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Book Tour: Review of Flashfall by Jenny Moyer

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ABOUT THE BOOK:

  • Original Title: Flashfall by Jenny Moyer
  • Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
  • Release Date: November 15th, 2016
  • Genre: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Dystopia
  • Excerpt: Click here to read a sample.

  

Synopsis: Orion is a Subpar, expected to mine the tunnels of Outpost Five, near the deadly flash curtain. For generations, her people have chased cirium—the only element that can shield humanity from the curtain’s radioactive particles.

She and her caving partner, Dram work the most treacherous tunnel, fighting past flash bats and tunnel gulls, in hopes of mining enough cirium to earn their way into the protected city.

But when newcomers arrive at Outpost Five, Orion uncovers disturbing revelations that make her question everything she thought she knew about life on both sides of the cirium shield. As conditions at the outpost grow increasingly dangerous, it’s up to Orion to forge a way past the flashfall, beyond all boundaries, beyond the world as she knows it.

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Blog Tour: Omari and the People

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Omari and the People

  • Original Tittle: Omari and the People by Stephen Whitfield
  • Narrator: Curt Simmons
  • Length: 11h 17m
  • Publisher: June 20th, 2016 by Shirley Castle Press
  • Links: Goodreads, Audible, Amazon
  • Rating: 4 out of 5

Synopsis: In a squalid ancient city on the edge of a desert (based in part on the African Sahara’s Empty Quarter) a weary, thrill-seeking thief named Omari sets his home afire to start anew and to cover his many crimes. When the entire city is unintentionally destroyed by the flames, the cornered thief tells the displaced people a lie about a better place which only he can lead them to, across the desert. With the help of an aged, mysterious woman who knows a better place actually does exist, they set out. The desperate people must come together to fight their way through bandits, storms, epidemics, and more. As a result of Omari’s involvement with Saba, a fiercely independent woman who is out to break him in the pay of a merchant whom he has offended, his ability to lead is jeopardized.

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Blog Tour: Iron Cast by Destiny Soria

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I received an Advanced Reader’s Copy of Iron Cast from the publisher via Netgalley in association with The Fantastic Flying Book Club in exchange for an honest review.

Iron Cast

  • Original Title: Iron Cast by Destiny Soria
  • Edition: e-ARC, 384 pages
  • Published: October 11th, 2016 by Amulet Books
  • Links: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N | iTunes |Book Depository | Kobo
  • Key Characters: Ada Navarro, Corrine Wells
  • Rating: 4 out of 5

Synopsis: It’s Boston, 1919, and the Cast Iron club is packed. On stage, hemopaths—whose “afflicted” blood gives them the ability to create illusions through art—captivate their audience. Corinne and Ada have been best friends ever since infamous gangster Johnny Dervish recruited them into his circle. By night they perform for Johnny’s crowds, and by day they con Boston’s elite. When a job goes wrong and Ada is imprisoned, they realize how precarious their position is. After she escapes, two of the Cast Iron’s hires are shot, and Johnny disappears. With the law closing in, Corinne and Ada are forced to hunt for answers, even as betrayal faces them at every turn.

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Blog Tour: Going Geek Review + Giveaway

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I received an Advanced Reader’s Copy of Going Geek from the publisher in association with The Fantastic Flying Book Club in exchange for an honest review.

  • Original Title: Going Geek by Charlotte Huang
  • Edition: Advance Reader’s Copy, 292 pages
  • Published: September 13, 2016 by Delacorte Press
  • Characters: Skylar Hoffman
  • Rating: 3.5 out of 5

Synopsis: A girl forced out of her comfort zone finds that being true to herself is the best way to live her life, in this second novel from the author of For the Record.

It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Skylar Hoffman’s senior year at her preppy East Coast boarding school should have been perfect:

  • amazing boyfriend
  • the coolest friends
  • the most desirable dorm

But it’s far from it. To her dismay, Skylar’s not going to rule senior year because she’s stuck in Abbot House, a tiny dorm known for, well, nothing. Living with a group of strangers everyone thinks is lame is bad enough. Worse is that Skylar wasn’t exactly truthful about how she spent summer break in Los Angeles—and her little white lie is causing her once rock-solid romance to crumble fast. And when it turns out that Skylar’s best friend is the one responsible for having her booted from Lincoln? It’s an all-out war.

Stepping out of her comfort zone never felt so scary—or necessary. But everything is different now. Including, maybe, Skylar herself . . .

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