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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Congratulations Cassie!!


Clockwork Angel Debut at #1 on the New York Times children's bestseller list!

We're chatting with Clockwork Angel author, Cassandra Clare TONIGHT!!!



THERE WILL BE SPOILERS!!! '

*Our chat will start at 8 pm CST/ 9 pm EST. To join, hit join and enter a screen name.

*Please know that we will be discussing Clockwork Angel with Cassandra Clare!

* We do our best to make sure all comments are published, so that Cassandra can answer your questions. With the high volume of guests expected tonight, not all the questions and comments will be posted in our hour time frame for the chat. If that is the case, we will be sure to send them to Cassandra, but with Cassandra so that she can answer them, after which we will post them on the blog and our forum. *Be sure to visit our Forum as we do have many answers to questions about the TMI series and ID series there*

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*Thank you and we look forward to chatting with everyone tonight!


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Book Review- Crusade

By Nancy Holder & Debbie Viguie
Published by Simon Pulse
Released on September 7th, 2010
Source- Simon & Schuster
4.5 stars- Definitely Recommend This Book


“For thousands of years the Cursed Ones hid in the shadows, fooling mankind into thinking they didn’t exist. Then one day they just…stopped. Skeptics turned into believers one fateful dawn. And no one was ever safe again.”
– From the diary of Jenn Leitner,discovered in the ashes

The Cursed Ones have made their presence known, and the world will never be the same.

For the past two years, Jenn has lived and trained at Spain’s Sacred Heart Academy Against the Cursed Ones. She is among the few who have pledged to defend humanity or die trying. But the vampires are gaining power, and the battle has only just begun.

Forced to return home after death takes a member of her family, Jenn discovers that San Francisco is now a vampire stronghold. As a lone hunter apart from her team, Jenn is isolated—and at risk. She craves the company of her fighting partner, Antonio: his protection, his reassurance, his touch. But a relationship with Antonio comes with its own dangers, and the more they share of themselves, the more Jenn stands to lose.

Then Jenn is betrayed by one who was once bound to protect her, causing her to doubt all she has held as true. To survive, Jenn must find the courage to trust herself—and her heart. (Quoted from Nancy's site)

I'm picky when it comes to reading vampire books. Honestly, there's actually very few vampire books I've read and the few I have, I've enjoyed. Crusade is one of those books. In a world being over taken by vampires, humans and paranormals have little places to hide. The few who get turned are the lucky ones. The only hope humans and paranormals alike have, rests on the shoulders of an elite vampire hunting group from Sacred Heart Academy in Spain. Made up of humans and paranormals, they travel the world taking out clans of vampires, but it does come at a cost.

Being on a hunting team with paranormals, Jenn starts off questioning her own human strength and what good she can really do. When she's forced to leave her hunting group and return home to San Francisco due to a family member's passing, she finds herself in the middle of a vampire strong hold. Where a lone hunter should not stand a chance, Jenn fights to protect those she loves and herself. It's during this time that she finds her inner strength and her fierce protectiveness of her sister Heather is one of her most enduring characteristics. When Jenn is betrayed by someone close to her, she starts questioning everything she's been taught and everyone around her. Now she's in a race against time to save her sister, and the ones she loves.

With a traitor in their midst, the whole hunting team starts questioning who they can really trust. If they can't trust each other, then there's no hope for anyone in the fight against The Cursed Ones. In a world where alliance are forged, and dark magic is used, Sacred Cross's Vampire Hunters bring hope to the few survivors left in the world. I really liked Crusade's characters. They are all diverse not only in what they are, but where they come from and their beliefs. Nancy and Debbie have done a fantastic job at introducing some great paranormal characters, and providing a sense of why they have joined the fight.

Some of my favorite characters are Skye the Witch, Holgar the werewolf, and Antonio the ex-preist turned Vampire. Antonio's character has the most history, as he's been around for a number of years. He struggles with the choices he made when he was first turned and the type of man/vampire he's trying to become. Through the flashbacks of each of their back stories, which are intertwined into Crusade's fighting scenes, I was able to understand the heartbreaking reasons that brought them all to Sacred Heart Academy. I also liked getting to know more of Jenn's story through some short snippets of her journal entries. I was thoroughly impressed that I not once felt like I didn't know which character was talking and what was going on.

Crusade's setting is dark and set in the real world. At times I felt like I was reading a great historical fiction, and other times I felt I was reading an action packed book. Crusade's writing and characters were engaging, as I wanted to learn more about them. While I wasn't expecting Crusade to end the way it did, I'm really looking forward to reading the next book in the series. Action packed, dark, twisty, and engaging, I highly recommend picking up Crusade.

Be sure to visit Nancy Holder's new site here http://nancyholder.com/

Waiting On Wednesday-Freefall


By Mindi Scott
Published by Simon and Schuster
To Be Released October 5th, 2010

How do you come back from the point of no return? Seth McCoy was the last person to see his best friend Isaac alive, and the first to find him dead. It was just another night, just another party, just another time where Isaac drank too much and passed out on the lawn. Only this time, Isaac didn’t wake up.Convinced that his own actions led to his friend’s death, Seth is torn between turning his life around . . . or losing himself completely. Then he meets Rosetta: so beautiful and so different from everything and everyone he’s ever known. But Rosetta has secrets of her own, and Seth will soon realize he isn’t the only one who needs saving . . .

I keep hearing wonderful buzz about Freefall. I've heard how realistic Mindi's book is, and that she doesn't tip toe around some sensitive and yet real problems that teens face.

Next month we'll not only be sharing our review of Freefall, but we'll also be sharing our interview with Mindi AND having a LIVE author chat with Mindi on October 21st!! Oh and I almost forgot, we've also got 5 copies of our Debut Author book of the month (for October) to giveaway (thank you Simon and Schuster). Make sure to join us next month when we celebrate Freefall's release.

You can find out more about Freefall and Mind's writing by visiting her sites here:
* Mindi's blog
* Mindi's News
Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted Jill at Breaking the Spine,that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

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