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Teaser Tuesday: Cold Kiss by Amy Garvey (August 28, 2012)

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

 


He rakes is fingers through his hair again as he paces toward the windows. “Is he really the Danny you knew?”

 

~ pg 111, Cold Kiss by Amy Garvey

Here’s the summary from Goodreads:

After her boyfriend is killed in a car accident, high school student Wren Darby uses her hidden powers to bring him back from the dead, never imagining the consequences that will result from her decision.

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Friday Finds: August 24, 2012

FRIDAY FINDS is hosted by Should Be Reading and showcases the books you ‘found’ and added to your To Be Read (TBR) list… whether you found them online, or in a bookstore, or in the library — wherever! (they aren’t necessarily books you purchased).

 

Cassidy Jones and the Secret Formula by Elise Stokes
Amazon | Goodreads


Fourteen-year-old Cassidy Jones wakes up the morning after a minor accident in the laboratory of a world-renowned geneticist to discover that her body has undergone some bizarre physical changes. Her senses, strength, and speed have been radically enhanced.

After exploring her newfound abilities, Cassidy learns that the geneticist, Professor Serena Phillips, is missing and that foul play is suspected. Terrified that her physical changes and Professor Phillips’ disappearance are somehow connected, Cassidy decides to keep her strange transformation a secret. That is, until she meets the professor’s brilliant and mysterious fifteen-year-old son, Emery. An unlikely duo, they set out to find Emery’s mother, who is key in explaining Cassidy’s newly acquired superpowers.

Their lives are put at risk when they find themselves embroiled in a dangerous, action-packed adventure. Soon they are forced to confront a maniacal villain willing to do anything – including murder — to reach his own ambitious goals.

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Amazon | Goodreads


Juliette hasn’t touched anyone in exactly 264 days.

The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette’s touch is fatal. As long as she doesn’t hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don’t fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong color.

The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a cell. Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering war– and The Reestablishment has changed its mind. Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Maybe she’s exactly what they need right now.

Juliette has to make a choice: Be a weapon. Or be a warrior.

The Plot Thickens by Noah Lukeman
Amazon | Goodreads

As a literary agent, Noah Lukeman hears thousands of book pitches a year. Often the stories sound great in concept, but never live up to their potential on the page. Lukeman shows beginning and advanced writers how to implement the fundamentals of successful plot development, such as character building and heightened suspense and conflict. Writers will find it impossible to walk away from this invaluable guide—a veritable fiction-writing workshop—without boundless new ideas.

Cold Kiss by Amy Garvey
Amazon | Goodreads

After her boyfriend is killed in a car accident, high school student Wren Darby uses her hidden powers to bring him back from the dead, never imagining the consequences that will result from her decision.

If I Lie by Corrine Jackson
Amazon | Goodreads

Quinn’s done the unthinkable: she kissed a guy who is not Carey, her boyfriend. And she got caught. Being branded a cheater would be bad enough, but Quinn is deemed a traitor, and shunned by all of her friends. Because Carey’s not just any guy—he’s serving in Afghanistan and revered by everyone in their small, military town.
Quinn could clear her name, but that would mean revealing secrets that she’s vowed to keep—secrets that aren’t hers to share. And when Carey goes MIA, Quinn must decide how far she’ll go to protect her boyfriend…and her promise.

Book summaries from Goodreads. Amazon links are affiliate links.

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Road Trip Wednesday: What’s Your Novel’s Love List?

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Every Wednesday, YA Highway asks a writing- or reading-related question.

This Week’s Topic is: Inspired byStephanie Perkins’ post on Natalie Whipple’s blog, what is your novel’s “Love List”?

I started writing a list of words that make me excited about writing my story (Working Title, Brotherly Love).  You’ll notice not all of them are positive words. They’re just words that when I think about them, I feel like, “Yes! I need to finish this book!”

 

I’m going to keep this paper in my purse so I can read it whenever I need a boost. I’m sure there will be more words to add later as well.

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Two LGBT YA Books at Amazon’s 4-for-3 Promotion

I was browsing through Amazon’s 4-for-3 Promotion category the other day and found two young adult LGBT books.  Maybe there’s more than two, but I stopped after finding the second one since I only needed two to complete my foursome.

They aren’t new, just new to me, and I’m excited to read them.

Their covers caught my interest and it wasn’t until I read the descriptions that I realized they involved gay characters. That was like icing on the cake. 🙂

 

Peter by Kate Walker has such a hot cover there’s no way I was going to skip checking it out.  A motorcycle and a dirty boy viewed from behind? Oh yeah.  I’m always on the look out for male POV young adults books anyway.  A boy protagonist with a crush on his brother’s friend?  *clicks Add to Cart*

Pressured by his peers and society to conform to the stereotyped macho image, fifteen-year-old Peter feels both confused and repelled. His confusion and his horror increase when he finds himself attracted to his brother’s best friend, David, who is gay. Here is a daring, exceptionally honest novel about sexuality and the need to be true to oneself. Peter shares his every muddle and perception with us, and his candor just might help us find our own way.

 

Hero by Perry Moore caught my eye with its Superman-esque image.  I’ve got a thing for heroes.  A gay superhero who is hiding both of his identities? It’s like the book was written for me!  Now if there happens to be a scene in which he has to save the hot guy he’s secretly attracted to, I might just die while reading.  *clicks*

The last thing in the world Thom Creed wants is to add to his dad, Hal’s, pain, so he keeps secrets. Like that he has special powers. And that he’s been asked to join the League–the very organization of superheroes that spurned his father. The most painful secret of all is one Thom can barely face himself: he’s gay.

But becoming a member of the League opens up a new world for Thom. There, he connects with a misfit group of aspiring heroes, including Scarlett, who can control fire but not her anger; Typhoid Larry, who can make anyone sick with his touch; and Ruth, a wise old broad who can see the future. Like Thom, these heroes have things to hide, but they will have to learn to trust one another when they uncover a deadly conspiracy within the League.

To survive, Thom will face challenges he never imagine. To find happiness, he’ll have to come to terms with his father’s past and discover the kind of hero he really wants to be.

 

How about you?  Read any young adult LGBT books lately?  Have you read Peter or Hero?

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