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EC: Giovanni's Angel WIP Updates

Big Book News! #cursescanbebroken

I am so excited to announce that my book, Eternal Curse: Giovanni’s Angel is now available for Pre-Orders while awaiting its February release date.

A new edition of this book is now available. 

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On February 18, 2014, Eternal Curse: Giovanni’s Angel will be available to the general public, but pre-orders start now!

Pre-order Paperback $18.99 plus tax & shipping
–Regular price $20.99 plus tax & shipping
–Order a signed paperback now at regular price

Pre-order eBook card $8.99 plus tax & shipping
–Regular price $9.99 plus tax & shipping

Visit my Pre-orders tab up top to get started.

For a limited time only (December 1 – January 27), I’m offering you a chance to, not only get your hands on the book before everyone else, but you can get it at a discount, and I’ll be offering signed copies at regular retail price, just for this special occasion.  If you are looking to receive a copy for review, I may just have something for you. (Also, book sellers, let me know you’re interested and I’ll send you information.)

In honor of the pending release of my first novel Eternal Curse: Giovanni’s Angel, I’m also offering a special giveaway for those who pre-order. I’ll give each person who pre-orders, a signed bookmark and 2 easy entries into my Release Day Giveaway! The winner will be announced on, February 19, 2014, at noon EST. (Enter your pre-order invoice number to claim your easy entries at the link below.)

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The prizes for the Release Day Giveaway are 2 ToiBox fan packs consisting of : 1 Eternal Curse book poster, 1 Eternal Curse book t-shirt, 1 Eternal Curse book pen, 1 signed paperback copy of 40 Days and Nights of Eternal Curse,1 super special ToiBox exclusive- *Toi’s Shorts, and a $10 gift card to Amazon.com.

*Toi’s Shorts is the combined collections of Legend of the Boy and Unexplained in paperback form. This rare collection is not, and will not be, available for purchase anywhere. This is a special giveaway!

Click here to enter my Release Day Giveaway!
It only takes 1 entry to win & there are 2 prizes to award.
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I’ll be accepting pre-orders now and will begin to ship out pre-orders on December 16, 2013, based on the order in which invoices are paid. The window to pre-order this book ends January 27, 2014.

Thank you all for your wonderful and continued support 😀 .

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Review: Year Zero

Year Zero by Rob Reid

I give this book a 4.

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This is a very entertaining read full of laughs and, oddly enough, a great deal of factual information I never knew. This story is so absurd that I’m not quite sure how to describe it.

Apparently advanced aliens, far across the galaxy, have been craving and downloading earth music because it’s the one thing the insufficient human race is actually good at (and the rest of the known universe is not). Then one day the superior aliens, through their mastery of legal principles, realize that they owe the people of earth an innumerous amount of royalties or something like that. While some aliens have decided to settle the matter in court, others have decided to just eliminate the problem all together. That’s where the intergalactic misadventures of lawyer Nick Carter (not to be confused with Backstreet Boy, Nick Carter) begin.

To say that the characters of this story are kooky would be an understatement. My favorite thing about the story isn’t technically apart of the story. I love the footnotes. The footnotes of this book are like a running commentary in a movie. They are informative, hilarious, and pleasantly distracting. Eventually I had to stop reading them to finish the story and then went back to read them in perspective. I guess if you’re not really a reader, this may not sound appealing.

All aliens aside, anyone who likes music will love this book. It’s also good for a laugh.

This review has been posted to GoodReads.

If you’d like to obtain a copy of this book, try this link.

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Review: City of Bones

City of Bones (Mortal Instruments, book1) by Cassandra Clare

I give this book a 4.

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A book about the existence and intermingling of angles with human beings, why wouldn’t I like this?

This is the Nephilim genre at its YA best, as its heroine Clary encounters the world of Shadowhunters for the first time. Clary isn’t a social outcast just waiting for some adventure to enter her life. She’s a normal teen with normal issues, but soon learns that she’s so much more. A chance encounter at a nightclub opens her up to a whole other world that exists in the shadows.

After Clary’s chance encounter, all she wants to do is go home and forget what she saw and hopes that “they” forget seeing her. But that would be too easy. Chance encounters or not, the world of the Shadowhunters was destined to come knocking at her door, and her mother knew this all alone. The problem now is that her mother is missing and she has to depend on strangers to help her find answers.

I really liked this book. I must admit that I allowed myself to be too hyped before reading it and was thus left a little disappointed. I wanted more, but I guess that’s why it’s a series. It’s no secret that I struggle with the YA genre. I have enough problems of my own that make it difficult for me to relate to the struggles of the ever changing, growing, and maturing mind of teenagers, but this book was good.

I adored the lore of this story and the way it plays into the actions of the characters. I liked the mixture of mysticism and magic. There were times, however, when I felt there was too much going on. There were too many creatures and beings to keep up with, but I guess it all worked for the story in the end.  This a definitely a good read for teens, but even adults with a passion for fantasy will enjoy this one.

*I was hoping for a little more spirituality to be infused with a story of this nature, but it is what it is.

This review has been posted to GoodReads.

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