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October 12, 2013
Paranormal Palooza: Awakenings by J. E. Shannon
Title: Awakenings
Author: J. E. Shannon
Published On: July 29, 2013
Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal
Synopsis:
Evie Shepard’s nightmare begins when she finds herself buried alive, with no idea how she got that way. As she struggles to remember what happened to her, she begins to notice changes about herself. Her senses are heightened, her movements are quicker, she is incredibly strong, her heartbeat has stopped. It’s then she makes a disturbing discovery. She wasn’t buried alive. She was murdered....
Paranormal Palooza: Dahlia by Christina Channelle
Title: Dahlia
Author: Christina Channelle
Published On: December 21, 2012
Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal
Synopsis:
What would you do if your dreams were more than just dreams?
When you knew in the depths of your soul that you were unlike the rest?
For seventeen-year-old Dahlia Winters, this is her truth. Her coping mechanism is to simply forget and deny the strangeness that is her life. Orphaned, her past remains a mystery. Now residing with a foster family, she finally feels normal–or attempts to....
Paranormal Palooza: An Ill Wind Cometh by Brian Bigelow – Interview
Title: An Ill Wind Cometh
Author: Brian Bigelow
Published On: June 16, 2013
Genre: Adult, Paranormal, Horror
Synopsis:
Karl and Sharon Peterson decide they’re ready to buy the home they’ve been dreaming of doing. Years of scrimping and saving has finally paid off for them. So what if the place needs a little work? They just don’t know everything that will be included in the deal. It doesn’t take them long to find out they have their very own real life haunted house.
What will they decide to do?
October 11, 2013
Paranormal Palooza – Chasing Mercy by Stacy Claflin
Title:Chasing Mercy
Author: Stacy Claflin
Published On: May 14, 2013
Genre: YA, Paranormal
Synopsis
The summer after graduation SHOULD have been the most exciting time of Mercy’s life.
Instead…
On the way to an exciting overseas trip, she barely survives an accident that kills the rest of her family. As soon as she’s released from the hospital, a creepy hooded figure with black skinny jeans begins to chase her.
At home, Mercy experiences other ghostly encounters. Kit, her neighbor who happens to run...
Paranormal Palooza: Fighting Destiny by K.D. Carrillo
Title: Fighting Destiny (Central Coven)
Author: K.D. Carrillo
Published On: May 6, 2013
Genre: New Adult, Paranormal
Synopsis:
Chloë desperately wants a normal life. She wants to go to college, make friends, fall in love, and just be an 18 year old girl. There is only one problem, Chloë is a witch.
Soon after arriving at the university Chloë meets Finn, Anita, and Dean. The four college freshmen become inseperable. Love and friendship blossoms, but their carefree college days are violently interrup...
Paranormal Palooza: My Sister’s Reaper by Dorothy Dreyer
Title: My Sister’s Reaper (Reaper’s Rite)
Author: Dorothy Dreyer
Published On: June 18, 2013 by Month 9 Books
Genre: YA, Paranormal
Blurb:
Sixteen-year-old Zadie’s first mistake was telling the boy she liked she could bring her dead sister back to life. Her second mistake was actually doing it.
When Zadie accidentally messes with the Reaper’s Rite that should have claimed her sister Mara, things go horribly wrong. Mara isn’t the same anymore—Zadie isn’t even sure she’s completely human. To top it o...
5 Stars – Review: End Dayz by Kellie Sheridan
End Dayz by Kellie Sheridan Series: The Hitchhiker Strain (0.5)
Published by Patchwork Press on January 4, 2013
Buy the Book • Genres: dystopian, young adult
Pages: 39
Format: eBook
Source: ARC (advanced reader copy)
Goodreads
It's month after the dead first began to walk. The miracle vaccine that was supposed to save us all has failed.
Now, four teens fight to stay alive as a stronger, smarter breed of zombie begins to appear, threatening to end humanity for good.
Four short stories, 11,000 w...
Cover Reveal: Valkryie Series (1-3) by T.G. Ayer
Dead Radiance, Dead Embers, Dead Chaos byT.G. Ayer
(Valkyrie #1-3)
Genres: Urban Fantasy, Young Adult
Synopsis:
Valkyrie Bryn Halbrook is broken and damaged…Struggling to accept the loss of her wings, Bryn’s not sure if she can be a real Valkyrie anymore. But when a mysteriousprophecy claims she will be the reason the All-Father dies, she is determined to ensure the prediction will not come to pass.
A visit to the three fates who live beneath the great Tree of life, sends Bryn racing against time...
October 10, 2013
Cover Reveal: World of Ash by Shauna Granger
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World of Ash
by Shauna Granger
Release Date: 12/2013
Book Summary:
There are two inherent truths in the world: life as we know it is over, and monsters are real.
The Pestas came in the night, spreading their pox, a deadly plague that decimated the population. Kat, one of the unlucky few who survived, is determined to get to her last living relative and find shelter from the pox that continues to devastate the world. When it mutates and becomes airborne, Kat is desperate to avoid people because sta...
Paranormal Palooza: Endure by Laura Diamond
Title: Endure
Author: Laura Diamond
Published On: July 10, 2013 by Etopia Press
Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal, Dystopian
Synopsis:
Immortality ends with a few drops of blood…
Seventeen-year-old Justin’s anemic blood is a blessing. Or a curse. It all depends on who you ask.
In the Post-Collapse world where the immortal Vie lord over the rapidly diminishing humans, Anemies like Justin and his sister are rabidly sought after. Their blood is a drug—and a scourge. Justin’s blood causes the Vie to age—a...
