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Triple Threat Blog Tour &Giveaway

Welcome to the Triple Threat Blog Tour & Giveaway! There’s a lot happening on the blog today, so make sure you read exclusive content about Jennifer Lynn Barnes new book, Nobody, enter to win a copy of the book AND a copy of Barnes’ other book Every Other Day AND try for the chance at winning a Triple Threat grand prize giveaway.

You were warned.

Triple Threat Blog Tour & Giveaway

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Nobody Description:

There are people in this world who are Nobody. No one sees them. No one notices them. They live their lives under the radar, forgotten as soon as you turn away.

That’s why they make the perfect assassins.

The Institute finds these people when they’re young and takes them away for training. But an untrained Nobody is a threat to their organization. And threats must be eliminated.

Sixteen-year-old Claire has been invisible her whole life, missed by the Institute’s monitoring. But now they’ve ID’ed her and send seventeen-year-old Nix to remove her. Yet the moment he lays eyes on her, he can’t make the hit. It’s as if Claire and Nix are the only people in the world for each other. And they are—because no one else ever notices them.

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From Jennifer Lynn Barnes

THE SOCIETY OF SENSORS

In NOBODY, the male protagonist has been raised by a group known as The Society for one purpose and one purpose alone: to kill.

I’ve always been fascinated by secret societies—not just the kind I walked by every day in the nine years I was a student at Yale (there was a secret society “tomb” across the street from my grad office, and another down the block), but also groups like the Knights Templar and the Freemasons. I think there’s something compelling about the idea of an organization with centuries of history—and more power than anyone knows.

In NOBODY, that group is The Society of Sensors, a thousand-year-old organization dedicated to doing two things: studying “energy” and eliminating threats. At one point in history, the Society’s members were probably considered alchemists, but they aren’t just scientists. They’re responsible for an untold number of mysterious deaths stretching back nearly a millennia. They’ve seen—and engineered—the rise and fall of empires, and though no one knows The Society exists, they have their fingers in a lot of political pots, even now. The Senate, the CIA, foreign governments… all’s fair in love and war and secret societies.

At the center of all of this is seventeen-year-old Nix.

According to The Society’s dogma, people are born with a certain energy to them, and when two people interact, they swap energy. These energy swaps are at the root of all human emotions that we feel for one another, and they also contribute toward our ability to pay attention to, focus on, and remember one another. Centuries of research have taught The Society that some individuals are born with abnormal levels of energy. Some are born with so much energy that it insulates them from being affected by other people, while making them extra good at influencing others. The Society refers to these people as Nulls; most of us would probably call them sociopaths—the kind who are particularly good at charming and influencing others.

The Society was formed with the goal of finding Nulls and killing them, but in the modern world, the people in charge of this ancient organization have a variety of other mandates—and they are not in the practice of dirtying their own hands. Rather, they use another kind of “aberration” to do it—a Nobody.

That’s where Nix comes in. He’s been raised knowing that he has deficient energy levels. No one, the Society tells him, will ever really see him or remember him or love him. He is a drain on this planet and The Society’s resources, and the only way he can have any impact on the world is to be their tool.

Their weapon.

But in the grand tradition of fictional assassins—think Nikita or Bourne—The Society’s weapon turns out to have a mind of his own.

Please visit Evie Bookish http://evie-bookish.blogspot.com/ for the next stop on The Triple Threat Blog Tour


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Infinityglass Cover Reveal

Not only can you enter to win two amazing books, but the folks at Edgmont are also sponsoring a Triple Threat Blog Tour Infinityglass Cover Reveal Grand Prize Giveaway!

  • There are a total of 15 pieces to the puzzle – one for each stop on the tour.
  • Collect all 15 pieces to reveal the cover of Infinityglass by Myra McEntire (pubbing in July)
  • Submit the assembled cover via the following link https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGVKdUlOZWllUFZBRFhUeFdhQlFpOGc6MQ by no later than 2/12 at 10pm ET. You will be entered to win the 6 book Grand Prize Giveaway of: Jennifer Lynn Barnes’ Nobody and Every Other Day, Kate Ellison’s Butterfly Clues and Notes from Ghost Town and Myra McEntire’s Hourglass and Timepiece.
  • The puzzle can either be assembled electronically or a picture of the assembled printed
  • The winner and completed cover will be posted on Myra McEntire’s blog www.myramcentire.com on 2/13.
  • My piece of the puzzle is:

    Infinity 9


    Thank you to Egmont for hosting this tour! Good luck winning the many prizes, and happy reading!

 

Book Review: Hourglass by Myra McEntire

Finally reviewing Hourglass! Can you tell I’ve been catching up on my reading from last year?

Book Review: Hourglass by Myra McEntire

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Title & Author: Hourglass by Myra McEntire

Genre: YA- Paranormal

Release Date: June 14, 2011

Series: 1nd in a planned series

Publisher: Edgmont USA

How I Got the Book: Bought

Description:

One hour to rewrite the past . . .

For seventeen-year-old Emerson Cole, life is about seeing what isn’t there: swooning Southern Belles; soldiers long forgotten; a haunting jazz trio that vanishes in an instant. Plagued by phantoms since her parents’ death, she just wants the apparitions to stop so she can be normal. She’s tried everything, but the visions keep coming back.

So when her well-meaning brother brings in a consultant from a secretive organization called the Hourglass, Emerson’s willing to try one last cure. But meeting Michael Weaver may not only change her future, it may change her past.
Who is this dark, mysterious, sympathetic guy, barely older than Emerson herself, who seems to believe every crazy word she says? Why does an electric charge seem to run through the room whenever he’s around? And why is he so insistent that he needs her help to prevent a death that never should have happened?

Full of atmosphere, mystery, and romance, Hourglass merges the very best of the paranormal and science-fiction genres in a seductive, remarkable young adult debut.”

Hourglass = Cutsy > Creepy

Hourglass is like a lot of paranormal YA books out right now – it’s taking a different spin on the idea of creepy abilities. These novels (like Shatter Me and Everneath) are giving paranormal abilities some oomph by adding in crazy twists and caveats. Hourglass took the more interesting route – but with some typical plot twists and not-so-instalove.

From the description above, I thought Hourglass was going to be more like The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer – creepy and spooky. I mean, Emerson sees dead people…everywhere. What’s not supposed to be spooky about that?

What I got instead of spookiness was more along the lines of an average YA – love triangles and jealousy galore. That aspect of Hourglass kinda disappointed me. I was thinking it might be free of some of the ever-present themes in YA.

It’s my own fault for having weird expectations, but the premise can only tell you so much without ruining the book. Fortunately, this book had a fantastic main character, Emerson (love that name!!).

Emerson FTW!

Emerson has endured a lot in her life. Both of her parents died in a freak accident, and she’s accepted the fact that she’s crazy. Bat shizz crazy. She feels real and spunky and I appreciated her wicked sense of humor.

I also liked her because she seems so vulnerable and in need of help. Plus her awesome brother Thomas and his wife Dru seemed like people I would be friends with in real life.

Another great aspecto of Emerson’s abilities is that she the ghosts she sees are old-timey, like a debutante from the Old South and jazz musicians from the 40s. It added a intriguing spin on the whole “I see dead people” schtick.

As for the romance and love triangles in the book – it’s good but I wasn’t swooning. Both of the guys annoyed me at different times. But, one is clearly a better choice for Emerson. I hope YOU figure out which boy it is! And ultimately agree with me, of course. :)

OVERALL:

I enjoyed Hourglass, but it was sort of middle of the road for me. Not super amazing but not super terrible either. Hourglass had great central characters that brought the story to life but unoriginal plot devices and romances dulled things back down.

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