Born in New York City and
raised in Pennsylvania France
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Do or Die...
In a world that has been divided amongst the Hunter race and the Warrior,
prisoners who have fallen prey to King Cyrus' decrees are forced into the arena
to fight until death. Winner is granted mercy and privilege to see another
sunrise. Death unto the weak. In an attempt to get back at everyone who has
ever shut her out, seventeen year-old Princess Echo becomes another victim,
dragging Ayden, her forbidden love, along in a race to freedom, to find out who
she really is, and to put a world that has been swallowed by lies back together
again.
In the first installment of The Bleeding Heart Trilogy, life becomes a
dangerous game of kill or be killed, love or let go. When death threatens the
forbidden love of an unlikely couple and they are forced to do the unthinkable,
to what extent will they go to be together?
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Excerpt:
I knew, without a shadow of a doubt, I was going to die
tonight. There was no escaping it or any way around it. I couldn’t run from my
destiny this time; I couldn’t hide. No, tonight I faced my fate in the chambers
of death. The screams of the crowd in the arena filled my ears, the shouts of
excitement and laughter boiling my heart down to nothing but untainted sorrow.
I refused to open my eyes, but I could sense where I was by that rusty smell of
metal and dried blood Father brought home with him every day. The shackles that
bound my ankles and wrists to the wall confirmed it. I was a prisoner in my own
home, my own Haven. I couldn’t fathom how in forty-eight hours my life had
taken a complete three-sixty spin, but here I was, locked in the dungeon of my
father’s kingdom, hidden from the world until it was my time to surface.
My Review:
WOW what a fresh take on forbidden love, self discovery, rebellion,
and finding what really matters to you the most.
Echo is the princess next in line to become queen. But she
wants none of it. She is tired of being told what to do and how to act. When
her parents inform her she is marrying Prince Noah she is so angry that she
starts to rebel even more. She flees the safety of the palace with a servant who
named Ayden. She gets one night of freedom but he tells her she has to go back
so the King doesn’t have him killed. Echo is heart broken but she goes. Being
back home Echo starts to change her fate by rebelling against her family and
life all the while thinking of Ayden but what she doesn’t know is he is
thinking of her. It isn’t until she sees him again that Echo truly starts to
feel like she knows herself and what she wants. But is she willing to pay the
cost to know the secrets kept from her and to change the world she lives in.
I really loved this book. It starts out at the end and then
flashes back five weeks before to how Echo meets Ayden and we get to see how
they fell in love. Which I think was a brilliant way to start this story. I
loved getting to see how much Echo changed through those five weeks. She
becomes so strong even when learning family secrets that she has always wondered
but the truth was far greater then she ever suspected. The relationship with
Echo and Ayden is so fun to watch grow. We really get to see them both through
each others eyes and feel everything they are feeling.
Nadege has written such a great fast paced book that will
rip out your heart and leave you begging her for more. 4/5 Bloody Fangs
Guest Post:
Are the names of the characters in your
novel important? How and why?
I wouldn’t say so,
but many have. Caesar, Echo’s only brother, is a character in Burning Bridges
but has no relation to the actual Caesar in any way. Almost a hundred percent of the time I
research names, and always names from different cultures with different
backgrounds. From there I create a
personality. Although, I do believe a name says a lot about a person. It’s something
that sticks with you for the rest of your life, so I’d also say it’s very
important.
Echo got her name
on a whim, really. It’s not a typical character name, which is why I loved it
so much. But, as I began to map out the story line of the trilogy, I realized
Echo’s name does stand for something. Throughout the story, Echo becomes this
woman who has a voice many do not. She’s strong-willed and determined, and in
her world those traits aren’t common. She provides a way for the inferior to
rise above their oppressors, emanating an echo of freedom for future
generations. This is not something that may come up in the trilogy at all, but
something a reader would have to look deeper to see. I get a really big kick
out of things like this, because even as the months roll by, I’ll forever be
learning and growing from my own writing.
Ayden. Sweet, sweet,
Ayden. It’s a very common name and I’ve always told myself that if or when I
have a son, I’d name him Ayden. Some people do get confused by why I have
spelled it differently, but I’ve never been one for status quo. Neither has my
family—just look at my name! I could have gone with ‘Aidyn’ too, if I was up
for it. But it means ‘little fire’ and that hits home for me, especially in
Burning Bridges. As dominant characters, I think Echo and Ayden do create a
‘little fire’ that becomes something even bigger than themselves. Years have
been spent with two races completely separated and within a month’s time, two
people manage to burn that all down to the ground.
Book 2 releases December 22, 2012:
When your
destiny lies in the hands of your enemy, there’s only one thing you won’t do to
save the ones you love...
Now free from the walls that confine New Haven
In the second installment of The Bleeding Heart
Trilogy, relationships are put to the test, dreams become desires, and
ultimately one girl will discover her purpose in a promised legend written in
stone.
I wanna say Thank you to Nadege for letting me review her book and Thank you to Jaidis for letting me be part of this tour.
~Sabrina
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