Tour Announcement- THE GAME OF LOVE AND DEATH by Martha Brockenbrough

Hey everyone! We are super stoked to announce a tour we're hosting for THE GAME OF LOVE AND DEATH by Martha Brockenbrough which is releasing on April 28th, 2015!

The tour will run for two weeks - from April 20th-24th and April 27th- May 1st - will have one stop per day and will consist of a mix of guest posts, interviews and reviews.

The bloggers chosen to host an guest post will be required to come up with topics (at most three) and interviewers will be required to come up with interview questions (at most five). Interviews can be either character or author interviews. 

Review copies will be provided by the publisher, Scholastic.

Details on a giveaway are TK.

If you'd like to be considered to be a stop on this tour, please first sign up as a tour host and then fill out the sign-up form.

***Sign-ups are CLOSED***

Once the blog hosts have been chosen and the tour schedule finalized we will have a post announcing the tour.

Please note: Signing up for the tour does not guarantee you will be selected. We will reach out to all hosts that have been chosen once the sign-ups have closed.

We are super excited for THE GAME OF LOVE AND DEATH 's release this April! It sounds amazing!

About the Book

Title: THE GAME OF LOVE AND DEATH
Author: Martha Brockenbrough
Pub. Date: April 28, 2015
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books (Scholastic)
Pages: 352
Formats: Hardcover, eBook
Find it: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads

Antony and Cleopatra. Helen of Troy and Paris. Romeo and Juliet. And now . . . Henry and Flora.

For centuries Love and Death have chosen their players. They have set the rules, rolled the dice, and kept close, ready to influence, angling for supremacy. And Death has always won. Always.

Could there ever be one time, one place, one pair whose love would truly tip the balance?

Meet Flora Saudade, an African-American girl who dreams of becoming the next Amelia Earhart by day and sings in the smoky jazz clubs of Seattle by night. Meet Henry Bishop, born a few blocks and a million worlds away, a white boy with his future assured — a wealthy adoptive family in the midst of the Great Depression, a college scholarship, and all the opportunities in the world seemingly available to him.

The players have been chosen. The dice have been rolled. But when human beings make moves of their own, what happens next is anyone’s guess.

Achingly romantic and brilliantly imagined, The Game of Love and Death is a love story you will never forget. 

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Tour Announcement: SERIOUSLY WICKED by Tina Connolly

Hey everyone! We are super stoked to announce a tour we're hosting for SERIOUSLY WICKED by Tina Connolly which is releasing on May 5th, 2015!

The tour will run for two weeks - from April 27th-May 1st and May 4th-8th - will have one stop per day and will consist of a mix of guest posts, interviews and reviews.

The bloggers chosen to host an guest post will be required to come up with topics (at most three) and interviewers will be required to come up with interview questions (at most five). Interviews can be either character or author interviews. 

Review copies will be provided by the publisher, Tor Teen.

Details on a giveaway are TK.

If you'd like to be considered to be a stop on this tour, please first sign up as a tour host and then fill out the sign-up form.

***Sign-ups will close March 23rd noon PST***

Once the blog hosts have been chosen and the tour schedule finalized we will have a post announcing the tour.

Please note: Signing up for the tour does not guarantee you will be selected. We will reach out to all hosts that have been chosen once the sign-ups have closed.

We are super excited for SERIOUSLY WICKED's release this May! It sounds amazing!

About the Book

Title: SERIOUSLY WICKED
Author: Tina Connolly
Pub. Date: May 5, 2015
Publisher: Tor Teen
Pages: 384
Formats: Hardcover, eBook
Find it: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads

The only thing worse than being a witch is living with one.

Camellia’s adopted mother wants Cam to grow up to be just like her. Problem is, Mom’s a seriously wicked witch.

Cam’s used to stopping the witch’s crazy schemes for world domination. But when the witch summons a demon, he gets loose—and into Devon, the cute new boy at school.

Now Cam’s suddenly got bigger problems than passing Algebra. Her friends are getting zombiefied. Their dragon is tired of hiding in the RV garage. For being a shy boy-band boy, Devon is sure kissing a bunch of girls. And a phoenix hidden in the school is going to explode on the night of the Halloween Dance.

To stop the demon before he destroys Devon’s soul, Cam might have to try a spell of her own. But if she’s willing to work spells like the witch...will that mean she’s wicked too? 

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Tour Announcement: UNDERTOW by Michael Buckley

Hey everyone! We are super stoked to announce a tour we're hosting for UNDERTOW by Michael Buckley which is releasing on May 5th, 2015!

The tour will run for two weeks - from April 27th-May 1st and May 4th-8th - will have one stop per day and will consist of a mix of guest posts, interviews and reviews.

The bloggers chosen to host an guest post will be required to come up with topics (at most three) and interviewers will be required to come up with interview questions (at most five). Interviews can be either character or author interviews. 

Review copies will be provided by the publisher, HMH Books for Young Readers.

Details on a giveaway are TK.

If you'd like to be considered to be a stop on this tour, please first sign up as a tour host and then fill out the sign-up form.

***Sign-ups will close March 23rd noon PST***

Once the blog hosts have been chosen and the tour schedule finalized we will have a post announcing the tour.

Please note: Signing up for the tour does not guarantee you will be selected. We will reach out to all hosts that have been chosen once the sign-ups have closed.

We are super excited for UNDERTOW's release this May! It sounds amazing!

About the Book

Title: UNDERTOW
Author: Michael Buckley
Pub. Date: May 5, 2015
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 384
Formats: Hardcover, eBook
Find it: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads

Sixteen-year-old Lyric Walker’s life is forever changed when she witnesses the arrival of 30,000 Alpha, a five-nation race of ocean-dwelling warriors, on her beach in Coney Island. The world’s initial wonder and awe over the Alpha quickly turns ugly and paranoid and violent, and Lyric’s small town transforms into a military zone with humans on one side and Alpha on the other. When Lyric is recruited to help the crown prince, a boy named Fathom, assimilate, she begins to fall for him. But their love is a dangerous one, and there are forces on both sides working to keep them apart. Only, what if the Alpha are not actually the enemy? What if they are in fact humanity’s only hope of survival? Because the real enemy is coming. And it’s more terrifying than anything the world has ever seen.

Action, suspense, and romance whirlpool dangerously in this cinematic saga, a blend of District 9 and The Outsiders. 

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Release Day Blitz: AN EMBER IN THE ASHES by Sabaa Tahir

Hey everyone! We are super excited to announce a Release Day Blitz that we're doing for Sabaa Tahir's AN EMBER IN THE ASHES, which releases on April 28, 2015.

The blitz is scheduled for its release date, Tuesday, April 28th and can go up at Midnight Eastern or any time after that on release day, and we'd love to have you take part!

If you'd love to participate but won't be able to get your post up by Midnight Eastern on Tuesday the 28th, posting later that day or the following day will be absolutely fine!

You do NOT need to be signed up as a host with Rockstar Book Tours to participate. EVERYONE is welcome to sign up.

The sign-up for the blitz will be super simple. We will provide the excerpt, cover, the blurb, buy and Goodreads links, Rafflecopter code, author details and links, and any other information for the post in a Word document.

And for those who don't want to do more than "tweak" their posts, we will provide a coded post for Blogger blogs that you can just add your own formatting to.

We will send everything you need for your posts by, April 27th. But if you do sign up after the 27th we'll send you the details out on April 28th.

***Sign-ups will be open until April 27th at noon Pacific***

SIGN UP HERE

We both are anxiously awaiting AN EMBER IN THE ASHES's release on April 28th (Jaime read and is OBSESSED with this book!) and are super excited to share the news about its release.

About the Book

Title: AN EMBER IN THE ASHES
Author: Sabaa Tahir
Pub. Date: April 28, 2015
Publisher: Razorbill
Pages: 464
Find it: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads

Set in a terrifyingly brutal Rome-like world, An Ember in the Ashes is an epic fantasy debut about an orphan fighting for her family and a soldier fighting for his freedom. It’s a story that’s literally burning to be told.

LAIA is a Scholar living under the iron-fisted rule of the Martial Empire. When her brother is arrested for treason, Laia goes undercover as a slave at the empire’s greatest military academy in exchange for assistance from rebel Scholars who claim that they will help to save her brother from execution.

ELIAS is the academy’s finest soldier—and secretly, its most unwilling. Elias is considering deserting the military, but before he can, he’s ordered to participate in a ruthless contest to choose the next Martial emperor.

When Laia and Elias’s paths cross at the academy, they find that their destinies are more intertwined than either could have imagined and that their choices will change the future of the empire itself.

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Tour Announcement: THE CAGE by Megan Shepherd

Hey everyone! We are super stoked to announce a tour we're hosting for THE CAGE by Megan Shepherd which is releasing on May 26th, 2015!

The tour will run for two weeks - from May 18th-22nd and 25th-29th - will have one stop per day and will consist of a mix of guest posts, interviews and reviews.

The bloggers chosen to host an guest post will be required to come up with topics (at most three) and interviewers will be required to come up with interview questions (at most five). Interviews can be either character or author interviews. 

Review copies will be provided by the publisher.

Details on a giveaway are TK.

If you'd like to be considered to be a stop on this tour, please first sign up as a tour host and then fill out the sign-up form.

***Sign-ups are CLOSED***

Once the blog hosts have been chosen and the tour schedule finalized we will have a post announcing the tour.

Please note: Signing up for the tour does not guarantee you will be selected. We will reach out to all hosts that have been chosen once the sign-ups have closed.

We are super excited for THE CAGE's release this May (Jaime read and loved!)! It sounds amazing!

About the Book

Title: THE CAGE
Author: Megan Shepherd
Pub. Date: May 26, 2015
Publisher: Balzer+Bray/HarperCollins
Pages: 400
Formats: Hardcover, eBook
Find it: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads

The Maze Runner meets Scott Westerfeld in this gripping new series about teens held captive in a human zoo by an otherworldly race. From Megan Shepherd, the acclaimed author of The Madman's Daughter trilogy.

When Cora Mason wakes in a desert, she doesn't know where she is or who put her there. As she explores, she finds an impossible mix of environments—tundra next to desert, farm next to jungle, and a strangely empty town cobbled together from different cultures—all watched over by eerie black windows. And she isn't alone.

Four other teenagers have also been taken: a beautiful model, a tattooed smuggler, a secretive genius, and an army brat who seems to know too much about Cora's past. None of them have a clue as to what happened, and all of them have secrets. As the unlikely group struggles for leadership, they slowly start to trust each other. But when their mysterious jailer—a handsome young guard called Cassian—appears, they realize that their captivity is more terrifying than they could ever imagine: Their captors aren't from Earth. And they have taken the five teenagers for an otherworldly zoo—where the exhibits are humans.

As a forbidden attraction develops between Cora and Cassian, she realizes that her best chance of escape might be in the arms of her own jailer—though that would mean leaving the others behind. Can Cora manage to save herself and her companions? And if so . . . what world lies beyond the walls of their cage? 

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Tour Schedule: HARRISON SQUARED by Daryl Gregory

Hey everyone! We are super excited to announce the schedule for the HARRISON SQUARED Blog Tour which begins on March 16th!

The tour runs from March 16th-31st, will have one stop per day and will consist of a mix of reviews, guest posts, and interviews.

There is also a tour-wide giveaway for a 15 finished copies of this awesome book.So be sure to stop by any or all of the stops for a chance to win.

But until then, here are your hosts.

The Tour Hosts

Week One

3/16/2015- Bibliophilia, Please- Interview

3/17/2015- Nerdophiles- Review

3/18/2015- Mythical Books- Guest Post

3/19/2015- Spiced Latte Reads- Review

3/20/2015- The Cover Contessa- Interview

Week Two

3/23/2015- Eli to the nth- Review

3/24/2015- Word to Dreams- Guest Post

3/25/2015- Passion Obsession- Review

3/26/2015- Bookhounds ya- Interview

3/27/2015- Such a Novel Idea- Review

Week Three

3/30/2015- Working for the Mandroid- Guest Post

3/31/2015- Curling Up With A Good Book- Review

About the Book

Title: HARRISON SQUARED

Author: Daryl Gregory

Pub. Date: March 24, 2015

Publisher: Tor Books

Pages: 320

Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook

Find it: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads

From award winning author Daryl Gregory comes a thrilling and colorful Lovecraftian adventure of a teenage boy searching for his mother, and the macabre creatures he encounters.

Harrison Harrison—H2 to his mom—is a lonely teenager who’s been terrified of the water ever since he was a toddler in California, when a huge sea creature capsized their boat, and his father vanished. One of the “sensitives” who are attuned to the supernatural world, Harrison and his mother have just moved to the worst possible place for a boy like him: Dunnsmouth, a Lovecraftian town perched on rocks above the Atlantic, where strange things go on by night, monsters lurk under the waves, and creepy teachers run the local high school. 

On Harrison’s first day at school, his mother, a marine biologist, disappears at sea. Harrison must attempt to solve the mystery of her accident, which puts him in conflict with a strange church, a knife­wielding killer, and the Deep Ones, fish­-human hybrids that live in the bay. It will take all his resources—and an unusual host of allies—to defeat the danger and find his mother.

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Tour Schedule: IN THE TIME OF THE DRAGON MOON by Janet Lee Carey

Hey everyone! We are super excited to announce the schedule for the IN THE TIME OF THE DRAGON MOON Blog Tour which begins on March 16th!

The tour runs from March 16th-20th and 23rd-27th, will have one stop per day and will consist of a mix of reviews, guest posts, and interviews.

There is also a tour-wide giveaway for a 2 finished copies of this awesome book and a mug or a mouse pad! So be sure to stop by any or all of the stops for a chance to win.

But until then, here are your hosts.

The Tour Hosts

Week One

3/16/2015- Moonlight Gleam Reviews- Interview

3/17/2015- Seeing Double In Neverland- Review

3/18/2015- YA Bibliophile- Guest Post

3/19/2015- Owl Always Be Reading- Review

3/20/2015- Library of a Book Witch- Interview

Week Two

3/23/2015- Gone with the Words- Review

3/24/2015- Bookhounds ya- Guest Post

3/25/2015- YA Series Insiders- Interview

3/26/2015-Please Feed The Bookworm - Review

3/27/2015- Two Chicks on Books- Guest Post

About the Book

Title: IN THE TIME OF THE DRAGON MOON

Author: Janet Lee Carey

Pub. Date: March 24, 2015

Publisher: Kathy Dawson Books

Pages: 480

Formats: Hardcover, eBook

Find it: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads

Kathy Dawson Books is pleased to announce a rich medieval fantasy novel from an author whose work has been called “TRULY ORIGINAL . . . FANTASY AT ITS BEST.”

In the Time of Dragon Moon 

A perfectly crafted combination of medieval history, mythology, and fantasy, set on Wilde Island, featuring  Uma Quarteney - a half Euit and half English girl, who has never been fully accepted by her Euit tribe - and Jackrun Pendragon - a fiery dragonrider with dragon, fairy, and human blood.

Beware the dark moon time when love and murder intertwine

All Uma wants is to become a healer like her father and be accepted by her tribe. But when the mad queen abducts her and takes her north, Uma’s told she must use her healing skills to cure the aging infertile queen by Dragon Moon, or be burned at the stake. Uma soon learns the queen isn’t the only danger she’s up against. A hidden killer out for royal blood slays the royal heir. The murder is made to look like an accident, but Uma, and the king’s nephew Jackrun, sense the darker truth. Together, they must use their combined powers to outwit a secret plot to overthrow the Pendragon throne. But are they strong enough to overcome a murderer aided by prophecy and cloaked in magic?

In the Time of Dragon Moon -- a tale of Love Magic and Murder

Praise for Janet Lee Carey’s new Fantasy

“The author’s world-building is detailed and fascinating, and Uma is a strong, admirable heroine. This is a must-purchase for libraries owning the earlier installments and a great choice for where teen fantasy is popular.” –School Library Journal

“Humans, dragons and fey coexist on Wilde Island, but this uneasy peace masks a simmering, mutual distrust that surfaces after the English army abducts an Euit healer and his daughter to cure the aging queen's infertility—failure is not an option.” – Kirkus Review

~In the Time of Dragon Moon is a story of courage and romance that readers will not soon forget. While Uma’s struggle to help the queen and save her people is intriguing, the depth of her character reaches much further, exploring issues of race, gender, and identity. The politics of Pendragon Castle and Wilde Island offer gripping mystery and adventure, while Uma’s relationship with Jackrun—and even her interactions with her father’s dragon, Vazan—create a rich and insightful protagonist. The text will be a sure favorite of fans of high fantasy. —Meghann Meeusen. VOYA review

Praise for first two books of the Wilde Island trilogy; Dragon’s Keep and Dragonswood
~ALA Best Book for Young Adults

 “A remarkable achievement.”  –Lloyd Alexander, author of the Newbery Medal winner The High King

« “Nonstop action may keep readers glued to this page-turner, but strong writing and character development are what will make it linger.” –School Library Journal, starred review

« “Stunning, lyrical prose.” –Booklist, starred review

« “Painful, cathartic and cautiously hopeful; a fairy tale for those who have given up on believing in them, but still yearn for happily ever after.” Kirkus starred review

« “The political intrigue, mythology of Merlin, and romances. . . will have readers racing toward the end and then going back to savor the events more slowly.” – SLJ, starred review

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Tour Announcement: ILLUSIONARIUM by Heather Dixon

Hey everyone! We are super stoked to announce a tour we're hosting for ILLUSIONARIUM by Heather dixon which is releasing on May 19th, 2015!

The tour will run for two weeks - from May 11th- 15th and 18th-22nd - will have one stop per day and will consist of a mix of guest posts, interviews and reviews.

The bloggers chosen to host an guest post will be required to come up with topics (at most three) and interviewers will be required to come up with interview questions (at most five). Interviews can be either character or author interviews. 

Review copies will be provided by the publisher.

Details on a giveaway are TK.

If you'd like to be considered to be a stop on this tour, please first sign up as a tour host and then fill out the sign-up form.

***Sign-ups are CLOSED***

Once the blog hosts have been chosen and the tour schedule finalized we will have a post announcing the tour.

Please note: Signing up for the tour does not guarantee you will be selected. We will reach out to all hosts that have been chosen once the sign-ups have closed.

We are super excited for ILLUSIONARIUM's release this May! It sounds amazing!

About the Book

Title: ILLUSIONARIUM
Author: Heather Dixon
Pub. Date: May 19, 2015
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Pages: 368
Formats: Hardcover, eBook
Find it: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads

What if the world holds more dangers—and more wonders—than we have ever known? And what if there is more than one world? From Heather Dixon, author of the acclaimed Entwined, comes a brilliantly conceived adventure that sweeps us from the inner workings of our souls to the far reaches of our imaginations.

Jonathan is perfectly ordinary. But then—as every good adventure begins—the king swoops into port, and Jonathan and his father are enlisted to find the cure to a deadly plague. Jonathan discovers that he's a prodigy at working with a new chemical called fantillium, which creates shared hallucinations—or illusions. And just like that, Jonathan is knocked off his path. Through richly developed parallel worlds, vivid action, a healthy dose of humor, and gorgeous writing, Heather Dixon spins a story that calls to mind The Night Circus and Pixar movies, but is wholly its own.

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Tour Announcement: SCARLETT UNDERCOVER by Jennifer Latham

Hey everyone! We are super stoked to announce a tour we're hosting for SCARLETT UNDERCOVER by Jennifer Latham which is releasing on May 19th, 2015!

The tour will run for two weeks - from May 11th- 15th and 18th-22nd - will have one stop per day and will consist of a mix of guest posts, interviews and reviews.

The bloggers chosen to host an guest post will be required to come up with topics (at most three) and interviewers will be required to come up with interview questions (at most five). Interviews can be either character or author interviews. 

Review copies will be provided by the publisher via a Netgalley widget.

Details on a giveaway are TK.

If you'd like to be considered to be a stop on this tour, please first sign up as a tour host and then fill out the sign-up form.

***Sign-ups are CLOSED***

Once the blog hosts have been chosen and the tour schedule finalized we will have a post announcing the tour.

Please note: Signing up for the tour does not guarantee you will be selected. We will reach out to all hosts that have been chosen once the sign-ups have closed.

We are super excited for SCARLETT UNDERCOVER 's release this May! It sounds amazing!

About the Book

Title: SCARLETT UNDERCOVER
Author: Jennifer Latham
Pub. Date: May 19, 2015
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 320
Formats: Hardcover, eBook
Find it: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads

Meet Scarlett, a smart, sarcastic fifteen-year-old, ready to take on crime in her hometown. When Scarlett agrees to investigate a local boy's suicide, she figures she's in for an easy case and a quick buck. But it doesn't take long for suicide to start looking a lot like murder.

As Scarlett finds herself deep in a world of cults, curses, and the seemingly supernatural, she discovers that her own family secrets may have more to do with the situation than she thinks...and that cracking the case could lead to solving her father's murder.

Jennifer Latham delivers a compelling story and a character to remember in this one-of-a-kind debut novel.

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