Bloggers and Reviewers, I Could Use Some Solid Reviews

[Amanda]

I'm looking for some good bloggers and reviewers who would be interested in reading the first two books in my Shades of Midnight series Eyes Like Blue Fire and Water Like Crimson Sorrow.

Shades of Midnight is a gothic vampire series dealing with vampires who are reminiscent of authors like Anne Rice, but a bit more human and individualistic. Here the vamps' personalities and abilities go hand in hand with each other, the vampires feed through sex and create other vampires in this way as well. Some of the old rules are there: holy water and sunlight are poison (holy water from spring water and due to a sensitivity to minerals, not religion btw) mirrors are unpleasant and they must feed to survive.

While, yes, the central story revolves around the romantic relationships of the main, Katja, this is not Paranormal Romance, nor is it strictly a horror novel full of grue and gore (though there are a few instances of this nonetheless). This is a gothic horror series, it involves mystery, horror, the supernatural, humanity's darkness, sadness, self-destruction, self-discovery, romance, ghosts, horrible pasts, monsters both human and inhuman, heroes and heroines who are damaged and imperfect, loss and grief.

I'm interested in finding reviewers who might enjoy this sort of novel and would like to give mine a go. I want honest reviews and I could use them anywhere on the internet you can post them because Eyes Like Blue Fire was originally self-published and I don't have new reviews up since it came out from my publisher. The third book, Cool Green Waters, will also be coming out early in 2015 and I would love to have readers ready for it and invested in the series. I can provide PDF copies to reviewers and, if you are doing a feature about one or both of the books on your blog, I can provide you with information like author photos, a bio and cover jpgs as well. Please e-mail me at nightshade44637@gmail.com to request a copy and let me know whether or not you're a blogger or a regular reviewer as well.

[Amanda]

These are the books if you'd like to take a look:

[Francis]

I do like your choice of titles...

I see you've changed the blurb of Eyes Like Blue Fire. The original one put me off a little. I like female vampires, but not when they obsess about a superior male - although I'm probably atypical in that.

I can't promise a review - I'm still catching up on my pile of need-to-read books - but you're more than welcome to do a guest post on my blog.

http://alinameridon.wordpress.com/gue...

Either way, best wishes with sales & reviews!
Frank

[Amie's Book]

I would be willing to read and review for you, but I do have a few other books to review first.

You can send to
justinandjakesmom@yahoo.ca

My reviews get posted at www.amazon.com and www.amazon.ca and on Goodreads as well as on my new blog at amiesbookreviews.wordpress.com

Amie

[Amanda]

Francis wrote: "I do like your choice of titles...

I see you've changed the blurb of Eyes Like Blue Fire. The original one put me off a little. I like female vampires, but not when they obsess about a superior ma..."

Thanks, that's why the title of the series is Shadoes of Midnight, because each of the books has a color in the title.

Actually, in this novel the thing she was wrapped up in was her past and all of the awful things that happened to her. The last most important thing that happened was the loss of her sire, who was her partner and misled her. So you see, it was a big awful mess and she didn't really get over it. So not an obsession with a superior male so much as with trying to figure out where she went wrong and what she should do now. In fact, the male lead in this is a male who isn't superior, you might even say he ends up being the damsel of the story, so the stereotypes are a bit reversed.

Original one? Are you referring to when it was an indie title? These two are that book split into two, the publisher felt that it was too long as one book and there was a natural split between them. As it turns out, they were right.

Thank you for the offer of a guest blog, let me have a look and I'll let you know when I have something. Do you have a preference on themes?

[Amanda]

Amie wrote: "I would be willing to read and review for you, but I do have a few other books to review first.

You can send to
justinandjakesmom@yahoo.ca

My reviews get posted at www.amazon.com and www.amazon.c..."

Thanks, Amie, I'll get those to you as soon as I can.