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Steam (The Legends Saga, #3) by Stacey Rourke
Publication date: September 14th 2015
Genres: New Adult, Paranormal
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A journey through time.
A scarlet letter.
A soul crushing betrayal.

The thrilling Legends Saga concludes in a mash-up of literary all-stars. The works of Washington Irving, Edgar Allen Poe, HG Wells, and Nathaniel Hawthorne come to life in an intricately weaved backstory of love, lies, and deception. The driving force of all involved? Passion. But when that passion is cloaked in darkness, madness reigns.

StaceyAbout the Author
RONE Award Winner for Best YA Paranormal Work of 2012 for Embrace, a Gryphon Series Novel

Young Adult and Teen Reader voted Author of the Year 2012

Turning Pages Magazine Winner for Best YA book of 2013 & Best Teen Book of 2013

Stacey Rourke lives in Michigan with her husband, two beautiful daughters, and two giant, dogs. She loves to travel, has an unhealthy shoe addiction  and considers herself blessed to make a career out of talking to the imaginary people that live in her head. Mark your calendars! Her latest literary adventure, Crane, will release May 26, 2014. She is currently hard at work on the continuations of this thrilling Legends Saga, as well as other literary projects.

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Review: Death of the Mad Hatter

Death of the Mad Hatter by Sarah J. Pepper

I give this book a 3 and a ½, but am indecisively bumping it down to a 3.

Okay

I’m not a traditionalist in the basic sense of the word. I appreciate things for what they are, but I was disappointed in this reading experience and probably not for the reasons you may think.  Overall, I commend this author for the ingenuity of taking a classical, commonly known, story and turning it into something completely new, but beyond that, I have issues.

First off, I was expecting this story to be more New Adult than YA (not a big fan of YA, but was willing to give New Adult a try). I had so much trouble taking, what I believe was supposed to be, the serious aspects of this story seriously because of all the high school banter. For YA fans I’m sure this isn’t a problem, but for me it was.

There is more than a good amount of crazy in this story and the added darkness was great, but some of the repetition came off as annoying, and I think it was supposed to be mysterious or add to the “crazy”. Crazy I get, but sometimes even that didn’t seem to quite hit the mark. In the story, we are supposed to have an understanding that Al is tortured, but it just comes off as silly and weird playtime to me, most of the time.

The best part of the story development, to me, was the notion and significance of the “sweets” being the link to either sanity or insanity. As far as logic goes, I know it’s Wonderland and there doesn’t necessarily need to be any logic, but there were some things that either did or didn’t happen that really didn’t make sense to the overall goals of the characters.

I loved the rummperrabit and the spiders! I was not disappointed that I read this book; it really wasn’t that bad. I’m just disappointed that I didn’t like it more. I’m such a fan of all things Wonderland, but this story was only okay.

Still, I’d recommend this to anyone who likes Wonderland tales, fantasy, and or YA fiction, with the mention that this is a little dark.

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#TwistedFairytaleConfessions by @sarahjpepper virtual World Book Tour, May 10-23. #NewAdult

Please note: this post contains mature themes. 
First there was Death of the Mad Hatter
 
Heads would Roll… Hearts would Break… In the end, would it matter who Reigned?
 
Then there was Locks: Rapunzel Unhinged
 
Even though most girls wouldn’t fall for their captors, Rapunzel isn’t like most dames… Yet in spite of his appeal, Rapunzel must escape before she’s locked away in the Château de Immortelle’s highest tower—forever.
 
Now there’s Snow White Lies
 
Evil poisons everyone. Period. Our mouths water when we sink our teeth into what we have always craved. Surrendering to our desires by biting off delectable piece of the forbidden fruit is nothing more than a meager confession: Poison tastes sinfully sweet,”—Confessions of the Big Apple Debutante, by blogger Miss Snow White.
 
The Huntsman gently lifted her into his arms and kissed her softly on the lips. The residue of the apple was still fresh on her lips. When he pulled away, she gasped like she was drowning. He may never recall their memories, but he knew of her, what he’d read, what Lietz had told him about her. He’d cared enough about her that he’d given up pieces of himself to save her. That the Seven and the Queen wanted her dead deemed her significant enough to save.
 
He whispered her name. Her eyes fluttered open. They were as icy blue as the flickering images in his memories. When she saw him, she smiled in a way that didn’t reach her eyes. She reached up and cupped his face in her hands. Staring at his mouth, she traced her thumb over his bottom lip. The longing for his kiss was obvious in her stare. Her aspiration was eloquently familiar. She had cared for him once—all of him. Covered in evil filth, she looked upon him and found him worthy of her love.
 
Then all the adoration and desire vanished with a blink of an eye. Disdain replaced craving in her gaze. Yet, she still looked upon him with a sick sense of hunger.
 
“I hadn’t expected your weapon of choice to be poison,” she said and licked her blood-stained lips.
 

Horizontal picture of the blockbuster as a man and a woman go away from burning car outdoors

 
Now let’s get to know Snow White and the Huntsman a little better by snooping through their playlists.
 
What do you think Snow’s playlist says about her?
 
What do you think Huntsman’s says about him?
1. Forever by Kesia- Can’t find this song.
2. Whistle (While You Work It) by Katy Tiz
3. Love the Way You Lie by Eminem
4. Trap Queen by Fetty Wap- Explicit
5. Love Me Like You Do by Ellie Goulding
6. Style by Taylor Swift- You Tube
7. Girl Crush by Little Big TownGirl
8. Dear Future Husband by Meghan Tainor
9. B**** Better Have My Money by Rihanna- Explicit
10. One Last Time by Ariana
Grande
 
1. I’m Gonna Be (500 miles) by the Proclaimers
2. Watermelon Man by Les McCann
3. Shop Around by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
4. Buddy Holly by Weezer
5. The Rising by Bruce Springsteen
6.  I Love Rock ‘N Roll by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts- You Tube
7. Clocks by Coldplay
8.  I’m Eighteen by Alice Cooper
9.  Young Americans by David Bowie
10. Super Freak by Rick James
 
Click here to listen on Spotify and also visit links in the list that apply.
 
Click here to listen on Spotify and also visit links in the list that apply.
Well if you like this, don’t be shy; join the tour party for a chance to win a Kindle Fire 7 HD! Plus, try for a chance to win copies of all the books in the Twisted Fairytale Confessions series.
This series contains mature content; suitable for readers 18 and up.
Sarah J. Pepper
I specialize in dark, paranormal romance – think “happy ever after” but with a twisted, dark chocolate center. Real-life romance isn’t only filled with hugs, kisses, unicorns, and rainbows. True-love can be more thoroughly described in times of darkness and tribulation. It’s in those harsh moments where you see what a person is truly capable of – both the good and bad. Sometimes prince-charming isn’t always on time, and the glass slipper is a little snug. However, it doesn’t mean Charming is not Mr. Right, and who says every shoe is the perfect fit?
 
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