Friday, January 10, 2014

Join #ReadOn Jan. 11 at 4pm est. to Q & A with @alexiapurdy @amaliehoward @gailmencini @jennifer_sage

Welcome to our 21st episode of ReadOn!  Tonight we will have these wonderful 4 authors.  The first two authors tonight will be for Teen/Ya!  The last two will be Adult!  So we have something for everyone tonight folks.  And of course make sure to stick around at the end to get the super secret code so you can enter the giveaway! 
Giveaway is open to EVERYONE!

Alexia Purdy

Alexia Purdy Amazon | Twitter | Website | Facebook | Goodreads

Biography

Alexia currently lives in Las Vegas, Nevada- Sin City! She loves to spend every free moment writing, or playing with her four rambunctious kids. Writing has always been her dream and she has been writing ever since she can remember. She love's creating paranormal fantasy and poetry and loves to read and devour books daily. Alexia also enjoys watching movies, dancing, singing loudly in the car and Italian food.



Ever Shade (A Dark Faerie Tale #1)


Ever Shade (A Dark Faerie Tale, #1)Ever Shade A dark twist on faeries. For Shade, a chance meeting with a powerful Teleen faery warrior who wields electrical currents and blue fires along his skin, has her joining him on a treacherous mission for the good Seelie Faerie Court across the land of Faerie. Magic and malice abound and nothing is what it really seems to be. The evil Unseelie Queen and her treacherous allies are around every corner as Shade makes her way across the breathtaking landscapes of the world of Faerie, which exists alongside the mundane human world. Shade discovers her own uncharted magic and meets some of the most powerful warriors in Faerie while battling evil dryads, conniving Teleen guards and challenges on her life with every step in a world where nothing can be taken for granted. Paperback includes the prequel: Evangeline Books in this series: Prequel: Evangeline Book 1: Ever Shade Book 2: Ever Fire Book 3: Ever Winter Book 3.5: The Cursed Book 4: Ever Wrath




Amalie    Howard 

Amalie Howard

Biography

AMALIE HOWARD grew up on a small Caribbean island where she spent most of her childhood with her nose buried in a book or being a tomboy running around barefoot, shimmying up mango trees and dreaming of adventure.

An aspiring writer from a young age, Amalie's poem "The Candle," written at age thirteen, was published in a University of Warwick journal. She was also a recipient of a Royal Commonwealth Society essay award (a global youth writing competition). A Colby College graduate, she completed simultaneous Honors Theses in both French and International Studies, and graduated Summa Cum Laude/Phi Beta Kappa. At Colby, she was cited for research and criticism in Raffael Scheck's article, "German Conservatism and Female Political Activism in the Early Weimar Republic," and his subsequent book, MOTHERS OF THE NATION. She also received a distinction in English Literature from the University of Cambridge (A-levels) as well as a certificate in French Literature from the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, France.

Traveling the globe, she has worked as a research assistant, marketing representative, teen speaker and global sales executive. In between writing novels and indulging her love of reading, Amalie is also a review editor for TheLoopNY, a local Westchester-New York periodical, and blogs at amaliehoward.com. She is represented by the Liza Royce Agency and is a member of SCBWI.

Her debut novel, BLOODSPELL, was selected as a Seventeen Magazine Summer Read. Look for WATERFELL from Harlequin TEEN Fall 2013, THE ALMOST GIRL from Strange Chemistry in January 2014 and ALPHA GODDESS from Skyhorse/Sky Pony Press coming April 2014.
For tour and upcoming events as well as more information on Amalie, please visit www.amaliehoward.com.



The Almost Girl

The Almost Girl
Seventeen-year-old Riven is as tough as they come. Coming from a world ravaged by a devastating android war, she has to be. There’s no room for softness, no room for emotion, no room for mistakes. A Legion General, she is the right hand of the young Prince of Neospes, a parallel universe to Earth. In Neospes, she has everything: rank, responsibility and respect. But when Prince Cale sends her away to find his long-lost brother, Caden, who has been spirited back to modern day Earth, Riven finds herself in uncharted territory.

Thrown out of her comfort zone but with the mindset of a soldier, Riven has to learn how to be a girl in a realm that is the opposite of what she knows. Riven isn’t prepared for the beauty of a world that is unlike her own in so many ways. Nor is she prepared to feel something more than indifference for the very target she seeks. Caden is nothing like Cale, but he makes something in her come alive, igniting a spark deep down that goes against every cell in her body. For the first time in her life, Riven isn’t sure about her purpose, about her calling. Torn between duty and desire, she must decide whether Caden is simply a target or whether he is something more.

Faced with hideous reanimated Vector soldiers from her own world with agendas of their own, as well as an unexpected reunion with a sister who despises her, it is a race against time to bring Caden back to Neospes. But things aren’t always as they seem, and Riven will have to search for truth. Family betrayals and royal coups are only the tip of the iceberg. Will Riven be able to find the strength to defy her very nature? Or will she become the monstrous soldier she was designed to be?

Gail Mencini

Biography

Gail Mencini makes her literary debut with To Tuscany with Love, an adult coming-of-age novel. She was born and raised in rural Nebraska, where everyone knew their neighbors and summers were spent outdoors--working, playing, or watching fireflies. Her love for reading books and imagining characters and their stories germinated during those days of creating her own world. Gail's parents, who visited every continent except Antarctica, sparked her love of travel and adventure, which burns brighter than ever.

Gail was raised to be independent. College and grad school brought her training in tax law, and for many years she used that knowledge in her CPA practice to help clients across the country. In 1990 Gail's life took a radical shift when she became a wife and also "instant mother" to three active sons, with a fourth son born a few years later. 
One hot July summer in Key West, Gail and her husband toured Ernest Hemingway's house. Smacked in the face with the master writer's ghost and palpable presence, she confessed her secret desire to write books. Unlike her, Gail's husband felt only the heat and humidity and not a trace of Ernest. Her confession led to her writing a novel that won contests and landed a New York literary agent, but otherwise never saw the light of day. After years of writing, improving her craft, and working harder, the kernel of an idea and several trips to Italy inspired Gail to write To Tuscany with Love, the first book in her Tuscany series. The years following her childhood of imagining far-away places and the people there have only intensified her love for creating stories. Gail is thankful every day and knows she is abundantly blessed to be a wife, mother, and writer.

To Tuscany With Love


To Tuscany With Love
Can one college semester abroad change the course of your life?

Bella Rossini, a vivacious college junior, lands in jail overnight with acquaintances whom she mistakes for friends. Shipped off to Tuscany by her mother, Bella is suddenly thrust into living with seven strangers during one life-altering summer. 

Meet Hope, the sturdy and practical girl, steadfast in her loyalty to her boyfriend; Meghan and Karen, identical twins with an eye for fashion and beauty to match; Stillman, haunted by his hard past, and Phillip, an athlete, both fueled by competition; Lee, by family mandate in pre-med; and Rune, the Hollywood-bound wild child. All add sizzling chemistry and rebellious humor to the mix. 
In one whirlwind summer, while uncovering the charms of Italy, they discover both friendship and 
love.

After their summer together, life – and loss – happens. 

Returning to Tuscany 30 years later, their dreams, anger, secrets and disappointments create an 
emotional kaleidoscope. Their reunion sends them on a startling collision course that none of them 
could have predicted.

Set against the allure of Tuscany, with an irresistible fusion of heartbreak and humor, this debut novel, “To Tuscany with Love,” explores the fear of letting the past determine the future and the power of friendship.




Jennifer       Sage

Jennifer Sage

Biography

Jennifer Sage is the internationally acclaimed, best selling author of the novels "Immortal Dreams, Immortal Bound and Keltor". Keltor, her first book in "The Guardian Archives" series, is being translated into Italian to be lovingly adored in her favorite country in the world, by the wonderful publisher out of Rome, Dunwich Edizioni.

She is also the sought after poet of some very controversial erotica, which she usually shares for free over her many social media platforms. Requested by popular demand, there will be a very private, very secret work of her poetry released on 2-14-14, worldwide.
Besides being a lover of writing and reading, she is the lover of deliciously crafted red wines, phenomenal food that makes her squirm and a trademark "EEEEEK!" when she's excited. Want to know more? She can be found at www.jennifersage.com 

Keltor (Guardian Archives, #1)



Keltor (Guardian Archives, #1)Keltor is a Guardian of the light even though he exists nearly in Shadow, haunted by his past. His world, the world of the Guardians, is a dark reality that coexists in modern day with ours. Behind the warm veils of our lives a war rages against the Shadow Demons and the Guardians protect as much of humanity as they can, still believing in us as a race.

There is one person alive, a Keeper, who has within her the power to tilt the scales one way or another in this war. With the ability to damn the Light or the Dark and no knowledge of how to she is supposed to do either, Liz is nearly a helpless pawn. A pawn that is about to find herself completely powerless against a force greater than she has ever known.

A Guardian who lost his heart centuries ago. A female who has never really known her own. Laws that prevent them from ever finding solace in the other. Far different laws that prevent them from turning away.



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{Review} Fragile Spirits (Souls #2) by @marylindsey {Giveaway} @NightOwlReviews @penguinusa

Fragile Spirits (Souls, #2)
Title: Fragile Spirits 
Author: Mary Lindsey
Series: Souls  
Publisher: Penguin  
Release Date: January 23, 2014  
Pages: 311
Format: Print ARC
Source: Night Owl Reviews 
Description:

A thrilling debut story of death, love, destiny, and danger

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.

Biography


Mary Lindsey lives in Houston with her husband, three kids, two dogs, her daughter's pet rats, an Australian Bearded Dragon and dozens of Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches. (The roaches are a long story. Don't ask.)

More information on Mary and her books for young adults can be found at http://www.marylindsey.com

She also writes adult romance under the pseudonym, Marissa Clarke. For info visit http://www.marissaclarke.com





This is how I felt when I found out this wasn't the continuing story! 



First off I want to say that if you are going into this one looking for more story via Rose/Lenzi and Alden you won't find it. Although they are there as side characters this book is not about them.  Also if it has been a while since you read Shattered Souls reread it first!  It will help you!

Ok so Fragile Spritis pick up around one month after Shattered Souls ends.  And it is a character drawn book.  The plot really takes second string to the characters for Fragile Sprit.  We get to see some of the characters from book one in this one which was great.

We get to see Race again which is just wonderful!  But this story is about Paul (whom we met in the end of Shattered Souls) and Vivienne his speaker.  Vivienne and Paul are complete opposites.  She is so out spoken with hot pink hair (loved btw) and Paul is the straight forward, rules, protecter.

The pacing for this one was great even though the plot and story which you find out in the start. Plays second string to the character's and their back story.  Now don't get me wrong this was still a great book and I can't wait for more.  But it really bummed me to find out that it was not the continuing story.

I really hope that author Lindsey brings everyone back in an exploding book 2!  It would be great to have the book in multi POVs!


"*I received a copy of this book for free to review, this in no way influenced my review, all opinions are 100% honest and my own."

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{Review} Flame (Sky Chasers #3) by@AmyKathleenRyan {Giveaway} @StMartinsPress


Flame (Sky Chasers, #3)Title: Flame
Author: Amy Kathleen Ryan
Series: Sky Chasers
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Pages: 336
Format: print ARC
Source: Night Owl Reviews
Description:
In the thrilling conclusion to Amy Kathleen Ryan's Sky Chasers series, Waverly, Kieran, and Seth struggle to survive on-board the New Horizon—and take down their enemies before it's too late
Waverly and the other members of the Empyrean have been scattered, and their home ship destroyed. Their mission to rescue their parents didn't go as planned, and now they're at an even greater disadvantage: trapped with their enemies on the New Horizon, trying to find a way to survive. Kieran has been pulled under Anne Mather’s wing, but is she really trying to make peace, or just using Kieran to build her own power? Meanwhile, Waverly is taken in by a mysterious old man who wants to help her bring Anne Mather down—but the more Waverly cooperates with him, the more dangerous her position is, and the more at odds with Kieran she becomes.

Seth's situation is even worse. After setting out from the Empyrean on his own, with only a vague strategy to guide him, he is a fugitive aboard the New Horizon. He's doing what he can to challenge the power of Anne Mather, but he's badly hurt, and getting sicker. All the while, unknown to him, the terrorist Jacob is making plans of his own.

Will Seth ever see Waverly again? Will his health hold out long enough to help her topple their enemies? And will Waverly find a way to unite with her friends before they all fall? Nothing is sure and every moment is a risk in Flame, the explosive finale of the Sky Chasers series. 




Amy Kathleen Ryan







Biography

Amy Kathleen Ryan is a graduate of the New School Creative Writing Program. She lives in Colorado. Visit her website at: www.AmyKathleenRyan.com.














Book three of the Sky Chasers trilogy was so much better than the other two combined.  Fast paced and just plain yummy this book will keep you on your toes.  I do hope that the author comes out with a novella for after this book.  It would be interesting to learn how they are doing.  This one also ends on a really good note as well as giving us a look at how things are going when the kids are grown up to age 25.  I do think that the ending was a little too neatly done.  But all in all I think this one was so much better! Well done.

"*I received a copy of this book for free to review, this in no way influenced my review, all opinions are 100% honest and my own."
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Thursday, January 09, 2014

{Review} Shattered Souls (Souls #1) by @marylindsey {Giveaway} @NightOwlReviews @penguinusa


Shattered Souls (Souls, #1)Title: Shattered Souls
Author: Mary Lindsey
Series: Souls  
Publisher: Penguin  
Release Date: December 6, 2012  
Pages: 336 
Format: Print 
Source: Purchased  
Description:

A thrilling debut story of death, love, destiny, and danger

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.

Biography


Mary Lindsey lives in Houston with her husband, three kids, two dogs, her daughter's pet rats, an Australian Bearded Dragon and dozens of Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches. (The roaches are a long story. Don't ask.)

More information on Mary and her books for young adults can be found at http://www.marylindsey.com

She also writes adult romance under the pseudonym, Marissa Clarke. For info visit http://www.marissaclarke.com




So this book has been sitting on my shelf for some time.  Ok a really long time.  I think I got it new via discount from BAM.  The binding hadn't even been opened so it made noise when I cracked it. lol.  I was sent book two Fragile Spirits for reviews and was so happy to release that I already had book one laying around lol what luck.


Shattered Souls has got to be one of the best Ghost,Reincarnation stories I have read! Its up there with Incarnate, Wake Unto Me, and Hereafter.  I am so glad that I got the chance to read this as well as book two.  Even though book two is a companion book and not a sequel.  But thats ok as Rose and Alden are in it (happy dance).  Lindsey if you are reading this!! I want a sequel to Rose's and Alden's story!!!!

This was a fantastically wonderful story of finding your place in the world.  Finding what you would do for love, and finding that you have more in you than you might think you do.  I loved Rose's character. She learned to fight for what she wanted and not take no for an answer.

This book also had ghosts and reincarnation.  I can't get into that all that much without giving stuff away.  So ill just say that if you are a fan of Incarnate, Wake Unto Me, or Hereafter (book one ONLY) then this is deff something you need to read.

This one also had a romance that was great.  No love triangles to deal with really.  I do wish that the author would have aged up the romance.  This is deff G rated on the romance scale and I would have liked it to be more pg13+  lol.  Not a lot of time is spent on it as these characters have known each other for a long time.  Now don't worry no real instalove here either.

Humor- there is a little throughout the book.  But is light.  And just adds to the wonderfulness of the story.

The only real issue I had in this one was that at times I felt that the dialogue was written for the tween crowd then at others it was for the higher 16/17 crowd as is the age of the characters.  But that was ok and didn't bother me to much.

So all in all this one has a few twists, a mystery, ghosts, reincarnation, a love that crosses lifetimes, and a wonderful ending.


"*I received a copy of this book for free to review, this in no way influenced my review, all opinions are 100% honest and my own."
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{Review} Spark (Sky Chasers #2) by @AmyKathleenRyan {Giveaway} @StMartinsPress

Spark (Sky Chasers, #2)
Title: Spark
Author: Amy Kathleen Ryan
Series: Sky Chasers
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Release Date: July 17, 2012
Pages: 309
Format: Ebook
Source: Amazon.com/Purchased
Description:
Waverly, Kieran and Seth are in a race against time – and with the future of humanity hanging in the balance, there’s no room for mistakes…After a desperate escape from the enemy ship, Waverly has finally made it back to the Empyrean. The memory of home has been keeping her alive for the past months… but home is nothing like she left it. Forced to leave their captive parents behind on the New Horizon, she’s returned only to find that Kieran has become a strict leader and turned the crew against Seth. What happened to the Kieran she thought she knew? Now Waverly’s not sure whom she can trust. And the one person she wants to believe in is darkly brilliant Seth, the ship’s supposed enemy. Waverly knows that the situation will only get worse until they can rescue their parents – but how?

Before they have time to make a plan, an explosion rocks the Empyrean, and Seth and Waverly are targeted as the prime suspects. Can they find the true culprit before Kieran locks them away… or worse? Will Waverly follow her heart, even if it puts lives at risk? Now more than ever, every step could bring them closer to a new beginning – or a sudden end.

Spark is book two in Amy Kathleen Ryan's thrilling young adult science fiction series Sky Chasers.


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Amy Kathleen Ryan







Biography

Amy Kathleen Ryan is a graduate of the New School Creative Writing Program. She lives in Colorado. Visit her website at: www.AmyKathleenRyan.co












I am sorry to say that I almost didn't make it through this one.  It also pains me that so many people it seems loved this book.  I found it slow and just pointless.  I really didn't love Glow all that much but wanted to see if Spark could redeem it.  And it just didn't for me.  Spark picks up where Glow left off and it just doesn't pick up at all.  As I am writing this I find it hard to review it.  I finished this one and picked up Flame which is book three. And I am just so torn.  This series had everything going for it.  But, it just lost me along the way.

I think Spark really lost me when it came out that the ship Waverley piloted back home had, had a stowaway on it.  It was just a conflict they really didn't need.  You have Kieran still acting like Mathers and Seth who is just being stupid.  Waverly can't stand up for herself (personally I think she had more balls when she had been kidnapped)

This one was a mash up of more religion and kids being stupid kids.

"*I received a copy of this book for free to review, this in no way influenced my review, all opinions are 100% honest and my own."
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{Review} Darkest Fear (Birthright #1) by @CateTiernan


Darkest Fear (Birthright, #1)Title: Darkest Fear
Author: Cate Tiernan
Series: Birthright
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Pages: 368
Format: eARC
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Description:
Vivi’s animal instincts are her legacy—and maybe her downfall—in this start to a romantic fantasy series that will appeal to fans of The Nine Lives of Chloe King.

Vivi has known the truth about her family—and herself—since she was thirteen. But that doesn’t mean she’s accepted it. Being Haguari isn’t something she feels she’ll ever accept. How can she feel like anything but a freak knowing that it’s in her genes to turn into a jaguar?

Now eighteen, Vivi’s ready to break away from the traditions of her heritage. But all of that changes with the shocking, devastating deaths of her parents and the mysteries left behind. Vivi discovers family she never even knew she had, and a life open with possibility. New friends, new loyalties, and even romance all lay ahead—but so do dangers unlike anything Vivi ever could have imagined.

@CateTiernan

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Cate Tiernan"was born in New Orleans, LA, in 1961. New Orleans is one of the most interesting American cities, and it has an incredibly rich and exotic culture that had a profound influence on me. Kids in other cities have lemonade stands; we sold voodoo gris-gris and made wax dolls in the likenesses of our enemies. It's a very beautiful city, and the constant heat and humidity make gardens grow out of control. There's an air of lassitude there, a general acceptance of eccentic or flamboyant behavior--the heat simply makes people do crazy things.

I went to school in New York, and after school went back to New Orleans. Then I went back to New York (Manhattan) and got a job in publishing and started writing. My first book, a young, middle-grade chapter book, was published in 1990.

Living in Manhattan was incredible, even though I didn't have a lot of money. There was so much to do and see, and so many interesting people to watch. There was a lot of frenetic energy there, and sometimes that felt very wearing and hard to live with. After eight years I was ready for a change, and my husband and I moved back to New Orleans. (Are you seeing a pattern here?)

(While I was in NY, I helped edit "The Secret Circle" by L.J. Smith. I thought it was great.)

We stayed in New Orleans five years. By the time we had two small children we knew we had to find someplace safer to live. I was glad my children were born in New Orleans--I had been born there, and my father had, and his father had, and his father had and so on. There was something about the connection of generations of blood coming from one place that I found very primal and important.

Now I live in a cohousing community in Durham, NC. This is the most suburban place I've ever lived, and it's very different from living right in the middle of a city. For one thing, there aren't enough coffee shops. However, it's incredibly safe, and the community is very important to me. There are a lot of strong women here, and I find them inspiring.

Am I a witch? Well, no. Even Wicca is too organized a religion for me. I'm much more idiosyncratic and just need to do my own thing, which is kind of new-agey and pantheistic. It's not that I don't work or play well with others, but I need to decide for myself when I do a certain thing, and how I do it. However, I can really relate to Wicca, and I so appreciate its woman-centeredness and its essentially female identity. I love those aspects, among others.

I have several favorite writers. Barbara Hambly has been the biggest influence on how I describe magic. She's an incredibly imaginative and empathetic writer with a gift for creating a rich, sensual world. I love Barbara Pym, an English writer whose books came out mostly in the fifties. She was a master at describing the thousand tiny moments that make up a woman's day; how the seemingly small and inconsequential thing can suddenly take on a huge emotional importance. I greatly admire P.D. James. She's one of the very few writers who makes me actually look up words in the dictionary. She has a beautiful, precise, educated command of the language that leaves me in awe. I love Philip Larkin's poetry. I read a lot of nonfiction and also have some favorite romance writers. Before anyone groans, let me say that these women write really well about women trying to achieve emotional fulfillment, and that's kind of what we're all doing, right? I also just like reading about sex. Anyway, Jennifer Crusie, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, and early Linda Howard are my faves.

And then of course there's my dark side, but more on that later.


Although this one had a very promising start.  I am sad to say that it fell short when it got to the middle.  After our main girl went to seek out her Aunt the book was dragged down and was so slow I found myself falling asleep.  Which it pains me to say since I am a big fan of other stories from this author.

"*I received a copy of this book for free to review, this in no way influenced my review, all opinions are 100% honest and my own."






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Wednesday, January 08, 2014

{Review} Glow (Sky Chasers #1) by @AmyKathleenRyan {Giveaway} @StMartinsPress

Glow (Sky Chasers, #1)



Title: Glow
Author: Amy Kathleen Ryan
Series: Sky Chasers
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Release Date: September 13, 2011
Pages: 307
Format: Ebook
Source: Amazon.com/Purchased
Description:
What if you were bound for a new world, about to pledge your life to someone you'd been promised to since birth, and one unexpected violent attack made survival—not love—the issue?

Out in the murky nebula lurks an unseen enemy: the New Horizon. On its way to populate a distant planet in the wake of Earth's collapse, the ship's crew has been unable to conceive a generation to continue its mission. They need young girls desperately, or their zealous leader's efforts will fail. Onboard their sister ship, the Empyrean, the unsuspecting families don't know an attack is being mounted that could claim the most important among them...

Fifteen-year-old Waverly is part of the first generation to be successfully conceived in deep space; she was born on the Empyrean, and the large farming vessel is all she knows. Her concerns are those of any teenager—until Kieran Alden proposes to her. The handsome captain-to-be has everything Waverly could ever want in a husband, and with the pressure to start having children, everyone is sure he's the best choice. Except for Waverly, who wants more from life than marriage—and is secretly intrigued by the shy, darkly brilliant Seth.

But when the Empyrean faces sudden attack by their assumed allies, they quickly find out that the enemies aren't all from the outside.(

Biography

Amy Kathleen Ryan is a graduate of the New School Creative Writing Program. She lives in Colorado. Visit her website at: www.AmyKathleenRyan.com.














I had read this in ARC form and really didn't like it.  I gave it two stars and went on my way.  Well after requesting book three via Night Owl Reviews. (didn't realize it was part of this series.) I ended up deciding to buy this book via amazon ebook and start reading.  I finished it in a day and although my old review still rings true for the most part. I have come to like this book.

Ok so what changed.  I have wrote up a few different reviews and eded up deleting them.  I don't like to giveaway spoilers and this is a really hard book to review.  I have upped my rating for this from a 2 to a 3.  I think the schools could use this one for a replacement for The Lord of the Flies. (ugh book that one) as it has some of the same social issues.

This book teaches the horrors of pretending to be god as well as pretending to be gods messenger.  That although I understand the point of Kieran's services was to bring the kids together and to make them a community.  I think he could have left religion out of it all together.  He didn't need to travel down that path of no return.

This is a mash up of religion running a muck.


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