I'm Ambur, and I'm addicted to books, tea, superheroes, and TV! I'm extremely passionate about my fandoms—right now I'm currently obsessed with Game of Thrones, Outlander, Nightwing/Dick Grayson, Captain America, and I believe that kindness always goes a long way to making everyone's day a little better. When it comes to books, I'm a sucker for young adult books, and romance novels, especially of the sports or historical variety!
Today is the day! Long Night Moon, the third book in the Seasons of the Moon series, releases today! :D I've been anxiously awaiting this one ever since I finished All Hallows' Moon, and today it's finally out! You can get yourself a copy from:
Who else is super excited for Long Night Moon? And who's just starting the series and is gonna take the opportunity to snag copies of SMS and AHM today? :D
Rylie survived becoming a werewolf at great cost. She moves to her aunt’s ranch in the hopes she can enroll in a new high school and quietly continue her life... with a few distinct changes. She transforms into a beast every new and full moon and struggles to control her murderous urges.
Without many werewolves left, it’s hard to stay in hiding. A family of hunters -- Eleanor, Abel, and Seth -- recognize the signs and follow Rylie to her new home. They want to stop her before she murders someone, and the only way to do it is with a silver bullet. Seth soon realizes the werewolf is Rylie, the one monster he failed to kill. Worse yet, he’s still in love with her.
Torn between family and love, Rylie struggles to reconcile her feelings and control the wolf within while Seth fights to do what’s right. But what is right-- obeying desire or duty?
I reviewed the first book in this series, Six Moon Summer, a while ago, and I loved it! I was thrilled to hear that there was going to be another book, and since then I've also learned that there are going to be even more books...two, I believe! :D
By my enthusiasm for the next two books you can probably already tell that I liked All Hallows' Moon...actually, I loved it! I thought that it was a fantastic sequel! S.M. Reine did a fabulous job with it! I loved that she didn't reiterate what happened in the first book constantly...honestly, too many series do this. I hate when I read a series and every new book spends at least a third of it telling me what happened in the other books...it makes me feel like the author thinks I'm stupid. Obviously, she did mention some stuff that happened, so that if someone were to pick up All Hallows' Moon without reading Six Moon Summer, they wouldn't be totally lost, but she didn't make it so packed full of reiteration that they would be spoiled for the first book...well maybe a little because they wouldn't have any suspense at the end of the first one if they already knew what would happen...but, I'm getting off topic. What I'm trying to say is that All Hallows' Moon works as a standalone. It's fantastic as a sequel, but I think if you wanted to go straight to this one, you could too....but, I do think you'd enjoy it more if you read Six Moon Summer first. :P
I loved seeing the next stage in Rylie's journey, and experiencing her struggles to come to terms with all of the things that have changed in her life. She's going through a lot...and I'm not just talking about the whole werewolf thing, she went through so many things in Six Moon Summer, and in All Hallows' Eve, and I can't help but admire her strength. She doesn't give up...even when it seems like all is lost and she just keeps getting beaten down. She's one tough girl! :D
Since the description mentions Seth, I don't think I'm spoiling anything by saying that he's in this one, and I'm sure if you already read Six Moon Summer, you did expect him to return. I know I did! And if you haven't read Six Moon Summer, then you don't know who I'm talking about, but let me just say this...I love Seth...I seriously do. He's freaking fantastic! He's tough and mysterious, and in All Hallows' Moon, we finally get to see more about his past...and his family. We see him interact with his mom and his brother, and of course, once again, we see him with Rylie. He isn't as much of a mystery by the end of this one, but he's still awesome. As much as I love seeing Rylie grow in All Hallows' Moon, I love seeing Seth grow too. They both go through so much, together and apart, and I love that the point of views alternate and allow you to see that.
I expected to like All Hallows' Moon, and I did, as I've said, I loved it! This series, and author, is one of the reasons that I enjoy reading self-published books. Trust me, there are some AMAZING self-published books! I'm sorry if you feel like I'm pushing them right now, but I feel like often their work isn't given a chance, so right now I'm trying to open your eyes a bit to a fine example of what can come from self-publishing. I hope that many of you take my advice, and give this series a chance, it is amazing. Please don't let prejudices or negative connotations towards self-published works influence you here. If you like paranormal stories, or want to give them a shot, go for it! This one is fantastic, it's unique, it has fabulous characters, and I can't forget to mention that right now the first book, Six Moon Summer, is only $0.99 on Amazon...so if you want it, go for it now. After all, who doesn't love a deal. ;) haha
If you want to read this series, you can purchase the books online, here:
If you haven't heard already, All Hallows' Moon is now available! It's the sequel to Six Moon Summer, which I did review on my blog a while back. Check out their Goodreads pages to find out more about: Six Moon Summer, and All Hallows' Moon. (Links go to Goodreads.)
Now, in honour of All Hallows' Moon's release, S.M. Reine is having a blog tour, and as part of that tour, I have Seth, the mysterious and sexy boy I mentioned back when I reviewed Six Moon Summer, here on my blog today! He's been gracious enough to answer a few questions, and I hope you enjoy them. :)
You've mentioned before that family is really important to you. Do you want to tell us a little bit about them?
I have a brother named Abel and my mom. Abel and I are really tight, you know? You have to be with your brother. I would do anything for him. He was attacked last year and he's never really gotten over it. His face is still horrible, but he's always been kind of ugly, so I don't think it's that big a difference. But don't tell him I said that! My mom, though, she's been really intense since dad got killed awhile back. She's kind of... career driven.
"Career driven?"So what's her career?
The family business. What we've always done. She kills werewolves.
How do you kill a werewolf?
It's just like killing anyone else, I guess, even though I've never killed a normal person or anything. The only problem is that they heal stupidly fast and they're big, quick, and mean. You almost have to pull the trigger before you even see them, or that's it. You're dead. You can slow them down if you can poison them with wolfsbane, and you can stop them cold if you get a little silver in their blood, but otherwise it's just like hunting any big animal. Except they're human twenty-nine nights of the month.
How many have you killed before?
Just on my own? Only two. But since I started going on hunts as a kid with my brother, we've killed over a dozen. I think we've got the best hunt-to-kill ratio in the country, but it's not like us hunters have a scoreboard.
Does it bother you hunting a werewolf when they're usually human?
Mom says they don't have souls after they get bitten. She says the spirit of the wolf eats the spirit of the man and leaves nothing but emptiness inside. Even if they look like people, even if they walk and talk like people, they're not people. That's why we have to wait until they change on a moon to shoot them, though. We have to be totally sure they're the one. Dad used to say, "If it's not furry, don't kill. If it is furry, skin it." He was pretty career-driven too.
I guess I used to be okay with the whole hunting thing. I believed my parents. They're the experts, right? But ever since this summer, it's been different. I went on my first real solo hunt, and... things changed.
Are you talking about the incident at Camp Golden Lake?
Yeah. Two werewolves, lots of victims. And then there was the third werewolf-- Rylie. She got bitten when I was on a hunt. I tried to save her, but I failed, and then I tried to keep her from turning at the end of the summer, and I failed again. I feel pretty bad about that.
What happened to Rylie?
I don't know. She changed on that last night to save me from the big bad wolf, and I didn't see her again after that. She looked pretty bad, though.
Do you think she's alive?
God, I hope so.
Thanks for visiting my blog today, Seth. Happy hunting!
Yeah, thanks for having me. See you around.
GIVEAWAY
Details: Runs from September 12th until the 16th (that's tonight, so hurry up and enter! eek!) ***Grand Prize of paperback copies of Six Moon Summer and All Hallows' Moon***
*5 smaller prizes of ebooks of All Hallows' Moon*
(Paperbacks are only for people with US Addresses, but the ebooks are International)
To enter, just fill out the fields on the Raffelcopter widget (Note: if you're uings a reader, you probably will have to go to the actual blog post to enter). This widget is for the entire blog tour, so only enter on one of the blogs. :)
Good luck to everyone who enters, and I hope you enjoyed Seth's interview! :D
Rylie survived becoming a werewolf at great cost. She moves to her aunt’s ranch in the hopes she can enroll in a new high school and quietly continue her life... with a few distinct changes. She transforms into a beast every new and full moon and struggles to control her murderous urges.
Without many werewolves left, it’s hard to stay in hiding. A family of hunters -- Eleanor, Abel, and Seth -- recognize the signs and follow Rylie to her new home. They want to stop her before she murders someone, and the only way to do it is with a silver bullet. Seth soon realizes the werewolf is Rylie, the one monster he failed to kill. Worse yet, he’s still in love with her.
Torn between family and love, Rylie struggles to reconcile her feelings and control the wolf within while Seth fights to do what’s right. But what is right-- obeying desire or duty?
This is the sequel to Six Moon Summer, which I reviewed a few months ago.
If you want to know more about Six Moon Summer, here's the link to itsGoodreads Page.
I personally can't wait to read All Hallows Moon! Six Moon Summer was fantastic, and I can't wait to read about what happens next! I also just want to mention for anyone else anxiously awaiting this sequel, the release date has changed! Before it was going to be released in October, but now it will be released September 9, 2011...which isn't far from now at all! :D
Are you excited for All Hallows Moon?
Have you read Six Moon Summer?
And finally, what do you think of All Hallows Moon's cover?
Personally, I love it! I especially love that the girl on the cover is blond on this one, it tripped me out when Rylie was blonde in the book after seeing her as brunette on Six Moon Summer's cover. ;)
