Last Rite Cover Reveal & Contest!

SO I have awesome stuff to share with you today so here we go!

Today, it's my honor to show you the last cover reveal i'll be coming for the Personal Demons Trilogy for Lisa, and it's the cover to the awesome Last Rite!

Isn't it awesome? Isn't Luc hot? You guys know how I feel about Luc! Anyway, so excited and sad that this trilogy is coming to a close, and Lisa has a lot of awesome stuff planned for you guys! 

She is currently having a scavenger hunt and here is my word for you:

HELL

go take that with you to her blog and enter the entire tagline to win a ipod nano with the playlist to the entire trilogy on it as well as all three books!

AND

she's offered up a galley of Last Rite for one lucky person here on the blog! The ARCs will be ready officially in November, so you'll be receiving them around that that.

• US/Canada only
• ends October fourteenth 
• the form is right below!

And that's all, folks! Happy Reading!

Top Ten Books I wish I could read for the first time again

And here we go! This hosted by the lovely ladies over at The Broke and Bookish.

1. Graceling by Kristin Cashore

You guys have noooooo idea how many times I've read this. Seriously, I think i'm on maybe my sixth or seventh time! It's just so amazing and I wish I could go back in time and read it over again to really savor the complete amazingness.

2. Brightly Woven by Alexandra Bracken

LOVE this book so bad. It's definitely not as popular as it should be, and I wish I could read it all over again and fall in love (again!)

3. Hourglass by Myra McEntire

I completely love this book and definitely want to be rereading it SOON. But it's so brilliant, I wish I could go back and read it over!

4. Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

The first time I read it, I was kind of doing stuff at the same time and couldn't really focus on the sheer brilliance of it, so I wish I could reread it and savor every bit of her beautiful writing.

5. Ashes by Isla J. Bick

So brilliant. Read this one recently but man! Can I read it all over again?

6. Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston

I haven't read the third book due to just...not feeling like it. I wish I could go back now that I have all three books and reread them in succession! You know what i'm talking about: The Wait. Where you have to wait so long for a sequel or conclusion to a trilogy that you just...end up losing interest in reading it in the first place.

7. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

Oh man...I want to swoon all over again. Please?

8. A Great And Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

Love...love...love. Wish I could read it all over again from the beginning.

And...I can't really think of any other ones, so i'm off!
Happy Reading!

Contest: Everneath by Brodi Ashton

Last spring, Nikki Beckett vanished, sucked into an underworld known as the Everneath, where immortals Feed on the emotions of despairing humans. Now she's returned- to her old life, her family, her friends- before being banished back to the underworld... this time forever. 
She has six months before the Everneath comes to claim her, six months for good-byes she can't find the words for, six months to find redemption, if it exists. 
Nikki longs to spend these months reconnecting with her boyfriend, Jack, the one person she loves more than anything. But there's a problem: Cole, the smoldering immortal who first enticed her to the Everneath, has followed Nikki to the mortal world. And he'll do whatever it takes to bring her back- this time as his queen. 
As Nikki's time grows short and her relationships begin slipping from her grasp, she's forced to make the hardest decision of her life: find a way to cheat fate and remain on the Surface with Jack or return to the Everneath and become Cole's.

So I have this lovely book to giveaway! The occasion? Totally Booksessed has reached over 500 suscribors. We're all so excited you guys enjoy the videos, and wanted to have giveaways to celebrate it!

• the entry form is below
• giveaway ends OCTOBER 10TH
• US and Canada only
• you must be 13 or older to enter

AND

you have two chances to win! At 6PM EST my video for Totally Booksessed will go up and if you comment on that video, it's two different entries!

Legacy by Cayla Kluver

Who: Cayla Kluver

What: Legacy

When: June 21st, 2011
Where: Harlequin Teen

Why: High Fantasy!

How: Bought

In her seventeenth year, Princess Alera of Hytanica faces one duty: to marry the man who will be king. But her father's choice of suitor fills her with despair.
When the palace guard captures and intruder—a boy her age with steel-blue eyes, hailing from her kingdom's greatest enemy—Alera is alarmed…and intrigued. But she could not have guessed that their clandestine meetings would unveil the dark legacy shadowing both their lands.
In this mystical world of court conspiracies and blood magic, loyalties will be tested. Courage won't be enough. And as the battle begins for everything Alera holds dear, love may be the downfall of a kingdom.

Legacy captured me from the first page and sent me on a total whirlwind of an adventure with intelligent and curious Alera at the head!

High Fantasy is my favorite type of read, you guys know this, and Legacy was absolutely no exception! Ripe with intrigue, well-rounded characters, and court secrets that'll leave you begging for more. Princess Alera is expected to take the throne as queen soon, with cocky and patronizing Steldor as her best suitor. But the balance of their kingdom starts to shake when they catch a boy named Narian from enemy territory in their grounds, with no one knowing what the hell he's doing there or how he managed to go around unseen. But now that they have the boy, and his loyalties are tested, a war that ended long ago might be coming back to kill them all. 

Alera was a headstrong, awesome heroine and just the type of person fit to rule a kingdom! Her kingdom, though, does not consider women fit to rule and so she is forced to bow her head and play the submissive daughter of her father, which irritates her 'till no end. I love how, yes, sometimes she pissed her father off with the things she did, but she wasn't stupid enough to do something that would endanger not only herself, but her entire family. She was careful, and that's what's makes her an excellent princess! The writing is amazing and the book is paced just as a High Fantasy should be, with beautiful descriptions and a good 'ole journey of self-discovery!

Steldor has me confused. In the beginning, I completely hated him. He was pompous, arrogant, and had complete disregard for Alera and what she wanted to do with her life. But towards the end...I got conflicted. He really shows a new side of himself and I can't wait to see it more in Book 2! But then we have Narian, and he is so fantastic. He's sweet and caring, but has such a respect for Alera that really surprised me! He never pushed her, but instead acted like a strong companion and love to her throughout the novel. I can't wait to see more of him! 

Finally, something I felt like touching on, her sister? DID NOT LIKE. Seriously, she annoyed the hell out of me! The only downside, and it definitely wasn't enough to affect my life for the book!

Happy Reading!

Character Book Picks: Zak from Shattered Souls

So today I have Mary Lindsey on the blog today telling us about Zak and what he reads! 

Lenzi hears voices and has visions - gravestones, floods, a boy with steel gray eyes. Her boyfriend, Zak, can't help, and everything keeps getting louder and more intense. Then Lenzi meets Alden, the boy from her dreams, who reveals that she's a reincarnated Speaker - someone who can talk to and help lost souls - and that he has been her Protector for centuries. Now Lenzi must choose between her life with Zak and the life she is destined to lead with Alden. But time is running out: a malevolent spirit is out to destroy Lenzi, and he will kill her if she doesn't make a decision soon.

Zak isn’t much of a fiction reader. He subscribes to Rolling Stone Magazine and loves music-related books including non-fiction and biographies.

His mom and dad weren’t readers, so that might be why it was never a favorite activity.

Since high school, he hasn’t read any novels. In school, he read and loved Hatchet and Wolf Rider, but most of the things he read in class didn’t appeal.

Music is his real love. He can tell you almost everything about rock and roll from the 1960’s to modern time in addition to being able to play classical guitar.

Zak is an auditory learner. Movies and music hit that part of him that books reach for many others. Give him a guitar and he’s set for hours.

Thank you so much for hosting this stop on the Shattered Souls blog tour, Harmony!

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About the Author

Mary Lindsey's debut young adult novel, SHATTERED SOULS, is scheduled for release December 8, 2011 from Philomel/Penguin.

Having received a B.A. in English literature with a minor in drama from the University of Houston, she currently teaches acting to children and teens at a private studio in Houston, Texas.

Mary lives with her husband, three kids, two dogs, her daughter's pet rats, an Australian Bearded Dragon, and dozens of Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches.

She is represented by Ammi-Joan Paquette from the Erin Murphy Literary Agency.

Happy Reading!