"Sealer's Promise" Cover Reveal and Book Deposit Giveaway

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Some promises are meant to be broken.

Sarena Lengton knows what it's like to die -- two years ago her soul journeyed to the Underworld. Zakariah, the Lord of Judgement, has offered to spare her life in return for a promise. Sarena must convince his younger brother, Kesyl, to use his powers as a Sealer to open a portal to the Underworld. Then Zakariah can absorb Kesyl's soul and experience life on Earth.

Now seventeen, Sarena has managed to avoid completing Zakariah's task. But when she witnesses a murder at Sterling High where nothing but a skeleton is left behind, Sarena knows she will need Kesyl's help to catch the killer. As they work together, she finds herself falling for the boy she promised to help destroy.

Sarena doesn't want to know what Zakariah will do to her if she defies him. But if she keeps her end of the bargain, Kesyl will lose his soul. Can Sarena keep her life and her love? Or will both be torn from her forever?

Doesn't that look fabulous?  

You can check out the prologue to "Sealer's Promise" on Kathy's website here.

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Undead by Kristy McKay: Review

Undead
By Kristy McKay
Published September 1st 2012 by Scholastic
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Synopsis borrowed from Goodreads:

Out of sight, out of their minds: It's a school-trip splatter fest and completely not cool when the other kids in her class go all braindead on new girl Bobby.

The day of the ski trip, when the bus comes to a stop at a roadside restaurant, everyone gets off and heads in for lunch. Everyone, that is, except Bobby, the new girl, who stays behind with rebel-without-a-clue Smitty.

Then hours pass. Snow piles up. Sun goes down. Bobby and Smitty start to flirt. Start to stress. Till finally they see the other kids stumbling back.

But they've changed. And not in a good way. Straight up, they're zombies. So the wheels on the bus better go round and round freakin' fast, because that's the only thing keeping Bobby and Smitty from becoming their classmates' next meal. It's kill or be killed in these hunger games, heads are gonna roll, and homework is most definitely gonna be late.

Combining the chill of THE SHINING, the thrill ride of SPEED, the humor of SHAUN OF THE DEAD, and the angst of THE BREAKFAST CLUB, Kirsty McKay's UNDEAD is a bloody mad mash-up, a school-trip splatter-fest, a funny, gory, frighteningly good debut!

Darkfallen's thoughts:

OMG This was so HILARIOUSLY HORRORFYING!!

Poor Bobby has just been uprooted from the United States back to her homeland in the UK because of her mothers job. She is far from happy about it. SO to be stuck on a bus full of her new class mates that could care less if she was there isn't exactly how she wants to spend the weekend. To bad her mum insisted that a school skiing trip was a good idea. So when she finds herself stuck on a bus, in the middle of nowhere with three other classmates, while the rest of the class would rather munch on brains? Yea...things can't get much worse.

This book was perfect. I've read my fair share of zombie books: some serious, some comedy. This one fits the bill for both with enough action and cliffhangers at the end of every chapter that you find yourself gripping the pages. I simply couldn't put this book down, and I can't even count the time that i laughed out loud while my family stared at me like I lost my mind.

I absolutely LOVED Bobby and her snarky humor. Even in the face of a zombie apocalypse she lost her mind in the most funny of ways. Then you have Smitty who is just perfect for her. The whole group in fact just balanced each other out nicely, even if I did want to smack Alice around over and over again.

Overall this is a read that does the zombie YA crowd proud. Full of humor, action, suspense...and I probably won't ever take part in juice samples again. *cringes*

Brrraaaaiiinnnnsss....



Laura A. H. Elliot's Halloween Party at the Wastelands

Paranormal Wastelands is proud to welcome Laura A. H. Elliot author of The Shadow Series.

I like big brains & I don’t know why....Party with Hippie Vampires, Ozzie Osbourne & Lady Gaga to escape ZOMPACOLYPSE! But, beware the SHADOWS!! [party favors at the end! - Laura A. H. Elliott]

Egads, in this pic it looks like we just noshed on brains, er...necks!

My husband and I dressed up as Hippie Vampires to go to our friend’s annual Halloween Party a few years ago. But the really funny part of trying to be so terrifying? We weren’t. Everyone thought my husband was Ozzie Osbourne. And ya know, after donning the round glasses and the black wig, he really did look like Ozzie! Since the party was in LA, they didn’t just think he was dressed up! He was a big hit and the go-to guy to pose with for Halloween photos all night!

I love Halloween. I love dressing up and pretending. I guess that’s why I like to write so much. Writing gives me a great way to dress up all the time :D I think the best part about Halloween parties and dressing in costumes is what I love about a good story. They’re full of surprises and sometimes laughs and take you to unexpected places. Surely when we dressed as Hippie Vampires we had no idea the real hit would be Ozzie. Or that later that night, a club we went to would be overrun with cops, but...that’s another story.

 Here, I’m the jellyfish dancing with Lady Gaga.

I was all out of ideas this particular year. We’d just moved and our new neighbors were having this massive party in this super-cool Victorian house. I had no idea what to be. I was standing in line at Target and randomly asked a girl in line about her Halloween costume. She said she didn’t dress up, but if she was going to a party she’d go as a jellyfish. I’m like, what? She said to google Martha Stewart Jellyfish Costume and I’m like, okay. Well, I had the bubble umbrella and the rest was a piece of cake! Anyhoo, my jellyfish costume reminds me of good books. Most of the time I find out about them from friends, or people I run into.

I always wanted to write a spooky series. The Shadow Series is Halloween inspired. Shadows are a lot like zombies! Here’s a little bit about The Shadow Series:

13 on Halloween (Shadow Series #1) When Roxie invites all the eighth grade peacocks (code word : popular kids) to her first ever thirteenth birthday party on Halloween, they all come and give her a gift that’s literally out of this world. Roxie astral projects to Planet Popular where she becomes seventeen instantly and gets everything she’s always wanted, but nothing is as it seems. FREE ON AMAZON!

Shadow Slayer (Shadow Series #2) Shadows will do anything to become human. You see their influence everyday. You say things you don’t mean or do things that aren’t like you. You look, different. Friends you’ve known forever suddenly never call. Planet Popular was just part of a bigger world, the shadow world. When the shadow invasion begins at Roxie’s high school, she’ll fight for her life and the lives of her family and friends, when she discovers she’s the Shadow Slayer, the one human who can save Earth from the shadow onslaught.

 Click here to see The Shadow Series trailers, playlists, & fun stuff & check out Laura’s other books.

Laura A. H. Elliot wants to here from you!

Anyone who comments on this post about one of their Halloween costume memories (bonus points for links to pics!) & tweets about this post (@laurawriting) will be entered for a chance to win a Shadow Series swag pack including a Shadow Slayer USB drive [2 G] filled with The Shadow Series! [open internationally] Giveaway open for three days! Happy Halloween! Don't forget to leave your email!!

Party favors : Follow @Laurawriting and DM her your address for signed Shadow Series bookmarks!