Heaven vs. Hell or Promo Post and Giveaway for Lifeblood (Everlife #2) by Gena Showalter

Book info:

Title:  Lifeblood  
Author:  Gena Showalter
Series:  Everlife #2  
Genre:  YA Fantasy
Published:  February 28th, 2017

Synopsis:

"My Firstlife is over, but my Everlife is only now beginning."
With her last living breath, Tenley "Ten" Lockwood made her choice and picked her realm in the Everlife. Now, as the war between Troika and Myriad rages, she must face the consequences.
 
Because Ten possesses a rare supernatural ability to absorb and share light, the Powers That Be have the highest expectations for her future—and the enemy wants her neutralized. Fighting to save her Secondlife, she must learn about her realm from the ground up while launching her first mission: convincing a select group of humans to join her side before they die. No pressure, right? 
 
But Ten's competition is Killian, the boy she can't forget—the one who gave up everything for her happiness. He has only one shot at redemption: beating Ten at a game she's never even played. As their throw-downs heat up, so do their undeniable feelings, and soon, Ten will have to make another choice. Love…or victory. 

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Heaven vs. Hell:
So, if you've read this series, which I have, and I've loved, then you know that technically, the two places people have to choose between when they die aren't exactly heaven or hell.  There is Troika - which is the light, and Myriad - which is the dark.  So in a way, they kind of fit our ideas of heaven vs. hell.  Troika follows the rules and are "good" and live for others.  Myriad believes in enjoying things for yourself just because they are enjoyable.  So you can see the similarities between the two.  My post today is five reasons you might pick heaven based on the literary or tv/movie character vs. five examples of why you might pick hell.  


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Heaven	Hell
Castiel from Supernatural	Crowley from Supernatural  (Okay, maybe not "hot," but he makes me laugh)
Loki and Bartleby from Dogma	Roth from The Dark Elements series by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Jace from Shadowhunters - The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare	Dante Walker from the Dante Walker series by Victoria Scott
Daniel from Fallen series by Lauren Kate	Cam from Fallen series by Lauren Kate (although I don't know that I find this actor attractive or what I pictured when I read the books)
Patch from Hush, Hush series by Becca Fitzpatrick	Death/Aric from The Arcana Chronicles by Kresley Cole (I love Jackson too, but Death, sigh)

  So, all of those are my top 5 reasons I would be swayed to either side.  Now, in this Everlife series, I love Killian.  I love, love, love him!  I'm not quite finished with the book, should be finished in the next day or so, so look for my review of Lifeblood soon, but you can check out my review of the first book, Firstlife HERE.  

Author Bio:

Gena Showalter is the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of the Intertwined Novels, the White Rabbit Chronicles, and the Everlife novels, among numerous novels for an adult audience as well. Her stories have been praised as “unputdownable.” Gena lives in Oklahoma with her family and a menagerie of dogs. Follow her on twitter @genashowalter and visit her website at genashowalter.com.

 
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Giveaway:

• 2 signed sets of FIRSTLIFE and LIFEBLOOD (US Only) 

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Tour Schedule:
Week 1:
3/6: Brittany's Book Rambles - Q&A
3/7: In Wonderland - Review
3/8: Reading Is Better With Cupcakes - Guest Post
3/9: Take Me Away To A Great Read - Review
3/10: Swoony Boys Podcast - Character Interview

Week 2:
3/13: Two Chicks On Books - Guest Post
3/14: Books Are Love - Review
3/15: Resch Reads and Reviews - Makeup Board
3/16: Here's to Happy Endings - Review
3/17: Lisa Loves Literature - Heaven vs. Hell - You are here!

Week 3:
3/20: Quite the Novel Idea - Review
3/21: The Irish Banana Review - Fast 5
3/22: Mundie Moms - Review
3/23: Megnificent Boks - Top 10
3/24: Owl Always Be Reading - Review

 

A to Z April: L Reviews - Lamb by Christopher Moore/Left Behind by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins

Today I have kind of a theme like yesterday, in that both of today's books are somewhat based in religious.  The first one is more of a humorous look at Jesus' life.  The second one is a very dramatic series based more on the book of Revelation in the bible.

First we'll start with the more lighthearted book, Lamb:  The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore.  I believe I first heard about this around the time I had become a big fan of Kevin Smith after his movie Dogma.  I enjoyed the more human, if extremely inappropriately humorous look at what Jesus' life might have been like from this kind of viewpoint.  If you've read any other of Moore's books, you'll understand exactly what I'm talking about.  Here is the blurb about it from Goodreads.com:
Verily, the story Biff has to tell is a miraculous one, filled with remarkable journeys, magic, healings, kung fu, corpse reanimations, demons, and hot babes. Even the considerable wiles and devotion of the Savior's pal may not be enough to divert Joshua from his tragic destiny. But there's no one who loves Josh more - except maybe "Maggie," Mary of Magdala - and Biff isn't about to let his extraordinary pal suffer and ascend without a fight.

Second is a series that I picked up and read at a time when I hadn't really been doing much religiously for awhile, the Left Behind series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins.  But it was a great series, and got me really thinking about all of it again.  It's also left a lot of thoughts in my head about when things remind me of the end of the world from this books. Things that we see in the news, people that are big in the world in real life, make me think Antichrist based on what I read in this series.  I was able to kind of read past some of the stuff that was not what I was used to in my religious upbringing as just part of the story, and therefore was able to enjoy it as a story more than a bible study type of read.  I do highly recommend the series still, even if you are not religious, again, as a great suspenseful read.  This is a pretty well known series, there were a few made into low budget movies starring Kirk Cameron, and then just recently Nicholas Cage starred ina more big budget version.  I haven't seen the new one yet, but had hoped maybe it would spawn a new interest in making the books into big budget films, since I think they would make great movies.  There are even a few tv shows now that seem to be riding on the coattails of this series.  Here is the blurb from Goodreads if you haven't heard of it:
In one cataclysmic moment, millions around the globe disappear.
Vehicles, suddenly unmanned, careen out of control. People are terror stricken as loved ones vanish before their eyes.

In the midst of global chaos, airline captain Rayford Steele must search for his family, for answers, for truth. As devastating as the disappearances have been, the darkest days may lie ahead.

So, those are my reviews I'm sharing today.  Do you read many religious books?  Have you read either of these?  Have you seen the movies, or do you watch the tv shows?

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