Soul Screamers Fans!

For any Soul Screamers fans out there.... Here's a banner for your blogs, facebook etc!

There wasn't any decent ones on the net, so decided to make my own! hope y'all like it :D

Also, There is a giveaway going on for My Soul To Take , along with 2 other things up for grabs.
you can enter here! 100 Followers Giveaway!

Enjoy ;D

HOOKED teaser trailer & Reveal!

Sparks fly when a Native American girl with a killer swing joins the boys’ varsity golf team and takes on the boy with the killer smile. Don’t miss this heartwarming and emotional new romantic contemporary!










:O how good does that sound??! I know you must be drooling now *wink, wink* BUT, we shall further teaase you with this brand spankin' new teaser trailer !!
enjoy :)

Go ahead & share the trailer everyone! This highly anticipated novel will be coming your way very soon :)

happy reading!

100 followers GIVEAWAY!

So first off, I absoloutly LOVE you all !
thank you so much all for the follows ! I remember when i first had 2 followers... i was the happiest person on earth LOL. Now here i am at 100 :D hopefully the next celebration will be for 200, yes?

So in order to honour my amazing followers, I have 2 giveaways going on !

The first Giveaway will be to win this 'xo reads' Lips necklace, to represent the Blog's Logo !










Cool huh?!

and also, I'll be giving away a copy of one of my all time favorite novels Soul Screamers
Ill be giving the first one, titled My soul to take



So enter the rafflecopter Below & Goodluck !!!
I lovee youu allllll
xo
Rola <3

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Also while you're at it, Here's a giveaway to win a SIGNED ECOPY of No Good Deed  By Bill Blais, as a part of A Blog Tour i was doing !! enjoy !

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If I Die REVIEW

The entire school's talking about the gorgeous new math teacher, Mr. Beck. Everyone except Kaylee Cavanaugh. After all, Kaylee's no ordinary high-school junior. She's a banshee—she screams when someone dies.

But the next scream might be for Kaylee.

Yeah—it's a shock to her, too. So to distract herself, Kaylee's going to save every girl in school. Because that hot new teacher is really an incubus who feeds on the desire of unsuspecting students. The only girls immune to his lure are Kaylee and Sabine, her boyfriend's needy ex-girlfriend. Now the unlikely allies have to get rid of Mr. Beck…before he discovers they aren't quite human, either.

But Kaylee's borrowed lifeline is nearing its end. And those who care about her will do anything to save her life.




                           
                                                              5 Smokin' Kisses

Oh. My. God. This was fucking amazing.
Let me just say one thing & get it out.............. TEAM TOD <333333333333333333333
ehm, kk- we're good.
seriously, vincent knows how to give us a kick-ass story. the only soul screamers novel i didn't absoloutly love was my soul to keep... but all the others were perfection.
i cant decide if i like my soul to steal more or if i die... but let me tell you, if you havent read this series... START NOW. & if you have? WELL WHAT THE FUCK YOU WAITING FOR, GO BUY THIS N O W .

“I could have kissed you months ago, but it wouldn’t have meant anything. I wished for you to see me. And want me. So…did you mean it?”
“Yes,” I said, and some unnamed tension inside me eased. “I see you, Tod.” 

omg isn't that so beautiful? i just love tod so much :'( nash is so annoying, but i actually started to like him again in if i die . i started to feel bad for him; i've always had a love-hate thing going on with him. ever since my soul to keep i hated him- not i like him again... but still......  <3 Tod <3 :*

"You’re the brightest thing I’ve ever seen, Kaylee. You’re this beautiful ball of fire spitting sparks out at the world, burning fiercely, holding back the dark by sheer will. And I always knew that if I reached out—if I tried to touch you—I’d get burned. Because you’re not mine. I’m not supposed to feel the fire. I’m not supposed to want it. But I do. I want you, Kaylee, like I’ve never wanted anything. Ever. I want the fire. I want the heat, and the light, and I want the burn.” 

in if i die, you witness everything in chaos. Kaylee's dad has gone insane, trying to bargain for Kaylee's life. Sabine & Kaylee continue their love-hate relationship- dealing with Mr.Beck together & fighting over Nash. Kaylee & Sabine make a deal; Nash is Kaylee's until she dies & once she does, Sabine can have him. This puts them on good terms.... until Kaylee realizes that it's not Nash that she wants. This novel was all about discovery, & i loved it.  Kaylee decided thats he didn't want to die a virgin, so decided that she was ready to have sex with Nash. howver everytime that moment comes, something or someone stops them. Kaylee realizes that sometimes trust can never be redeemed- and the things that you least expect to happen, can mean the most to you.
seriously, this was one phenomenal novel. i cant get over it.

just a word of advice- get ready to be shocked & decieved. to pity & love.... If i die has it all!

love you all :* !

INTERVIEW + GIVEAWAY !! No Good Deed

Hey everyone! So, as a part of the No Good Deed Blog Tour, I was fortunate enough to get a chance to interview the author, Bill Blais. Also, he was kind enough to offer a Signed Copy Of No Good Deed To be given away, so be sure to check that out !

Author Bio: Bill Blais is a writer, web developerandperennial part-time college instructor. His novelsinclude Witness (winner of the Next Generation IndieBook Award for Fantasy) and the Kelly & Umber urban fantasy series. Bill graduated from Skidmore College before earning an MA in Medieval Studies from University College London. He lives in Maine with his wife and daughter.

Where to Find the Author:

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Rola: Kelly, the protagonist, is a 38 year old faithful wife and soccer mom and also a demon huntress in her spare time.  What attracted you to writing about such a topic?

Bill Blais: Because I didn't see anything else like it out there, which felt like a very sad thing. I guess I'm old, but I'd been looking for a story to read with a strong protagonist that I could really relate to, and while there are plenty of strong protagonists, particularly in urban fantasy, I wasn't relating to any of them. In most cases, male or female, they were either too clever, too smart, too strong, or too (yes, I'm definitely too old) promiscuous.

I realized, then, that I was looking for heroes I could actually believe in; people less 'super' and more 'normal', but still able to overcome intense adversity when properly motivated. Perhaps conceitedly, I thought of it in terms of people more like me, which is really the origin of the main character in my first novel, Witness.

The idea for No Good Deed was actually centered around a character that didn't actually make it into the book (though she appears in the sequel, Hell Hath No Fury), but after a Readercon panel discussion about the almost wholesale absence of positive parent figures in literature (YA, particularly, but by no means exclusively), Kelly McGinnis took center stage and what had been just an idea immediately became a complete story.

The core of Kelly's character starts from a similar 'more like me' place, but in writing about a woman, a wife and a mother, I would be reaching well outside my comfort zone and certainly beyond any first-hand experience (I wrote both NGD and HHNF a couple years before I became a father). The challenge was too good to pass up, though. Did I succeed? I like to think so, but I also was once certain that I would be a superstar math genius who graduated from MIT (hint: not so much how things turned out).

Rola: What was your favorite scene to write in No Good Deed?

Bill Blais: Hm, that's a tough one, actually. My stories often start as visceral but orphaned scenes that I am compelled to find the 'parents' and 'children' of. As I mentioned before, though, the inception for No Good Deed involved a scene and character that didn't actually appear in the book. As such, there wasn't that one scene driving me forward to get to or work out from.

However, since this was my first story with a kind of 'elite force' group, I definitely had a lot of fun with Kelly's introduction to the team's secret base. Without giving anything away, I had a great time playing with the space (drawing potential layouts brought me back to doing the same kind of a thing as a kid) and its contents/occupants (things like the mask and Kiichi were a blast to discover hiding around corners).

Rola: There are many characters in the novel that play key roles. Which character, other than Kelly, did you feel the most connected to while writing the novel?

Bill Blais: I suppose I should say Umber, but I really didn't feel as 'connected' to him. This was largely because of the 'otherness' of what he is, though, rather than him being less real to me. It was very important to me that he not be just an easy 'type'. I don't want to say too much about this, but Umber is precisely what he is, for better and for worse, and for me to be 'honest' about this meant not having an easy connection with him. He's grown on me, but that's a conversation for Hell Hath No Fury.

That said, I want each character to be as realistic and believable as possible, so I try to really get to know each one. Marianne comes to mind as an unexpected grounding point and each of the team members struck a chord with me (even Suni); Kelly's family are obviously all dear to me; Gernish's enigmatic presence was fun to play with; even Simone spoke to me (though it's always a bit disturbing to recognize that it's not just nice characters living in my head).

Honestly, though, the more I think about it, the character I most truly connected with in No Good Deed, besides Kelly, was Linwood, a character who is barely 'on screen'.

Rola: Were there any inspirations behind No Good Deed?

Bill Blais: Well, the Readercon panel and my desire to write a more realistic (in my view) hero inspired the story as a whole, but the individual characters are generally inspired by people I have known or observed. Very often I don't realize this until later, but even when it's deliberate I make a point of taking only pieces and using them as seeds rather than blueprints. The really annoying characteristics, though, they're all mine.

Rola: What can people expect to see throughout the novel?

Bill Blais: A hero I don't think they've seen before, characters who behave like real people, and a story that shows what happens when a more realistic 'real life' runs headlong into a fantastical one. There's intense action and PTA meetings (not together, obviously -- though that gives me an idea . . .), secret identities and hideous monsters (both magical and all-too-human), ulterior motives and birthday parties, quiet moments and very hard choices with real consequences.

Rola: What can fans expect from the sequel, Hell Hath No Fury?

Bill Blais: In a word? More. The story is darker, the danger more personal, and the action more intense, the places more bizarre. Oh, and there's much more Umber.

Rola: Would you like to say anything to anyone reading this/wishing to read No Good Deed?

Bill Blais: Just that I hope folks give Kelly a try, particularly if they're looking for something a bit different. I really don't think there's a hero out there like her and I'm pretty sure she'll surprise people, just like she did me.

Rola: Thanks Bill!

Bill Blais: My pleasure, Rola. Thanks for the great questions!

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BLOG TOUR: NO GOOD DEED REVIEW

Synopsis: Kelly McGinnis has spent her adult life trying to do the right thing, but as a newly down-sized mother of twins and the wife of a man living with Muscular Sclerosis, she also knows that trying isn’t always enough.

While interrupting a scene of police brutality, Kelly unwittingly releases a real, live demon. After she manages to kill the creature through gut instinct and blind luck, she is approached to join a secret group of demon hunters who reveal an underworld of monsters and magic. Kelly’s mill town upbringing proves an unexpected asset and the pay more than covers her husband’s treatments, but the work begins to undermine her sense of right and wrong as she struggles to maintain her ‘normal’ life.

When she encounters Umber, a compelling incubus with an unexpectedly human story, Kelly learns that the truth is far stranger and more terrifying than she imagined.

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Upon reading no good deed, i couldnt help but think This is the same, but different . And its true.

In YA there are plenty of demon slaying-bad ass heroins... but how many of them are grown woman with kids & a husband? see? It's defenitly something different.

What I liked:

Bill Blais was defenitly able to take YA to a different level. There is defenitly no other novel like this out there, and it's easy to see that when you start reading no good deed .

The characters are fresh & new , intruiging & funny. There are a ton of main characters that play vital roles in the novel and they all hold your attention from the moment they are introduced.

The plot is interesting & easy to follow- nothing too complex that will bore you! its easy to keep up with but interesting at the same time.

The family life vs. the Demon slaying life is a Challange that Kelly faces internaly & externaly- wanting to do something right for her family, and wanting to do something right for mankind (rid the world of demons). The tries to balance her job and her family on the same scale- which she realizes doesnt always work.

What i didnt like:

There wasn't enough of Umber!!! he is one of the main characters, yet we did not see or learn enough about him

Sometimes the story would dwell too much on Kelly's family life, which poses an issue once you have been addicted to her demon slaying life! hopefully we will see more of that side in the sequel Hell Hath No Fury

sometimes i found the characters attitudes annoying; but those feelings were easily surpassed with the great plot!

Other than that, No Good Deed exceeded my expectations . Going into it, i wasn't expecting all too much from the novel- but i was defenitly wrong. Watch out for Bill Blais everyone ;)

My soul to Keep REVIEW

Kaylee has one addiction: her very hot, very popular boyfriend, Nash. A banshee like Kaylee, Nash understands her like no one else. Nothing can come between them.Until something does.Demon breath. No, not the toothpaste-challenged kind. The Netherworld kind. The kind that really can kill you. Somehow the super-addictive substance has made its way to the human world. But how? Kaylee and Nash have to cut off the source and protect their friends—one of whom is already hooked.And so is someone else…







                                      
                                                                              4 Smokin' Kisses

So out of the 3 Soul screamers I've read so far ( & the novella) this one is probebly my least favorite.
I just hate Nash. I really do.  T E A M  T O D over here .
Nash is just annoying- not really a jerk (until you finish reading My soul to keep , THEN you realize he's a jerk), but just annoying.  I never trusted the kid, & this proves that true.
Ugh.

So in my soul to keep , Demon breath is loose in the mortal world & kids are getting high off of it. Mostly Emma's boyfriend & Sophies boyfriend- just Kaylee's luck.
There isnt much else i can say without giving anything away, BUT I can tell you that Kaylee faces some major betrayal from Nash , which leaves them in the biggest fight ever. but props to Kaylee for being a woman and forgiving him as soon as he said sorry.
Here we also get to see what happens to Addy for her Eternal punishment. its really much worse than i has expected- one day she got skinned alive by Avari, which left her teeth showing & the next she was burned, her skin bloody and sagging. BUT avari isnt without mercy... he leaves half of her normal, so she can admire how beatiful she was & how ugly the second half of her is. Its really sad & i felt so bad for her. she's so helpful to Kaylee & Tod, yet still suffers *sniff sniff* :( may she RIP.

“But more than any of that, I was thankful for the possibility he'd [Tod] shown me: that a man really could love a woman enough that he'd do anything to protect her. That's how much Tod loved Addy."
Thats so cute :( I just love Tod so much. He sacrifices so much for Addy, it makes us females which we could have a man like that. Seriously guys im telling you, Nash got nothing on Tod.

Well i cant wait to read my soul to keep, im positive its going to turn out to be way better than this one.
or so i've heard....

Happy reading !