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Tuesday, April 16, 2019

{Blog Tour: Review + Playlist + Dream Cast + GIVEAWAY} Smoke and Key - By Kelsey Sutton

 
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Smoke and Key - By Kelsey Sutton
Publisher: Entangled Teen
Release Date: April 2nd 2019

Genre: Young Adult, Romance, Fantasy, Mystery, Historical, Fiction, Paranormal, Magic, Horror
 

A sound awakens her. There's darkness all around. And then she's falling...

She has no idea who or where she is. Or why she's dead. The only clue to her identity hangs around her neck: a single rusted key. This is how she and the others receive their names—from whatever belongings they had when they fell out of their graves. Under is a place of dirt and secrets, and Key is determined to discover the truth of her past in order to escape it.

She needs help, but who can she trust? Ribbon seems content in Under, uninterested in finding answers. Doll’s silence hints at deep sorrow, which could be why she doesn't utter a word. There's Smoke, the boy with a fierceness that rivals even the living. And Journal, who stays apart from everyone else. Key's instincts tell her there is something remarkable about each of them, even if she can't remember why.

Then the murders start; bodies that are burnt to a crisp. After being burned, the dead stay dead. Key is running out of time to discover who she was—and what secret someone is willing to kill to keep hidden—before she becomes the next victim…



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Review
 
 
Everything.....
 
This book is everything....
 
When you fall into Under you don't know where you are, who you are, and are simply given a name based on what you bring with you. A ribbon, doll, or a Key...
 
Too many questions, that is a constant for Key, she wants answers to her questions, but she can never seem to remember completely. She can always feel that she is getting close, but it's almost as if something is pushing her away from it. The reason for this ties itself so well into the end of the novel it'll have you like....
 
 
 
Throughout the entire book I appreciated the journey that Key went on, there were a couple of times I wanted more, but then it was like the author heard me and suddenly that growth, or plot twist was there like, BAM! The author did an amazing job of finding the find line between morbid and the after, which is extremely hard to do. Death is already emotional, but giving those who are in this state of limbo purpose, emotion and a reason to "live", was such a breath of fresh air.
 
As this novel came to an end, I totally thought (and hoped) there would be an entire series centered around these characters, sadly it is a stand along...for now...
Though I don't want to give too much away, because I feel as though spoilers could happen with every page, I will say that there are a million plus reasons to pick this novel up and here are a few; Journal, Smoke, Ribbon, Key...
 
 
4/5
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Playlist
 
 Moonlight Sonata - Beethoven
 
Can't Help Falling in Love (Elvis) - Piano Guys
 
End of Me - Apocalyptica ft. Gavin Rosdale
 
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
 
Within You - David Bowie
 
I Won't Give Up - Jason Mraz
 
Highway to Hell - AC/DC
 
Human - Christina Perri
 
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
 
 
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Dream Cast
 
Key
 
 
Smoke
 
 
Ribbon
 
 
Journal
(yes, Clint Eastwood, he just FITS)
 
 
 
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About the Author
 
 
Kelsey Sutton is a young adult and middle grade author. She lives in Minnesota, where she received a dual bachelor's degree in English and Creative Writing from Bemidji State University. She will soon have a master's degree from Hamline University. Her work has received an Independent Publisher Book Award, an IndieFab Award, and was selected as a Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of 2013. When not writing, Kelsey can be found watching too much Netflix, ordering a mocha at the nearest coffee shop, napping with her rescue dogs, or browsing a bookstore.
 
You can visit her online at www.kelseysuttonbooks.com, like her on Facebook, and follow her on Twitter or Instagram. 
 
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Tour Schedule
 
 
April 10th

April 11th

TheSecret Reader - Review + Favourite Quotes
Moonlight Rendezvous - Review + Favourite Quotes

April 12th

The Clever Reader - Promotional Post

April 13th

The Reading Corner for All - Review + Favourite Quotes

April 14th

The YA Obsessed - Review

April 15th
 
Book Rambler Blog - Review + Favourite Quotes
Mahkjchi's Not-so-secret Books - Review + Favourite Quotes

April 16th

Taking It One Book at a Time - Review + Playlist + Dream Cast
Reads Like Supernovae - Review + Favourite Quotes
Book Swoon - Review
 
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Giveaway
 
 
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Thursday, June 9, 2016

{Release Blitz: Playlist + Giveaway} Dating an Alien Pop Star - By Kendra L. Saunders



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Dating an Alien Pop Star - By Kendra L. Saunders
Published By: Crimson Tree Publishing
Release Date: 6/7/2016
Genres: Adult, Comedy, Romance


Daisy Kirkwood has only just escaped her small-town life and run away to New York City, the land of last-minute secret gigs at famous musical venues, when she’s kidnapped by aliens. Unfortunately, no one ever writes about how to handle alien abduction in those fancy NYC guidebooks.

Griffin and Dev are supermassively sexy aliens from a politically and environmentally troubled planet who arrive on Earth with very little knowledge about human ways other than what they learned from a wayward E! News signal. Their mission is to pretend to be the most influential people on the planet—English pop stars, of course!—and gain the help of a powerful secret society. Upon arriving, they abduct Daisy Kirkwood, a nerdy young woman who loves music but could seriously use a bit of help in the love-life department. Though Griffin and Daisy initially squabble, neither can deny the intergalactic sparks whenever they’re too close to each other. Together, they must face murderous aliens, cultural misunderstandings, bad backup musicians, and the dark side of fame and the media, all set against a tight deadline…

Part High Fidelity, part Bridget Jones’ Diary, part Doctor Who, Dating an Alien Pop Star is a sexy romantic comedy.


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“Dating an Alien Pop Star Soundtrack”

Music plays a huge role in Dating an Alien Pop Star, so of course I listened to a lot of music while writing the book! Below is a listing of some of my favorite songs, and a link to listen to them on Spotify:

Muse: Panic Station
David Bowie: Loving the Alien
Katy Perry: ET
Chrome Canyon: Beginnings
Kesha: Past Lives
Vitalic: Poison Lips
Goldfrapp: Pilots
The Horrors: In and Out of Sight
Hundos: Seems Like Years
ELO: Strange Magic
Daughter: Touch
Rowland S. Howard: (I Know a Girl Called) Jonny
White Lies: E.S.T.
The Moody Blues: I Know You’re Out There Somewhere
The Tornadoes: Telstar 


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About the Author 
 
Kendra L. Saunders is a time-and-space traveling fashionista author who writes books about magical, dark-haired men, interviews famous people, and suggests way too many bands to you via whatever social media platform she can get her hands on. She writes with good humor because humor is the best weapon for a girl who can't learn karate (or ballroom dancing).

She is the author of DATING AN ALIEN POP STAR, the magic realism novel INANIMATE OBJECTS, dark comedy DEATH AND MR. RIGHT, the upcoming romance THE UNLOVE SPELL, and has conducted interviews with NYT Bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout, goth rocker Aurelio Voltaire, and Project Runway winners Dmitry Sholokhov and Michelle Lesniak Franklin among many, many others.

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GIVEAWAY

Clean Teen Publishing Mystery Box (Intl winner would get eBook prizes)

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