Not An Angel book tour: review

This is one of the  stops of this booktour. Not an Angel was really charmingly sweet and romantic

First to introduce the author. Here is the book tour schedule 

Not An Angel (A Poryria Vampire Novel (Book 1))
by Dawn Chartier
Published by  Bayou Black Publishing
Date Published September 11th 2011
Rating: 4/5

 Synopsis: Kira McCoy wants to die. Losing her husband and daughter tragically left her without hope. Now her disturbed brother-in-law will stop at nothing to have her for himself. All she wants is to find peace, but instead finds herself on top of a bridge ready to end her suffering.
Protector of the Poryria, Trace Stuart is called to defend his race or embrace death. Defending humans is not part of the plan, but he cannot stop himself from saving Kira.
Realizing that he shares a special bond with Kira, Trace defies his Queen and rushes into the heart of darkness in order to rescue the woman he loves. Will Kira be able to reach past her own pain to pull them both into the light?

My thoughts

Cover: It's a Ok-ish cover. It screams 'FIERCE'. Somewhat how i imagined Trace.

Book:When i saw tour stops were needed i immediately replied "I'm in" or something in that context.Glad i got the chance to read it.

Kira,a broken woman a broken life, standing and jumping of a bridge.Thinking "Let me die". She's rescued by a mysterious being.Awoken at the hospital! How? A strangly wonderful man appears in dreams, in her life.

I have to say this 80% and up{guessing here] charming and sweet romance however it's a Mature read and not recommend to younger readers. Some scenes tho limited are steamy ahem ahem scenes.

Kira, a previous mother can handle herself and does not let people in after what happened.

Trace, a raven-black haired[^_^] male specimen and lost someone or more as well.Does not after what happened until he meets her. LOVed that he was protective and caring towards his loved ones. NOT effeminate at all. catch my drift

Both leading roles, Kira and Trace have painful pasts and lost love ones.They found strength in each other. huge thumbs up (^-^)b I liked that Kira and Trace grew and fell in love.

The romance was lovable and sweet and the "doing" it scenes were interesting Haha

Other characters

Mikal, Mike for short was a great brother, Trance's younger brother. A srong family bond.

The "villain"?! was interesting hoping to see more of him.

The ending was sweet and round up pretty well. It could perfectly well be a standalone. Glad it isn't. I did not have high expectations going into this but glad i did. Hoping to read more soon. I highly recommend it and it's not that pricey at all.

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 a song that fits perfectly with this book and does generate a atmosphere.

Fits perfectly with Kira and Trace



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Not An Angel book tour: guest post

This is one of the  stops of this booktour. Not an Angel was really charmingly sweet and romantic

First to introduce the author. Here is the book tour schedule 

 About the Author:Dawn Chartier never knew she wanted to be a writer while growing up.  Sure her parents owned a book shop, and she was surrounded by bookworms, but she wasn’t one of “those” writers who started early.  No, Dawn was inspired by strange events in her life, one was a bitch named, Katrina. Yes, that hur-ricane. But a few months before the storm, Dawn read an article on Marie Laveau in the New Orleans local newspaper and it sparked an idea. She began researching the voodoo priestess, and then Katrina hit. Out of destruction, ideas formed, characters spoke and plots twisted. One thing lead to another and an author was born. (Must have been something in the air, because a few authors were born out of Katrina’s wrath.) Dawn Chartier sold her first paranormal romance book, (Not An Angel) to The Wild Rose Press, and her second book, a contemporary erotic romance (Diamonds) to Siren BookStrand. Dawn is a member of RWA, Sola-Writers, FF&P and Savvy Authors. You can find her chatting on Twitter and Facebook when she’s not buried inside of a book or writing her next one. Dawn lives near New Orleans with her husband, two daughters, two golden retrievers, and plenty of wildlife. Visit her on dawnchartier.com or dawntheauthor.blogspot. com like her on FB  or stalk her on twitter

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Hi RoRo and readers,

Thank you for having me today.   I’ve been on a week-long book tour for NOT AN ANGEL, and it’s been one helluva’ ride. I’ve talked about all sorts of things, but today I just want to relax and be myself. 

I was reading a magazine at lunch time today and I found a few articles that were interesting to me.  One was a do’s and don’ts article. I don’t know about you, but I hate those.  Seems like when I try out the do’s, then they say, don’t.  I can’t keep up.  I remember the big hair days in the early 80’s, and the Z Cavaricci balloon looking jeans that everyone had to have.  Baggy at the top and tight, tight around the ankles.  Like I said, I could never keep up. (I can’t believe we wore those. And no that is not me. Blah!)

So, I continued through to the next page and read an article about childhood star crushes. I know I’ll give my age away, but I had a huge crush on Leif Garrett, Shawn Cassidy, Rick Springfield, and Scott Baio to name a few. My sister crushed on Donny Osmond. Google them to see their old picks.  It must have loved long hair or something, because they all had it.

(Isn’t Scott a cutie!)

So who did you crush on in high school?

p.s. I wanted to announce that I have a new release out next week.  Diamonds will be released from Siren Bookstrand.  And also, if anyone here is near New Orleans on March 2-4, 2012 I will be at a conference in New Orleans called. Fantasy On The Bayou. (www.fantasyonthebayou.blogspot.com)   Guest speaker is, Karen M. Moning, one of my favorite authors!

So your crush was? (Here is a little eye candy for you that’s a little more up to date).

Dawn

Review: Drink Slay Love by Sarah Beth Durst; glok ,glok

Drink, Slay, Love
by Sarah Beth Durst
Published by Margaret K. McElderry
Date Published September 13th 2011
Rating : 5/5

Synopsis:Pearl is a sixteen-year-old vampire... fond of blood, allergic to sunlight, and mostly evil... until the night a sparkly unicorn stabs her through the heart with his horn. Oops. 
Her family thinks she was attacked by a vampire hunter (because, obviously, unicorns don't exist), and they're shocked she survived. They're even more shocked when Pearl discovers she can now withstand the sun. But they quickly find a way to make use of her new talent. The Vampire King of New England has chosen Pearl's family to host his feast. If Pearl enrolls in high school, she can make lots of human friends and lure them to the King's feast -- as the entrees. 
The only problem? Pearl's starting to feel the twinges of a conscience. How can she serve up her new friends—especially the cute guy who makes her fangs ache—to be slaughtered? Then again, she's definitely dead if she lets down her family. What's a sunlight-loving vamp to do?

My thoughts

Cover:A fun cover. One of my favorite.Good thing it's a Gem hides underneath.A coca-cola type bottle filed with blood and slurped up with a straw. The pun with the title is genius.Bravo to the designers.

Book:DSL[drink,slay,love] was in my first ever Simon & Schuster Galley grab and the first time i saw it. So glad i downloaded and read it. A true gem[for me at least]

Late at night! Some vamps in hip modern clothes[what? teens are hip nowadays] are on the prowl. Pearl Sage Rose,a teen vamp among them. The others call it a nigh when dawn draws nearer.Pearl says she will be home soon and lingers further,She scenes something.Something strange appears ; A majestic radiant beast. Is she hallucinating? No she's not it's real and charging towards her. Stabs her in the heart. Nothing is noticeable at first but she is changing inside slowly but surely she develops a conscious and her skin does not turn into ash in sunlight

Something perilous is in preparation to happen and it breaks her heart! What to do? How will she save her newly found friends and classmates

DSL begins at the start of a new school year

I <3 Pearl whole heartily. She's mean, cruel and sarcastic but she changes and she 's now between mean and kind, cruel and nice, not evil but not entirely good either , still sarcastic and witty and definitely
still but-kicking. I would totally date her./ What i like those kind of galls!!i'ma dude btw!! She's Gothic how cool is that. But be careful when meeting the FAMILY[ Bwha ha ha ... choking ...need air .air lol/failed evil laugh] Totally got hooked and emotionally attached to her right from the start ^_^. She aint no disney damsel in distress or waiting for her prince charming. But finds the beginning of Love/Amor at the end. Don't let her go DUDE.lol

A other outstanding character that has a prominent role is Evan. He writes poetry [if i remember correctly he don't judge me i read in September 0'11] caring, kind and model son every parent who'd wish for but scarred i think?!

Matt and Zach , two wannabe vamp hunters are hilarious and really uplifting the mood of somewhat dreary parts of this book

Other outstanding characters
the classmates well most of them
Bethany her ooh soo perky BFF
Evan's parents[ awesome parental figures]
Pearl's clan and neighboring clans

The writing was fast and quick. In no way felt detached to Pearl. My favorite scenes where;
Pearl meets Evan after he nearly run her over and she thinks ; Why do humans talk so much and why is he so kind to me

The other one is when Pearl the library and sees the sunlight shining trough the beautiful colored windows on that same morning she meets Evan

DSl is told in 1st person narrative and in Pearls pov. I ENJOYED the reading experience and can't wait to read Miss Durst other stand-alone novels. I highly recommend this

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songs that fits perfectly with this book and do generate a atmosphere.

Fits perfectly with Pearl at the end

When she changes little by little



The ceremony



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Detonations destroyed the before. The world has shattered
When Pressia, a wrench, meets  Partridge,a pure, their worlds shatter all over again

He glances at his watch.Thirty-two seconds left and
eleven more fans.It hits him that he might not make it
He could die here pg72

[tried 2 describe it,  failed]

"....Too long....to frexing long...This is the closest
I'll ever get to the outside isn't it?
 

[page?? forgot don't hurt me!! :'(