I’m am so excited to be a part of the blog tour for Silent Orchids, and I am going to work my review in somewhere!  Today, Morgan Wylie has brought us a fun glimpse of her writing community…
Hello and thank you for having me here today to talk about the importance of community in writing.
I wouldn’t be where I am without community. Writing is a very introverted process and can get lonely especially if there aren’t people around you that understand the journey you are on. Let’s face it, not …

It was a great relief to finally get my hands on The Eternity Cure, by Julie Kagawa. Kagawa definitely knows how to leave the reader hanging, and after reading The Immortal Rules I was itching to find out where Allie would end up. The second novel in The Blood of Eden Series didn’t have as much world building to hash through, and got down to business immediately.  This grabbed me from the first page, and I was hooked all the way to the “end”.
Allie’s story takes a turn in the …

Icons by Margaret Stohl releases on May 7. We have a playlist created especially for the Lover Icon Child. Check out the playlist and the definition of the Weeper below! Also enter to win a swag pack of Icons items including a t-shirt, mug, and Weeper leather bracelet at the bottom of this post!

Icons Synopsis:
Your heart beats only with their permission.

Everything changed on The Day. The day the windows shattered. The day the power stopped. The day Dol’s family dropped dead. The day Earth lost a war it didn’t know …

Let me preface this review with a warning… I am a blubbering idiot about this series ending!  If you haven’t watched the video below, then you’ve been spared the embarrassment of my brain going into meltdown mode.  Of course, I thought it would be clever to record my thoughts immediately finishing Clockwork Princess, needless to say that I won’t be doing that again.
Now that I have taken three days to compose myself, in addition to being unable to pick up another book because my head and heart are healing from …

Morgan Wylie’s debut novel, Silent Orchids, is being released May 7, 2013!  You won’t want to miss this new YA novel, and the amazing world Wylie has created.  I got to interview Morgan, and will be bringing you bits over the next few weeks.  You can watch Video #1 and #2 now…

To learn more about Morgan Wylie, her novel Silent Orchids, or read the Prologue, go to MorganWylie.net.

Nobody, by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, started out as a promising mix of YA paranormal and sic-fi. Claire could be depressing and whiny, but despite no one paying any attention to her for her entire life she sucks it up and works on her tan.  Then there is an attempt on her life.  Claire is unaware that she has a rare ability, but when she sees the guy that wants to kill her it starts a string of events that bring the two to work together.
I really liked the character Claire, …

A Shimmer of Angels, by Lisa M. Basso, is a refreshing new young adult novel all about a girl named Ray and her ability to see angels in her everyday life.  One reason I love this new paranormal is that Basso doesn’t romanticize Rayna’s life, and her ability to see angels.  Rayna can see both the good and the bad, the black and the white wings… The acting angels and the fallen.
Rayna knows she’s not crazy, but her family can’t help but worry about her and the things that haunt her. When …

ABOUT THE SURVIVORS: Body & Blood
The game has changed.
Fresh from her first brush with mortality, a fragile Sadie Matthau is playing human with Cole Hardwick while the Survivors endure unimaginable tragedy. Wrought with the first deaths of their own kind, a tyrant who will torture them, and an opponent more terrifying than anyone could have foreseen, the Survivors are facing their end.
Told from three points of view, The Survivors: Body & Blood is a bloodcurdling, mind-bending, heart-stopping ride. As Sadie and the Winters uncover more enemies, more history, and more …

How to get the boy or girl of your dreams
Courtesy of Ava, Goddess of Love.
(Aimée Carter (@aimee_carter) www.aimeecarter.com)
You might think being the Goddess of Love would make dating a whole lot easier, but not even I can catch a break sometimes. Every so often the boy I love is seeing someone else, or he’s not that into me (and also might be a bit crazy, but that’s beside the point). Or he doesn’t like girls at all (which is how I’ve found some of my best friends). Whatever the case may …

Shrapnel is a fun, YA paranormal that is filled with ghosts, history, and snarky teens! I really enjoyed Stephanie Lawton’s characters and the pace of the story, and I think you will too!  If you like Maureen Johnson’s The Name of the Star, you’ll love Shrapnel.  I’ve given the novel four books on the bookshelf!
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Shrapnel Interview with Stephanie Lawton
#1 If you could choose three historical figures’ ghosts to ‘hang’ with, who would they be, and what would you ask them?
There are so many, but here are the three that float to …