Blog Tour: Shudder

Shudder by Samantha Durante Published by Self-Published on June 15th 2013 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Blog Tour Buy on Amazon Goodreads It's only been three days, and already everything is different. Paragon is behind her, but somehow Alessa's life may actually have gotten worse. In a wrenching twist of fate, she traded the safety and companionship of her sister for that of her true love, losing a vital partner she'd counted on for the ordeal ahead. Her comfortable university life is but a distant memory, as she faces the prospect of surviving a bleak winter on the meager remains of a ravaged world. And if she'd thought she'd tasted fear upon seeing a ghost, she was wrong; now she's discovering new depths of terror while being hunted by a...

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Blog Tour: Viral Nation

Viral Nation by Shaunta Grimes Published by Berkley Trade on July 2, 2013 Genres: Young Adult- Dystopian, Young Adult-Science Fiction Source: Author, Blog Tour, FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads After a virus claimed nearly the entire global population, the world changed. The United States splintered into fifty walled cities where the surviving citizens clustered to start over. The Company, which ended the plague by bringing a life-saving vaccine back from the future, controls everything. They ration the scant food and supplies through a lottery system, mandate daily doses of virus suppressant, and even monitor future timelines to stop crimes before they can be committed. Brilliant but autistic, sixteen-year-old Clover Donovan...

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Guest Post: Teen Dating Violence

Truly, Madly, Deadly Series: Stand Alone Published by Sourcebooks Fire on July 2nd 2013 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary Source: Blog Tour Buy on Amazon Goodreads Sawyer Dodd has it all. She's a star track athlete, choir soloist, and A-student. And her boyfriend is the handsome all-star Kevin Anderson. But behind the medals, prom pictures, and perfect smiles, Sawyer finds herself trapped in a controlling, abusive relationship with Kevin. When he dies in a drunk-driving accident, Sawyer is secretly relieved. She's free. Until she opens her locker and finds a mysterious letter signed by "an admirer" and printed with two simple words: "You're welcome."   The issue of teen dating violence — like Sawyer and Kevin’s relationship in the book — is...

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Blog Tour: Arrow of the Mist

I received this book for free from Blog Tour, FTC: Exchange for honest opinion in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Arrow of the Mist by Christina Mercer Published by Self-Published on March 21, 2013 Genres: Middle Grade-Fantasy/Paranormal Source: Blog Tour, FTC: Exchange for honest opinion Buy on Amazon Goodreads Terror strikes the Celtic inspired kingdom of Nemetona when barbed roots breach the veil of a forbidden land and poison woodsmen, including 15-year-old Lia’s beloved father. Lia and three others embark on a quest to the forbidden land of Brume to gather ingredients for the cure. But after her elder kinsman is attacked and poisoned, she and her cousin, Wynn, are forced to finish the...

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Blog Tour: See

See by Jamie Magee Published by Self-Published on May 5, 2012 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Blog Tour Buy on Amazon Goodreads Forgetting who you are, your ambitions, your passions is crippling….but remembering – embracing your purpose with a new sense of determination is more than empowering….it's life altering. Charlie Myers is on a life altering path that will cause the dammed to humble in silence. One night…just a few friends, how could it go so wrong? That was the question seventeen year old Charlie Myers was asking when she found herself in the ER. Outwardly nothing was wrong with Charlie, she was a vision of perfect heath, internally she was battling a raging headache…one the doctor told her she would overcome shortly, but Charlie knew...

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