Today, we have Lisa Shearin over as our guest author, here for a chat about the latest and ultimate book in her Raine Benares series, All Spell Breaks Loose. Lisa was one of the very first authors we interviewed…
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Eli Monpress Giveaway: Rachel Aaron on Inspirations & Influences
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free rein so they can go wild…
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free rein so they can go wild…
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Book Review: Dead Reckoning by Mercedes Lackey, Rosemary Edghill & Jane Hodson
Title: Dead Reckoning Author: Mercedes Lackey, Rosemary Edghill & Jane Hodson Genre: Western, Horror, Zombies, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Publication Date: June 2012 Hardcover: 336 Pages Jett is a girl disguised as a boy, living as…
What’s that, a post from us at Kirkus on a Friday?!? In our mad scramble to prepare ALL THE THINGS for BEA (how the heck is it BEA time already?!), we have been laboring over schedules, author signing locations,…
Title: Dragonswood Author: Janet Lee Carey Genre: Fantasy, Historical/Arthurian, Fairy Tales, Young Adult Publisher: Dial (Penguin) Publication Date: January 2012 Hardcover: 407 Pages Wilde Island is not at peace. The kingdom mourns the dead Pendragon king and awaits the…
Title: Further: Beyond the Threshold Author: Chris Roberson Genre: Science Fiction, Space Opera Publisher: 47North (Amazon Publishing) Publication Date: May 2012 Paperback: 352 Pages The thirty-fourth century. Humankind is spread across three thousand light years in a myriad of…
We are thrilled to be working with Universal to bring you a most excellent Smugglerific Giveaway to celebrate one of our most highly anticipated movies of the summer: Snow White and the Huntsman (in theaters June 1). About the…
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free rein so they can go wild…
Hello everyone, and happy Sunday! We are thrilled to have survived our joint review week (phew) and now will return to our regular programming! Giveaway Winner: The winner of our Stormdancer ARC giveaway is… CORTNEY Congratulations! You know the…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar…
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Joint Review: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Title: Shadow and Bone (US) / The Gathering Dark (UK) Author: Leigh Bardugo Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (US)/Indigo (UK) Publication date: June 2012 Hardcover: 368 pages/ 442 pages Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation…
Title: Ship of Souls Author: Zetta Elliott Genre: Fantasy (Contemporary/Urban Fantasy), Young Adult Publisher: Amazon Encore Publication date: February 2012 Paperback: 132 pages When Dmitri, an 11-year-old bird watcher and math whiz, loses his mother to breast cancer, he…
We are thrilled to present yet another Smugglerific cover reveal! This time, the book is Stormdancer from debut author Jay Kristoff. We cannot wait for the book – a dystopia set in a Japanese-inspired steampunk empire in which technology…
Title: Blackout Author: Mira Grant Genre: Horror, Thriller, Speculative Fiction, Zombies Publisher: Orbit Publication Date: May 2012 Paperback: 560 pages Rise up while you can. -Georgia Mason The year was 2014. The year we cured cancer. The year we…
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Book Review: After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall by Nancy Kress
Title: After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall Author: Nancy Kress Genre: Pre/Post/Apocalyptic, Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Publisher: Tachyon Publications Publication Date: April 2012 Paperback: 192 Pages The year is 2035. After ecological disasters nearly destroyed the…
Hello everyone! We hope you’re all having a great Mother’s Day! Just a few things today… Giveaway Winners: We have a few giveaway winners to announce! First up, the winner of a copy of The Drowned Cities by Paolo…
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Book Review: The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom by Christopher Healy
Title: The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom Author: Written by Christopher Healy, Illustrated by Tod Harris Genre: Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retelling, Middle Grade Publisher: Walden Pond Press Publication Date: May 2012 Hardcover: 293 Pages (US) nter a world…
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The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom Blog Tour: Christopher Healy Guest Post
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The cool thing is that our guest authors are given free rein so they can go…
Title: The Hunt Author: Andrew Fukuda Genre: Dystopia, Horror, Post-Apocalypse, Young Adult, Vampires Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin (US) / Simon & Schuster (UK) Publication Date: May 2012 Hardcover: 293 Pages (US) Don’t Sweat. Don’t Laugh. Don’t draw attention to…
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The Hunt Blog Tour & Giveaway: Andrew Fukuda on Inspirations & Influences
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free rein so they can go wild…
Title: Bitterblue Author: Kristin Cashore Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Dial (US) / Gollancz (UK) Publication Date: May 2012 Hardcover: 547 Pages Eight years after Graceling, Bitterblue is now queen of Monsea. But the influence of her father, a…
Hello, everyone! Book Smuggler Thea, here. A few months ago, I posted a survey and asked for your help in completing the market research portion of my graduate thesis. Thanks to you – 919 of you, to be precise…
Today we are thrilled to be a part of the blog tour celebrating the release of The Drowned Cities, Paolo Bacigalupi’s follow-up to the Printz-winning Ship Breaker (one of Thea’s favorite books of 2010). Paolo Bacigalupi needs no introduction…
Title: Silence Author: Michelle Sagara Genre: Urban Fantasy, Horror, Young Adult Publisher: DAW Publication Date: May 2012 Hardcover: 256 Pages It began in the graveyard… Ever since her boyfriend Nathan had died in a tragic accident, Emma had been…