Between the Lives Blog Tour - Jess's Favourite Scene + Giveaway!

Hello everyone! For my stop in Between the Lives's blog tour, Jess is here to share one of her favourite scenes from the book. I would also like to thank Amanda from Harper Collins Australia for putting this blog tour together! 

PS: Don't worry, it's non-spoilery ;)

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Sabine is in her Roxbury life and working at her parent's pharmacy after just making a discovery that might change both of her lives. It is also the first time she meets Ethan:

When I got to the drugstore, I said hello to Mom and the pharmacist Denise, then I wriggled awkwardly – thanks to my cast – into one of the white jackets that were supposed to make us look more ‘medically informed’. When Mom and Denise weren’t looking, I slid my notebook onto the counter. I kept a magazine resting on top of it, so when customers came in they wouldn’t see the list.

1. Test blood theory – exterior physical reaction 

2. Test hair – pigment and removal 

3. Test laxatives – internal physical response 

4. Test poison – consciousness and organ failure 

If points one through four achieve a successful outcome, proceed to next point.

My hand trembled as I wrote number five. 

5.      Choose

I chewed on a fingernail, staring at what I’d just written. Could it really be that simple? I didn’t know, but even so ... I crossed out the last point. It was too early for that. Points one through four first. Then I’d worry about what would happen ... next.

Giddy from the rush of thinking such forbidden thoughts, I did what I’d really come here for: I stocked up on everything I was going to need, waiting until Denise went on her break to grab some items from behind her counter. By the time I returned to the register, someone was waiting and looked like he’d been there for a while.

‘Sorry for the wait. What can I get you?’ I was sure I was flushed from guilt. I hoped he hadn’t seen me shoplifting from my own family’s store.

The guy, who’d had his back to me, spun around and glared. I let out a little gasp before I could stop myself. He was probably in his early twenties – and he was undeniably hot. Trouble and attitude radiated from him. And there was something ... more. In his eyes. They were startling: dark blue and intense, with a depth you didn’t normally see. Eyes that could too easily see through someone.

I set my shoulders and got ready to deny any accusations. But he just gave me an up-and-down look I couldn’t read – other than to know it wasn’t flattering – and shoved a handful of crumpled scripts towards me.

‘How long?’ he asked, his full lips set in a straight line.

I gave him a tight smile as I sifted through over a dozen scripts, more than a few for heavy-duty medications. That explained the aggressive, defensive attitude: drug dealer.

‘These are going to take a while,’ I told him. ‘Since there are so many and they’re not all in the one name.’ Hint: I know what you’re doing. ‘The pharmacist will need to see ID and call it through for approval.’ After which we’ll ring the police.

I kept a firm hold of the scripts, expecting him to snatch them and make a run for it. But he simply shrugged, leaned against the counter and folded his arms.

‘Just call the Roxbury Medical Clinic and give them the prescription codes and my ID details. They’ll verify.’ He slipped a driver’s licence out of his wallet and tossed it on the counter before narrowing his eyes at me. ‘How long?’

This guy was an ass. And thankfully I wasn’t in Wellesley today; I didn’t have to behave. I sucked in a breath and was about to tell him to take a hike when Denise came back from her break.

‘Ethan!’ she said, looking delighted. ‘What are you doing here?’

Drug guy shrugged, sending me a sly look. ‘Being interrogated.’

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GIVEAWAY!

Thanks to Harper Collins Australia, I have 2 copies of Between the Lives by Jessica Shirvington to giveaway to Australian residents! 

The giveaway runs from today until 24 May 2013. Good luck!

Hidden Blog Tour - Marianne Curley Guest Post

Hello everyone! Today I have Marianne Curley, Aussie author of Hidden on the blog to share her favourite books when she was a teenager. I would also like to thank Sonia from Bloomsbury for putting this blog tour together! Without further ado...here's Marianne's guest post!

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This is a huge topic for me because when I was a teenager I was into books in a BIG way. I was born in 1959, so my teenage years covered the entire seventies decade. And since I lived on a farm without close neighbours and my house was a substantial distance from my school, I was relatively isolated from the social community and my network of friends. There was no Facebook or Twitter or YouTube. What am I saying? There were no computers yet!

By the time I was a teenager I was already an avid reader and spent every spare minute I could find immersed in my favourite pastime. And since I wanted to remain with the characters long after I turned the last page, I looked for books of considerable length. And yet, there still never seemed to be enough to read. There were fewer books with themes for young adults than today. The seventies was an emerging adolescent market. Bookstores and libraries were only starting to create Young Adult sections distinct from children’s or adult’s literature.

I remember spending many lunch hours sorting through the shelves of my school libraries, where I was drawn almost always to epic novels like James A Michener’s Hawaii; historical fiction, which is still a favourite theme of mine, such as Anya Seton’s Katherine; and the long romantic sagas like Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind.

I wasn’t able to buy many books while I attended school. Living on a farm, away from local shops and general commerce, I didn’t have the benefit of a part-time job, so I relied on pocket money and the occasional birthday or Christmas gift. But I began full-time work as a legal stenographer at sixteen, and that’s when I started to build my personal library.

Back in the seventies I had heaps of favourite authors and couldn’t wait for their new novels to appear in the stores. Many of them remain on my bookshelves today, including Leon Uris’s Holocaust, Mila 18, Battle Cry, QBVII and Exodus. Stephen King’s The Shining, Carrie and Salem’s Lot, to name a few. Irving Stone’s The Agony and the Ecstasy – a brilliant biography of the remarkable 15^th Century artist Michelangelo, and Henry Charriere’s Papillion were other favourites.

Some books I enjoyed reading more than once, such as Herman Wouk’s The Winds of War, Irving Wallace’s The Word, Alex Haley’s Roots. I fell in love with William Goldman’s The Princess Bride, and found myself caught up in the humour of Joseph Heller’s Catch 22, both hugely different genres. I also can’t forget how much I enjoyed the tension in Arthur Hailey’s Airport, and the supernatural suspense of William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist.

But sitting on the top of my teenage favourite books were: Colleen McCullough’s The Thorn Birds; Morris West’s The Devil’s Advocate and The Shoes of the Fisherman; Erich Segal’s Love Story, Mario Puzo’s series of The Godfather, and one book that I have already mentioned, a novel I read over and over during my teenage years - Anya Seton’s Katherine.

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Find Marianne Curley at:

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I haven't read most of the books on Marianne's list but I have heard of Gone with the Wind! (I sure do want to read it someday) Hope you guys enjoyed the guest post and if you haven't read Hidden, be sure to check it out. Thank you Marianne for the guest post and Sonia for the putting the blog tour together!

Dance of Shadows Blog Tour - "The Beauty of Ballet"

Hi everyone! Today I have Yelena Black, author of Dance of Shadows on the blog to share her thoughts on ballet and its beauty. You can check out my review here. I used to take ballet lessons and I sure loved it, particularly that moment when I first wore my pointe shoes! I would also like to thank Sonia from Bloomsbury for putting this blog tour together!

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I can still remember the very first time I saw The Nutcracker when I was a little girl. I was eight years old, and my parents took me and my brother into Manhattan to see the New York City Ballet. The entire city was lit up with lights and decorations, but the real magic happened inside the theatre—when the stage came to life and I was thrilled by the wondrous flurry of dancing before my eyes. The Nutcracker, choreographed by the legendary George Balachine with music by Tchaikovsky, is still one of my favorite ballets. There is nothing like the snowstorm of ballerinas that grace the stage, sweeping the audience away to exotic and fanciful locales in the Land of Sweets. With beautiful costumes and talented performers, this ballet is what made me fall in love with dance in the first place.

Since I’ve grown older, I have had the privilege of studying dance myself and seeing many performances. My favorite ballerina—Margot Fonteyne—thrilled me with her performance in Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake. (Granted, I saw it online and not in person, but it was still unbelievable. If you haven’t seen her dance this with incredible Rudolf Nurejev, you must look up clips online. It will stop your heart.) Swan Lake is a tale of doomed, forbidden love and is one of my favorite ballets, and I had the privilege of seeing Matthew Bourne’s modern interpretation of this classical piece twice—once on Broadway, and most recently at City Center. This is more of a ballet-influenced piece of contemporary dance, which takes the basic premise of the Russian ballet and turns it on its head by having all of the swans portrayed by male dancers, who bring a certain ferocity to the creatures that I’d never before seen onstage. It has the distinction of being the longest running ballet on Broadway and in the West End, and its star, Adam Cooper is (in my opinion) one of the best male dancers working today.

I could go on and list dozens more of my favorite ballets (which include Cinderella, Don Quixote, and Romeo and Juliet) but really is the art of ballet that thrills me: the timeless stories, the incredible, soaring music, and the grace and power of the dancers that make a night out at the ballet so thrilling and so worthwhile. This is also what inspires my characters, especially my protagonist Vanessa Adler. I hope you enjoy all of the dancing in my debut novel, Dance of Shadows, and if you haven’t recently … go out and see a dance performance!

  

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Twitter / Facebook

Check out the book trailer!

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How I adore Nutcracker and Swan Lake. Definitely two of my all-time favourite ballet performances! Which reminds me, just like how Yelena recommended, I might need to go out and see a dance performance soon! Hope you guys enjoyed the guest post and if you haven't read Dance of Shadows, be sure to check it out. Thank you Yelena for the guest post and Sonia for the putting the blog tour together!

The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf Blog Tour - Ambelin's Top 5 Scenes

  
Hey guys! As a part of The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf's blog tour, I have a lovely post from Ambelin, the author, on her top 5 scenes in the book! I would also like to thank Peta from Walker Books Australia for putting this blog tour together! Without further ado, here are her top 5 scenes:

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First off - SPOILER ALERT! I’ve tried not to give too much away but there’s definitely some reveals below. So consider yourselves duly warned… 
 
The walk down the hallway that begins the book.
I love this moment because it’s the first scene I ever wrote, the one that drew me into the story. It was also the scene that kept me writing, because I was so afraid for Ash. She had to get of the detention centre, but how? And there’s immediately hints that things are not quite what they seem…what was going on? I didn’t know the answer to those questions when I began writing the book. I discovered the truth slowly, in the same way that Ash does, as the story progressed. I could always see that first scene so clearly in my head – Ash so frail and scared, but defiant still, dressed in the white detainee uniform, and Connor all distant in his black enforcer uniform, pacing by her side.
Some people ask me if I listen to music while I’m writing. I don’t, because I find it distracting, I’ve just never been able to listen to music when I’m trying to put a story together. But I hear the sounds of the book as I write, and some of it gets incorporated into the text. In this scene, I could hear how Ashala’s and Connor’s footsteps sounded as they walked down the long, silent hallway, and that made it into the chapter – “my feet seemed to be making a muddled, shuffling sort of Noise: a pathetic contrast to the clear, measured pace of the guard beside me.”
 
Any scene in which Jaz appears
Jaz was the character who was the easiest to write. I always knew what he was thinking – or, rather, not thinking, since he tends to act without considering the consequences, most of the time. He’s irrepressible, maddening, reckless, and very close to Ash’s heart. In Jaz’s words, Ash is more of a mum to him than his own mu ever was, and that’s something she takes very seriously. In The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf, we meet and interact with Jaz as a part of Ash’s story. But, if I ever went back to this world once the Tribe series was finished, it would be to tell Jaz’s story.  
 
When Georgie and Ashala meet the saurs.
This is a pivotal moment in the book, the very beginning of Ashala’s life in the Firstwood. I love the drama and tension of this scene, that moment when the huge saur comes tearing across the grasslands towards Georgie, and Ash runs out to save her. And I love, too, that the two of them manage to meet the only carnivorous lizard who won’t eat them on the spot – Wanders-too-Far, the inquisitive, mischievous, maverick of the saurs. Of course, it wasn’t an accident that they met the right saur, because Georgie understood how that moment would play out. But Ash doesn’t realise then, and perhaps doesn’t even understand by the end of the book, the degree to which Georgie knows things that she doesn’t tell. 
 
When Ashala meets Connor
The cave, and the dim light of the lamp, and that moment when Connor says to her, “you are the reason I came here, Ashala Wolf…” How could this not be a favourite? And what I love about this is both that it is the beginning of the Connor/Ashala relationship, and the way it kicks off the overall dynamic between Ash, Connor and Ember. Because, really, Ember would’ve much preferred that Ash fell for someone other than Connor, someone not quite so dangerous. Ember gets over it later in the book, but I don’t think she’ll ever be completely thrilled about Ashala’s choice of boyfriend. That’s okay, though. Not to give too much away about book two, but Ashala’s going to positively loathe the guy Ember falls for…
 
The last trip to the machine, when Ashala thinks all is lost
This is the part when Ashala is walking through the centre, believing she is about to die. The wind brings her the scent of eucalyptus from the Firstwood, and she sends her thoughts out to the trees, thinking If I could make it back to you, I would. To me this is one of the most profound moments in the book. This is when Ashala’s towering tuarts, and the ancient spirit of the forest, reach out to comfort her in a moment of terrible loneliness and fear. It encapsulates Ashala’s relationship with the forest, the way she and the trees are connected, and how they take care of each other.
 

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Can I just say YES to every scenes? I really really loved all the scenes Ambelin mentioned on her post! If you have not heard of The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf, absolutely check it out! I think it is one of the best Aussie YA dystopian novels! Thank you Ambelin for taking her time to write the post and thank you Peta from Walker Books Australia for putting this blog tour together!   

GIVEAWAY TIME!

Would you like to win a copy of The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf? Just leave a comment below before 15th of September with your name and email! Giveaway is only open to AUS/NZ. Sorry International people! Winners will be chosen with random.org. Good luck!

Be sure to stop by Badass Bookie for the next stop in the blog tour! 

Love Notes from Vinegar House Blog Tour - Author Q & A

Hey guys! Today, I have a lovely Q&A with Karen Tayleur, author of Love Notes from Vinegar House! If you've read my review, then you'll remember how much I enjoyed reading the book! I love how haunting, chilling and gorgeously written this book was. Isn't the cover quite creepy but gorgeous too? I think it reflects the story well! I would also like to thank Jennifer from Walker Books Australia for putting this blog tour together! Anyway, onto the Q&A...

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What inspired you to write Love Notes from Vinegar House?

I love a good gothic novel, so I set myself the task to write one. The combination of a love interest, mystery and things that go bump in the night is a lot of fun.

Have you ever experienced anything strange like Freya, Rumer and the mysterious love notes in the book?

As a teenager I had a recurring dream about an event that took place in a time when the women wore long skirted outfits, their hair dressed elaborately - hard to pinpoint when this was. I do remember the location - the ballroom where the event took place. It had several marble fireplaces and I was not part of the festivities but sat on the mantlepiece of one of the fireplaces watching the intricate dance steps and the chatter.

I told my best friend about the dream - we loved to scare ourselves with the idea of ghosts and things that could not be explained.

Much later, at my engagement party, my friend took me aside and pointed out the marble fireplaces.

The layout of the ballroom was the same.

It was the home of my future husband - he lived in a huge old homestead.

Pretty interesting...

What is the scariest book you've ever read and the scariest movie you've ever watched?

The Shining.

I think it was the combination of horror and not knowing the line between reality and what was happening in the protagonist's mind.

A black and white movie when I was a kid about a man who had an illness which caused him to fall into a deep coma and appear dead. He spent his life convinced he would be buried alive. There was a haunting tune that was whistled in the fog. Very spooky...

If you had the choice of living in a hotel known to be 'haunted' or vinegar house, which one would you choose and why?

I love Vinegar House. It's comfortable and a bit tatty and it has history. And it has Mrs Skelton who can always guarantee an overcooked lemon tart or roast, or Luke Hart casually working up a sweat outside in the garden. Of course, you can't leave your room in the middle of the night...

What do you think of the cover of Love Notes from Vinegar House?

I love it - aren't those designers clever? It really evokes the spooky midnight mystery of Vinegar House which is at its scariest in the wee hours of the morning. Covers are very hard to get right. I hope my readers like it.

Quick questions:

Chocolate or chips?

Chocolate, unless I'm angry and then I'll have chips.

Ghosts or Vampires?

Ghosts, more romantic and not as messy.

Indoors or outdoors?

Indoors, unless I'm camping strangely enough...

 

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Find Karen Tayleur at:

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Oh I absolutely love Karen's answers! And Karen's experience with her dream was interesting. I haven't actually heard of The Shining but I did a little Google search and found out that it was written by Stephen King! It sounds really scary. The cover of Love Notes from Vinegar House is gorgeous. I love how Karen preferred ghosts over vampires and chocolates. I LOVE CHOCOLATES TOO! Thank you Karen for taking her time to answer the questions and Jennifer from Walker Books Australia for putting this blog tour together!  

Storm Blog Tour: Giveaway winners!

So.....the blog tour has officially ended! I hope you guys really enjoyed it. I am so grateful to be able to participate in the blog tour with the awesome Brigid Kemmerer and the other 8 bloggers. It was really fun and an amazing experience!

We had fabulous giveaways for the blog tour so here are the winners!

INTERNATIONAL Prize Packs:

Elemental (ebook) + Storm + Spark preorder

Winner: Sarah Jane

Elemental (ebook) + Storm + Spark ARC

Winner: Cassie Frye

Copy of Storm + Spark Pre-order

Winner: Joanne S.

AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND Prize Packs:

Storm ARC + Spark preorder

Winner: Gabriella

Each receive a copy of Storm:

Thanks to Allen and Unwin!

Emma

Teresa L.

Alice S

Alexandra

Michelle A

Mary Preston

Kate

Mary Perez

Taneika

Keely

Congratulations to the winners! Each of you should be receiving an email shortly. I hope all of you enjoy Storm! And for those of you who didn't win, Storm is already out both in the US and Australia so your local bookshops should have copies of the book available to buy!

Thank you so much for keeping up with the blog tour everyone! I hope you enjoyed reading each post in the blog tour!

Have a FABULOUS day!

The weather has finally settled down......temporarily ;) 

Storm Blog Tour: Severe Weather Warning! - Storm Excerpt

 

Hello guys! Today I have Brigid Kemmerer, author of Storm in the blog to share a yummy excerpt from the awesome book! Have I mentioned how much WE (as in the 9 people participating in the blog tour) LOVE STORM ? If you guys haven't read it, I hope you are convinced to buy this book immediately after reading the excerpt below and join our 'love' army for the Merrick Brothers!

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Chris didn’t hear the sliding door, but the rain told him when Michael stepped onto the porch.

He didn’t bother to look over. “Fight over that fast?”

Michael dropped into the chair beside him. “We didn’t fight.”

Chris didn’t buy that for a minute. “You got it all out of your system with Becca?”

“Who is she, Chris?”

Chris kept his eyes on the clouds overhead and replayed the events in the parking lot. Becca had been kneeling over him, pouring water across his face. He’d come up swinging, sure they were bringing him around to finish him off. Water was all too happy to lend itself to fury—she’d been lucky he didn’t knock her flat. Or worse.

Chris shook his head slightly. “She’s nobody. Just a girl.”

“I think you should stay away from her.”

“Looks like you already took care of that for me.”

“You know what I mean.” Michael paused. “I don’t like her story.”

“Well,” said Chris, turning his head to the side. “You weren’t there.”

That one hit its target. Michael was silent for the longest moment. “What do you want me to do, Chris?”

Something. Anything. Chris looked back up at the clouds, keeping his eyes open to the rain. “Nothing, Michael.”

His brother rolled back in the chair, staring up at the same dark sky, letting the downpour soak him, too. The rain didn’t talk to him, but Chris knew Michael felt something when the drops struck the earth.

“I hate this,” Chris finally said.

“I know.”

“We’re stronger than they are.”

“That’s the problem. You know that.” Michael paused. “Don’t let them bait you.”

Chris pointed to his face. “Is that what this is? Baiting me?”

“Damn it, Chris. They want you to lose control. You know that, right?”

He did know that. Didn’t Michael know he knew that?

“I want to leave,” said Chris.

Michael sighed, a sound full of oh-not-this-again. “And go where? Just how long do you think we could stay hidden? We’re not little kids anymore, Chris. If we move into another community, they’ll report us for sure.”

Chris scowled. “Then let’s go somewhere there’s no community.”

“Oh. Great idea. Where’s that?”

“Shut up. We don’t need them. We don’t need—”

“We don’t need what? A house? School? You want to move to the middle of the woods somewhere and just live off the land?”

Yeah. He did. If that was the tradeoff, he’d take it.

Chris stared out at the darkness and didn’t say anything.

Michael rolled his eyes. “Okay, Chris. Whatever.”

Some of the tightness in his chest was loosening, making it hard to maintain his anger. He could feel it now, the rain tracing along his shoulders, feeding relief into his muscles.

“You want me to just leave you alone?” said Michael.

No. He didn’t. He wanted Michael to sit here and tell him that this time they’d stand up to them, that they would show Tyler and all those freaks just who they were messing with.
But Michael would never do that.

“Yeah,” Chris said. “I’m tired.”

Chris heard him shift to stand, but he didn’t look over. His brother was watching him; he could feel it.

But Michael just sighed and moved toward the door. “Me too, kid. Me too.”

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Oh how I love this scene! Michael and Chris are AWESOME. So are you guys excited to read Storm? Well, I suggest you go to your nearest bookstore and grab a copy because it's out in the US already! If you live in Aussie, it's going to be out in 3 days! Chop chop then! ;) Thank you so much for sharing this amazing excerpt with us, Brigid!

Also, don't forget to comment on this post, spread the word about the blog tour and fill out the form below to be entered to win the giveaways, open internationally!

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The blog tour continues!

Schedule:

Monday 23rd April:  Chris/Becca/Hunter Interview - Read Me Love Me Bookmark Me
Tuesday 24th April: This or That with the Boys of Storm - Shiirleyy’s Bookshelf
Wednesday 25th April: Fantasy Casting - saz101
Thursday 26th April: Brigid Q&A: YOU ask the questions! - Eleusinian Mysteries
Friday 27th April: Keeping up with the Merrick Twins + Review Roundup - Badass Bookie
Saturday 28th April: Storm Excerpt - Forget-Me-Not
Sunday 29th April: Video chat - Book Probe
Monday 30 April:  Chris Interview - Reading Wishes
Tuesday 1st May: Guest Post by Brigid: Five Secrets of the Elemental Series - Amaterasu Reads

Severe Weather Warning! Storm Blog Tour + Giveaways!

A Storm is coming! Over the next week, forecasts are predicting a massive Storm front progressing steadily across the Southern blogosphere. Authorities warn of effects being felt across the globe, with multiple storm point touch downs, interviews, exclusive extras and massive prize packs. Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to batten down the hatches for one epic storm event.

Whether you're one of these lucky people who've already read Storm by goddess-turned-author Brigid Kemmerer, or you're impatiently waiting, you have to know that this is one of the most exciting young adult paranormals 2012 has to offer. Over the next nine days, nine bloggers are very excited to be bringing you the Storm Blog Tour! Tune in to your feeds and favorite blogs for never before seen character interviews, a video chat, an interactive Q&A with Brigid, and an exclusive excerpt from Storm itself! If that's not exciting enough, there are fourteen massive prize packs up for grabs, both AU/NZ and internationally! Check out tour dates below, and be sure to tune in to each stop to enter the giveaway!

Schedule:

Monday 23rd April:  Chris/Becca/Hunter Interview - Read Me Love Me Bookmark Me
Tuesday 24th April: This or That with the Boys of Storm - Shiirleyy’s Bookshelf
Wednesday 25th April: Fantasy Casting - saz101
Thursday 26th April: Brigid Q&A: YOU ask the questions! - Eleusinian Mysteries
Friday 27th April: Keeping up with the Merrick Twins + Review Roundup - Badass Bookie
Saturday 28th April: Storm Excerpt - Forget-Me-Not
Sunday 29th April: Video chat - Book Probe
Monday 30 April:  Chris Interview - Reading Wishes
Tuesday 1st May: Guest Post by Brigid: Five Secrets of the Elemental Series - Amaterasu Reads

Giveaway Packs:

  

International Prize Pack 1:
Elemental (ebook) + Storm + Spark preorder 

International Prize Pack 2: 
 Elemental (ebook) + Storm + Spark ARC

International Prize 3:
Copy of Storm + Spark Pre-order



Australian Prize Pack: 
Storm ARC + Spark preorder

Australia/New Zealand Prize Packs (10 winners):
1 copy of STORM + 1 STORM book jacket  + 1 SPARK book jacket
Thanks to Allen & Unwin and Brigid!!

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