Cover Reveal: Here Lies Love by Dan Thompson

Today I'm excited to reveal the cover of Here Lies Love by Dan Thompson, designed by Ravven. The book is described as a YA/NA thriller which sounds exactly like my kind of book! Find out more about Here Lies Love and the author below.

Plot summary: When she is sold by her father, Abbey discovers that nightmares can occur when you’re awake. Trapped inside a wooden cage, Abbey is forced to listen to the horrors and atrocities above; time ticking down until it is her turn. But Abbey isn’t prepared to become a victim; she will escape.

Although, what Abbey isn’t prepared for, is how harsh and unfair the world can be. With the sun turning its back on humanity long ago, life gives no opportunity. The only thing Abbey can do is learn to survive. To exist. And that means stealing any opportunity that comes her way. Haunted by the unpleasant memories bestowed upon her only nurtures Abbey’s paranoia, until she realises that to truly live in the world, she must confront the person who was responsible for her misfortune – her father.

Here Lies Love is a tale of actuality, of facing up to the fact that love comes in many guises. Can Abbey find the one glimmer of hope or will she be overcome with the darkness of revenge? Here Lies Love is coming April 2014.

About the author: Dan lives in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire (England) with his young daughter and his shabby dog, Skye.

He is the Author of the charity poetry book Life is all but a vast array of Colours and phobia Novella The Caseworker's Memoirs. His first full length novel, A YA Fantasy entitled The Black Petal will be available soon. Also in 2014, a dark new adult novel entitled Here Lies Love will be released.

A lover of YA and fantasy fiction, you can often find him writing on his blog, writing book reviews and connecting online with other writer-type people and interviewing authors. Dan grew up reading Enid Blyton's The Famous Five series, secretly coming up with his own inventive adventures, and R.L Stine's The Goosebump series, before turning to the works of Philip Pullman, Eoin Colfer and Marcus Sedgwick and slipping away into alternate realities. He also loves a good Historical Thriller too.

Website: http://danthompsonauthor.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheBlackPetal

Twitter: https://twitter.com/dan_pentagram

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6574279.Dan_Thompson

What do you think of the cover? I love it! I think the red hair is really striking and that stormy background is really atmospheric. Also you have the chance to name one of the characters over on the author's website! I'm excited to read the book and find out more! Let me know your thoughts in the comments.

Cover Reveal: The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Today I'm super excited to be taking part in the UK cover reveal for The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. So without further ado, here is the cover...

What do you think?! I love it! I think my favourite bit is the badge-shaped letter U with the girl in the middle. I love the shocking pink as well, but it doesn't look too girly which I like. And the blurred background definitely gets across the fact it'll be an action-packed read. It's tough and edgy and gorgeous!

The Naturals is published on 7th November by Quercus. Find out more about the book and where to get your hands on it below!

Plot Summary:  

Cassie Hobbes is not like most teenagers. Most teenagers don’t lose their mother in a bloody, unsolved kidnapping. Most teenagers can’t tell who you are, where you’re from and how you’re likely to behave within moments of meeting you. And most teenagers don’t get chosen to join The Naturals.

Identified by the FBI as uniquely gifted, Cassie is recruited to an elite school where a small number of teens are trained to hone their exceptional abilites.

For Cassie, trying to make friends with the girls, and to figure out the two very different, very hot boys, is challenging enough. But when a serial killer begins recreating the details of her mother’s horrific crime scene, she realises just how dangerous life in The Naturals could be...

Pre-order the book:

Amazon|BookDepository|Hive

About the author:  

Jennifer Lynn Barnes (who mostly goes by Jen) was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She has been, in turn, a competitive cheerleader, a volleyball player, a dancer, a debutante, a primate cognition researcher, a teen model, a comic book geek, and a lemur aficionado. She's been writing for as long as she can remember, finished her first full book (which she now refers to as a "practice book" and which none of you will ever see) when she was still in high school, and then wrote Golden the summer after her freshman year in college, when she was nineteen.

Jen graduated high school in 2002, and from Yale University with a degree in cognitive science (the study of the brain and thought) in May of 2006. She'll be spending the 2006-2007 school year abroad, doing autism research at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom
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News Round Up! 28th September

 

News Round Up!

Every week I recap some of my favourite news stories surrounding YA books. If you want to check out a wide range of news stories about all your favourite books and fandoms then be sure to checkout FangirlDaily.com!

Marissa Meyer has revealed her latest book deal. Heartless is an Alice in Wonderland prequel which tells the story of the Queen of Hearts. It will be published in Autumn 2015. Read more on Marissa Meyer's website.

Publisher Walker has announced the launch of a new entertainment imprint which will focus on books from celebrities and TV and film tie-ins. Read more over on The Bookseller.

The cover for Shadowplay by Laura Lam, the sequel to Pantomime, was unveiled this week. See the cover below and read the full post on the author's website.

Veronica Roth has spoken out about the Allegiant leak. A Canadian bookstore shipped copies of Allegiant one month early to some readers. Roth urged those readers to wait until the pub date to read the book or at least keep spoilers to themselves. Read her Tumblr post about it at this link.

Two new posters for Divergent have been released. The posters featuring Four and Tris and their tattoos can be seen over on Hypable.com.

More artists have been revealed for the Catching Fire soundtrack, including Christina Aguilera. You can read more about her involvement over on FangirlDaily.

New releases: 
Model Misfit by Holly Smale
Amazon|Goodreads|My Review

Zom-B Baby by Darren Shan
Amazon|Goodreads

Requiem by Lauren Oliver (paperback)
Amazon|Goodreads

Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis
Amazon|Goodreads

A Radiant Sky by Jocelyn Davies
Amazon|Goodreads

The Paradox of Vertical Flight by Emil Ostrovski
Amazon|Goodreads

Cover Reveal: In Your Dreams by Amy Martin

Last year I was given the opportunity to read and review In Your Dreams by Amy Martin, a book I thoroughly enjoyed! So I was really excited to hear from Amy recently when she announced there'd be a new cover for In Your Dreams. And that cover has been revealed over on her website today! And here it is:

To find out more about the book and the brand new cover then pop over to Amy's Website at this link. (There's also a chance to win a copy!) I have to say I absolutely adore the new cover! I love that the eye is still a feature because I really liked that about the old cover. I think the font is beautiful and the way everything blends together works so well. It's gorgeous <3

What do you think of the new cover? If it's pulled you in then here'e some more information about the book!

Plot summary (from Goodreads):
Sixteen-year-old Zara "Zip" McKee lives for three things: basketball, books, and bailing out of tiny Titusville, Illinois, where the junior high and high school are in the same building and everyone's known everyone else since birth. But when Kieran Lanier moves to town and passes out on her desk on his first day at school, Zip's life gets complicated in a way she never dreamed.

Kieran has narcolepsy, and although he sometimes struggles to stay awake, he has no trouble capturing Zip's heart and trusting her with his most guarded secret--he sees bits and pieces of the future in his dreams.

Links:
Amy Martin's Website
Follow Amy on Twitter
Cover reveal post
My Review of In Your Dreams
Add the book on Goodreads
Buy the book on Amazon UK

News: Requiem Cover Reveal!

I'm a huge fan of Lauren Oliver and her Delirium trilogy, so I got very excited when the cover for Requiem, the final book in the trilogy, was revealed this week! What do you think? I love the blue!

Find out more on the UK Delirium Facebook page. Requiem is published in March 2013. Pre-order the book now at the following links!

 

Amazon

Waterstone's

Book Depository

News: Cover Reveal for Confessions of an Angry Girl!

I've been waiting to hear more about the UK release of Confessions of an Angry Girl by Louise Rozett. This week Mira Ink have revealed the UK cover!

It's certainly fiery! ;) you can find out more about the book on Goodreads here and pre-order at Waterstone's now.