adventure – Page 4 – Sincerely Karen Jo

Happy Friday Lovelies!!! It’s Labor Day Monday so that means I have a 3-day weekend and I get off work a little early today. I’m also going to Las Vegas so that should be fun. Anyway, today I’ll be doing a cover reveal for one of my favorite sci-fi series.

Starstruck is one of my top reads this year. It’s so unique, positively entertaining, and a laugh out loud sci-fi adventure! I’ve never read anything quite like it, so I was beyond ecstatic to have the opportunity to beta read Alienation for Sarah. I don’t want to give too much away, but Alienation is AHMAZING!!! It totally made me laugh multiple times. So quirky, and fun, and exciting!! Seriously, you don’t want to skip this fabulous series. Good thing Alienation doesn’t come out until October 24, 2017, so you have time to catch up.

Read my full review for Starstruck HERE.

Now how about we take a look at the cover for Alienation!

Alienation

(Starstruck #2)

S.E. Anderson

Expected Publication October 24th 2017 by Bolide Publishing Limited

Genre(s): Young Adult, Fantasy, Sci-fi

Pages: E-book 401

Preorder Alienation Now at Amazon

Buy Starstruck at Amazon or Barnes and Noble

Isn’t that cover just so gorgeous!?!? I’m sooo in love with it!! So pretty and I can’t stop staring. Would you like to see the entire thing? Of course you do, but first here’s the synopsis…

Sally Webber’s dream is coming true: Zander is back and taking her out for a night on the town–on a planet hundreds of light years away from Earth.

But when an accident separates her from her alien tour guide, she’s thrown into the seedy underbelly of an insane city where nothing is as it seems. Suddenly lost and desperate to get back home, Sally is willing to do anything to get out, even if it means accepting spontaneous marriage proposals, crashing some fancy parties, or joining what appears to be the space mob.

All she wanted was some decent interstellar pizza, but now it might be the end of the world as evil nanobots and an out of control AI try to take the universe by force, and the only one who can stop them is missing in action. Sally has no choice but to try to stop them herself–if she can stay alive that long.

Alienation-Large

Absolutely Breathtaking!!!

View the book trailer here!

Alienation-Ad-Pizza

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

S.E. Anderson can’t ever tell you where she’s from. Not because she doesn’t want to, but because it inevitably leads to a confusing conversation where she goes over where she was born (England) where she grew up (France) and where her family is from (USA) and it tends to make things very complicated.

She’s lived pretty much her entire life in the South of France, except for a brief stint where she moved to Washington DC, or the eighty years she spent as a queen of Narnia before coming back home five minutes after she had left. Currently, she goes to university in Marseille, where she’s starting her masters of Astrophysics.

When she’s not writing, or trying to science, she’s either reading, designing, crafting, or attempting to speak with various woodland creatures in an attempt to get them to do household chores for her. She could also be gaming, or pretending she’s not watching anything on Netflix.

In-the-Dark-1

Add Starstuck on Goodreads

Add Alienation on Goodreads

Follow and Connect with S.E. Anderson

Website/ Instagram / Twitter / Facebook/ Goodreads / Blog

Hope you enjoyed this post and check out S.E. Anderson’s amazing series.

Thoughts, comments or any questions, just comment down below! Have a great weekend!

Sincerely Karen Jo

The Tiger’s Watch

(Ashes of Gold #1)

Julia Ember

IMG_6013[1]

5 ★ – Magical and Thrilling

Published by Harmony Ink Press August 22, 2017

Genre(s): Young Adult, Fantasy, GLBT, Romance

Pages: Kindle 180

Buy Amazon, Barnes and Noble

Sixteen-year-old Tashi has spent their life training as a inhabitor, a soldier who spies and kills using a bonded animal. When the capital falls after a brutal siege, Tashi flees to a remote monastery to hide. But the invading army turns the monastery into a hospital, and Tashi catches the eye of Xian, the regiment’s fearless young commander.

Tashi spies on Xian’s every move. In front of his men, Xian seems dangerous, even sadistic, but Tashi discovers a more vulnerable side of the enemy commander—a side that draws them to Xian.

When their spying unveils that everything they’ve been taught is a lie, Tashi faces an impossible choice: save their country or the boy they’re growing to love. Though Tashi grapples with their decision, their volatile bonded tiger doesn’t question her allegiances. Katala slaughters Xian’s soldiers, leading the enemy to hunt her. But an inhabitor’s bond to their animal is for life—if Katala dies, so will Tashi.

This is the first book I’ve read by Julia Ember and I’m definitely 100% going to be adding her other books on my neverending TBR. The Tiger’s Watch is a fantastic thrilling story that features a genderfluid protagonist (Woohoo!). From the very beginning until the last page, I was enthralled by Ember’s beautiful writing. The story, the world building, the characters, the magic, the romance, everything… – I LOVE it all.

Ember is an amazing writer and visionary. The world building in this book is unique and imaginative. The idea of inhabitors, a soldier who is able to bond with an animal in order to spy and kill, is creative and fascinating. I definitely loved it when Tashi would connect with their tiger, Katala. I mean how incredible is it to be able to experience two lives at once. To do things you never thought you could. To feel, hear, taste, and see the world through another species. Of course there’ll be limitations and danger, but still… it’s pretty darn awesome! I really enjoyed this part of the book and hope to see it developed some more in the next installment.

I love the characters with all my heart and rooted for each of them. Tashi is not exactly the bravest and for a trained spy/killer, they’re actually quite horrible at it, but they try to be strong and to do good. Pharo can be impulsive and reckless, but he’s also kind and very loyal. Xian is unpredictable and cruel, but there is also a side of him that’s caring and vulnerable. They’re complex, flawed, and awfully frustrating, but it’s difficult not to sympathize with them when they’re just trying to do what they believe is right to protect the people they love.

FullSizeRender

The romance is subtle and the relationships could have had a bit more development… but the little preview was enough to keep me interested. And yes, there’s definitely some swooning here and there. I enjoyed the slow burn romance between Tashi and Pharo… BUT (and someone tell me I’m not alone in this) I REALLY LIKE Tashi and Xian together… I know I know.. Xian’s despicable and the enemy, but I sort of have a thing for the “bad guy” type… the complicated more than meets the eye villain who ends up being the “good guy.” So, of course I found the love-hate chemistry between Tashi and Xian totally intriguing. (Kind of reminded me of how I felt towards Juliette and Warner from the Shatter Me Series). While Tashi and Xian is my obvious ship, I’m still pretty excited to see how both relationships progress.

The Tiger’s Watch may be short (not even 200 pages), but it’s full of intrigue, magic, adventure, and mystery. I love Ember’s vivid storytelling and this wonderful world she’s created. I seriously have so much love for this book and can’t recommend it enough. If you’re looking for a quick, fun, and entertaining fantasy novel, then you absolutely have to add this on your TBR… or you know just grab a copy when it comes out. Oh and be prepared to shut the real world off, cause you’ll want to finish this in one sitting.

I received an advanced reader copy of this book from the author and publisher, Harmony Ink Press, in exchange for a fair review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Follow / Connect with Julia Ember: Website / Instagram / Twitter / Facebook

Sincerely Karen Jo