Blog Tour Review: Caged (Holloway Pack #3) by J.A. Belfield

 

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 Source: Received an ebook from publisher for an honest review.

Publisher: J.Taylor Publishing

Release Date: August 5, 2013 (Already Released!)
Visit its page on the publisher website: Caged

(Goodreads Link.)

Purchase Links: Amazon | B&N

Description:

If the meek can become deadly, the strongest can be weak.

For Ethan Holloway, his mission to find a missing werewolf should be simple. Crack a few heads, bust a few chops and the solution always reveals itself. Always.

Not this time.

Ethan’s reputation precedes him, and because it does, someone is ready. Waiting. Unbeknownst to Ethan, he’s about to go down. Hard. Against a foe he never suspected and in a world he never imagined could be real.

What awaits Ethan is a fight not only for his reputation, but also his pack, his female, and his life. If he survives, damage control will become priority number one.

If he survives.

Because even Ethan’s not sure he’s strong enough to take on an entire race all by himself.

Especially one hell bent on exposing who and what he is in the name of sport.

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I'm seriously always excited for more Holloway Pack books or novellas...or anything Holloway Pack related really, but I've been EAGERLY anticipating Caged as soon as I discovered it was Ethan's story, and I have to say that it definitely didn't disappoint! It was quite a bit different than the other books in the series because they're about Sean and Jem and are mostly from Jem's POV, but it was a really, really, REALLY good kind of different! I loved getting to learn about Ethan and seeing all of the layers that we didn't get to see through the other books. I also just absolutely loved seeing Ethan get his own little bit of happiness. :)

I'm gonna refrain from going into too much detail about the specifics of Caged's storyline so that I don't spoil anyone, but I will gush about all of the things I loved. As I mentioned already, I loved that it was in Ethan's POV. I think it's fantastic that we're getting to see more of the other Holloway pack members, and I love that we get to see it through their eyes rather than from someone who isn't in the pack because I'm just a huge fan of the dynamics and family quality between the entire pack. It's like we've already gotten to know the other characters through Jem and Sean, but now we get to see underneath the surface and get to know the real them...and I loved getting to see more of Ethan. He's a lot more self-deprecating than I expected, and he wasn't quite as invulnerable as he likes to project himself as. Ethan likes to project himself as a big tough guy, but he is so much more than that. We already knew that through Jem, but it was even better seeing it firsthand and I absolutely loved getting to experience Caged through him. I have to admit...I like him even more now, and I still think he's a total hottie. His lady is one lucky woman...I'm not even gonna tell you who his lady is because I want you to read it yourself to figure it out. ;D

Now that Caged is released...the eager wait for the next book, Unnatural, begins and I for one CANNOT wait to get to read another member of the pack's story. I love that the books are moving onto the other pack members, especially since we still get to see the other characters...I'm always a sucker for seeing past narrators in new books and I have no worries about not seeing the characters with this series, so I am one seriously happy fangirl. ;) haha

Overall, I absolutely loved Caged. It surpassed my expectations for what Ethan's story could be like, and I ended up loving the eldest Holloway brother even more. If you haven't started this series yet, you really need to. J.A. Belfield writes amazing werewolves and her books are full of romance, but are also shrouded in action. I also love that the stories are beginning to cover much more than just werewolves...I won't tell you too much, but with each book the supernatural world the Holloways and Larsens live in is getting much, much larger...and I for one am loving every minute of it. ;) J.A. Belfield also writes some seriously awesome female characters that don't just let the men do everything. They're fierce and fight for what they believe in! I'd recommend Caged, and the Holloway Pack series to werewolf fans who love romance, action and intriguing characters. I also think that you don't just have to be a werewolf fan to love this series. Everything about the series, from the writing to the characters and the stories themselves are just so well done, and J.A. Belfield writes with such passion that it's hard not to fall in love with her books. Seriously...you need to start this series now if you haven't already, you won't regret it! ;)

What do you think?
Have you started the series already, or are you planning to read it now?
Any other thoughts? I'd love to hear them. :D

Review: Love, Technically by Lynne Silver

Source: Received an ebook from the publisher to give an honest review.
All opinions are my own.
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Release Date: July 29, 2013 (Already Released)
Number of Pages: 127 (ebook)


Description from Goodreads:

Billionaire CEO and computer whiz Noah Frellish is a king among geeks. Women are attracted to his money, but he'd love to meet someone who's actually interested in him. When he helps the sweet and sexy Michelle Kolson with a printing problem, she confuses him for a help desk technician. Noah knows he should clear up this case of mistaken identity, but would she still like him if she knew he was the boss?

Michelle thinks life in Chicago is perfect, as is the whirlwind romance with her smoking-hot coworker. When she unexpectedly finds her job on the chopping block and the man she fell headfirst into bed with running the company, will she abandon her dreams?

Noah must convince the small-town girl to stay in the big city—and that he really is the man she fell for.

Purchase Links: Amazon | B&N | Kobo

Right from the description, I was hooked on Love, Technically! I thought that it sounded like a sweet romance, and that's exactly what it was. The characters were wonderful, and while the book wasn't all that long, Lynne Silver made me fall completely in love with them and kept me totally wrapped up in their story! :D

Both Sark (er...Noah...I feel like we're at least friends now, so I'm totally going to call him Sark :P haha) and Michelle were characters that I just absolutely loved! I genuinely cared for them and desperately wanted everything to work out in their favour. I loved their budding relationship, their easy banter, their steamy chemistry, and above all else, I just loved the two of them to bits! I just had an absolute blast reading Love, Technically, and I didn't want to put it down....so I didn't unless I absolutely had to. :P

I loved the whole technological aspect of the story, too, and I felt that both Michelle's and Sark's dreams for their futures were realistic and that their dreams actually contributed to a lot of their appeal. They felt like real people. They were both awkward at times and were figuring their lives out, and that aspect really appealed to me and made the characters even more genuine.

Overall, I absolutely loved Love, Technically! I loved the characters, the story, and the fabulous nerd appeal. ;) I definitely plan to read more of Lynne Silver's work in the future because Love, Technically made me laugh, cry, and above all else, it left me with a ginormous grin on my face when I'd finished...and that grin and feeling is exactly how I know that I loved a book as much as I possibly can love one...*dreamy sigh* I'll definitely be rereading this one in the future, too. I'd recommend this one to fans of romance....especially if you love the contemporary kind, and I think if you have a soft spot for hottie nerds, you'll enjoy this one even more...it might even make you like them if you hadn't considered them before. ;)

What do you think?
Does Love, Technically sound like a romance you'll be reading soon? ;)

Authors Are Rockstars Tour: Heidi Kling Guest Post & Signed Postcard Giveaway!

Why is Heidi Kling a Rockstar, you ask?

First, Heidi is more than just an amazing author, she's an awesome person, too! She happens to be one of the easiest and funniest people to talk to. You can often find her on Twitter, talking away about her favourite things...including TV shows, like The Vampire Dairies (which she'll mention a bit in her post ;D haha), and she's very welcoming and includes everyone in the conversation. Second, she's a Rockstar because of those amazing writing skills that I already mentioned, and she's very open to trying out new, intriguing ways to share her stories with her readers. :D

While her first YA book, Sea, was written the traditional publishing way, her newest series, The Spellspinners of Melas County, is something new entirely. She's one of the authors for a publisher called Coliloquy and her books are what you would call "interactive fiction" meaning that the base of the story is there, and so are the choices, but you get to make the decisions that lead the main character through the book.

The first book in her new series, Witch's Brew, was actually the first interactive book I'd ever read and I loved it! Heidi crafted a story that makes you feel in control, but also takes you on an effortless journey with the main characters, Lily and Logan. She also created two characters that you really want to know more about...and in the sequel to Witch's Brew, The Gleaning, the story just got even better!

So, Heidi is a rock star to me because she tells amazing stories, she's incredibly friendly...and I love that she loves her "guilty" (or not so guilty :P) TV pleasures just as much as I do! ;D

Now onto Heidi's fantastic guest post, where you can see just how much of a Rockstar she really is...I've also left the topics that I gave her in the post and put them into italics just so that you could see the very difficult choice I gave her. ;)

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Guest post choice between these three topics:

1. Creating a modern "choose you own adventure" (i.e. interactive fiction)
2.  Vampire Diaries (since I know she's a huge fan of the show like I am...and I'm open to this being whatever she wants)...maybe as an inspiration post, or guilty/not-so-guilty pleasure, or hot YA book dudes on screen maybe...seriously whatever Heidi wants to do works for me ;D ----frankly this doesn't even have to be about TVD anymore, could just be any of the ones mentioned in general. The idea kind of exploded haha
3.  Reading & Writing YA

ON MANCAKES AND CHOICES.

Hi! Thanks so much for having me!

You have put me in a terrible position of choosing between telling you more about my Spellspinner Series and its interactive choices and writing about DAMON and TVD?! How can you do this to me?!

To protest such cruel and unusual punishment I will touch on both.

What I love about writing my Spellspinner Series for Coliloquy is that I get to explore Lily’s choices. Does she want to follow hot warlock Logan into the woods or be a good little witch and return to her coven meeting? In life I often find I want to do both. I’d like to be both “bad” and “good”. Be the one who is both admired for her fine moral convictions and the girl who is envied for taking risks. In real life, we don’t get to go down both paths, but in Witch’s Brew and The Gleaning and (sekrit titled) Spell 3 YOU DO.

Which leads me, inevitably, to Vampire Diaries and the love triangle between between Elena, Damon and Stefan. Remember the scene where Elena comes down the stairs after the most recent bloody conflict and Stefan pulls her into his secure arms and, though she’s happy to be there, she glances up and sees Damon staring into her with THOSE EYES? YOU KNOW she wants to break free of Stefan and run to him yet also wants to stay in his safe arms.

Elena has to make the hard choices and choose one over the other.

Lily…sort of gets to have her man-cake and eat it too.

(I can’t believe I just wrote man-cake.)

Thanks so much for having me and I hope you gobble up Spellspinners 3 (witch launches soon!)

:) Heidi 

About Heidi Kling: 

After earning her BA in Literature & Creative Writing Literature from UC Santa Cruz and finding her voice in YA, Heidi went on to earn her MFA in Writing for Children from The New School. She has directed and written children's theatre on both coasts and lives with her husband and two children in Palo Alto, CA.

Author Links: Goodreads | Website | Twitter | Tumblr | Facebook



If you haven't yet had the pleasure of reading any of Heidi's books yet, you need to check them out. Below, I've provided a bit of information and some goodreads links so that you can add them too your ever-growing to read list. ;)

Sea 
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Still haunted by nightmares of her mother's death, fifteen-year-old Sienna Jones reluctantly travels to Indonesia with her father's relief team to help tsunami orphans with their post traumatic stress disorder-something Sienna knows a lot about. Since her mother's plane went missing over the Indian Ocean three years before, Sienna doesn't do anything if it involves the ocean or planes, so this trip is a big step forward.
But the last thing she expects is to fall for Deni, a brooding Indonesian boy who lives at the orphanage, and just so happens to be HOT. When Deni hears a rumor that his father may be alive, Sienna doesn't think twice about running away with him to the epicenter of the disaster. Unfortunately, what they find there could break both their hearts.
A compelling summer romance, Sea marks the arrival of a stunning new voice in YA.

Witch's Brew (The Spellspinners of Melas County #1)
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The Spellspinners of Melas County is a fantasy YA romance series about a witch, a warlock, and their fight for their forbidden but prophesied love.

Once soulmates, the witch and warlock covens of the California coast have been estranged for a century. Raised to hate each other, their teenagers meet in the Solstice Stones, a magical battleground where they draw energy from each other to maintain their balance. 16 year olds Logan and Lily have spent years training for their first Stones…only to discover just days before that the enemy may not be what either of them had thought.

In Witch’s Brew, Lily is torn between her feelings for Logan and her coven’s need to know who—or what—he is. The young lovers race against time, their distrust for each other, and the powerful influence of their elders to unravel the mystery of their pasts before their future is destroyed.

This is an Active Fiction title
"Active fiction" is a new type of e-reading experience that allows the reader and the author to interact with each other and the text in new and different ways.

In Witch’s Brew, Lily and Logan's fate is already decided, but Heidi explores several different possible pathways for how they get there. She shares scenes that wouldn’t normally fit in a book format and gives readers more precious moments between the two young lovers. As the series progresses, you'll see some normal narrative forms, interspersed with smaller scenes, alternate points of view, and a lot of "what if" scenarios.

And it's sequel The Gleaning:

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You can also find my review for The Gleaning here on my blog.

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GIVEAWAY

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- 2 Winners will receive signed Spellspinners Postcards

- Winners will be chosen using Rafflecopter, contacted via email and will have 48 hours to claim their prizes before new winners are drawn

- Ends August 31st at 11:59 PM (MST)

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THE TOUR

AUGUST 1st

Tour Kick-off Posts at Fiktshun, Two Chicks on Books and Magical Urban Fantasy Reads

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Rachel Vincent stops at Fiktshun
Page Morgan stops at Two Chicks on Books
Andrea Cremer stops at Magical Urban Fantasy Reads

AUGUST 2nd

Leigh Fallon stops at A Soul Unsung
Dawn Metcalf stops at Kaidan’s Seduction
Kim Harrington stops at Stories & Sweeties
Amanda Sun stops at I am, Indeed
Cecily White stops at A Dream Within A Dream
Katlyn Duncan stops at Two Chicks on Books
Katie McGarry stops at Bewitched Bookworms (also on 8/9, 8/16, 8/23, 8/30)

AUGUST 3rd

Karen Ann Hopkins stops at A Bookish Escape
Lisa Burstein stops at Jenna Does Books
Corinne Jackson stops at NightlyReading (Priscilla)
Hannah Moskowitz stops at Book Jems
Jennifer Banash stops at Bittersweet Enchantment
Miranda Kenneally stops at Book Nerd Canada

AUGUST 4th

Jessica Spotswood stops at Fiktshun
Robin LaFevers stops at Once Upon a Twilight **Awaiting new tour date.**
Katherine Longshore stops at A Glass of Wine
Amy Butler Greenfield stops at The Eater of Books!
Cat Winters stops at Carina’s Books

AUGUST 5th

Dan Wells stops at Magical Urban Fantasy Reads
Elana Johnson stops at Fire and Ice
Joelle Charbonneau stops at The Book Cellar
Lisa M. Stasse stops at Downright Dystopian
Mike Mullin stops at Paranormal Reads
Ammi-Joan Paquette stops at Word Spelunking

AUGUST 6th

Amanda Hocking stops at Just Another Rabid Reader
Chloe Neill stops at Avery’s Book Nook
Anna Banks stops at Icey Books
Shannon Messenger stops at Musings of a Blodger
Gabrielle Zevin stops at YA Romantics
Heidi Kling stops at Burning Impossibly Bright

AUGUST 7th

Amy Tintera stops at Emily’s Crammed Bookshelf
Dan Krokos stops at Step Into Fiction
Heather Anastasiu stops at Shortie Says
J.A. Souders stops at Little Read Riding Hood
Jennifer Rush stops at The Book Hookup

AUGUST 8th

Becca Fitzpatrick stops at The Reading Geek
Cynthia Hand stops at Kari’s Crowded Bookshelf
Leah Clifford at Me, My Shelf and I
Wendy Higgins at Reading with ABC
Suzanne Lazear stops at What the Cat Read
Gina Damico stops at Lili Lost in a Book

AUGUST 9th

Jodi Meadows stops at That Artsy Reader Girl
Renee Collins stops at Book Labyrinth
Sarwat Chadda stops at Bookalicious
Sherry Thomas stops at Moonlight Gleam’s Bookshelf
Cinda Williams Chima stops at Tsk, Tsk, What to Read? (Shelley)

AUGUST 10th

Sarah Ockler stops at Katie’s Book Blog
Jennifer Echols stops at In the Best Worlds
Kimberly Sabatini stops at Just a Booklover
Chelsea Pitcher stops at The Phantom Paragrapher
Jennifer Castle stops at Confessions of a Bookaholic
Jenny Han stops at Blog-o-rama

AUGUST 11st

Kasie West stops at Fic Fare
Julie Cross stops at Turning Pages
Lauren Miller stops at A Book Obsession
Elizabeth Norris stops at Shiirleyy’s Bookshelf
Myra McEntire stops at Jenuine Cupcakes

AUGUST 12nd

Kami Garcia stops at Bookalicious
Sophie Jordan stops at IB Book Blogging
Kathleen Peacock stops at The Book Belles
Jordan Dane stops at Paranormal Book Club
Laura Toffler-Corrie stops at I’ll Tumble for YA
Michelle Zink stops at Fiktshun

AUGUST 13th

Aimee Carter stops at Never Too Fond of Books
Lesley Livingston stops at Emilie’s Book World
Talia Vance stops at BookPics
Tessa Gratton stops at Lisa Loves Literature
Josephine Angelini stops at Books As You Know It
Jackie Morse-Kessler stops at Chapter by Chapter

AUGUST 14th

Claudia Gray stops at Realm of the Sapphired Dragon
Cara Lynn Shultz stops at Tar Heel Bibliobabe
Danielle Ellison stops at Tater’s Tall Tales
Sarah Beth Durst stops at Magical Urban Fantasy Reads
Scott Tracey stops at The Fake Steph Dot Com
Brittany Geragotelis stops at Book Mark Belles

AUGUST 15th

A.G. Howard stops at Dark Faerie Tales
Gena Showalter stops at Parajunkee
Bethany Griffin stops at The Bookish Brunette
Mary Lindsey stops at Nocturne Romance Reads
April Lindner stops at Curling Up With A Good Book

AUGUST 16th

Sarah J. Maas stops at Fictitious Delicious
Susan Dennard stops at The YA Sisterhood
Chloe Jacobs stops at Readers Live A Thousand Lives
Rachel Harris stops at We All Make Mistakes In Books
Fiona Paul stops at Fiction Freak
Kady Cross stops at Fiktshun

AUGUST 17th

Kiki Hamilton stops at Tsk, Tsk, What to Read? (Kathryn)
Amanda Ashby stops at Rampant Readers
Alex Kahler stops at Sweet Southern Home
Tara Fuller stops at City of Books
Cyn Balog stops at I Heart YA Books
Megan Shepherd stops at Daydreaming bookworm

AUGUST 18th

Jennifer Bosworth stops at The Reading Nook Reviews (Jess)
Jus Accardo stops at NightlyReading (H. Lee)
Kelly Keaton stops at Into the Mystic
Victoria Schwab stops at Wholly Books
Jennifer Archer stops at Book Chic Club

AUGUST 19th

T. Michael Martin stops at The Reading Nook Reviews (Elliot)
Alexandra Monir stops at The Bo0ki3
Trisha Wolfe stops at Bookish Things and More
Mary Gray stops at Say It With Books
Georgia McBride stops at Books of Love

AUGUST 20th

Elsie Chapman stops at Sparkles and Lightning
Suzanne Young stops at Peace, Love, Teen Fiction
Mindy McGinnis stops at WinterHaven Books (Amber)
Emmy Laybourne stops at Paper Cuts
Kristen Simmons stops at Stuck in YA Books

AUGUST 21st

Josin McQuein stops at Another Novel Read
Gennifer Albin stops at BookHounds YA
Erin Bowman stops at Good Choice Reading
Lenore Appelhans stops at Scott Reads It
Jessica Brody stops at Good Books and Good Wine
Alexander Gordon Smith stops at Smiling Ina’s Bookish Corner

AUGUST 22nd

Michelle Gagnon stops at The Princess of Storyland
Julia Karr stops at Mostly YA Books Obsessed
Debra Driza stops at Justin’s Book Blog
T.M. Goeglein stops at Read-A-holicZ
Tiffany Truitt stops at Book Loving Mom
Mari Mancusi stops at Hopelessly Devoted Bibliophile

AUGUST 23rd

Gayle Forman stops at WinterHaven Books (Crystal)
Megan Miranda stops at Chick Loves Lit
Nova Ren Suma stops at Lost At Midnight Reviews
Marni Bates stops at Alexa Loves Books
Robin Mellom stops at My Guilty Obsession
Elana K. Arnold stops at The Book Barbies

AUGUST 24th

Liz Coley stops at Inspiring Insomnia
Sarah Guillory stops at Kate’s Tales of Books and Bands
J.K. Rock stops at Beauty and the Bookshelf
Ann Redisch-Stampler stops at Living in a Bookworld
Claire LaZebnik stops at Owl Always Be Reading

AUGUST 25th

Jennifer L. Armentrout stops at Mundie Moms
Tahereh Mafi stops at Some Like It Paranormal
Stacey Kade stops at Books With Bite
Melissa West stops at K-Books
Karri Thompson stops at Dizneeee’s World of Books

AUGUST 26th

Gretchen McNeil stops at Gone Pecan
Jeri Smith-Ready stops at The Reader’s Antidote
Jessi Kirby stops at My 5 Monkeys
Vivi Barnes stops at Bumbles and Fairy-Tales
Louise Rozett stops at Books are Magic

AUGUST 27th

Ann Aguirre stops at Supernatural Snark
Lauren Oliver stops at Fantasy Book Addict
Melissa de la Cruz stops at In Wonderland
Sarah Crossan stops at Singing and Reading in the Rain
Veronica Rossi stops at The Happy Booker

AUGUST 28th

Lisa Desrochers stops at Page Turners
Kristi Cook stops at Debbie’s World of Books
Victoria Scott stops at The Book Goddess
Elizabeth Miles stops at Read My Breath Away
Aimee Agresti stops at Ali’s Bookshelf

AUGUST 29th

C.J. Redwine stops at A Life Bound By Books
Elizabeth Richards stops at Literary Exploration
Leigh Bardugo stops at Cuddlebuggery
Michelle Rowen/Morgan Rhodes stops at Tales of the Ravenous Reader
Rae Carson stops at The Reviews News

AUGUST 30th

Heather Brewer stops at Two Chicks on Books
Rachel Caine stops at Poisoned Rationality
C.C. Hunter stops at Tween 2 Teen Book Reviews
Allison van Diepen stops at Magical Urban Fantasy Reads
Christine Johnson stops at Melissa’s Eclectic Bookshelf

AUGUST 31st

Simone Elkeles stops at Fiktshun
Maria V. Snyder stops at Two Chicks on Books
Karsten Knight stops at Magical Urban Fantasy Reads

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Tour Wrap-up Posts at Fiktshun, Two Chicks on Books and Magical Urban Fantasy Reads

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What did you think of Heidi's post?

And what do you think makes Heidi a Rockstar?

Release Day: If You Leave (Beautifully Broken #2) by Courtney Cole! #Giveaway

IF YOU LEAVE Synopsis:

26-year old Gabriel Vincent is a badass hero. Or he used to be, anyway. As an ex-Army Ranger, Gabe never thought he needed anyone. But after one horrible night in Afghanistan scars him in a way that he can't get past, he needs someone who can help him heal...even if he doesn't realize it.

25-year old Madison Hill doesn't need anybody...or so she thinks. She grew up watching her parents' messed-up abusive relationship and she knows there's no way in hell that she's ever letting that happen to her.

They don't know it in the beginning, but Gabriel and Madison will soon develop a weakness: Each other.

But Gabriel's got a secret, a hidden monster that he's afraid Maddy could never overcome... And Maddy's got issues that she's afraid Gabe will never understand. They quickly realize that they need each other to be whole, but at the same time they know that they've got demons to fight.

And the problem with demons is that they never die quietly.

Add IF YOU LEAVE Goodreads!

Buy Links:  Amazon | Barnes and Noble

Courtney Cole Bio:

Courtney Cole is a novelist who would eat mythology for breakfast if she could. She has a degree in Business, but has since discovered that corporate America is not nearly as fun to live in as fictional worlds. She loves chocolate and roller coasters and hates waiting and rude people.

Courtney lives in quiet suburbia, close to Lake Michigan, with her real-life Prince Charming, her ornery kids (there is a small chance that they get their orneriness from their mother) and a small domestic zoo.

Author Links: Website | Blog | Twitter | Facebook | Goodreads | Amazon Page 

Publisher Links: Grand Central Website | Twitter |  Facebook

RELEASE DAY GIVEAWAY!!!

- US/Canada Only
- Ends August 28th!

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 There's also a fabulous blog tour going on for If You Leave right now, and you can follow that tour here: http://www.inkslingerpr.com/2013/08/03/courtney-coles-if-you-leave-blog-tour-release-day-launch/

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What do you think?

Have you started this series yet, and are you excited to finally be able to get a copy of If You Leave??

Blog Tour Review: Manic (Rook and Ronin #2) by J.A. Huss & #Giveaway!

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Manic by J.A. Huss 
Series: Rook and Ronin #2
Publication date: August 1st 2013
Genre: New Adult Contemporary

Synopsis:

TRAGIC is over and Rook is ready for the future—Spencer Shrike and the STURGIS contract!

It’s three months of body art modeling! That means three months of Spencer Shrike’s paintbrush all over her body, three months in front of Antoine’s camera, and three months of twenty-four hour filming for Spencer’s Biker Channel reality show.

Wait a minute…what reality show? Maybe she should’ve read that STURGIS contract a little closer? ;)

Sure, Rook’s bank account is almost overflowing, but Ronin is angry, Clare is trying to escape rehab, Antoine is a worried mess, and Elise is just trying to hold everyone together. Her new family is about to fall apart before she even gets the chance to enjoy them.

Add in a mysterious man from her past, a road trip to the famous Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, and a final show in front of the entire world where all her good are on display, and you’ve Manic—a new adult contemporary romance that will definitely make your summer sizzle!

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17857998-manic

Purchase Links: Amazon | B&N | Kobo

AUTHOR BIO

J. A. Huss likes to write new adult books that make you think and keep you guessing. Her favorite genre to read is space opera, but since practically no one reads those books, she writes new adult science fiction, paranormal romance, contemporary romance, urban fantasy, and books about Junco (who refuses to be saddled with a label).

She has an undergraduate degree in horses, (yes, really–Thank you, Colorado State University) and a master’s degree in forensic toxicology from the University of Florida. She used to have a job driving around Colorado doing pretty much nothing but shooting the breeze with farmers, but now she just writes, runs the New Adult Addiction and Clean Teen Reads Book Blogs, and runs an online science classroom for homeschoolers.

Author Links: Website | Goodreads | Facebook | Twitter

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MY REVIEW

I loved the first book in the Rook and Ronin trilogy, Tragic, so I couldn't wait to read Manic, and I ended up absolutely loving it! :D I had my doubts for a bit while reading when one of the newer characters was getting on my nerves, but in the end, he turned out to not be so bad and I loved the book just as much, if not more, than I expected to!

The characters are by far my favourite part of this series! I'm a huge fangirl for Rook--she's just such an amazing and strong character, and I'm pretty partial to Ronin, too...the boy just totally knows how to make a girl swoon, and I love his chemistry with Rook! They have some seriously steamy love connections going on, and I definitely didn't mind the more mature sections of this New Adult book. ;) I also love Ronin's sister, Elise, and her boyfriend, Antoine! Their relationships with Rook just keep getting stronger and I like seeing Rook finally let people get close to her and it's amazing to see her finally get the family she deserves! I also loved seeing Rook make some really great friends. :) 

Along with the fantastic characters, I find it really easy to get completely caught and wrapped up in the world that J.A. Huss has created. Her writing flows incredibly well and the story keeps you riveted. I didn't want to put Manic down at all, and when I finished I was left satisfied, yet I desperately craved more....Panic seriously cannot come fast enough! :P

Overall, Manic was amazing! It was a wonderful followup to Tragic, and just shows that some series really do get better with each book...which makes me even more eager for Panic! This book is on the more mature side when it comes to New Adult, so be warned of adult situations. I didn't think they were over-the-top, but just in case anyone avoids that completely, I am letting you know. :) I think that contemporary fans who like their characters strong and mysterious will enjoy this one. I just have to say that Rook is also just all-around awesome...she has issues, but I really couldn't help but feel for her. In fact, if she were a person I knew in real life, I would just think she was an amazing human being and I would definitely love to be her friend! So, that kind of gives you an idea of the way that Rook has me fangirling for her. haha Last, but certainly not least, I also think that you'll like this one if you're a fan of fun banter and steamy chemistry because Rook and Ronin definitely have both of those in very, very large quantities! ;D

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What do you think?
Have you started the Rook and Ronin trilogy yet? Thoughts if you did?
And if you haven't, does it sound like a series you want to start?