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The Claires Blog Tour: Excerpt
SOURCES SAY Release Day Blitz & Giveaway
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The Lost City by Amanda Hocking: Blog Tour



The Lost City Book Description
Amanda Hocking, the New York Times bestselling author of The Kanin Chronicles, returns to the magical world of the Trylle Trilogy with The Lost City, the first novel in The Omte Origins—and the final story arc in her beloved series.
The storm and the orphan
Twenty years ago, a woman sought safety from the spinning ice and darkness that descended upon a small village. She was given shelter for the night by the local innkeepers but in the morning, she disappeared—leaving behind an infant. Now nineteen, Ulla Tulin is ready to find who abandoned her as a baby or why.
The institution and the quest
Ulla knows the answers to her identity and heritage may be found at the Mimirin where scholars dedicate themselves to chronicling troll history. Granted an internship translating old documents, Ulla starts researching her own family lineage with help from her handsome and charming colleague Pan Soriano.
The runaway and the mystery
But then Ulla meets Eliana, a young girl who no memory of who she is but who possesses otherworldly abilities. When Eliana is pursued and captured by bounty hunters, Ulla and Pan find themselves wrapped up in a dangerous game where folklore and myth become very real and very deadly—but one that could lead Ulla to the answers she’s been looking for.
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Review
This was such a good book! I was hooked from the moment I started. If you love magical fantasy books with trolls, mythology and more, then this is the book you want. I’m going to try my best to not give anything away so this may come across as a short review, bear with me.
From the start, I felt the characters and the world building were very, very well developed. The characters felt flawed and complex, while the world itself felt lush and realistic. Ulla’s backstory and the mystery around Eliana were enthralling. As the story moved forward, I felt like I was on the edge of my seat wanting to know what was going to happen, what secret might be revealed next.
I highly recommend you add this to your TBR now, if you haven’t already. This is a fantasy series you don’t want to miss out on.

Author bio:

AMANDA HOCKING is the author of over twenty young adult novels, including the New York Times bestselling Trylle Trilogy and Kanin Chronicles. Her love of pop culture and all things paranormal influence her writing. She spends her time in Minnesota, taking care of her menagerie of pets and working on her next book.
Early Praise for The Lost City:
“Hocking’s fast, engaging fantasy will draw in new and seasoned fans of the genre… [She] keeps the surprises coming, [leaving] readers eager to know more”
—School Library Journal (starred review)
Social Links:
Twitter @Amanda_Hocking

B*WITCH Tour: Guest Post
B*WITCH

by Paige McKenzie & Nancy Ohlin
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Release Date: July 7th 2020
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Paranormal, Witches, Mystery, LGBT
Synopsis:
A lone witch has powers. A coven has a multitude more.
New girl and secret witch Iris just wants to get through her first day of school without a panic attack. The last thing she expects is to be taken in by a coven of three witches-soft-spoken Greta, thoughtful and musical Ridley, and fiery and spirited Binx. They may be the first witches Iris has met IRL, but their coven is not alone in their small northwestern town.
The Triad is the other coven at their school. When the Triad’s not using spells to punish their exes or break up happy couples for fun, they practice dark magic. The two covens have a rivalry stretching all the way back to junior high.
When tragedy strikes and one of their own is murdered, the rival covens must band together to find out who is responsible before it’s too late. Someone’s anti-witch ideology has turned deadly . . . and one of them is next.
With an inclusive cast of teen witches who leap off the page with style, attitude, and charm, B*Witch is a singable read perfect for fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Mean Girls alike.
BOOK LINKS
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48717624-b-witch
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2WIh29a
Bookdepository: https://www.bookdepository.com/B-witch-Paige-McKenzie/9781368028769?ref=grid-view&qid=1588965327354&sr=1-1
B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/b-witch-paige-mckenzie/1134720656?ean=9781368028769
iTunes: https://books.apple.com/us/book/b-witch/id1500054001
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/b-witch-1
Google Books: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Paige_McKenzie_B_WITCH?id=rz3SDwAAQBAJ

AUTHOR INFORMATION
PAIGE MCKENZIE

Paige McKenzie is a millennial hyphenate: a New York Timesbestselling author, YouTuber, actor, influencer, creator, artist, producer. Her first book series, The Haunting of Sunshine Girl, was on the New York Times bestseller list for over a month. Paige is constantly creating. Her Etsy shop the Homebody Guild is full of her art and designs, and she is always updating it with new creations. Paige also interacts daily with her Sunshiners across a variety of media including YouTube (where she has over half a million subscribers), Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Paige is a founding member of Coat Tail Productions, with three projects in active development. Paige lives in Portland, Oregon with the love of her life, a seven-pound Chihuahua named Pongo.
NANCY OHLIN

Nancy Ohlin was born in Tokyo and moved to the United States when she was nine. She has written, ghostwritten, or collaborated on over one hundred fiction and nonfiction books for children, teens, and adults, including her YA novels Consent, Beauty, and Always, Forever (Simon & Schuster). Most recently, she collaborated with Paige on The Sacrifice of Sunshine Girl (Hachette Books), Quvenzhané Wallis on the Shai and Emmie chapter book series (Simon & Schuster), and Chloé Lukasiak on her forthcoming memoir Girl on Pointe: Chloe’s Guide to Taking on the World (Bloomsbury). Learn more at nancyohlin.com and on Twitter (@nancyohlin).
AUTHOR LINKS
PAIGE MCKENZIE
Website: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/landing-page/the-haunting-of-sunshine-girl/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hauntedsunshine
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/692829.Paige_McKenzie
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hauntedsunshine/
NANCY OHLIN
Website: http://www.nancyohlin.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NancyOhlin
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6459715.Nancy_Ohlin
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Nancy-Ohlin-559301467435019/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nancyohlin222/

LAUNCH PARTY – FREE EVENT
Paige McKenzie and Nancy Ohlin will be doing a virtual launch event for B*WITCH with Powell’s on July 7 at 5:00 pm (PST). They will be in conversation with E. Latimer (author of WITCHES OF ASH AND RUIN). Readers can attend from all over the world by registering here . Signed bookplates will be available to those who purchase B*WITCH through this event.

GUEST POST
Has being quarantined changed your writing process? Have you become more or less focused?
Being quarantined has definitely changed our writing process. We finished B*WITCH pre-pandemic, but we have been writing the sequel during the pandemic, and it’s been a difficult ride.
So much of one’s writing routine involves showing up to the page and staying with it. For the two of us as authors, we need to sit down at our desks and really focus on the scene we’re writing for several hours at a stretch, and if anything distracts us, we lose our place, so to speak. Someone once described writing as having to run a mile before you can actually begin to put words to paper—sort of a warm-up routine—but then once you finish that mile and proceed with the writing, every time you’re interrupted, you need to go back to the starting line and run that mile again. The two of us can definitely relate!
The pandemic has thrown a big wrench into all of that. But we absolutely want to acknowledge that we are incredibly fortunate and privileged because we have the luxury of working from our homes versus on the front lines as essential workers. We’ve been so lucky, too, because we have access to good healthcare and food, and we can pay our bills. We can’t imagine what it would be like to try to write a book without having adequate health, healthcare, food, or money for basic needs. For us, it’s difficult enough to focus on our chapters when the news is so devastating on so many fronts, not just with the pandemic but with the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and too many other Black Americans, and all the protests and pain and grief. It’s definitely hard to concentrate on crafting words when so much bad is happening.
So … not being distracted, and not being in despair, have been two major challenges to the writing. The two of us often have to convince ourselves, mid-scene, that this scene matters, even if it’s about something light or funny that’s not going to solve the problems of the world. Does a fictional conversation between fictional characters about make-up or cats or magical pranks really matter when real people are suffering? We’re not the first authors to address this question; artists have been creating in the face of pandemics and wars and other tragedies throughout history. And in that sense, we keep pushing on because art matters. Books matter. Stories matter. Somehow, we have to balance helping others and fostering change with creating, inspiring, and entertaining. Hopefully the two of us will have achieved a little bit of that with B*WITCH.

Heir of Lies by Mallory McCartney Blog Tour

Link to Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44511823-heir-of-lies
Purchase Links:
Tour Schedule:
May 25, 2020-Chapter by Chapter-Interview
May 25, 2020-Susan Heim on Writing-Excerpt
May 26, 2020-Bri’s Book Nook-Excerpt
May 26, 2020-Chapters through life-Excerpt
May 26, 2020-A Book Addict’s Bookshelves-Guest Post
May 27, 2020-Rockin’ Book Reviews-Spotlight
May 27, 2020-A Gingerly Review-Guest Post
May 27, 2020-Books, Tea, Healthy Me-Excerpt
May 27, 2020-Ted Ryan – reviewer-Review
May 28, 2020-Becca’s Book Affair-Guest Post
May 28, 2020-Rockin’ Book Reviews-Excerpt
May 28, 2020-Wishful Endings-Guest Post
May 28, 2020-Day Leitao-Guest Post
May 29, 2020-Books Less Travelled-Review
May 29, 2020-BookHounds YA-Guest Post
May 29, 2020-JeanBookNerd-Interview
Giveaway Details:
- One (1) winner will win a signed hardcover of Heir of Lies by Mallory McCartney
Link to Giveaway:
http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/c08c9e8e781/?
Heir of Lies (Black Dawn #1) by Mallory McCartney

Publication Date: April 21, 2020
“Hope was a dangerous thing. It could consume every dream and make them take flight, becoming wild daydreams in one’s heart and mind. Or hope could incinerate everything you thought you knew, burning you down to your core, leaving you raw and exposed for the world.”
Emory Fae has only known one thing—life at The Academy, a school for those who have special abilities. Following in her parents’ footsteps, the pressure to uphold their dream falls on her and one of her best friends—Adair Stratton. An outcast and feared by most, Adair longs to break away from the expectations dictating his future. With whispers of dark magic spreading across Kiero, Adair starts to doubt The Academy is all it seems.
An unexpected visit ignites new tensions as the roguish king from across the Black Sea, Tadeas Maher of the Shattered Isles, and his heir, Marquis Maher, sail to Kiero. Notorious for their pirating and wrath, for the first time in years, they demand the Faes listen to their proposition for a new treaty. Caught in the middle of politics, Adair and Emory, with the help of their best friends Brokk and Memphis, search for the one thing that matters the most—the truth.
Their world is tipped upside down as unlikely alliances are made, and war ravages Kiero. Through the throes of betrayal, lies, hidden magic, and love, Adair is faced with a life changing decision. Will he fight or bow to the darkness within?
But, Adair’s decision will change the course of Kiero forever, setting in motion irreversible destinies for everyone at The Academy as Emory Fae rises as heir.
Heir of Lies is the first book in the bestselling Black Dawn series.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mallory McCartney currently lives in Sarnia, Ontario with her husband and their three dachshunds Link, Lola and Leonard. When she isn’t working on her next novel or reading, she can be found day dreaming about fantasy worlds and hiking. Other favorite pastimes involve reorganizing perpetually overflowing bookshelves and seeking out new coffee and dessert shops.
WOVEN IN MOONLIGHT blog tour: Giveaway and Story Behind the Cover


BOOK INFORMATION

Woven in Moonlight
by Isabel Ibañez
Publisher: Page Street Books
Release Date: January 7th 2020
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy
Synopsis:
A lush tapestry of magic, romance, and revolución, drawing inspiration from Bolivian politics and history.
Ximena is the decoy Condesa, a stand-in for the last remaining Illustrian royal. Her people lost everything when the usurper, Atoc, used an ancient relic to summon ghosts and drive the Illustrians from La Ciudad. Now Ximena’s motivated by her insatiable thirst for revenge, and her rare ability to spin thread from moonlight.
When Atoc demands the real Condesa’s hand in marriage, it’s Ximena’s duty to go in her stead. She relishes the chance, as Illustrian spies have reported that Atoc’s no longer carrying his deadly relic. If Ximena can find it, she can return the true aristócrata to their rightful place.
She hunts for the relic, using her weaving ability to hide messages in tapestries for the resistance. But when a masked vigilante, a warm-hearted princess, and a thoughtful healer challenge Ximena, her mission becomes more complicated. There could be a way to overthrow the usurper without starting another war, but only if Ximena turns her back on revenge—and her Condesa.

BOOK LINKS
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40877706-woven-in-moonlight
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2pCLnd2
B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/woven-in-moonlight-isabel-iba-ez/1131253940?ean=9781624148019#/
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/woven-in-moonlight
Google Books: https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Woven_in_Moonlight.html?id=2xebDwAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y

STORY BEHIND THE COVER
Not too long ago, I owned a design and stationery studio. While I dabbled in various paper goods, the main thing I illustrated and sold were greeting cards. These were bright and colorful, always whimsical and usually showcased a pun or two. I love drawing and perfecting my lettering technique, and often those two elements showed up in my stationery.
When my editor reached out to me and asked if I knew of any Bolivian artists Page Street could hire to design the cover, I almost laughed. I am an artist and I am also Bolivian. I submitted a handful of other artists I admire along with my own portfolio. A week or two later, I was hired for the job.
I sat down to design the cover, expecting to flounder or buckle under the pressure. Sometimes it takes me days to figure out a concept, to even think of an idea that might work. But in this instance, I saw the cover of WOVEN IN MOONLIGHT instantly. I had the color scheme, the layout, the style—all of it felt incredibly clear. When I was done, I immediately sent it to my editor and she loved it. She sent it to the rest of the team and the response was overwhelmingly positive.
This was the cover.
I had done it. But then … doubt set in. How could I have sent in the first draft and not at least tried other layouts? What if there was a stronger idea buried in my mind somewhere? So I went back and asked if they wanted to see anything else from me. But they loved the cover as is, and with the exception of a few minor tweaks, the concept was approved, and it stayed. So I took a breath and realized that I needed to trust I’d done the best job I could. But imposter syndrome is a real thing and for a few weeks, I was that I’d pulled it off.
It wasn’t until I held a proof of the cover concept in my hands that I believed what everyone else had been telling me: the cover was beautiful. Looking at it now, dressed up in bright colors and silver foil, displaying my whimsical style and love for folklore-ish art, I wonder how I could have ever doubted myself.
I’m so proud of it.

AUTHOR INFORMATION

Isabel Ibañez was born in Boca Raton, Florida, and is the proud daughter of two Bolivian immigrants. A true word nerd, she received her degree in creative writing and has been a Pitch Wars mentor for three years. Isabel is an avid movie goer and loves hosting family and friends around the dinner table. She currently lives in Winter Park, Florida, with her husband, their adorable dog, and a serious collection of books. Say hi on social media at @IsabelWriter09.
AUTHOR LINKS
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17052517.Isabel_Iba_ez
Website: http://www.isabelibanezdavis.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/IsabelWriter09
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/IsabelWriter09/
Facebook: https://mobile.facebook.com/IsabelIbanezDavis/

GIVEAWAY
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TOUR SCHEDULE
January 20th
The Unofficial Addiction Book Fan Club – Welcome Post
January 21st
NovelKnight – Official Dream Cast
Here’s to Happy Endings – Review
TheGeekishBrunette – Review
Belle’s Archive – Review + Favourite Quotes
Vidhya thakkar – Review
January 22nd
Utopia State of Mind – Top 5 or 10 List
@womanon – Review + Favourite Quotes
Fiction & Filigree – Review + Favourite Quotes
Fanna Wants The World To Read – Review
January 23rd
Kait Plus Books – Official Book Playlist
The Reading Corner for All – Review
Books of Amber – Review
Cluttered Books – Review
For The Love of Fictional Worlds – Review
January 24th
Moonlight Rendezvous – Review + Favourite Quotes
A Court of Coffee and Books – Review + Favourite Quotes
Booked J – Review + Playlist + Favourite Quotes
Ink & Myths – Review + Favourite Quotes
Chronicles of a Boozy Reader – Review
January 25th
A Gingerly Review – Story Behind The Cover
Sometimes Leelynn Reads – Review + Dream Cast
Morgan Vega – Review + Favourite Quotes
Ya It’s Lit – Review + Favourite Quotes
biblioxytocin – Review + Favourite Quotes
January 26th
L.M. Durand – Mood Boards by the author + the blogger
Confessions of a YA Reader – Review + Favourite Quotes
Frayed Books – Review
Inky Moments – Review
The.magicalpages – Review
