The Dragon's Call Blog Tour

Out of Reach Blog Tour

Today we welcome the Out of Reach Blog tour to My Hidden Bookshelf!  In all the excitement and festivities of this marvelous read being released, we wanted to share some information about the series as well as allow you to join in all the merriment and enter a giveaway!!!!

Title: Out of Reach

Author: Jocelyn Stover

Release Date: December 2012

BOOK SYNOPSIS

You can’t escape who you are, but no one ever stops to explain to you the cost of discovering such knowledge. By the time Gwen learns that her fiery red hair marks her as more than just a bad temper on two legs it’s too late to make a choice. Catapulted into a realm she doesn’t understand thanks to the actions of those around her, Gwen is forced to embrace an unknown legacy and rely on the word of an old friend who is more than he seems. Will the price of self-discovery prove too much for Gwen to bear? And how do you save the world when everything feels just out of reach

CURRENT RATING AVERAGES (AS OF 3/5/2013)

Goodreads.com  -  4.50 Stars

Amazon.com  -  5.00 Stars

Barnesandnoble.com  -  4.50 Stars

AUTHOR BIO

I'm a thoughtful, sarcastic, work-o-holic, mother of four. I must thrive on chaos because I've certainly built enough of it into my life already! I write during the stolen miniatures of the day when the children are in bed or at school. When I'm not writing you can find me up to no good with my kiddos, or outside soaking up the sunshine.

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Out of Reach Blog Tour Schedule

April 7^th - Turning Pages

April 8^th - Romancebookworm’s Reviews

April 9^th - Book Broads & Pezz Rambles

April 10^th - Almost Faemous

April 11^th - Paulette’s Papers & SIK Book Reviews

April 12^{th -} Pure Textuality

April 13^{th -} Nette’s Bookshelf Reviews & My Hidden Bookshelf

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Blog Tour: Dark Return by Taryn Browning

 

Today we welcome the Dark Return Blog Tour to My Hidden Bookshelf.  In celebration of this incredible read being released we have some info on the second novel in the Seeker series as well as a giveaway to enter!  So please enjoy!

Title: Dark Return

Author: Taryn Browning

Release date: November, 2012

Book Blurb:

Janie Grey is dedicated to hunting the undead, an inherited duty passed down from her Cherokee ancestors and generations of powerful Seekers before her. Then, there's Kai. He's like no one she's ever met - cocky, fast, skillful, infuriating and gorgeous. Not only has he become a valuable asset in her fight against the growing population of the vampire/demon hybrid known as Daychildren...

She's unwittingly fallen for him.

Just when Janie thinks she's learned everything there is to know about Kai's mysterious past, there's a newcomer to Baltimore. Someone who will do anything to make sure Janie loses Kai forever.

Darkness returns in Nov, 2012...

Character Bio’s:

Janie Grey

Experienced Seeker in Baltimore, who quickly learns that the training lessons she’s always followed don’t always apply. Especially when she meets Kai.

Kai Sterdam

“Daychild” or not! (I don’t want to spoil the story by revealing too much). Kai is an experienced fighter who has golden-blonde hair with white highlights, bright green eyes, and scars on his forearms and chest - all markings from his tortured past. Kai is sarcastic and cocky, but loyal to those he cares for.

Matt Baker

Star high school wrestler who inadvertently finds himself caught in the middle of a war between the undead.

Leah

A newcomer, and dark presence from Kai's past. One of the first Daychildren created by the vampire king.

Abram Mitchell

Abram is a former Seeker and Janie’s mentor. Read about Abram’s life as a Seeker in the prequel short story, Dark Beauty.

Isabelle Grey

Former Seeker and Janie’s mom. Read about Isabelle’s time as a Seeker in the prequel short story, Dark Beauty.

Tanya

Vampire leader who becomes an asset in Janie's fight against Daychildren.

Albania

Witch and friend of Kai’s. She is also instrumental in the fight against Daychildren.

Ava

Janie’s best friend and one of the only people who know she’s a Seeker.

Author Bio:

Taryn Browning writes novels for young adults. She's also an avid reader and dreamer with a crazy imagination. Her debut urban fantasy is Dark Seeker. The sequel, Dark Return, will be available Nov, 2012. You can also check out the prequel novella, Dark Beauty. Her newest paranormal romance, Whispering Hills, and urban fantasy, Emanare, were also released this year.

Taryn graduated with a BS in Education from Towson University and went on to earn a MS in Reading from Hood College. When she's not writing, she enjoys reading, spending time with friends and family, music, movies, and the beach. Some of her favorite TV shows growing up included Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charmed and Angel. For as long as she can remember she's loved all things fantastical, paranormal and magical.

Visit her at www.tarynbrowning.com. Follow her on her blog www.yafictionauthor.blogspot.com, on twitter (@TarynBrowning), and facebook (Dark Seeker & Taryn Browning).

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Tempted by Evil Blog Tour & Giveaway

Book Synopsis:

A sheltered girl.

The perfect boy.

A mysterious stranger.

Random messages delivering a sobering prophecy plague Aspen's existence. With every curious encounter, her sanity wavers further. Before long, Aspen finds herself balancing the fate of humanity on her shoulders, until a single act turns her world upside down. She finds herself alone, isolated from those she thought she could trust.

Alone to damn the world

Author Guest Post:

It all started with a little book called Caged.  I started reading last January and was immediately sucked in to Ruby and company's roller-coaster world of crazy. It was immediately one of my favorite books and when I discovered that I would have to wait several weeks to read the sequel, Haunted, I went into a serious form of withdrawal. I freaked out, reread my favorite scenes (especially the last!!), and even grumbled to my husband about it until at last I decided to take matters into my own hands.  Laptop in hand, I decided to do something I'd never done before.  I found the author on Facebook and sent her a message. It began something like this: "You're killin' me, Smalls!" Then she did something I never imagined--she replied to my madness.

                I explained to Amber that I'd never been so captivated by a story in all my life and that if I didn't know more, I'd shrivel and die, leaving a gaping hole in the world where this crazy redhead once lived. Apparently she understood the depth of the crisis, because we basically became instafriends and she began feeding me the Caged series intravenously (aka via email). We soon discovered that we shared a common sense of humor, finished each other's sentences, and had the same favorite everything. It wasn't surprising then, that we both heard voices of characters in our heads and had a desire to write about them. Enter Amber's brilliant idea: "We should write a series together!"

                When she first threw out the idea, I laughed until I turned blue.  Literally. Mostly because I thought she was kidding and partly because I was totally intimidated. I told myself there was no way in hell I was ever going to let her read anything I'd written--she was my favorite author and her writing was kickass. As fate would have it, though, I'd been working on a project that I'd started a few years back with a friend and I reluctantly let Amber take a peek.  She LOVED it. Before I knew it, we had mapped out the entire series arc and all the main characters.  Working with Amber has been a blast. I get asked all the time if it's difficult to write with another author and my answer is a definite "no."  I have loved the experience and can't wait for everyone to read Tempted by Evil and the rest of the Light and Shadow Series.

Tour Schedule:

11/19- Turning Pages

11/20- Pretty in Fiction

11/21- Urban Fantasy Investigations

11/21- Page Flipperz

11/22- The Book Vixen

11/23- Debras Book Café

11/24- Reading and Writing Urban Fantasy

11/25- A Thousand Lives Book Blog

11/26- Night Owl Reviews

11/27- Promiscuous Diva

11/28- Dear Restless Reader

11/29- Pezz Rambles

11/30- Book Broads

12/1- Book Lovin Mommas

12/2- Pure Textuality

12/3- My Hidden Bookshelf... your here!

REVIEW COMING SOON

For more information:

Author website: http://amberlynnnatusch.com/light-and-shadow-series/tempted-by-evil/

Goodreads Link: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16004674-tempted-by-evil#

What Hides Within Blog Tour & Giveaway



Author: Jason Parent

Genre: Horror/ Suspence/ Dark Humor

Pages: 308

Publisher: Double Dragon Publishing

Author Website: http://authorjasonparent.com/

Goodreads Link: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15828555-what-hides-within

Book Synopsis:

In all of us, there is darkness. In Clive, it’s tangible, and it’s aching to get out.

What Hides Within tells the story of a man held captive by an unknown evil. Clive Menard is a spineless slacker leading an ordinary existence. But when Chester enters his life, it becomes far from ordinary.

A disheveled Clive stands alone in a hospital waiting room. A series of incidences have led him to undergo unnecessary neurosurgery. A voice inside Clive’s head nags him to kill the doctor.

Weeks prior, a murder investigation and an unrelated kayaking excursion set the story’s interlocking events in motion. When a remorseful killer, a bomb-happy psychopath and a mysterious widow spider converge upon Clive, they bring with them destruction and death. Clive must discover who or what is steering his very existence before he, too, is consumed by the carnage around him.

With a driven detective following his every step and a vicious killer hiding within his circle of friends, Clive must walk a narrow and dangerous path, teetering between salvation and damnation. He must confront Chester and his own demons. But is he powerless to overcome them?"

Author Guest Post:

Top Moment No. 3

After a few moments of perusing absolutely nothing, Dr. Allen returned his attention to Clive. “Let’s have a look in that mouth, shall we?”

Here we go with this “we” thing again. But Clive had bigger problems to tackle than Dr. Allen’s grammar. He put it out of his mind.

“My problem is with my ear.”

“Mr. Menard, may I remind you that I’m the doctor here.”

Dr. Allen removed a pencil from his upper coat pocket. The end of it appeared chewed, and the eraser had somehow mutated from pink to black.

“Now, open wide.”

Clive cringed as he accepted the pencil into his mouth. When Dr. Allen elevated to peek down his throat, Clive noticed the Popsicle stick that resided snug beside the pencil’s former resting place. He realized too late that the doctor had grabbed the wrong instrument.

Fucking nasty! Clive shrugged it off as best he could. Well, I’m sure this guy must have a reason for checking my mouth. He wouldn’t do it just to save face because I called him out on forgetting which body part I came in here for, would he?

After a cursory look, Dr. Allen was done. “Looks good,” he said, withdrawing the pencil. “Now, which ear was that again?”

Asshole. “My right ear.”

“And what kind of problem have you been having?”

Asshole. “It’s been clogged for almost a week. I thought it was water at first, but now I’m not so sure.”

“It could be a pebble.”

“Do you think that’s what it is?”

“No.”

Asshole.

“Well, no sense in speculating. Let’s see what’s in there.”

Dr. Allen withdrew an otoscope from what appeared to have been the front of his pants but what Clive hoped had been one of his pockets. He flipped a switch on its handle, activating a small light, and plunged its cold, cone-shaped nozzle into Clive’s right ear.

“Ewww. That’s disgusting.”

“What?” Clive’s heart went from zero to sixty faster than a Lamborghini. “What is it?”

“Wait a minute.”

Dr. Allen removed the otoscope from Clive’s ear. Clive watched as he examined the earpiece. A large amount of white lint covered its tip, speckled with black crud. One of the speckles had legs, six of them, none of which were moving. It appeared to be a gnat.

“Sorry. I forgot to clean it first.”

I’m the type of guy that only goes to a doctor if one of my limbs is severed and I can’t fix it with Super Glue or duct tape. It’s not that I’m overly macho or immune to sickness. I just find the whole experience as disturbing as finding out your girlfriend was once named John.

More often than not (in my experience), doctors seem to lack people skills entirely, probably due to years of study trumping social interaction. In the scene above, Dr. Allen could be a doctor from my life (although any similarities are merely coincidental – it says so right in the front of my book). Poor Clive has been through a lot of frustration trying to fix his ear, and Dr. Allen unintentionally adds to it, hopefully in a humorous way.

I had fun creating this scene, and I hope it shows. Its dark humor is the type of tongue-in-cheek stuff readers can expect to find within What Hides Within.

Blog Tour Schedule:

10/01 – I Smell Sheep

10/02 Becca Hamilton Books

10/03 SLK Book Reviews

10/04 Bookhi

10/05 Young Adult Fiction & Whiskey Sours

10/06 Fictional Candy

10/07 Urban Fantasy Land

10/08 My Hidden Bookshelf

10/09 Pure Textuality

10/10 A Thousand Lives Book Blog

Giveaway!

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Burning Blog Tour & Giveaway

Book Synopsis:

Lucas was a typical playboy - lots of alcohol and a different girl every night. 

One woman brought his emotional walls and the beliefs he used to build them crumbling to the ground. 

Now, an unexpected visitor is going to change both their worlds forever.

Author Guest Post:

There are two forms of storytelling I have always loved – books and film.  Aside from being a hard core bibliophile, I am also a total movie buff with a serious jones for all things paranormal.  I was never a big one for slasher-horror flicks (i.e. Nightmare on Elm Street or Halloween) but if it involves ghosts, demons, possessions, hauntings or anything of the like, I am so there!

It all started with The Exorcist.  To this day, this is still one of my favorite films of all time.  The idea of spiritual warfare being real has always scared the pants off of me and for some reason, I love that feeling.  The feeling of being completely creeped out by the unknown.  From the first time I saw The Exorcist, I fell in love with the genre.  I’ve seen some great ones like the Poltergeist series, Stigmata, Thirteen Ghosts, The Ring, Paranormal Activity, Devil and The Rite.  I have also seen some HORRIBLE ones such as the epic failure of Drag Me To Hell. 

I have tried to find books that give me that same feeling and it just hasn’t happened.  I think the closest I ever came to a book really giving me that creeped out feeling was probably The Omen and even that was a bit of a letdown.  When I started penning the Demon Legacy series, I knew I wanted to write what I love.  I wanted to write urban fantasy but I wanted it to be dark.  I wanted to write about demons.

To me, demons are probably the scariest of the paranormal creatures.  Creatures with no humanity.  Nothing but pure evil driving them.  I also didn’t want to “Twilight” them in my book.  By “Twilighting”, I mean taking these creatures with no redeeming qualities and making them…..well….sparkle.  Demons should be scary.  The moment I started writing my demon character, I knew exactly what I wanted him to be.  Cold, calculated, ruthless and unfeeling.  I didn’t want there to be even a shred of a chance that my readers would develop Stockholm Syndrome and start having warm fuzzies for him.  This guy is bad news and I wanted my audience to really feel that when they read my series.  I want the audience to be afraid for my characters going up against this guy because there’s a very good chance that, in the end, the black hats could win.

My Review:

Recently, Jena, has been contacting me for several Blog Tours.  So when she contacted me for her own tour, I was overjoyed!  So I would like to say, “Thanks Jena!” for selecting me for your very special tour!

I just finished reading Burning: A Demon Legacy Short Story, and I must say that this is a remarkable set up for the rest of the series and I can’t wait to read the first book!

This quick read left me hungry for more as it was wickedly ominous, sadistically sinister, and humbly heartwarming!  I was severely disappointed that it was over so quickly and I think most readers are going to be pining for more along with me!

Jena really seized her characters and found ways that made it easy for readers to comprehend as well as empathize.  She drew you in with a vamp that had troubled soul, added bookworm witch, and then topped it off with a malicious demon. Then brewed it altogether for the beginning of a tasty tale!

The story starts with Lucas and he seems to be the typical impulsive bad boy, but you get to see a soft side that I don’t think you will see much more of.  Natalia was one of my favorites as she is compassionate, earthy, and bookish.  Then there is the unnamed Demon guy and he was coldhearted, ruthless, vicious, and merciless.

This really was a brutal and heartbreaking read that will be an excellent foundation for the rest of the series.  I would highly recommend checking this one out and getting a taste of what is to come!

Blog Tour Schedule:

Check out the other stops for this scorching tour and enter all the giveaways!

10/2 Night Owl Reviews

10/2 Demon Lovers Books & More

10/2 Fresh Fantasy Fiction

10/3 Once Upon a Time

10/3 My Hidden Bookshelf

10/4 Promiscuous Diva

10/4 Bookhi

10/5 Andrea’s Amazing Reviews

10/5 Becca Hamilton Books

10/6 Debra’s Book Café

10/6 The Brunette Librarian

10/7 Fictional Candy

10/7 Punya Reviews

10/8 The Secret Sanctuary of Books

For more information regarding J.M. Gregoire and the Demon Legacy series, go to http://jmgregoirebooks.com

Giveaway!

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Got Caged Blog Tour



In celebrating the release of Scarred (Caged #4) on Sept. 24, were revisiting the beginning.  Come join our festivities and enter to win your own copy of Caged (Caged #1)!!!!

Synopsis:

I stood in the middle of the room, unmoving – I barely breathed.  My life had just become surreal, impossible, and one enormous lie.  I needed to go somewhere, anywhere to beat back reality that was rapidly closing in around me.  The image of him was burned into my retina, flashing over and over again like a warning.  He was trapped somewhere between human and decidedly no, and I realized that was my new reality.

I was too.

After the death of her parents, Ruby awakens from a lifetime of shadows and finds herself alone, thrust into a world of lies, deceit, betrayal and the supernatural. 

As her quest for truth continues to come up short, she realizes that maybe some questions really are best left unanswered

When her true identity is finally unveiled, she is forced to choose between two of the mysterious men who continually seem to crop up in her life

She chooses poorly

Now abandoned, Ruby must learn to call on the darkness within to survive, or spend a hellish eternity imprisoned because of it.

Author Guest Post:

When I was asked to compose a guest blog post, I had no idea what to write. As an author, it was an especially low moment. Then a great friend suggested that I take an excerpt from the first novel in my series, Caged, and explain what I loved about it. Genius! Times like this illustrate my need for a team of levelheaded people around me―an entourage of rational thinkers.

The unfortunate reality for me was that my favorite scenes from Caged all contain spoilers, but I still managed to find some good ones :)

For this blog, I chose a scene that illustrates the game of cat and mouse that Ruby and Sean play throughout the book. You can just never quite tell what Sean is up to, or if he can be trusted. Their banter is always entertaining, even in stressful situations, and I think that speaks to their connection, be it good or bad. So, without further ado, I give you Ruby and Sean in the “parked car” incident.

I changed quickly after class and put on my iPod before waving in the general direction of everyone as I walked out onto the street.  I secured my messenger bag so that it wouldn't bang around while I ran back home.  My legs seemed especially tired that evening, so I started off walking, hoping that they would quickly be inspired to get with the game plan to run home.

The trip through town could be a bit unnerving in the dark.  Winding through the main streets of the city was safe, but I could freak myself out sometimes, ducking down alleys and roads that weren't well traveled during the evening.  There were always people out when I hit the bar district, but other than that, they were few and far between.

I'd never actually walked home before, and after about ten minutes, I started to realize why.  Running seemed to numb my awareness of certain things in a way that walking did not.  I didn't get as much time to focus on the upcoming dumpster and what could be lurking behind it, or what could be around the dimly-lit corner laying in wait.  Even worse than the general anxiety I was giving myself was the very definitive feeling that someone was following me.  I was picking up on something that was not especially warm and fuzzy, but whenever I turned to see if someone was there, I was alone.  Very, very alone.  

And I slowly started to panic.

My legs soon realized that running was in our collective best interest and off we went.  As I began to run I hoped the malevolent energy around me would lessen but it didn't.  With my increasing panic came increasing speed.  I hurdled over objects in the street and wove through parked cars like a heat-seeking missile aimed straight for the warmth of home.  I didn't look back anymore, knowing that whoever was throwing that energy my way would inconveniently not be seen.  Common sense dictated that it would be best to take out my earphones, but the thought of hearing my pursuer disturbed me too much. Beyond that, I needed the adrenaline rush that Rage Against the Machine's "Killing in the Name Of" was giving me, although the title wasn't very reassuring.

I was about two minutes from home when I neared Market Street.  There would be people out for sure on a Saturday night, so I thought I'd be in the clear. I rounded the corner to see precious few walking the streets.  It was an improvement, but not what I'd hoped for.

As I neared home, I reached around to my bag in a desperate effort to find my keys, all the while chastising myself for not having them already in hand. Personal safety was never my strong suit and I was painfully aware of it at that moment. After two blocks of searching, I managed to pull my keys from the bag, only to immediately fumble them. They flew through the air in slow motion as I helplessly watched them crash to the pavement and skid underneath a parked car.

“Shit!” I muttered angrily to myself.

My timing couldn't have been more off.  At that particular moment the street was clear of any life that I could see.  Still, I felt that negative energy there, nagging at me. It wasn't getting stronger, but it wasn't getting any weaker either. Having no other options, I threw myself onto my hands and knees, trying to figure out the best way to retrieve my keys from under the high-end Mercedes that was running some wicked defense. When I realized I couldn't reach them any other way, I flopped down on my belly and wiggled under the perfectly engineered undercarriage, midway back towards the far tire.

“Gotcha!”

I had my keys in hand and was ready to inelegantly worm my way back out the way I'd come in.  I turned to check my trajectory and felt ice immediately shoot through my spine.  In my line of sight was a very large and very manly pair of shoes.  As I lay there sweating, trying to concoct a plan, my attention snapped to the two pairs of equally masculine shoes on the other side of the car. Great...they're multiplying!

"Hey, Jay?  Did you park the car on a girl again?" an unfamiliar voice shouted.

"Nope.  This one wasn't there when I pulled up," replied the man I assumed was Jay.

"Have no fear gentlemen, I know this one.  I seem to get this view of her often."

Sean...

I launched myself from under the car to see him smiling down at me first before his gaze drifted over the top of the car to his friends. I was certain they were finding great amusement in both the situation as well as my general appearance.  I was covered in sweat and dirt, and wet from the puddle I'd managed to land directly in under the car.  

"Is there a reason you were getting familiar with my exhaust system?  You wouldn't happen to be a fan of German engineering, would you?" Sean asked.

"Actually, I am,” I replied with a haughty tone.  “I dropped my keys...I had to get them.  This is your car?"

"It is,” he said. “One of them, anyways.  We were just heading home. Where are you headed looking so..." he asked, gesturing at me strangely. I couldn't tell if he was amused or confused by what I had going on.

"Home," I replied, trying to wipe some of the nastiness off of my shirt.

"You seem stressed. Something wrong?" he asked with obvious curiosity.

"Uh, no.  No, everything is fine," I said unconvincingly.  I did realize as I was saying it that the energy that had me diving under his car was gone. Completely.  "I'm just hungry.  I need to go home and eat something."

"Do you need a ride?" he asked while looking me up and down, no doubt assessing the damage my dirt-covered body would do to his car's leather interior.

"Nope.  I'm good.  Thanks," I blurted as I started off down the street.

"Do you need an escort?" he asked, my back still facing him.

"Not necessary," I said without looking over my shoulder.  Mortified didn't begin to cover what I was feeling at the time. I wanted, just for once, to not make a complete ass of myself in front of him, but that seemed too much to ask.

He said nothing in response, but I heard the growl of his car's engine as it started up. I continued down the street at a brisk pace; running was out of the question as my body was way too spent.  The threat appeared to be gone anyways.

The Mercedes purred as it pulled up slowly next to me, the window lowered so he could speak.

"Be sure to keep a firm grip on those keys, Ruby."

"I'll be sure to do that, Sean," I said, forcing a smile.

He smiled back, turning up the stereo as he pulled away. While his speakers pumped The Fray's "I'll Look After You", the words hauntingly echoed through the street. And my mind.

I guess he believed in theme songs too.

Author Interview:

What inspired the idea for Caged and the rest of the series?

A whole lot of pregnancy hormones, too much reading of the early Anita Blake novels, and an overactive imagination :)

How long did it take to write Caged?

I think that when it was all said and done, it took me about six months of writing at random times. Had I been able to sit down and hammer it out, it would have only taken a month or two. I was working full time, so I had to squeeze it in whenever I could.

Since your book fits into the fantasy and paranormal genre, I have to ask if you could shape shift into any magical creature, which would you choose and why?

GAH! I have no idea. I've been told that I look a lot like a lion... Do they make werelions? Is that an option? I would have to be something predatory, I know that. I'm a tad aggressive and have a teensy bit of a temper, so it would be great to have an outlet for that!

Just because Ruby seems to have a theme song for everything, I want to ask if you were to choose a theme song for your novel, Caged, what would it be?

I'll tell you the main four songs that played on a loop while I wrote it. They're relevant to the story and are perfect for setting the mood for so many of the scenes.

Breathe Me, by Sia

Gravity, by Sara Bareilles

Look After You, by The Fray

Energy, by Keri Hilson

Since Book #4, Scarred, is being released on Sept. 24; do you have anything you would like to share about the rest of the series?

Hmm... I can say that Scarred is the book that really sets the stage for the arc that carries through to the end of the series. The final books are shrouded in mystery and highly emotional. If you feel attached to the characters early on, you'll be in for a wild ride. Unfortunately, not everyone will live to see the end of the Caged series.

My Review:

I was asked to partake in this wonderful blog tour and after reading that synopsis, how could I say no.  I was immediately intrigued and this novel was no let down!  So thanks for considering me and allowing me a copy for review!  I now have to Hunt (no pun intended) down the next installment!

I found Caged to be tragically sinister, gruesomely menacing, and deceitfully heart rendering.  This insanely ominous novel hooks you in and its nails dig in deep filled with treachery and romance but then it throws you across the room when reality itself is flipped upside down and filled with the unknown.

Amber Lynn Natusch has taken the modern world and filled to the brim with mysterious supernatural qualities, highly educated individuals, painstaking sedition, all consuming lust, and a touch of insanity mixed altogether for an astonishing and staggering read!  Her descriptions were imaginative, without over doing it and taking away from the story or scene or characters.  The dialogue was sarcastic, humorous, and at times hurtful and angry, but altogether very realistic.    

This is really a hard novel to review without giving to much away, my rule is to not give more than the synopsis- and although that’s the gist of the story…. it doesn’t leave me much room.  The main character is Ruby, and I absolutely adored her!  Ruby is a very independent, sarcastic, sassy, antisocial, artistic, fashionable, and damaged.  She was blind and sheltered her entire life until one tragic incident restored her vision and took her family.  Now on her own with her eyesight she has still got a lot to learn.  Sean was a dream really, the knight in shining armor.  Although he was very mysterious; he also was charming, charismatic, protective, and has sense of goodness.  Eric on the other hand was passionate, electric, outgoing, emotional, and thrilling.  He was the complete opposite of Sean in everything and yet still compelling and alluring.

This is definitely a novel that deserves much more hype than it has received and I would highly recommend to other readers!  Although this is not really a Young Adult book as there is a lot of R rated scenes and language.  The great thing is that there are already four books published and you don’t have to wait for the next installment because I know that I won’t!

GIVEAWAY!!!!

Now you have you opportunity to win your own copy as I have 2 ebook’s of Caged (Caged #1) to giveaway in the available formats- epub, pdf, or mobi.  This contest follows all my giveaway policies except this one is open worldwide!!!!  Just fill out the form below and good luck!!!!

 

 

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