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Tuesday, 29 April 2014

Fractured Truth Tour

Fractured Truth Tour



Fractured Truth Cover




Fractured Truth
(Fractured Light #3)
Llona is determined to end the fight with the Vykens once and for all. All she needs is to find and destroy the Shadow–the ultimate source of dark power. But when she makes a startling discovery about someone she loves, Llona has to fight the toughest battle yet in this exciting conclusion to the Fractured Light series.
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MY REVIEW  
Action, romance, and magic make this third installment of the Fractured series everything you’d expect after reading first two books. Headstrong Llona is back, fighting with Light, having learned to live with the darkness that once threatened to consume her completely. The trouble is the darkness has not finished with her, and the plot thickens and twists as she is taken deeper into the mystery of the Shadow. Faced with terrible choices, she must prepare her Auran sisters for the battle of their lives.


If you’ve read the first books, Fractured Truth will not disappoint. If you have not, I strongly recommend starting with Fractured Light, followed by Fractured Soul. Doing so will give you a better insight into the other characters, so as to gain a clear understanding behind their motivation. From a critical perspective, I found some aspects of Fractured Truth to be a touch repetitive, chiefly the language, but not so much that it ruined the story. I also felt the first half dragged a bit, lacking the urgency one associates with youth, and some of the major plot developments happen a little too easily. Similarly, in the first half, Llona seems to be emotionally detached from everything that’s going on, although I am not sure this is intentional. The result was that I had trouble investing any of my own emotions in the story until quite a bit into the second half. The action picks up, however, with plenty of gory fights and battles, and Llona’s strong will and feisty character, take centre stage. Ideal for lovers of the first two books, Young Adult fantasy, and strong, kick-ass heroines. 


 
About Fractured Light 
(Book #1)
Llona Reese is used to living on the run. After the Vykens killed her parents, she knew they would eventually come for her too. She can’t take any chances. But when she starts to make friends for the first time in her life, she gets careless and lets her guard down. Big mistake.
As an Aura, Llona can manipulate light and harness its energy. But if she wants to survive, Llona will have to defy the Auran Council and learn to use her power as a weapon against the Vyken whose sole desire is to take her light. Now she’s caught in something even bigger than she can understand, with a power she can’t wield, and no one she can trust, except, just maybe, a mysterious stranger.
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About Fractured Soul 
(Book #2)
Llona will do whatever it takes to protect her new found friends and home, but the dark plot threatening Lucent Academy, a school that’s supposed to be a safe place for Auras, may be too powerful for even Llona to defeat.
This fast-paced tale of love, loyalty, and overcoming the darkness will keep you on the edge of your seat until the last page!
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Rachel McClellan
Rachel McClellan
Rachel McClellan was born and raised in Idaho, a place secretly known for its supernatural creatures. When she’s not in her writing lair, she’s partying with her husband and four crazy, yet lovable, children. Rachel’s love for storytelling began as a child when the moon first possessed the night. For when the lights went out, her imagination painted a whole new world. And what a scary world it was…
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Thursday, 13 February 2014

Spotlight: Her Sister's Murderer Tour (ROYA #23)

Her Sister's Murderer
YA Psychological Thriller






Kate thought it was something they had left behind long ago when they moved nearly two-thousand miles away, but when her best friend Abby talks her into visiting a psychic, the mystery is reawakened. Twenty-one years ago, four years before she was even born, her older sister had disappeared from the front porch of their cousin’s home. Without witnesses and without any evidence, the case went cold.

Abby’s had a crush on Adam for nearly two years and is more than ecstatic when she finally catches his attention. Secretly Kate has liked him since sixth grade and when she learns he is taking a weekend trip to see his brother in the same town where her sister had disappeared, she goes along. As their forbidden romance blooms and betrayal weighs heavily on her heart, she finds herself face to face with her sister’s murderer.





Excerpt
When she came to, she didn’t know how much time had passed. The hard dirt beneath her was cold against her soft cheek and she could feel someone's heavy presence. Pit pats of dirt pelted on top of her back first in small bits and then in shovel fulls. She couldn’t move because she was too weak. She tried to jiggle an arm, but it was as if her arm muscles weren’t connected to the fibers in her brain anymore. She couldn’t move anything. The scream she wanted so desperately to release was trapped in her dry throat. She was paralyzed. All she could do was lay there and listen as he piled the dirt on top of her. The pain from her broken leg was no longer present and she wondered how that was possible as her vision began to blur. Soon she was unconscious again.


Tabitha Short

Ms. Short began her writing career very early, receiving awards and recognition in writing during her school years. She served as Editor-in-Chief of her high school newspaper and yearbook where she received multiple awards and scholarships that led her to study Journalism at Western Kentucky University. She served as a reporter and layout designer for Western Kentucky University College Heights Herald and Western Kentucky University Talisman. After graduation, she found herself pilfering through various marketing and sales jobs before landing in a position as a Supported Employment Specialist for a human services agency. She spends her free time as a freelance editor, author, and blog operator.

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Tuesday, 11 February 2014

The Shadow Prince Cover Reveal






This prequel novella will be FREE and available on Goodreads, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble on March 25, 2014!

Every sacrifice has consequences.

Sixteen-year-old Rowan has spent most of his life living among the mortals—learning to control the element of fire, impatiently awaiting the day his vengeful mother, Queen Prisma, will abdicate her throne. When he finally returns to Avalon for his coronation, his mother insists he must first prove his loyalty to the court by completing a secret mission:

Kill Kalin, the half-human, half-elemental daughter of the air court king.

Willing to do anything to remove his mother from power, he agrees to sacrifice the halfling. He returns to the mortal world with his best friend, Marcus, determined to kill the princess. But as he devises a plan, he starts to question whether or not he's capable of completing such a heinous task. And what price he will pay if he refuses?




Mortal Enchantment (Book 1)
ebook, 262 pages
Expected publication: May 20th 2014 by Phoenix Reign Publishing

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Stacey O'Neale started her career in publishing as a blogger turned publicist for two successful small publishers. She loves to write stories with swoony paranormal heroes, snarky heroines, and lots of kissing.


When she's not writing, she loves blogging and fangirling about books on twitter. Occasionally, she leaves her computer to go outside.

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