Happy Friday Everyone!
I'm insanely excited today to be a part of the Harper Teen Winter Blog Tour, a tour where each participating blog highlights one book from Harper Teen's Winter 2016 catalog. There are a whopping 40+ books being featured, so be sure and check out the other stops (see full schedule below) to see what bookish awesomeness Harper has in store over the next few months.
My book of win to share with you guys today is Burning Glass by Kathryn Purdie, but before I get to the synopsis and all the giveaway goodies, I want to do a quick top 3 list of why I need this book in my life immediately.
JENNY'S TOP 3 REASONS FOR OBSESSING OVER BURNING GLASS
1. Fantasy + Romance = All I need to know. I've been on a YA fantasy kick for going on 2 years now and I simply can't get enough of the imaginative worlds, the magic, and the often epic romances. Burning Glass promises all three so I'm completely sold.
2. Loner Heroine. Sonya is the only one left with her particular ability, soon finding herself conscripted into the service of the emperor. There's something appealing to me about a young woman who's isolated despite being surrounded by people as such characters often have a tragic strength to them, and I can't wait to see what Sonya's made of.
3. It releases March 1st, which just happens to be my birthday. THIS BOOK AND I WERE MEANT TO BE.
You'd probably like to have a better idea of what Burning Glass is about now that I've rambled on a bit, right? Right.
Sonya was born with the rare gift to feel what those around her feel—both physically and emotionally—a gift she’s kept hidden from the empire for seventeen long years. After a reckless mistake wipes out all the other girls with similar abilities, Sonya is hauled off to the palace and forced to serve the emperor as his sovereign Auraseer.
Tasked with sensing the intentions of would-be assassins, Sonya is under constant pressure to protect the emperor. One mistake, one small failure, will cost her own life and the lives of the few people left in the world who still trust her.
But Sonya’s power is untamed and reckless, her feelings easily usurped, and she sometimes can’t decipher when other people’s impulses end and her own begin. In a palace full of warring emotions and looming darkness, Sonya fears that the biggest danger to the empire may be herself.
As she struggles to wrangle her abilities, Sonya seeks refuge in her tenuous alliances with the volatile Emperor Valko and his idealistic younger brother, Anton, the crown prince. But when threats of revolution pit the two brothers against each other, Sonya must choose which brother to trust—and which to betray.
BURNING GLASS is debut author Kathryn Purdie’s stunning tale of dangerous magic, heart-rending romance, and the hard-won courage it takes to let go.
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GIVEAWAYS GALORE!
There is not one but TWO massive giveaways for this tour, so two people are going to be the luckiest book lovers out there.
Giveaway #1: A Harper Teen Winter 2016 Prize Pack of 40+ Books
(includes all the YA titles in the Winter 2016 catalog with the exception of The Siren by Kiera Cass, Yellow Brick War by Danielle Paige and Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard)
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Giveaway #2: 5 Finished Copies from the Harper Teen Fall 2015 Catalog
TODAY'S WORD: Epic
Giveaway #2: 5 Finished Copies from the Harper Teen Fall 2015 Catalog
(includes The Lies About Truth, Walk on Earth a Stranger, Dreamland, Dumplin' and Da Vinci's Tiger)
How to enter:
Collect the daily word from each blog stop during the
Harper Winter 2016 Tour (a total of 45). Once you’ve collected them all, email
the complete saying to: HarperTeenTour@gmail.com
Prize Rules:
- Winner must have a valid US mailing address to receive the prize
- Winner must be over 13
- Only one (1) entry per person for Prize #2 – duplicates will be deleted.
- Only a completed phrase will be accepted as an entry – do not email each word/phrase daily. Wait until you have the complete saying and then email in.
- All email submissions must be received by 11:59 PM EST 11/30/2015.
- Winners will be selected 12/1/2015 and will have 48 hours to claim their prize before another is selected.
- Participating blogs and bloggers are not responsible for unsent, damaged, and/or stolen prizes offered by the publisher.
TODAY'S WORD: Epic
