I'm SO excited to be a part of the Harper Teen Winter 2016 Blog Tour! If you've been following along, so many awesome books have already been featured! If you haven't, check out the tour schedule down below and be sure to add these awesome reads to your TBR list. You also have the chance to win 40+ books from the Harper Teen Winter 2016 Catalog, just in time to keep you company on a chilly winter night! Today, I have the opportunity to feature this great YA Fantasy. I know how much you all love fantasy, so get ready to devour this beauty! Down with the Shine is full of nonstop excitement and will having you actually laughing out loud. Plus - look at that beautiful cover! You know you want this on your bookshelf!
About The Book:
Title: Down With the Shine
Author: Kate Karyus Quinn
Release Date: April 26th, 2016
Pages: 355
Publisher: HarperTeen
Find it: Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | The Book Depository
Synopsis:
There's a reason they say "be careful what you wish for." Just ask the girl who wished to be thinner and ended up smaller than Thumbelina, or the boy who asked for "balls of steel" and got them-literally. And never wish for your party to go on forever. Not unless you want your guests to be struck down by debilitating pain if they try to leave.
These are things Lennie only learns when it's too late-after she brings some of her uncles' moonshine to a party and toasts to dozens of wishes, including a big wish of her own: to bring back her best friend, Dylan, who was abducted and murdered six months ago.
Lennie didn't mean to cause so much chaos. She always thought her uncles' moonshine toast was just a tradition. And when they talked about carrying on their "important family legacy," she thought they meant good old-fashioned bootlegging.
As it turns out, they meant granting wishes. And Lennie has just granted more in one night than her uncles would grant in a year.
Now she has to find a way to undo the damage. But once granted, a wish can't be unmade...
About Kate:
Kate Karyus Quinn is a chapstick addict with a love for live theater and a BFA from Niagara University to prove it.
After growing up in the suburbs of Buffalo, NY, Kate left her hometown for Southern California and film school, where she earned an MFA in Film and Television Production from Chapman University.
After finishing her degree, she moved with her husband to Knoxville, Tennessee. However, she recently made the move back home, with her husband and two children in tow. She promised them wonderful people, amazing food, and weather that would... build character.
Kate is first and foremost an avid reader and unapologetic booknerd. Although, she mostly reads YA and romance, she often samples different genres in her constant search for the next great read.
Giveaways!
PRIZE #1
A Harper Teen Winter 2016 Catalog prize pack of 40+ books*
All YA titles in the winter 2016 catalog with the exception of The Siren by Kiera Cass, Yellow Brick War by Danielle Paige and Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard.*
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PRIZE #2
5 Finished Copies from the Harper Teen Fall 2015 Catalog.
The five books are: The Lies About Truth, Walk on Earth A Stranger, Dreamland, Dumplin’, and Da Vinci’s Tiger
How to Enter: Collect the daily word from each blog stop during the Harper Winter 2016 Tour (a total of 45). My code word is Epic! Once you’ve collected them all, email the complete saying to: HarperTeenTour@gmail.com
Prize Rules:
1.) Winner must have a valid US mailing address to receive the prize
2.) Winner must be over 13
3.) Only one (1) entry per person for Prize #2 – duplicates will be deleted.
4.) Only a completed phrase will be accepted as an entry – do not email each word/phrase daily. Wait until you have the complete saying and then email in.
5.) All email submissions must be received by 11:59 PM EST 11/30/2015.
6.) Winners will be selected 12/1/2015 and will have 48 hours to claim their prize before another is selected.
7.) Participating blogs and bloggers are not responsible for unsent, damaged, and/or stolen prizes offered by the publisher.
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This is the best sounding book on the tour so far! It sounds great :)
ReplyDeleteI think of all the wonderful titles included in this tour, I'm most excited for Down With the Shine! I love love LOVED Another Little Piece, and her contribution to Among the Shadows was pretty shiny too!
ReplyDeleteI love the sound of this one so much!!!! And that cover is SO GORGEOUS!! It looks so magical and I can't wait to read it :D
ReplyDelete~Karina @ A Reader Under The Sea
I haven't heard of this book before but it sounds great! I haven't read anything like this and I can't wait to :)
ReplyDeleteI want to sort through my books and pass some of them onto The Little Library. It's a movement where a glass- doored miniature house is put on a post in someone's yard or schoolgrounds. The books are free and encourage kids and adults to read. You can either put a book in or take one like a lending library with no fines.
ReplyDeleteI want to sort through my books and pass some of them onto The Little Library. It's a movement where a glass- doored miniature house is put on a post in someone's yard or schoolgrounds. The books are free and encourage kids and adults to read. You can either put a book in or take one like a lending library with no fines.
ReplyDeleteI've had this one on my wishlist for months. I just adore the title and cover!!!
ReplyDeleteThis one sounds good, and I love the cover, too!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a good fast read! Cover has pretty colors :)
ReplyDeleteAn abducted friend and wish-granting? I'm very intrigued. Plus, that cover is super pretty. :)
ReplyDeleteKate Karyus Quinn always writes such creepy novels. I'm looking forward to reading this!
ReplyDeleteHadn't heard of this author before. My fave thing about this Harper Teen Winter Tour is getting a crap ton of books for my TBR!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds so good!
ReplyDeletexo Stephanie @ In Wonderland