#BookTrailerThursday - My Prophecy? Ellen Oh's Debut My Most Anticipated New Book

Book Trailer Thursdays!

To participate, post an entry in your blog on Thursdays with an embedded book trailer of your choice (note: the trailer can be fan made but please no movie trailers of book adaptations) with your thoughts and comments underneath. It can be a book you have read, want to read or have never even come across before. 

Today we are featuring a Sneak Peek from Prophecy, the Debut Novel by Ellen Oh!

PROPHECY by Ellen Oh -- Book Trailer by harperteen

The greatest warrior in all of the Seven Kingdoms . . . is a girl with yellow eyes. Kira is the only female in the king's army, and the prince's bodyguard. She's a demon slayer and an outcast, hated by nearly everyone in her home city of Hansong. And, she's their only hope . . . Murdered kings, traitors, and a demon invasion sends Kira on the run with the young prince, who may be the true heir to the Dragon King's throne, destined to reunite the seven kingdoms. But without the lost treasures, there will be nothing left to reunite. With only the guidance of a cryptic prophecy, Kira must battle demon soldiers, evil shaman, and the Demon Lord himself to find what was once lost and raise a prince into a king. Intrigue and mystery, ancient lore and action-packed fantasy come together in this heart-stopping debut from Ellen Oh. Purchase your copy today! Amazon: http://amzn.to/T4G7Um Barnes and Noble: http://bit.ly/STb6Ev Books-a-Million: http://bit.ly/W2KYGz IndieBound: http://bit.ly...

The Earthquake Machine

The Earthquake Machine
by Mary Pauline Lowry


Mary Pauline Lowry offers up an action filled, brilliant debut novel that takes the reader on one WILD ride!  ...and she pulls from her varied background to develop her characters and storyline.


The Earthquake Machine is the story of a very unhappy 14 year old Rhonda who "escapes" her painful home life to find the one person in her life that she has been able to rely on...Jesus, the family gardener.  Her adventure takes her south of the border and teaches her the value of the people that surround you and illustrates the inequities that exsist between traveling as a young girl versus as a young girl...while also sxposing the reader to Mexico's historically exotic culture.


The story moves well and the charachters will draw you in...from the delightful 14 year old Rhonda who has assumed the blame for he Mother's insanity; her abusive Father; the drug adled Bartender who manages to become a key part of Rhondas travels; to the tender and supportive Jesus and his Mama.


Exploring topics of Mexican and American Culture and Norms along with the obvious "coming of age" issues that any story of a 14 year old will...this is a book that I highly recommend.


Thank you to the author for providing a review copy of The Earthquake Machine.

Review: Curse of the Wolf Girl by Martin Millar

Curse of the Wolf Girl
by Martin Millar

4.0 out of 5 stars This review is from: Curse of the Wolf Girl (Paperback)

If you aren't familiar with this series, I suggest that you start at the beginning...Lonely Werewolf Girl was a much publicized first book for Martin Millar and even garnered praise from Neil Gaiman who encouraged his readers to pick it up. I have to say I loved it and eagerly awaited the follow-up.

Millar's writing is brilliant and his ability to find the voice of a troubled teen (a troubled teen GIRL) is amazing to me. Quirky dialogue, close to crazy at times...Millar excels at those moments when a character is up against the wall, confronting their fears...but he also will make you laugh out loud! You will grow to love these people/creatures...

So, how do I tell you about book two without spoiling the first book for you?

Kalix MacRinnalch is a teenage girl - filled with all of the sadness, angst and self loathing that comes along with that...oh and did I mention that she is also a werewolf?

Curse of the Wolf Girl starts with Kalix in a relatively safe place - in London, living with a human couple and a teenage Fire Elemental who in my opinion steals the show!

I would have given this book a hands down 5 star review but - some of the characters seem stuck. I would have liked to see more growth, especially in Kalix...but do not let this stop you from checking out this book! Millar is a one of a kind author - I think I would read his rendition of the Yellow Pages ;-p

Disclaimer:  I received this book through the Amazon "Vine Program" 

Book Description from Amazon

Kallix, a morose, laudanum-addicted, unschooled, slightly anorexic werewolf is still on the run. The youngest daughter of the Thane of the MacRinnalch Clan of werewolves, held responsible unfairly for the death of the Thane, and justifiably responsible for the deaths of a great many other werewolves, remains prohibited from returning to Scotland in order to maintain the uneasy peace that temporarily prevails in court, despite the endemic debauchery and degeneracy always threatening to again spiral out of control. Frankly, things aren’t much better for her in London than in Scotland. The love of her life is in hiding and her enemies increase in number by the day. Strong as she is when enraged, it’s becoming ever more dangerous to be her. Daniel and Moonglow, her two human friends, do what they can to keep her hidden in plain sight (who would look for a werewolf in a remedial program for high school dropouts?) and keep her fed. Millar is a true world-creator, populating Curse of the Wolf Girl with a universe of characters: fashion-designing werewolves, cross-dressing werewolves, and neurotic, psychotic, and erotic werewolves, as well as fairies, Fire Elementals, and good ole humans — whipping them in faster and faster revolutions with his thrilling, vertiginous rollercoaster narrative.