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US Dream Dark Giveaway!!


Attention all US Blog Followers!

A long-awaited giveaway for US followers is finally here!! In celebration of today's release of Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl's Beautiful Creatures novella, Dream Dark, I am giving away THREE copies of the ebook via Amazon.

Here's the deal:

* You must be a US resident.
* You must be a blog follower.
* You must be able to read the ebook on a Kindle device as the ebook will be sent via Amazon.

And it is SUPER easy to enter. You just have to fill out the form below, one entry per person. The three lucky winners will be drawn randomly and will be notified and sent their copies of Dream Dark! Contest will run through midnight CST and copies will be sent out first thing tomorrow morning (Wednesday, August 3rd).

I hope you enjoy this contest and hopefully this will be the first of many! Good luck to you all!!

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Cover Lover (21)

Beautiful Chaos (Caster Chronicles #3) 
by 
Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

Book 3 to be released later this year
October 18, 2011
 Cant seen to find a preorder on amazon just yet but once I do I will link it up

WOW! I think this is my favourite so far in the series. I love the darkness of these book cover. You really get that gothic feel.
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Beautiful Darkness (Caster Chronicles #2) by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

Pages: 503
Published: October 28th 2010
Publisher: Puffen
Genre: YA Fantasy, Paranormal

Description:
Ethan Wate used to think of Gatlin, the small Southern town he had always called home, as a place where nothing ever changed. Then he met mysterious newcomer Lena Duchannes, who revealed a secret world that had been hidden in plain sight all along. A Gatlin that harbored ancient secrets beneath its moss-covered oaks and cracked sidewalks. A Gatlin where a curse has marked Lena's family of powerful supernaturals for generations. A Gatlin where impossible, magical, life-altering events happen.

Sometimes life-ending.

Together they can face anything Gatlin throws at them, but after suffering a tragic loss, Lena starts to pull away, keeping secrets that test their relationship. And now that Ethan's eyes have been opened to the darker side of Gatlin, there's no going back. Haunted by strange visions only he can see, Ethan is pulled deeper into his town's tangled history and finds himself caught up in the dangerous network of underground passageways endlessly crisscrossing the South, where nothing is as it seems.


Review:
I had been waiting on this book all year since I first finished Beautiful Creatures, having been sucked into the world of the Casters I couldn't wait. Beautiful Darkness is a worthy sequel and takes the readers on a deeper journey through the world of the Casters.

Beautiful Darkness is a bit slow to start about at about 150 pages into the book I couldnt put it down. I was gripped and turning the pages with excitement to find out what was going to happen next. In this installement I felt like is was really Ethans story. We don't really see alot of Lena (which for me is a  good thing I don't really like her) Ethan has grown from the last book and matured alot throughout this installement. We also get introduced to new characters like Liv (Olivia) the "Marian Junior" according to Link. Aswell as new we see the return of some of our favourite characters from Beautiful Creatures like for me Ridley I just love her lol.

The Caster Chronicles really is refreshing, not a vampire or werewolf or angel in sight. There isn't enough books out there like these books. They are unique and exciting, full of twists and turns you don't see coming. So if you haven't read these yet get right on it you will not be disappointment.

Well done Kami and Margaret from producing another great read and I look forward to the next one.

Rate: 4/5
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Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles #1) by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

Pages: 563
Published: 4th February 2010

Publisher: Penguin Books
Genre: YA Fantasy, Paranormal



Description:
Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she’s struggling to conceal her power and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps, and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever.

Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town’s oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them.

In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything

Review:
Beautiful Creatures is the first in the Caster Chronicles and is a great first novel to the series. It sets everything up for you and there is no confusion in this book. Its a very quick read dispite having nearly 600 pages.

I really enjoyed this story is it very unique and really keeps you gripped from start to finish. There is a variety of characters ranging from good to bad. Ethan and Lena are the two main characters and very easy to connect with me. They have a strong connection before the even meet and it very interesting to read how it all unravels in the story. As for all the other characters there is someone for everyone in this novel. From the crazy town recluse to mean girls in high school.

The authors are amazing and have managed to craft a gothic paranormal romance tale full of twists and turns.
 
Rate: 4/5
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