leaves you contemplating, wondering if maybe some of us are mad, even just a little.  Perhaps we are…
I think we’re all quite mad.  Some of us are just more discreet about it.”
The book opened ideas to us about how people in general are fearful of the things that they do not understand; if they cannot understand it, then it must be absurd, unusual, irregular.  Therefore it is abnormal and strange and not what a “normal” person would do, so ‘said person’ must be “abnormal”.  And sometimes people are just forgotten: put away by family members that are ashamed of them, tired of them, or afraid of them; who don’t understand them.



It was a nice change of pace from today’s popular dragons, dystopian, and kings & queens story books.  Another nice thing is that this story focuses on Grace, no romance at all.  It’s all about just Grace: her past, her friendships, her inner-self, and her peace of mind.  *Be aware, this book does have a lot of sexual references in it.  Not because of the actual deed itself, but many times in reference to circumstances of some of the characters.  I just want you all to be in the know, because it took me by slightly by surprise, how often it came up.



THE CHARACTERS

I reveled in the relationship between Thornhollow and Grace!  When you first meet him, he creeps you out… like, a lot.  He seemed insane himself and I was disturbed with his practice of “relieving the insane”. But you begin to know him and understand him, and you realize it’s not so much him that’s creepy, just his job- at least the one he has at the beginning of the story.  By the middle of the book, I loved him!  He is intrigued with the criminal mind and their thought process and reasoning behind their actions.  He is cheeky, like Sherlock, and is by far not quite a people-person.  He and Grace make a perfect pair in their “crime solving” tag team.  Their conversation and banter just continues improve throughout the story, as they get to know one another and open up to each other.

“… It opens up a hole in my heart, it does.” [the Policeman said.]
“The existence of said organ still being under great question,” Thornhollow said underneath his breath.
“What’s that?”
“I said this man suffered some damage to his organs.”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“Grace’s eyes clouded as she realized something.  “I never asked you her name.”
“Janet.  Jenny.  Something like that.  I don’t know,” Thornhollow said.
“A prince of the people,” Adelaide huffed.
Falsteed was an interesting fellow and one of the first characters Grace meets.  He was a friend to Grace, as much as he could be.  He was mostly sweet but just a little creepy, too.  Especially when he starts talking about smells.  There was a kindness about him that one would not expect from someone in the dark, dank cellar of the asylum.



I adored Nell and Lizzie!  They were just the nicest girls and, sadly, unrightfully in the asylum and the most sane of the bunch in there, aside from Grace (each with their own quirky qualities).  Their relationship with each other is comical and entertaining.

“Nell,” Elizabeth chided.  “That’s no way to speak.”

“I can’t help me accent.”
“You know what I mean.”

I thought this song was really fitting for this book.  It's a little more upbeat than the book merits, but the lyrics fit so well with Grace and her forming relationship with her friends in the second half of the book (sorry for the vage comments, I'm trying not to be a spoil-sport and give away any spoilers).


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{I received a free digital copy of this book for review purposes. Thank you, HarperCollins and Edelweiss!}
OKAY, OKAY... ONE MORE QUOTE TO SATISFY YOUR NEED TO READ. :o)

“We’ll try to visit them all today while your hair is twisted into this unnatural shape.  Doesn’t that hurt?”

“Hasn’t anyone ever told you that beauty is pain?” Grace asked.

“I’m much more familiar with the latter.”

“Yes, it does hurt a little.  By the end of the day there’ll be no farce involved as we try to procure headache medicine.”

Thornhollow shook his head.  “I’ll never understand.”

Grace pulled a mirror from her purse and inspected her reflection.  “Yet women do these things in order to appeal to men.”

“I didn’t say it wasn’t appealing.  I said I don’t understand it.”
“Yes, well…” Grace put a hand to her unmoving hair, and the pins digging into her scalp.  “Sometimes the actions of the sane make no sense.”
“Amen.”