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Today on my blog I have the Rising blog tour. On my stop there is a spotlight, excerpt, guest post, review, and giveaway. So let's get started and meet the author Holly:
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Holly Kelly is a mom who writes books
in her spare time: translation--She hides in the bathroom with her laptop and
locks the door while the kids destroy the house and smear peanut butter on the
walls.
Holly was born in Utah but lived in Salina , Kansas until she
was 13 and in Garland , Texas Utah--
Holly Kelly's first published book is: Rising. Rising was published by Clean
Teen Publishing on September 6, 2013.
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In a war between the humans and the
inhabitants of the sea—humans will lose. Xanthus Dimitriou—the most lethal
Dagonian to rise from the ocean—is on a mission to save mankind from
annihilation. But first there’s one small thing he needs to do… kill a
beautiful young woman in a wheelchair.
Killing her doesn’t start out as part of his plan. He
entrenches himself deep in the human world. Aligning himself with his enemies,
he prepares to send them to Triton to face their punishment. Then Sara
Taylor rolls onto the scene. Xanthus
criminal. And her crime? Being born. She’s a human/Dagonian half-breed,
an abomination. Killing her should be an easy job. All he has to do is
break into her apartment, slit her throat, and feed her body to the
sharks. Simple, right? Wrong. If only she weren’t so beautiful, so
innocent, so sweet…
Saving the world may have to wait. It appears Xanthus
Excerpt:
He knew what he had to do, what he’d done countless times before. As a
trained soldier, he had a sacred duty to protect his people, guard their
secret, and uphold the law. This female’s presence here was not only a criminal
act, but it also presented an imminent threat. And because of that, his course
was clear.
He had to kill her.
His plan lay clearly before him. Blanketed in the shadows, he’d enter
her apartment window. Moving silently, he’d strike fast. Before she could cry
out for help, he’d have her throat slit wide open. With
her blood flowing swiftly, she’d be dead in mere seconds. The fact that she
bathed at this time added to the ease of the execution. Clean up would be
simple. Before the night ended, it would be as if she’d never existed. The
Dagonian threat of exposure would be wiped clean from the human world.
He hesitated.
No, he didn’t merely hesitate. He halted. Fingering his blade in his
holster, he willed his feet to move, but they seemed unwilling to obey. Then
his mind latched onto a thought. It was no crime to wait for a more opportune
time or a more secluded place to strike. He didn’t need to act rashly. True,
finding her here in the human world shocked him, but he needed to be
clear-headed and sure when he killed her.
He made his way back to his vehicle and climbed behind the wheel. He
leaned his head back against the seat, closed his eyes, and attempted to clear
his head.
He’d be back and she would die. She deserved to die. She may have the
voice of an angel, but that was a lie. She was a traitor, a threat to their
people. No other explanation made sense.
He felt someone near just before a fist rapped on the glass. A big,
filthy man with wild hair motioned for him to roll down his window.
As soon as the glass lowered, the barrel of a high-caliber pistol poked
inside. “Give me all your money and I won’t hurt you,” the man growled.
“Put away that gun and I won’t hurt you,” Xanthus
The man didn’t seem too impressed. “Yeah man, right. You might notice
I’m the one with the...” Before he got the words out, Xanthus
“Hey man, I was just joking,” the human choked out.
“Just walk away. And don’t come back. If I see your face anywhere near
here again, I’ll kill you. Do you understand me?”
The man’s eyes widened in fear. “Yeah, yeah, I hear you,” he said, just
before Xanthus
This Dagonian female probably felt at home with these bottom-feeders.
Probably? Aw Hades. He cursed himself and the doubt in his mind. He
doubly cursed that he couldn’t seem to stop himself from caring about her
welfare. He’d be killing her himself, after all. The traitor had to die,
regardless of his feelings and no matter how appealing she was. Of course if
she died by a human’s hands then he wouldn’t...
No.
He shook his head at his own idiotic thoughts. If a human killed her,
then her body would be taken to the morgue, for the humans to see. He couldn’t
let that happen. He had to be the one to kill her and carefully dispose of her
body. And he would, soon.
Just not tonight.
Guest Post:
Xanthus
Guest Post:
To His Majesty
and Guardian, King Triton,
It is with the
greatest humility that I appeal to Your Majesty for help. I’m sure you are
aware of the three-thousand Dagonians that have perished in the South Pacific.
The humans have once again acted without honor. They pollute our beloved seas
and kill the innocent. In response to this, the Dagonians are preparing for
war. They want nothing better than to kill every last human being on the
planet. Regardless of what the humans have done, I cannot in good conscience,
allow this. However, I am but one Dagonian. I cannot stop an entire nation from
going to war. But with your help, Sire, I would like to try.
The reason
Dagonians have little hesitation in killing six billion humans, is because they
are ignorant of them. They don’t know that there are good humans living amongst
the evil. They only see the bad and demonize the whole of them. If they could
see them for whom they truly are: fathers, mothers, sons, and daughters—beings
that love, laugh, mourn, and cry, then perhaps the Dagonians would not be so
quick to strike. Perhaps they may think twice about annihilating
them.
My plan is this.
I would like to travel to the surface. I will gather evidence of human goodness
and kindness. Perhaps if Dagonians could see this evidence, they would hesitate
to act. And then while on the surface, I will to do everything in my power to
convince the humans of the error of their ways. The humans must change. They
need to learn to do their part to take care of our planet. They must stop
polluting our seas.
In order to
accomplish this formidable task I will need your help. I do not ask this lightly.
This journey is of the greatest importance. What I ask of you is this: grant me
human legs to travel as a human on the surface. I cannot accomplish what is
needed without this. Please consider my request. Give me what I need and I will
do all within my power to save the innocent. Lives are in your hands, Majesty.
Review:
I loved this book so much. I have not read any other book
like this and I can’t wait for more from Holly.
There is a war between humans and the creatures of the sea.
But don’t mistake them for mermaids/merman they are called Dagonians. Xanthus Xanthus
Holly does a great job with her descriptions of both worlds
in this book and both characters coping to their new surroundings. Holly has
created a new book boyfriend for me and his name is Xanthus
I am a huge Greek mythology fan and Holly did her homework
for this book. She doesn’t just throw in random facts for the story but uses
the mythology to weave a magical world that left me falling in love with the
characters and staying up late into the night to finish the book.
5/5 Bloody
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Thank you for stopping by my blog today for the Rising tour. I would also like to say Thank You to Kelly for letting me review your book and say Thank You to Jaidis for letting me participate in this tour. Don't forget to enter the giveaway below.
~Sabrina
This is gonna be good. Can't wait to read...Thanks!
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