Big changes are afoot in my young adult fiction world as I prepare to launch my werewolf hunter series (Oath Breaker and Oath Keeper) as a combined novel. After an exciting planning meeting with my publisher, we are replacing the two books in the series with a single volume. The new book has earned some… Continue reading Exciting News PLUS #CoverReveal #YA #TuesdayBookBlog
Category: Young Adult
Opening Lines – What hooks a reader? #AmReading
It’s been a few years since I published an opening lines blog post highlighting my favourite novels. To celebrate some of the incredible books I’ve read recently I thought I’d do it again. Feel free to join in and tag me so I can read your posts. Here are eight novels where the opening lines… Continue reading Opening Lines – What hooks a reader? #AmReading
#BookReview Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi #YA #Fantasy
Book Review Title: Children of Blood and Bone Author: Tomi Adeyemi Category: YA Fantasy Rating: 4 Star Blurb: They killed my mother. They took our magic. They tried to bury us. Now we rise. Zélie remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. When different clans ruled – Burners igniting flames, Tiders beckoning waves,… Continue reading #BookReview Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi #YA #Fantasy
#SilentSunday Writing Research Trip #Lindisfarne
#BookReview After the Last Battle (Book 1) by Matthew Moss #RBRT
Book Review Book Title: After the Last Battle (Book 1) Author: Matthew Moss Category: YA Occult/Supernatural Blurb: In a post-apocalyptic world, where the Hordes of Hell reign supreme, the only thing anyone could ask for is peace and quiet. Having lived his entire life in a secluded village, Telarious has had exactly that, yet for… Continue reading #BookReview After the Last Battle (Book 1) by Matthew Moss #RBRT
#CoverReveal The Path Keeper by N.J. Simmonds @NJSimmondsTPK #TuesdayBookBlog #YA
Cover Reveal: The Path Keeper by N.J. Simmonds ABOUT THE BOOK What if all our lives were mapped out before birth? Does anyone have the power to change our destiny? Ella hates London. She misses her old life in Spain and is struggling to get over her past—until she meets Zac. He’s always loved her… Continue reading #CoverReveal The Path Keeper by N.J. Simmonds @NJSimmondsTPK #TuesdayBookBlog #YA
Writing Research – How I’m Using My Love of History #Vikings #WritingTips
Writing Research Writing fantasy fiction allows me to bend the rules, make stuff up, and be as creative as I want to be. I’ve invented realms, worlds, and races for my Guardian Series, I’ve run with a werewolf pack through Sherwood Forest in my Hood Academy Series, and I’ve turned little red riding hood into… Continue reading Writing Research – How I’m Using My Love of History #Vikings #WritingTips
The Wait is Over! #NewRelease OATH KEEPER is here #TuesdayBookBlog
The wait is finally over, book two of my Hood Academy Duology is out TODAY! Yes, Mia is back and ready to jump straight into the action, but just in case you missed book one (OATH BREAKER) here’s the blurb: Will she follow the pack… Or will she destroy them? A dead mother… A violent… Continue reading The Wait is Over! #NewRelease OATH KEEPER is here #TuesdayBookBlog
#SilentSunday Research Trip #AmWriting
#BookReview Ashes by @ilsajbick #YA #PostApocalyptic #TuesdayBookBlog
Book Review Title: Ashes Author: Ilsa J. Bick Category: YA/Action & Adventure My Rating: 5* Book Blurb: Seventeen-year-old Alex is hiking through the wilderness when it happens: an earth-shattering electro-magnetic pulse that destroys almost everything. Survivors are divided between those who have developed a superhuman sense and those who have acquired a taste for human… Continue reading #BookReview Ashes by @ilsajbick #YA #PostApocalyptic #TuesdayBookBlog