Friday, May 2, 2014

Giveaway: Deep Blue

Today I have a fantastic giveaway to help celebrate next week's release of Jennifer Donnelly's paranormal young adult novel, Deep Blue. I knew I had to have this book the minute I saw its gorgeous cover, so I'm excited to have the opportunity to give away a copy to one lucky winner! It will look oh-so pretty on someone's shelf :) Before we get to the giving away of awesome things though, check out a little bit about Deep Blue:

DEEP BLUE


The first in a series of epic tales set in the depths of the ocean, where six mermaids seek to protect and save their hidden world.

Deep in the ocean, in a world not so different from our own, live the merpeople. Their communities are spread throughout the oceans, seas, and freshwaters all over the globe.

When Serafina, a mermaid of the Mediterranean Sea, awakens on the morning of her betrothal, her biggest worry should be winning the love of handsome Prince Mahdi. And yet Sera finds herself haunted by strange dreams that foretell the return of an ancient evil. Her dark premonitions are confirmed when an assassin’s arrow poisons Sera's mother.

Now, Serafina must embark on a quest to find the assassin’s master and prevent a war between the Mer nations. Led only by her shadowy dreams, Sera searches for five other mermaid heroines who are scattered across the six seas. Together, they will form an unbreakable bond of sisterhood and uncover a conspiracy that threatens their world’s very existence.




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JENNIFER DONNELLY


Jennifer Donnelly is an award-winning author of both adult and young adult books, including Deep Blue, the first book in the Waterfire Saga. For adults she has written a trilogy of best-selling books that includes The Tea Rose, The Winter Rose, and The Wild Rose. Her first young adult novel, A Northern Light, received many accolades, among them the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, a Carnegie Medal in the UK, and a Michael L. Printz Honor. Her second young adult novel, Revolution, was named a Best Book of 2010 by Kirkus Reviews and School Library Journal, and the audiobook received a 2011 American Library Association Odyssey Honor. She lives in New York’s Hudson Valley.


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GIVEAWAY



A huge thank you to the amazing people at Disney for offering up such a fun giveaway! Two lucky winners will each receive:

• Custom Deep Blue nail polish
• A copy of Deep Blue

To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter form below. Giveaway is open to US addresses only.

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29 comments:

  1. My favorite mermaid story is The Little Mermaid. It is the first fairy tale that I cried to because the girl didn't get the boy and the boy didn't realize the truth until it was too late.

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  2. The Little Mermaid, but Aquamarine is good as well

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  3. I'm just so in love with the cover! I liked the book but I confess that maybe something was missing for me to really love it. We'll see witht he sequels.

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  4. Definitely The Little Mermaid...since childhood.

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  5. Monstrous Beauty by Elizabeth Fama is my new favorite mermaid book!

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  6. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway Jenny!

    I have always love The Little Mermaid, can't beat a feisty redhead!

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  7. Oooh, thanks for the chance! I love the cover, and could use some pretty Deep Blue nail polish for the summer. Happy Friday. :)

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  8. Thanks you for the great giveaway, Jenny. My favorite Mermaid movie is the old, original Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid which broke my heart when I was a kid, of course Disney's Little Mermaid is awesome too. Hmmm...then there's Splash. What can I say, I like mermaids! :)

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  9. I am curious about the next book. Need to see how it ends! :) Oh and love that blue nail polish. I do have one that has the word mermaid in it. Of course I had to get it. LOL

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  10. What a terrific giveaway! Who doesn't like a good giveaway? The cover for this is stunning! Have a wonderful weekend, Jenny.

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  11. I love the cover of this one, but was a little disappointed by the first review of it I saw. Still, I am a lover of all things "mer". What is my favorite Mermaid book or movie? I have to choose? Movie- Well I have always loved Splash with Daryl Hannah and Tom Hanks. But The Little Mermaid runs a close second. Just love the songs in it. As far as books go....no way I can choose!

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  12. I don't believe I've read any mermaid books except for Wake by Amanda Hocking. Well technically, they're sirens, but close enough right?

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  13. love the cover this looks like it will be a good book. The only mermaid I have ever seen was the little mermaid and also something on Disney but cant remember the name.

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  14. I loved Of Posidon by Anna Banks and I loved watching H2O when I was a kid.

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  15. I'm thinking The Little Mermaid as my favorite movie.. mostly because I can't think of any others :)

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  16. That is a gorgeous cover. The premise sounds intriguing but I rarely like sea creature books. Thanks for sharing, Jenny!

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  17. (this is Darith L.)

    Aquamarine! :D

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  18. I've always loved The Little Mermaid and I also liked the movie Aquamarine a lot as well. Unfortunately I haven't found any books on mermaids that have caught my interest until now. It's such a beautiful cover and the storyline sounds brilliant!!

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  19. I have a copy of this so I won't enter the giveaway, but just wanted to chime in and agree - the cover is lovely! And what a fun prize to have nail polish to match. I wish I was talented enough to do bookish manicures like Mands at The Bookish Manicurist, but sadly it's like i"m a toddler coloring all outside the lines when I do my own nails. :-)

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  20. I don't really have a favorite... but I do love mermaids. I'd love to read it!

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  21. The movie Splash was pretty good. I particularly liked Tom Hanks (who doesn't?) but John Candy and Darryl Hannah had some good moments too. Thanks for the chance to win Deep Blue.

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  22. Of course The Little Mermaid. I have always wanted to read a mermaid book though. Such a whimsical idea and a topic that always interested me.

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  23. The Little Mermaid :)
    Thank you for the giveaway,

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  24. Favorite mermaid movie is Splash!

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  25. My favorite mermaid book would definitely be Of Poseidon and my favorite mermaid movie is obviously The Little Mermaid lol.

    Thanks for the giveaway!

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