Forbidden Forest Review + #Giveaway (Interview Coming Soon)

 

Forbidden Forest

The Legends of Regia

Book #1

Tenaya Jayne

Genre: Young Adults Romantic Fantasy, PNR

Release Date: December 29, 2012

Publisher: Cold Fire Publishing LLC

ISBN: 978-0988275716

ASIN: B009JVTLA6

Pages: 264

Word Count: 77,000

Cover Artist: Erika Doucesse

Goodreads Rating: 3.97

My Rating: 4.0

Book Description:

Born in shame. Cast from society. Shape Shifter/Elf hybrid, Forest must fight for any respect she can get. Targeted in her youth by a vampire noble who placed an illegal slave mark on her, she is forced to obey him, no matter what.

Slipping the grip of her master and abandoning the prejudice of Regia, her native world, Forest takes a job on Earth, guarding the portal, using her skills as a warrior to enforce Regia's laws. Now, called home for a black ops mission, Forest must put aside her own prejudice to transport the vampire prince, Syrus, through enemy territory in a time of war.

Prince Syrus, mage and master of the Blood Kata, wants Forest more than he's ever wanted anything. In spite of their mutual mistrust, their attraction cannot be denied. Through the danger of their mission, and the secrets they both keep, it doesn't matter what they feel. Forest is forbidden.

My Take on The Book:

Wow

That was awesome . At first I was 100 percent sure how that story has characters very strong from the beginning and the story seems to thrust you into a world that already has so much going on . Luckily, the story finds a seamless way to introduce you to past events and what makes all these characters tick.

I really enjoyed the new world and all the inner workings of their 'hierarchy'. The characters are not the kind you can ignore and I couldn't help but love them. I do admit though that there were plenty of times that said characters pissed me off... they were extremely stubborn after all but for the most part I found them to be really enjoyable and I liked the unconventional romance. I also really liked how different the supernatural beings are in this book.

4 Quills

I look forward to reading book 2 ‘Forest Fire’ because this definitely ended with a cliff hanger! But I think this is a solid read that most of you are going to enjoy :)

 

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About The Author

                     

Nationally Bestselling author Tenaya Jayne has always walked a shaky line between reality and fantasy. A nomad by nature, she's lived all over the US, and now resides happily in the Midwest, with her husband and sons. She's an advocate for Autism awareness and women trapped in abusive relationships, and feels everyone has too much pain to not enjoy an escape into a fictional fantasy world. 

Her passions include reading, independent and foreign films, cooking, and moody music. For more about Tenaya and her books, visit her website.

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Falling For The Wrong Guy Book Review + Interview

Falling For The Wrong Guy

Sara Hantz

Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Romance

Release Date: October 12, 2015

Publisher: Entangled Crush

ISBN: 978-1-6337-539-3

ASIN: B014CQ0UDO

Pages: 266

Goodreads Rating: 4.10

My Rating: 5.0

Book Description:

She had no right to want him. And no way to resist…

Ruby Davis has a crush on her brother’s best friend. At least, he was his bestie until the big betrayal. Now Drew is off limits to everyone, especially Ruby. She can’t stand the way people treat him, or the way he feels about himself. It isn’t right. And those deep green eyes are calling to her.

Drew is scarred and damaged, and he has no business even looking at Ruby. But he can’t help himself. She’s beautiful, but he does his best to stay away. When they are assigned a school project, they become reluctant friends – even though they want so much more.

She’s torn between her feelings for Drew and loyalty to her brother. There’s no way they can ever be together…but love just might find a way.

My Take:

Did you love this Entangled Teen Crush novel?

That was the question asked at the of the story... and I'm not ashamed to admit that I squealed a resounding 'yes' like a little girl.

This book has all the components to a good romance and that is exactly what we are given as readers.

Each character is strongly developed, both individually and interactively with others. The romance is typical of what you would expect in high school but different in so many ways. I really love that this book focuses on some serious problems. And if I were to sit here and list them all and may seem a tad overwhelming, but the execution was almost flawless. I never felt like there was too much information or too little. There was always this healthy balance between story and backstory.

5 Quills

It's an absolutely beautiful coming of age story with a heartwarming romance. I sincerely recommend this book for anybody looking for a relatively quick but moving story with a beautiful romance that will move you. If it doesn't move you, then your heart is made of icy stone.

Interview with The Author

Q. Where did you get the idea for this story?

 I was watching the news one day and saw a story about a young guy who’d been burned badly in a fire and it got me wondering how he’d cope with life from that moment on.

Q. What do you love about these characters? What do you hate/dislike about them?

 Oh my goodness…. You can’t ask me what I hate/dislike about them…. They’re like my children hahahahaha. Seriously, I love them both despite their faults. I love that Ruby is so warm and caring. As for Drew. He’s just Drew. He’s in such a bad place, but he makes it out of there in the end.

Q. What is it about writing that calls to you? 

I love reading and story ideas often stem from something I’ve read. Especially when it’s something bad that’s happened to someone. I always want to know how they’ve coped psychologically.

Q. What inspires you to write? 

 I get inspired to write after reading books that I can’t put down. Or when I meet readers who tell me how much my books mean to them.

Q. Can you explain your writing process?  

 Because I work full-time my time is precious, so I plan in detail. First, I do a beat sheet, and from that I do a story-board. After that I begin to write the book.

Q. What was the hardest part about writing this particular story and these characters? 

 It’s hard when you have a character like Drew who is so damaged. Without Ruby he would’ve remained in the awful situation he found himself in.

Q. What are some of the books and authors that made you feel something and want to become a writer?  

 Elizabeth Scott inspired me, especially her book Living Dead Girl. It gave me the courage to write my book In The Blood, which is a very dark story featuring a guy who has to deal with the consequences of his dad being found guilty of the murder and abuse of 5 young boys.

Q. What was it about those books and authors that drew you in? (pun not intended).

Because they dealt with issues that people don’t like to think about, but that are very real to a lot of people.

Q. What advice would you give people who wanted to be a writer?  

 Join a writers group because that’s where you will learn so much and meet like-minded people. Romance Writers of America has a Young Adult chapter and is     great.  Also, get your butt in the chair and start, there’s no time like the present!

Bonus Question: What can a person expect to find on your desk? 

 A big mess. Paper, pens, post-its, books. Very little space for me. I try to be tidy but it just doesn’t happen, or if it does, then not for long.

About The Author

Sara Hantz is an international published author of young adult and adult fiction. She has also written non-fiction as Sally Rigby. A graduate of both Manchester University and Leicester University in the UK, fourteen years ago she crossed the globe with her partner and two children to live in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand and the Sunshine Coast, Australia. Sara lectured for many years before deciding to devote more time to her writing. She has been listed on the New York Public Library’s ‘Books for the Teen Age’. She has presented many writing workshops with her partner-in-crime Amanda Ashby.

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The Single Game Book Blitz Interview & Guest Post + #Giveaway

The Single Game

Amanda Black 

Genre: New Adult Romance

Release Date: July 15, 2015

Book Description:

In this third, stand-alone installment of Amanda Black’s Apartment Novels series, sparks fly during a sexy party game.

When Eden Foster’s parents tell her they’re moving from Chicago to the Illinois suburb of Aledo, Eden is crushed. That is, until she runs crying to her jock boyfriend, who she finds on top of her so-called best friend. Moving’s not looking so bad anymore.

Now a senior at Mercer County High, Eden is ready to re-enter the dating scene. Still burned over the betrayal of her ex, she’s looking for someone sweet and innocent. With the help of her two new friends, Zoe and Amy, Eden makes a list of what she’s looking for: an eager virgin, ready for training—and no jocks.

Eden thinks she’s found what she’s looking for in Logan Black, a shy and geeky classmate. But why are Zoe and Amy convinced that the answer to her search is a party game…with kissing?
Eden better get ready, because she’s about to play the Single Game.

The Single Game is the latest addition to the erotic Apartment Novels series, which began with Lily and Ethan in The Apartment and The Blank Canvas.

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I’m so excited for the release of my new book The Single Game! It’s my first venture into NA territory and I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. While it is a continuation of my Apartment series that gives us a glimpse into the future of some of the main characters, it can easily be read as a standalone novel featuring the next generation of the Foster family. So if you haven’t read the first two books but this one sounds interesting to you, go ahead and jump on in! If you really like this one you can always go back and see how it all began.

The idea for this story actually came to me in a dream a while ago. It was just a fleeting image of two random teenagers making out for the first time in a dark closet during a party game that was sort of like spin the bottle. The boy was very nervous and the girl was the one putting him at ease. For some reason that one scene kept replaying in my mind over and over again after I woke up, which I found totally weird because I can never remember my dreams. I always feel like they must have been awesome, but damn if I can ever recall one single detail the next morning. That’s why when I realized that I was building on that scenario in my head the more that I thought about it, I knew I had to write it down or it would drive me crazy. As the story unfolded, I realized that I was drawing on a lot of my own experiences from when I started dating my husband, so this one ended up being very near and dear to my heart.

I really hope you check out this sweet and sexy story and let me know what you think! -Amanda Black

 Q&A

What elements of your own love life influenced this story? 


More than I should probably admit! My husband and I were both very young when we started dating. Not quite as young as Eden and Logan, but there were still plenty of bets that we would never make it.

There is less angst in The Single Game than in your previous books (The Apartment and The Blank Canvas), can you talk about that a little bit more?


That was most definitely on purpose. By the time I finished writing those books I was absolutely drained from all of the emotions I had dredged up, both personal and fictional. Once I started getting the idea for The Single Game I saw that as an opportunity to just sit back and have some fun. It sounds funny to say that I was avoiding melodrama while also writing about teenagers, but I just wanted it to feel genuine, sweet and loving. Life has enough angst. I wanted to give me and my readers a small break.

What motivated you to write a New Adult Erotica? 


I was already used to writing erotic romance after the last two books, but I was just really drawn to the story that was growing in my mind of these two teenagers on the verge of graduating high school. It’s such a big milestone in everyone’s life and I wanted to see how this couple would deal with a budding relationship in the middle of all of that.

I was so intrigued by the characters in this story. Logan is a shy, geeky, male virgin whereas Eden is a beautiful, confident, and sexually active HS senior girl. What made you reverse these typically male/female roles? 
I’m always up for a good role reversal! Honestly, some details of their relationship were drawn right from my own and other people I’ve known. There were plenty of girls who got burned by dating a player and they were much happier once they gave the shy guy another look. Plus, how many of us have said at one time, “I’d love to find a guy with no relationship baggage who I could teach exactly what I like.” Eden takes that idea and runs with it, exploring and discovering brand new things that she and Logan both like.

What character in The Single Game is most like you and why?

Definitely Eden. I had the proverbial burning by the ex. Not quite as dramatic as hers was, but that scene came from my ugliest high school memories. I wasn’t back in the saddle until early college but by then I knew what a treasure I had when I found my own shy guy.

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About The Author 

Amanda Black was born and raised in the Midwest, where she still lives with her husband and spoiled-rotten dogs. She earned a bachelor's degree in Studio Art before deciding that she actually needed to pay some bills, which is when she took a position as an ophthalmic technician.

For the past few years she's been a closet romance writer in her spare time and would love nothing more than to make it a full-time career. When she's not writing her next steamy love scene, her interests include reading, sketching, and annihilating her friends and family in movie trivia.

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