Authors Are Rockstars: Death Interviews Billy
Hello everyone! I’m so excited to be a part of this tour cause I think I have the most awesomeness interview EVER! My stop is featuring the one and only Jackie Morse Kessler, author of the Riders of the Apocalypse series. http://www.jackiemorsekessler.comMs. Kessler is not afraid to write about raw subjects. Her books are pure awesome-sauce!! Through out this series, there has been once characters that has intrigued me to no end. I always wanted more of him and can’t wait to hear his story. But for now, Ms. Kessler has given us the pleasure of Death interviewing Billy. DEATH:Hey there, living people. Welcome to Post Mortem, the fake online talk-radio show where fictional characters talk to me about their books, their Authors, and basically anything...
Read MoreReview: Loss
Title: Lossseries: Riders of the Apocalypse # 3Genre: Young Adult- Urban FantasyAuthor: Jackie Morse KesslerPublisher: GraphiaRelease Date: March 20, 2012Book: ARC sent by publisher “Fifteen-year-old Billy Ballard is the kid that everyone picks on, from the school bullies to the teachers. But things change drastically when Death tells Billy he must stand in as Pestilence, the White Rider of the Apocalypse. Now armed with a Bow that allows him to strike with disease from a distance, Billy lashes out at his tormentors…and accidentally causes an outbreak of meningitis. Horrified by his actions, Billy begs Death to take back the Bow. For that to happen, says Death, Billy must track down the real White Rider—who is lost in his memories. In his search,...
Read MoreReview: Rage
Title: RageSeries: Riders of the Apocalypse # 3Genre: Young Adult-SupernaturalAuthor: Jackie Morse KesslerPublisher: Houghton Mifflin CourtRelease Date: April 4, 2011Book: Netgalley/ ARC sent by publisher “Missy didn’t mean to cut so deep. But after the party where she was humiliated in front of practically everyone in school, who could blame her for wanting some comfort? Sure, most people don’t find comfort in the touch of a razor blade, but Missy always was . . . different. That’s why she was chosen to become one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: War. Now Missy wields a new kind of blade—a big, brutal sword that can cut down anyone and anything in her path. But it’s with this weapon in her hand that Missy learns something that could help her triumph...
Read MoreJust Release It Already! (16)
This is a meme on a book I just can’t wait to read! Rage (Horseman of the Apocalypse #2) By Jackie Morse Kessler Release Date: April 2011 “Missy didn’t mean to cut so deep. But after the party where she was humiliated in front of practically everyone in school, who could blame her for wanting some comfort? Sure, most people don’t find comfort in the touch of a razor blade, but Missy always was . . . different. That’s why she was chosen to become one of the Four Horsemen Apocalypse: War. Now Missy wields a different kind of blade—a big, brutal sword that can cut down anyone and anything in her path. But it’s with this weapon in her hand that Missy learns something that could help her triumph over her own pain: control. A unique approach to the topic...
Read MoreReview: Hunger
Title: Hunger Series: Riders of the Apocalypse # 1 Genre: Young Adult- Paranormal/Fantasy Author: Jackie Morse Kessler Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Release Date: October 18, 2010 Book: Netgalley “Lisabeth Lewis has a black steed, a set of scales, and a new job: she’s been appointed Famine. How will an anorexic seventeen-year-old girl from the suburbs fare as one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? A wildly original approach to the issue of eating disorders, Hunger is about the struggle to find balance in a world of extremes, and uses fantastic tropes to explore a difficult topic that touches the lives of many teens.” “Thou art famine, yo.” With a line like that who could not like...
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