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Fire & Flood Cover Reveal

So I assume by now we all know Victoria Scott from her awesome book The Collector. And we're all crossing our fingers and counting down for The Liberator. Now here is the cover from another book she's writing, called Fire & Flood:

Man, this cover is badass. I love the fire eating away at the feather. And here is the synopsis for Fire & Flood:

In a perilous race across the world, having the best Pandora can be the difference between life and death.

Sixteen-year-old Tella Holloway isn’t happy. Her mother rushed them out of Boston and into a craptastic house nestled in Middle of Nowhere, Montana. To make matters worse, Tella’s brother is sick, and though a dozen doctors can’t determine the cause, her mother is sure Montana’s “fresh air” will help. Now Tella spends her days being homeschooled, and uses her imagination as entertainment.

But when a small blue box appears on her bed, Tella’s world is rocked. Inside the strange package she finds a white ear bud—and after she fits it into place and touches its blinking button—an unknown voice fills her head. Tella is invited to join the Brimstone Bleed, a race across four ecosystems: desert, sea, mountains, jungle. The voice in Tella’s ear explains she has 48 hours to retrieve her Pandora, an animal genetically designed to help her win.

Tella has never been the sporty type; she’s more a cheerleader than an athlete. But despite her mother’s warnings, she’s determined to compete in the race. And she’ll do anything to win, because if Tella is the Brimstone Bleed victor, she'll be granted a specific gift—the cure to save her brother’s life.

FIRE & FLOOD is a teen thriller set in modern day.

Like I said total badassery. Can't wait to read it!



Kacii

Dante Post

I haven't done a Dante Post in a while, so I thought I'd try it out again.



Synopsis:

He makes good girls...bad. Dante Walker is flippin’ awesome, and he knows it. His good looks, killer charm, and stellar confidence have made him one of hell’s best—a soul collector. His job is simple: weed through humanity and label those round rears with a big red good or bad stamp. Old Saint Nick gets the good guys, and he gets the fun ones. Bag-and-tag.

Sealing souls is nothing personal. Dante’s an equal-opportunity collector and doesn't want it any other way. But he’ll have to adjust, because Boss Man has given him a new assignment:

Collect Charlie Cooper’s soul within ten days.

Dante doesn't know why Boss Man wants Charlie, nor does he care. This assignment means only one thing to him, and that’s a permanent ticket out of hell. But after Dante meets the quirky Nerd Alert chick he’s come to collect, he realizes this assignment will test his abilities as a collector…and uncover emotions deeply buried.


It rocks. And I believe it comes out April 2nd. Gah! So long a wait!

Kacii

Dante Post - For the Girls

I thought I'd give you an update on thee Dante/V Mafia things I'm doing. I don't believe I showed any of you my awesome *cough* boring fan art. Okay, so I'm kind of choppy on Photoshop. And I really didn't know what what to put text wise on the image. Well here you go:

 

See! It's not bad per se, it's just not as fancy as some of the other peoples fan art. And for the fan video!

Cool. So I probably will have a blue badge soon. I hope  I do, anyway.

Kacii

The Collector by Victoria Scott Excerpt #2

     You've noticed the badges and countdown widgets and other doohickeys I have on the site, I'm sure. And I did a post last month with a video interview with the author of the much-anticipated book called THE COLLECTOR. If you follow my tweets you may even notice I often times tweet about it. What can I say? I'm a bookworm, and this is one book I can't wait to read.
     Now I don't have the first excerpt, but you can find it by clicking here, which takes you to Confessions of a Bookaholic.  And there's a character interview with the protagonist in THE COLLECTOR here (Mostly YA Book Obsessed). A mini character interview and an interview with Victoria Scott can also be found here (The Book Goddess).
     Okay, enough with the links and the 'here's.' They can get rather tedious after a while. But I gotta say, you should definitely check out the character interviews. They make you want to fan yourself ladies, and we haven't even read the book yet! I am almost positive that Dante Walker will be my favorite bad boy. We'll see, but seriously, check out the links I've given you. They are smokin'.
     Now, I may not have all of that other stuff which is at other blogs, but I do have the second excerpt that Victoria Scott released to the V Mafia, which rocks. So now you can check that out below:

Apparently, Charlie Cooper doesn’t have a car. But don’t worry, she tells me, we can walk to school from here.

            Thrilling.

It’ll only take a few lifetimes, what with her mad limp and all.

            Charlie carries a brown lunch bag in one hand, and every few minutes she digs Skittles out of her pocket and pops them into her mouth. I have no idea how this girl survives high school. She’s a disaster. It’s kind of tragic. Why is she still alive while I’m a walking corpse?

I can’t stop staring at her mouth. It’s the only part of her that’s passable yet it never stops moving.

            “Don’t you think?” she asks.

            I meet her eyes. “What?”

            She nudges me with her shoulder like we’re long lost pals. “Someone’s been daydreaming. Want some sugar?” Her open palm is a stained Skittle mess.

“I’ll pass,” I answer. I’m not sure how this chick stays so tiny. She eats like a hippopotamus. Deep in my pocket, I rub circles over my lucky penny. I’m trying to figure out how to corrupt this girl, and she keeps asking me questions.

Focus, Dante.

I narrow my eyes and do what I’m trained to do. At first, her body is exactly the same, short and skinny, like a weed that needs plucking. But then it changes. The familiar warm yellow light crawls over her skin and flickers.

            Ah, soul light. If I could drink it, I would. The color of a human soul is the same for everyone. It’s the seals that make the difference. I count how many she has, then clench my hands into fists. There are twelve seals on her soul. Only twelve. And they’re not even big. Great. I’ve come to collect Mother Teresa.

            Still, the fact that she has even twelve seals means Boss Man has probably had Charlie watched for some time, or at least the Peachville area. Looking at her, his reasons are lost to me. But it doesn’t matter. I’ve got to collect her either way. If I don’t and she dies, she’ll go to Judgment Day, and Boss Man obviously doesn’t want to take chances.

            Inspecting her soul closer, I notice some of Charlie’s seals are dark blue, others green or orange or whatnot. Every collector can place seals, and you can tell who sealed a soul by the color. Most of hers are green. That’d be Patrick’s work. Naturally, I was the one to train him.

            Her soul is clear of any of my red seals. But that won’t last for long cause Papa’s come to play. “How much further?” I ask.

            “Just on the other side of this hill,” she chirps. “Like I was saying, I’m not sure if you’ll be able to enroll this late in the semester, but at least you can see the school and stuff.”

            “I wouldn’t worry about it.”

            Charlie glances at me, and her eyes crinkle at the corners. “I think you’re nice, Dante.”

            “That’s cause I am nice.”

            She looks ahead and walks in silence for almost a full minute. It suddenly feels strange to be near her and not hear her speak. The massive trees hang in a canopy over the road, stretching to greet one another. Their leaves are dead.

            Toothy Jack O’ Lanterns sit on porches and watch us pass. One looks like it’s mocking me, so I flip it off. Charlie sees me. She throws her head back and laughs long and hard. The sound startles me.

I wonder what it would feel like to laugh like that—with complete abandonment.

      Honestly the character interviews with Dante Walker are my favorite, because they show his hot, sexy, cocky arrogance that defines a yummy bad boy, but this is to the extreme. He is so going to be my favorite bad boy of all time!

     And if you haven't seen the cover, here it is below:

     I don't know how many of you have seen my fan art and fan video so check them out below:

 

I can hardly wait!

 

Kacii

GIVEAWAY! +Q & A video from Victoria Scott

     You may have noticed the I <3 Dante Walker badge, I Want More D-Dub Badge or the V Mafia badge or the countdown to The Collector, by Victoria Scott. You can see them again below:

 

 

     And the count-down widget is in my sidebar. Needless to say, this book sounds HOT! HOT! HOT! HOTT with a double 't.'

     Let's start off with the giveaway. Everything in the picture is included. Here is what you can win:

So how about it? Care to enter? I know I am!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Check out the synopsis below:

He makes good girls...bad. Dante Walker is flippin’ awesome, and he knows it. His good looks, killer charm, and stellar confidence has made him one of hell’s best—a soul collector. His job is simple, weed through humanity and label those round rears with a big red good or bad stamp. Old Saint Nick gets the good guys, and he gets the fun ones. Bag-and-tag.

Sealing souls is nothing personal. Dante’s an equal opportunity collector and doesn’t want it any other way. But he’ll have to adjust, because Boss Man has given him a new assignment:

Collect Charlie Cooper’s soul within 10 days.

Dante doesn’t know why Boss Man wants Charlie, nor does he care. This assignment means only one thing to him, and that’s a permanent ticket out of hell. But after Dante meets the quirky, Nerd Alert chick he’s come to collect—he realizes this assignment will test his abilities as a collector, and uncover emotions deeply buried.

     Yumtastic, right? Check it out on Goodreads and add it to your to-read shelf. I'm sure it will be worth it. Once it comes out I'll be one of the first to buy it and review it. I love a good bad boy story, especially one with a paranormal twist.
     Unfortunately, we have to wait till March or April, I've been hearing both.
     The good thing, my lovely blog-readers, is that we have a video-interview the author sent out to the V Mafia to entice us. It's going to make me more hyped up to read the book, but what's life without a little anticipation, eh?
     Check out the video-interview with Victoria Scott below:

     Cherry pie? I wonder who came up with that particular question. I, personally, am a fan of pumpkin pie, just for the record. And here is the book trailer as well. Mmmm.

     And here is some stuff about the author herself:

 (picture from Goodreads)
Author bio (taken from Goodreads:
I'm a YA writer represented by Laurie McLean. Author of THE COLLECTOR (Entangled Teen, April 2013) and THE BRIMSTONE BLEED (Scholastic, 2014). I have a master's degree in marketing, and live in Dallas with my husband. When not writing, I can be found munching cotton candy and snuggling obese cats.

     So there you have it. Mark your calendar, add it to your to-read shelf... you know what to do. I know I can't wait for this book to come out!

And check out my fan art for The Collector (yeah, I know it could be better, but I wanted to test things out)

Kacii