Book Spotlight- Alienation

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ALIENATION

BY S.E. ANDERSON

Hello lovelies! I’m super excited that Alienation is finally out and everyone can read this wonderful book! Alienation is the sequel to Starstruck, so if you haven’t read that yet, well you definitely should! With incredible writing, amusing characters, and a fascinating storyline, Starstruck is definitely one of my favorite reads this year. It’s quirky, hilarious, and so much fun. Sooo when Anderson asked me to beta read for her, I obviously could not resist! Alienation is absolutely outrageous and silly and thrilling and one amazing adventure you won’t want to miss!!!

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Published by Bolide Publishing Limited October 24, 2017
Genre(s): SCIENCE FICTION, ADVENTURE, YOUNG ADULT
Pages: Ebook 302
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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.


Other Books in the Series

Starstruck

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4.75 ★ – QUIRKY, OUTRAGEOUS AND FUN
PUBLISHED BY BOLIDE PUBLISHING LIMITED MAY 4, 2017
GENRE(S): SCIENCE FICTION, ADVENTURE, YOUNG ADULT,
PAGES: PAPERBACK 386
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After an incident with a hot-air balloon causes college-dropout Sally Webber to lose her job, she sets off to find direction in her life. Crashing into a teleporting alien, however, is not on her to-do list.

Now she’s on the run from TV-drama-loving aliens, and things are just getting started. Zander won’t stop reeling her into life-or-death situations to save her planet, as he waits for his laser-wielding sister to search the universe for him. Though Sally isn’t quite sure if he wants to save Earth from annihilation, or just quell his curiosity of all things human.

On top of this, she’s got to find lost alien emissaries, as well as a job, and stop the planet from getting incinerated in the process. But with Zander as her roommate, what could possibly go wrong?

Short Review – The plot is fast-paced, well written, and easy to read. There’s plenty of action, suspense, fun twists, and unexpected surprises that make the story exciting and addictive.  While the romance is quite subtle, there are a few moments here and there that made me swoon. And that ending… totally crazy! I don’t want to give too much away, but let me just say that Anderson, without a doubt, knows what she’s doing. She lures you in with an intriguing premise, sends you on a fabulous out of this world adventure, messes with your mind just a little (okay…. maybe a lot), and then zoom… she leaves you with so many unanswered questions you’ll be ridiculously anxious for the next installment.

Read My Full Review HERE


71lWyrWYtAL._UX250_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.

I also interviewed the lovely & talented S.E. Anderson and you can check that out HERE.

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Hope you enjoyed reading this post and don’t forget to grab a copy of Starstruck or/and Alienation!!!

Sincerely Karen Jo

Book Birthdays

Happiest Book Birthday to these pretties!!! 

Sun Warrior

(Tales of  New World #2)

P.C. Cast

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PUBLISHED BY  WEDNESDAY BOOKS OCTOBER 17, 2017
GENRE(S): FANTASY
PAGES: HARDCOVER 608
BUY AMAZONBARNES AND NOBLE
The battle lines have been drawn and Mari, an Earth Walker and Nik, a Companion, who were once from rival clans now find themselves fighting to save each other and their people from destruction.

Thaddeus betrayed his own people, killing Nik’s father and destroying their entire clan. But he wants more. He wants the power he believes Mari has stolen from him and his people and he will do anything he must to get them back, even if it means destroying everything in his path. There is only way to stop Thaddeus, but it means a harrowing journey for Mari and Nik into the heart of darkness. But if they hope to survive the coming fight, they have no choice but to believe in each other.

 

Brooding YA Hero

Becoming a Main Character (Almost) as Awesome as Me

Carrie Ann DiRisio

BROODING

PUBLISHED BY  SKY PONY PRESS OCTOBER 17, 2017
GENRE(S): YOUNG ADULT, CONTEMPORARY, HUMOR
PAGES: HARDCOVER 288
BUY AMAZONBARNES AND NOBLE
Have you ever wished you could receive a little guidance from your favorite book boyfriend? Ever dreamed of being the Chosen One in a YA novel? Want to know all the secrets of surviving the dreaded plot twist?

Or maybe you’re just really confused about what “opal-tinted, luminous cerulean orbs” actually are?

Well, popular Twitter personality @broodingYAhero is here to help as he tackles the final frontier in his media dominance: writing a book. Join Broody McHottiepants as he attempts to pen Brooding YA Hero: Becoming a Main Character (Almost) as Awesome as Me, a “self-help” guide (with activities–you always need activities) that lovingly pokes fun at the YA tropes that we roll our eyes at, but secretly love.

As his nefarious ex, Blondie DeMeani, attempts to thwart him at every turn, Broody overcomes to detail, among other topics, how to choose your genre, how to keep your love interest engaged (while maintaining lead character status), his secret formula for guaranteed love triangle success, and how to make sure you secure that sequel, all while keeping his hair perfectly coiffed and never breaking a sweat.

The Midnight Dance

Nikki Katz

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PUBLISHED BY  SWOON READS OCTOBER 17, 2017
GENRE(S): YOUNG ADULT, CONTEMPORARY
PAGES: HARDCOVER 320
BUY AMAZONBARNES AND NOBLE
Seventeen-year-old Penny is a lead dancer at the Grande Teatro, a finishing school where she and eleven other young women are training to become the finest ballerinas in Italy. Tucked deep into the woods, the school is overseen by the mysterious and handsome young Master who keeps the girls ensconced in the estate – and in the only life Penny has never known.

But when flashes of memories, memories of a life very different from the one she thinks she’s been leading, start to appear, Penny begins to question the Grand Teatro and the motivations of the Master. With a kind and attractive kitchen boy, Cricket, at her side, Penny vows to escape the confines of her school and the strict rules that dictate every step she takes. But at every turn, the Master finds a way to stop her, and Penny must find a way to escape the school and uncover the secrets of her past before it’s too late.

Fearless

(Nameless #3)

Jennifer Jenkins 

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PUBLISHED BY  MONTH9BOOKS OCTOBER 17, 2017
GENRE(S): YOUNG ADULT, FANTASY, SCI-FI
PAGES: PAPERBACK 336
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In exactly twenty-three days, Gryphon will offer his life to Chief Barnabas in exchange for the lives of his best friend and mess brothers. Until then, he must keep his plans from Zo while avoiding the Wolves of the Allied Camp. But Gryphon is not the only one harboring secrets. To spare her own life, Zo has made a blood oath promising to help the Kodiak Clan free their families living as Nameless slaves. When Gryphon learns the truth — that the peaceful life he’d planned for Zo is not secure — he divulges a secret that will give the Allies the upper hand against the Ram.
Now, The Great Move is underway and a final battle between the Wolf, Ram, Kodiak and Raven cannot be stopped. Strength will be tested. Loyalties will be questioned. Alliances will form. In a world of uncertainty and danger, Zo and Gryphon may finally have what they’ve each always wanted.

House of Shadows

Nicola Cornick

HOUSEOFSHADOWS

PUBLISHED BY  GRAYDON HOUSE OCTOBER 17, 2017
GENRE(S): HISTORICAL FICTION, MYSTERY
PAGES: PAPERBACK 464
BUY AMAZONBARNES AND NOBLE
The wooded hills of Oxfordshire conceal the remains of the aptly named Ashdown House–a wasted pile of cinders and regret. Once home to the daughter of a king, its secrets will unite three women across four centuries in a tangle of romance, deceit and destiny… 

1662–A queen 

Bound by sex and birth to live for everyone but herself–and to love always in secret–Elizabeth Stuart entrusts a pair of arcane artifacts to her faithful cavalier to keep safe for her rightful heir. But fate will not be generous to the Winter Queen, throwing the question of succession into turmoil, the aftermath of which will resonate through the generations.

1801–A courtesan 

Lavinia Flyte wanted so much more from life than to be a courtesan at the mercy of the cruel Lord Evershot. He has brought her to Ashdown, the home of his ancestors, for reasons he guards greedily. But the maids’ whispers of hidden treasures–a pearl with the power to foretell the future–consume her with a curiosity she confides only to her diary, unaware of the misfortune that threatens.

And the mystery that binds them 

Alarmed to hear her brother has gone missing at Ashdown Park, Holly Ansell is inexplicably drawn to the clues contained in the journal of a Regency courtesan who was living at the historic home when it burned to the ground two hundred years ago. Lured by the tragedy at Ashdown, Holly’s search leads her not only to the truth about Lavinia, but deeper into her own connection with the Winter Queen.

Any of these books on your TBR? Let me know in the comments below.

Sincerely Karen Jo