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Friday, August 5, 2011

Holy, Holy Water Scene: Will's POV

Holy Water by Tetra-Zelda
Cassie promised that if she reached 40,000 twitters followers she would write Will's point-of-view during the infamous (definitely in our Mundie Moms minds) Holy Water Scene from Clockwork Angel. Oh, I know that you guys know exactly which one that is. So true to her word, she tweeted the link.

Of Loss: Will’s perspective on the events of Clockwork Angel, page 285-292

Will Herondale was burning.

This was not the first time he had consumed vampire blood, and he knew the pattern of the sickness. First there was a feeling of giddiness and euphoria, as if one had drunk too much gin — the brief period of pleasant drunkenness before the morbs set in. Then pain, starting at the toes and fingertips, working its way up as if lines of gunpowder had been laid across his body and were burning their way toward his heart.

He had heard the pain was not so great for humans: that their blood, thinner and weaker than Shadowhunter blood, did not fight the demon disease as Nephilim blood did. He was vaguely aware when Sophie came in with the holy water, splashing him with the cool stuff as she set the buckets down and went out again. Sophie’s hatred of him was as reliable as fog in London; he could feel it coming off her whenever she got near him. The force of it lifted him up onto his elbows now. He pulled a bucket close to him and upended it over his head, opening his mouth to swallow what he could.

For a moment, it doused the fire burning through his veins entirely. The pain receded, except for the throbbing in his head. He lay back down carefully, crooking an arm over his face to block the dim illumination coming from the low windows. His fingers seemed to trail light as they moved. He heard’s Jem’s voice in his head, scolding him for risking himself. But the face he saw against his eyelids wasn’t Jem.
She was looking at him. The very darkest voice of his conscience, the reminder that he could protect no one, and last of all himself. Looking the way he had the last time he had seen her; she never changed, which was how he knew she was a figment of his imagination.

“Cecily,” he whispered. “Cecy, for the love of God, let me be.”
Now hop on over to Cassie's site for the rest. Holy, holy water, indeed.

Book Review: Sean Griswold's Head

Published by Bloomsbury Teens
Released On March 1st, 2011
Source- book from publisher to review
5 stars- I loved it!
Purchase from: Amazon| Barnes & Noble

According to her guidance counselor, fifteen-year-old Payton Gritas needs a focus object-an item to concentrate her emotions on. It's supposed to be something inanimate, but Payton decides to use the thing she stares at during class: Sean Griswold's head. They've been linked since third grade (Griswold-Gritas-it's an alphabetical order thing), but she's never really known him.

The focus object is intended to help Payton deal with her father's newly diagnosed multiple sclerosis. And it's working. With the help of her boy-crazy best friend Jac, Payton starts stalking-er, focusing on-Sean Griswold . . . all of him! He's cute, he shares her Seinfeld obsession (nobody else gets it!) and he may have a secret or two of his own.

Do you have one of those books you've been so excited to read, but other things have gotten in the way so it just sits on your "to be read pile", patiently waiting for you to read it and when finally get to sit down and enjoy you wonder what took you so long? Sean Griswold's Head is that book for me. This book literally made me put all my vacation packing aside, because once I started reading this book, there was no stopping until I was done. It's fabulous, funny, touching, realistic, relatable, and charming. I love everything about Sean Griswold's Head. It has the sweetest romance that builds up perfectly as the story progresses, a fabulous BFF, some great family moments and a wonderful, highly relatable main character, Payton.

Lindsey Leavitt did an amazing with creating a story that deals with being a teen, first love, high school life and having your world turned upside down when a parent is diagnosed with MS. I don't know what it's like to have a parent who has dealt with that, but Lindsey wrote Payton in such a way that I was able to easily identify with her frustrations, her anger and her fears. I understood her hurt and her need to want to be told everything truthfully. This part of the story is both moving and beautifully told.

Mixed into the story are some lovable and well written characters, such as Payton's wonderful family, her loyal best friend Jac who has the best pet names for her, and the story's main love interest Sean. What I absolutely loved about Sean and Payton's relationship is the way it was realistically portrayed. There was no immediate connection. They've gone to school for a few years together and have known about each other, but it's not until Payton needs to focus on something different to help her cope with her anger and frustrations, she chooses what's in front of her, Sean Griswold's head. There's a little bit more to the story than that. I'm thinking a lot of moms will be rooting for their daughters to find a "Sean Griswold". He's respectful, real, humble, and he's got this adorable nerdy quality to him that is intriguing. He's someone who doesn't worry about things he can't change, he's a good listener, he sympathizes with Payton and he teaches her to ride. I loved their bike rides together and I'm not talking about the rides around the block. I'm talking the hard core bike rides that are like 20+ miles.

Sean Griswold's Head is a delightful read that teens and I'm sure plenty of adults will enjoy. It's a clean cut book with moments that moved me, scenes that made me laugh out loud and ones that took me along for an enjoyable ride. I highly recommend picking this up today. I'm looking forward to reading more of Lindsey's YA and MG reads.

Vacation Time & Freebie Friday

Mundie Moms is on vacation this week! I am literally heading out the door right now, which is why I'm posting this now instead of later on today. While the MM's admin team has gone to Idris for a few day, our forums will be closed until we get. We'll still be posting on the blog and twitter, just not was frequently.


So, in honor of vacations (leaving this horrid TX heat wave behind) and to recent new releases, Freebie Friday will have three ARCs from the new releases up for grabs:
















* Misfit by Jon Skovron
* Wildefire by Karsten Knight
* Touch of Frost by Jennifer Estep (signed), the ARC does not have this cover on it

Instead of picking one winner, I'm going to pick two. The first place winner will get their choice of the first two books and the second place winner will receive the book the first winner didn't choose. YES this is open to our internationally followers to enter, please fill out the form below:


Good luck to everyone and have a great weekend!

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