Review: Sweet Venom by Tera Lynn Childs

Source: Received an ARC from Harper Collins Canada for an honest review.

Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books

Release Date: September 6, 2011
Number of Pages: 352 (Hardcover)

(Goodreads Link.)

Blurb from Goodreads:

Grace just moved to San Francisco and is excited to start over at a new school. The change is full of fresh possibilities, but it’s also a tiny bit scary. It gets scarier when a minotaur walks in the door. And even more shocking when a girl who looks just like her shows up to fight the monster.

Gretchen is tired of monsters pulling her out into the wee hours, especially on a school night, but what can she do? Sending the minotaur back to his bleak home is just another notch on her combat belt. She never expected to run into this girl who could be her double, though.

Greer has her life pretty well put together, thank you very much. But that all tilts sideways when two girls who look eerily like her appear on her doorstep and claim they're triplets, supernatural descendants of some hideous creature from Greek myth, destined to spend their lives hunting monsters.

These three teenage descendants of Medusa, the once-beautiful gorgon maligned by myth, must reunite and embrace their fates in this unique paranormal world where monsters lurk in plain sight.

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Holy Goalie! Did I ever love this book! :D haha and if you can't tell I also love Tera's different slangs. I loved how Grace said, "Holy Goalie!" and how Gretchen would say, "Hades" instead of Hell. :P It's such a small thing, but so adorable! :D

I've been wanting to read a Tera Lynn Childs book for so long now, and I'm so glad that I got the chance to read this one because I absolutely loved it! I love mythology, and I love when authors go all out and take a small element of myth and turn in into a fabulous story of their own, and Tera definitely did that. Medusa isn't a huge part of mythology, and I always felt like she got a bad rap. Before Perseus kills her she's actually raped by Poseidon...but does anyone feel bad for her...no! Instead Athena gets pissed off and curses her with her reptilian hair because said rape happens in one of her temples...isn't that horrible?! Anyways...now that you all know that poor Medusa was a victim...and not really the bad guy that everyone insisted she was, you're in a great mindset for this book...and at the moment, this review. ;P

In Sweet Venom, Gretchen, Grace, and Greer discover that they're all descendants of Medusa, destined to protect our world from the monsters who come through from their dimension. I loved this idea! The idea that Medusa wasn't evil, as I mentioned with her myth before, really appealed to me, and I loved that Tera took her story in a different way and made her someone who was misunderstood rather than the big villain. I loved Grace and Gretchen...Greer was alright, but she was kind of stuck-up...I choose to blame her parents for that though. :P haha I also loved Milo and Nick...cute boys just always make a book better, and I happened to love these two. ;) Grace's brother, Thane was awesome, too! He didn't say much...reminded me of my brother in that way. :P lol

My favourite part of this book was Grace discovering what she was. Her training with Gretchen was awesome, and I loved learning about their different abilities while she did. I also loved getting to see Gretchen be all hardcore, and the way that the relationship between Grace and Gretchen evolved...and once Greer came into the story, their relationship with her too. :D

I thought that Sweet Venom was a fabulous story! It kept me on my toes, and I loved that Tera managed to mix ancient mythology into a current setting, while putting a very welcome twist on the ancient mythology involving Medusa! I think that Sweet Venom is pretty much perfect for anyone! If you don't know mythology I think you'll like it, and if you do, I think you'll love it even more because it offers a welcome new perspective! :D

Seriously...I can't say it enough, go read Sweet Venom, it's fantastic! :D

Are you a fan of mythology?
And I'm curious, what do you think of when you hear, "Medusa"?

Happy Reading!!!

♪♫ Ambur

SWEET VENOM 2 Title Hunt!

Sweet Venom's cover...what do you think will Sweet Venom 2 look like?

 

Well hello! You might be here for the Sweet Venom 2 Title Hunt, or you might not! Either way, if you want you can begin the Title Hunt right here.

If you don't have all the details yet, you can go to Tera Lynn Child's BLOG, where she will have the entry form as well as an explanation of how to do the hunt, and links for the hosts' blogs.

Now, here is what you've been waiting for...

My letter is....

S

In case you're curious, the prizes for this hunt are five signed copies of Sweet Venom, and a grand prize of a $50 bookstore gift card. The hunt is also open INTERNATIONALLY! So, yay! Everyone can participate! :D

Once again, you can find details, links, and the hunt's form, here: http://teralynnchilds.blogspot.com.

Happy Reading...and Happy Hunting! :D

♪♫ Ambur

PS. Tour Hosts are also allowed to enter the hunt, so if you're a host also, feel free to get your hunt on! ;D

Signed Sweet Venom Bookmarks Winners!

I hope that everyone has been having an awesome weekend so far, 

and that you're all enjoying some awesome books! 

I've got some winners to announce for the signed Sweet Venom bookmarks giveaway, 

so without further ado.....

The Winners are:

andii*

Lucia

aurora m.

Dea S.

seesen9

*All Bookmarks have been claimed :) Congrats again to all of the winners! :D

I'm sending all of the winners an email, but if you're a winner and you don't get one, don't be afraid to email me at ambiepie_6(at)hotmail(dot)com.

The winners all have 48 hours to claim their prize by emailing me their mailing addresses.

All winners were chosen using Random.org.

Thank you all for participating in this giveaway, and I'll be sure to think of another one sometime soon so that you all get another chance to win some goodies. :D

Happy Reading!!!

♪♫ Ambur

Sweet Venom - Signed Bookmarks Giveaway!

So, just a little while ago I showed you guys the cover of Sweet Venom by Tera Lynn Child. 

Here it is again in case you missed it:

Now that we've all seen the lovely cover for Sweet Venom, I have some bookmarks to give away, and they're signed by Tera. :D

I'm making this giveaway INTERNATIONAL, so everyone can enter. :)

There will be 5 winners, and each winner will get a signed Sweet Venom bookmark.

This giveaway will run from today (Mar.2) until March 11 at 11:59pm (M.S.T.).

Following is not required, however, you must be 13 or older to enter. 

One entry per person, all duplicate entries will be deleted (I won't delete your initial entry though.)

Winner will be chosen using Random.org and will have 48 hours to respond before a new winner is drawn.

Use the form to enter. Comments will not count as entries, but they are always appreciated. :)

This giveaway is now CLOSED.

Good luck everyone and Happy Reading!

♪♫ Ambur

Sweet Venom Cover Reveal!

Release Date: October 2011 

Teaser:

"Three teenage descendants of Medusa, the once-beautiful gorgon maligned by myth, must reunite and embrace their fates in a world where monsters lurk in plain sight."

 The three main characters are Grace, Gretchen and Greer. Here are some character collages that Tera made: 

Some links for you: 

• Sweet Venom's Goodreads Page
• Sweet Venom's Facebook Page
  
• Sweet Venom page on Tera's website
  
• Link to the Character Collages for Grace, Gretchen and Greer
  

 So....what do you all think??

I personally love it, and I can't wait to read this book, I'm a big fan of mythology, so it'll be interesting to see what Tera does with this story. I'm loving that all of the main characters names start with a 'G' too, since Medusa was a gorgon...alliteration rules :P lol

Happy Reading!! 

And be sure to comment, I'm sure Tera would love to hear your thoughts, you can even go to the Facebook Page and comment there if you like  :)

♪♫ Ambur