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Today on my blog I have the Scintillate blog tour. On my stop there is a spotlight, review, and giveaway.
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A mighty flame follows a tiny spark
Cora Sandoval’s mother disappeared when she was five and
they were living in Ireland. Since then, her dad has been more than
overprotective, and Cora is beginning to chafe under his confines. But even
more troubling is the colorful light she suddenly sees around people. Everyone,
that is, except herself—instead, she glows a brilliant, sparkling silver.
As she realizes the danger associated with these
strange auras, Cora is inexplicably drawn to Finn, a gorgeous Irish exchange
student who makes her feel safe. Their attraction is instant, magnetic, and
primal—but her father disapproves, and Finn’s mother orders him home to Ireland
upon hearing he’s fallen in love. After a fight with her father, Cora flees to
Ireland, both to follow Finn and to look for her missing mother.
There she meets
another silver-haloed person and discovers the meaning of her newfound powers
and their role in a conspiracy spanning centuries—one that could change mankind
forever…and end her life.
Review:
I wasn’t sure about this book when I started it. It started
off slow for me but I kept reading and I am glad I did.
We meet Cora who leads a boring life that is until she gets
extremely sick and upon getting better she can now see auras. And of course
Cora doesn’t understand her new ability or why her aura is so different from
everyone else. She shares her worries with her over protective father but he
just comes up with excuses and doesn’t take her seriously.
Cora soon learns that there is a whole new world for her and
why she is exploring it a boy from school named Finn comes into her life. This
is where I got a little annoyed with the book as there is an instant attraction
well from Finn side and this does get explained in the book later. I also
understood Cora falling for him as she has no experience with boys due to her
father being so overly protective of her. I was hoping Cora would see Finn for
what he was and would stay away from him but I knew once she was going to
Ireland she would see him again.
I really liked Giovanni more and thought he was more swoon
worthy over Finn. Even though he has his own secrets which is a theme in this
book. He does become important to Cora while she is in Ireland
But for me the characters I really loved were Cora’s best
friends Mari and Dun and I am hoping their story gets explored more in the next
book which I am not wanting and can’t wait to read it. 4/5 Bloody Fangs
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Tracy Clark is a
young-adult writer because she believes teens deserve to know how much they
matter and that regardless of what they’re going through, they aren’t alone. In
other words, she writes books for her teen self.
She grew up a “Valley Girl” in Southern California but now lives in her home
state of Nevada, in a small town at the base of the Sierra Foothills. Her two
children teach her the art of distraction and are a continuous source of great
dialogue. She’s an unapologetic dog person who is currently owned by a
cat.
Tracy was the recipient of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and
Illustrators (SCBWI) Work in Progress Grant. A two-time participant in the
prestigious Nevada SCBWI Mentor Program where she was lucky enough to be
mentored by bestselling author, Ellen Hopkins, who taught her so much about the
art of writing and cured her of her ellipsis addiction.
Her debut novel was inspired by her enchantment with metaphysics as a teen,
seeing it as the real magic in life. Tracy is a part-time college student, a
private pilot, and an irredeemable dreamer.
Stalker Links:
Tour Dates:
Week 1:
2/3/2014- Spare Reads- Review
2/3/2014- Flutters and Flails- Review
2/3/2014- Imaginary Reads- Guest Post
2/4/2014- Nette's Bookshelf Reviews- Review
2/4/2014- The Little Pink Book Boutique - Review
2/4/2014- Auggie-Talk- Excerpt
2/5/2014- Ficwishes- Review
2/5/2014- Book briefs- Guest
Post
2/5/2014- Jump Into Books- Excerpt
2/6/2014- Watcha Reading- Review
2/6/2014- Fade Into Fantasy- Interview
2/6/2014- Curling Up With A Good Book- Excerpt
2/7/2014- All in a Book- Review
2/7/2014- Addicted Readers- Guest Post
2/7/2014- Fantasy Book Addict- Interview
Week 2:
2/10/2014- The Demon Librarian- Review
2/10/2014- Cyndyrene- Review
2/10/2014- Stephanie Keyes- Guest Post
2/11/2014- BiblioJunkies- Review
2/11/2014- Fire and Ice- Interview
2/11/2014- Mom
With A Kinde- Guest
Post
2/12/2014- Curse
of the Bibliophile- Review
2/12/2014- Such a Novel Idea- Interview
2/12/2014- Mythical
Books- Excerpt
2/13/2014- The
Girl Bookaholic- Review
2/13/2014- Sabrina's
Paranormal Palace - Review
2/13/2014- Library
of a Book Witch- Excerpt
2/14/2014- Fiddle
Fadle - Review
2/14/2014- Books
Are Magic- Review
2/14/2014- Page Turners Blog- Interview
Thank you for stopping by my blog today. I would also like to say Thank You to Tracy for letting me review your book and say Thank You to Rockstar Book Tours for letting me participate in this tour. Don't forget to check out the other stops on the tour and enter t he giveaway below.
~Sabrina
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