Book Trailer Thursday: My Soul to Save

Here comes Book Trailer Thursday!

Every Thursday we (all who wish to join and the wonderful host: http://quillcafe.blogspot.com/) welcome everyone to join us in celebrating the awesomeness that is book trailers.

To participate, on a Thursday you post an entry in your blog with an embedded book trailer of your choice (note: the trailer can be fan made but please no movie trailers of book adaptations) with your thoughts and comments underneath. It can be a book you have read, want to read or have never even come across before.

My book trailer for this week is...





I love this series and while the faces in the video are not what I imagined while reading it really drew me towards My Soul to Save! Hope it will do the same for you!

Teaser Tuesday: The Serious Kiss

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
My Teaser:



I was speechless. I wanted to be a catcher, his catcher. I longed to communicate silently with him, with my hands and my eyes. I wanted to drown out all the background noise and concentrate on his every move.

The Serious Kiss by Mary Hogan – Page 67

MY SECOND NOVEL IS BEING RELEASED!

Okay, so a lot of you are probably wondering why I have been MIA compared to my normal post everyday self. Now I can finally announce why! I can't release the dates or much info yet but I can tell you that slowly over the next few months through blog posts, my upcoming/ already started e-tour and more, you will be getting the facts as they are able to be released. What I can say now is that my next novel is being released later this year!!! Stay tuned and you will get to see the reveal of the cover, sneak peaks, exerts, giveaways and more!!!!


*Happy Dance*

Let me know if there is anything you would like to see as a part of the eTour or if you are not already a part of the team and would like to be feel free to e-mail me at: Emma_Michaels@hotmail.com or Emma@Emmamichaels.com


With all the joy in my heart,
Emma

For those of you 

who haven't seen or read the first novel yet:

  OR Your can get the e-book for only 2.99!!!!! 
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/21195
Yes it is all ebook types!




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Review: Dark Visions Series by L J. Smith

Novel: Dark Visions: The Strange Power, The Possessed, The Passion
Author: L.J. Smith
Pages: 752
Genre: YA (Fantasy)

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GIFTED AND CURSED
Kaitlyn Fairchild has always felt like an outsider in her small hometown. Her haunting eyes and prophetic drawings have earned her a reputation as a witch. But Kait's not a witch: She's a psychic. Tired of being shunned, Kait accepts an invitation to attend the Zetes Institute, where she can have a fresh start and study with other psychic teens.

Learning to hone her abilities with four other gifted students, Kait discovers the intensity of her power -- and the joy of having true friends. But those friendships quickly become complicated when Kait finds herself torn between two irresistible guys. Rob is kind and athletic, and heals people with his good energy. Gabriel is aggressive and mysterious, a telepath concealing his true nature as a psychic vampire, feeding off of others' life energy. Together, Rob and Gabriel's opposing forces threaten the group's stability.

Then one of the experiments traps the five teens in a psychic link. A link that threatens their sanity and their lives. And Kaitlyn must decide whom to trust...and whom to love.

(I will not be posting any spoilers! Only opinion for the sake of those of us who love to have our first look at a book be untainted by foreknowledge.)

I did enjoy this book. There were some parts I had a hard time getting through but overall it was almost addictive. I got it from the library and started reading and next thing you know I am having a hard time stopping. I had to be bribed to get to sleep and even then it didn’t work very well until I was completely finished with the book. I love the differences between Gabriel and Adam and I love Anna’s character. Overall each of the five main characters in the link are so lovable in their own ways. Lewis is adorable! Anna tends to keeps her emotions to herself making her the person who Kaitlyn can truly count on because she always puts Kaitlyn first. It is an entirely new twist on Vampires in some ways and on witches.

Rob is amazing and there are many parts where you start to feel the same things as Kaitlyn for a moment before catching yourself and trying to force yourself to breathe again (“It’s okay… it is only a book…. It is only a….*flips page*) I will warn you though that this book is darker than some of L.J. Smiths others. Part of the reason it is so much darker is simply because of the premise and because of just how believable the characters are. I hope you will enjoy this book because I did.




Would I suggest you read it:

Yes! All L. J. Smith fans are bound to love this novel and Gabriel’s dark personality that contrasts to Adam’s so well.

Author’s Website:
http://www.ljanesmith.net/

Review: The Sleeping Beauty by Mercedes Lackey

Novel: The Sleeping Beauty
Author: Mercedes Lackey
Pages: 336
Genre: FICTION - ADULT: Romance: Other



With signs and traditions pointing to an all-out war set to break out among the kingdoms, Rosamund, the king's daughter, is "playing dead" as two princes show up at the palace intent on waking her with a kiss. But, as the two of them start to fight it out, Rosa's godmother cuts them all short and takes charge. Now, with two princes competing for the hand of Sleeping Beauty-one of them, the one with roving hands (Prince Leopold) probably "should" be her prince, while the other (Prince Siegfried) doesn't seem to belong here at all-more complications occur. The king dies and the neighbors start looking at Rosa's kingdom. But with the palace filling with young and old princes intent on winning Rosamund's love, invading the kingdom and putting those young men in peril would mean incurring the wrath of thirty other countries!


(I will not be posting any spoilers! Only opinion for the sake of those of us who love to have our first look at a book be untainted by foreknowledge.)

This novel was full of surprises. I had never read one of the Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms before and now am definitely going to have to look into the other four installations in the series. I think there may have been a few details I was not able to understand because of not having read the previous four novels but I look forward to read them and then re-reading this novel because it is amazing and I really feel that I sold myself short. Wonderful concept and a rollercoaster of emotions, mostly laughter. Sleeping Beauty was filled with twists and turns that had me laughing until I could hardly breath. Definitely a great book for anyone who needs a more humorous book to read that still has more to it than meets the eyes.



4 Stars!

Would I suggest you read it:

Yes! I would suggest this to anyone who is a fan of Mercedes Lackey, romances with humor, old stories with a new twist or if you just love princess novels.



(This novel was received through netGalley. This does not change my stance, opinion or effect my views in any way.)