Tag: steampunk

Jan 26

{ARC Review+Giveaway} Revenge and the Wild by Michelle Modesto @ellemodesto @BalzerandBray

Revenge and the Wild is a standalone novel by Michelle Modesto. Notice that I did not put a genre in the previous sentence. That is because I think it is impossible to sum up Revenge and the Wild with a single genre. This book is delightfully different. I know words like unique and different get thrown around a lot in review, but in this case it is absolutely 100% true. Revenge and the Wild is like a fantasy and magic novel, mixed with a western, and blended with a steampunk. And of course there is a kick butt romance as well. I know! How on earth did Michelle Modesto do it? I have no idea, and I honestly don’t think it can be replicated. This book was just so well done. I loved the mash up of genres, and I really, really loved the finished result. And to think this is Michelle Modesto’s debut novel totally blows my mind. Revenge and the Wild is set in a small town in… Read more »

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Jul 31

{Giveaway+Series Recap} Strange and Ever After by Susan Dennard

IFB is hosting the promo tour for the third and final book in Susan Dennard’s steampunk, zombie trilogy. Continue below for a sample and a cool giveaway. Series: Something Strange & Deadly #3 Release date: July 22nd 2014 Publisher: HarperTeen Purchase: Amazon | B&N Synopsis via Goodreads: In the conclusion to the trilogy that Publishers Weekly called “a roaring—and addictive—gothic world,” Eleanor Fitt must control her growing power, face her feelings for Daniel, and confront the evil necromancer Marcus…all before it’s too late. He took her brother, he took her mother, and now, Marcus has taken her good friend Jie. With more determination than ever to bring this sinister man to justice, Eleanor heads to the hot desert streets of nineteenth-century Egypt in hopes of ending this nightmare. But in addition to her increasingly tense relationships with Daniel, Joseph, and her demon, Oliver, Eleanor must also deal with her former friend, Allison, who has curiously entangled herself in Eleanor’s mission. With the rising dead chomping… Read more »

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Nov 15

{Review+G!veaway} The Warlock’s Curse by M. K. Hobson

Welcome to my stop on The Warlock’s Curse blog tour! The Warlock’s Curse by M.K. Hobson Paperback, 390 pages Published October 31st 2012 by Demimonde Age Group: New Adult Source: ecopy from author Series: Veneficas Americana #3 Buy this Book: Amazon Summary: THE YEAR IS 1910. Eighteen-year-old Will Edwards has landed a prestigious apprenticeship at Detroit’s Tesla Industries, the most advanced scientific research center in the United States. It’s a plum prize for a young man who dreams of a career in the new science of Otherwhere Engineering.But his father doesn’t want him to go. And he won’t tell him why.Determined to get there by any means necessary, Will finds unexpected support along the way. His old friend Jenny Hansen—daughter of a San Francisco timber baron—is eager to help him for reasons of her own. And so is his estranged brother Ben, who he hasn’t seen in over ten years.But running away turns out to be the easy part. On the first full moon after his eighteenth birthday, Will is stricken by a powerful… Read more »

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Jan 10

{Book Review+Tour Giveaway} Destiny’s Fire by Trisha Wolfe

Today is the release day of Destiny’s Fire!! Everyone should get this book, it was seriously that good. Destiny’s Fire by Trisha Wolfe Pages: 159 Publication Date: January 10th 2012 by Omnific Publishing Age Group: YA Source: blog tour Series: Destiny’s Fire #1 Challenge(s): Ebook challenge, Young adult reading challenge, 150+ reading challenge, Debut Author Challenge, ABC challenge, YA/MG fantasy challenge Buy this Book: Amazon Kindle Summary(from Goodreads): It’s the year 2040, and sixteen-year-old Dez Harkly is one of the last of her kind—part of a nearly extinct race of shape-shifters descended from guardians to the Egyptian pharaohs. Her home and her secret are threatened when the Council lowers the barrier, allowing the enemy race to enter the Shythe haven.As the Narcolym airships approach, Dez and her friends rebel against their Council and secretly train for battle. Not only is Dez wary of war and her growing affection for her best friend Jace, but she fears the change her birthday will bring. When Dez’s newfound power rockets out of control, it’s a… Read more »

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May 18

Review- The Girl in the Steel Corset

The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross Hardcover, 336 pages Expected publication: May 24th 2011 by Harlequin Teen Source: NetGalley Summary (from Goodreads) In 1897 England, sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne has no one…except the “thing” inside her. When a young lord tries to take advantage of Finley, she fights back. And wins. But no normal Victorian girl has a darker side that makes her capable of knocking out a full-grown man with one punch…. Only Griffin King sees the magical darkness inside her that says she’s special, says she’s one of them. The orphaned duke takes her in from the gaslit streets against the wishes of his band of misfits: Emily, who has her own special abilities and an unrequited love for Sam, who is part robot; and Jasper, an American cowboy with a shadowy secret. Griffin’s investigating a criminal called The Machinist, the mastermind behind several recent crimes by automatons. Finley thinks she can help—and finally be a part of something, finally fit in. But The Machinist wants… Read more »