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

 

Review: Fallen by Lauren Kate (TBR Challenge #7)

This is my first experience with this author.  I purchased the book a while back, last fall I think, when I heard that they were making a movie.  I finally picked it up a few weeks ago.  All in all, it was a good read, I just don't know that it was anything so different and original than other things.  I'm not saying that is a bad thing, I still definitely want to see the movie.  It's just not anything that wowed me.

The main character is Luce.  She just got in trouble when a boy and a cabin caught on fire and she was the only one around.  All her life she has seen shadows, and these shadows are what attacked the boy and caused the fire.  Of course Luce couldn't tell anyone that because who would believe that?  So now she's been sent to a reform boarding school called Sword and Cross.  She makes friends pretty quick, although she also finds some not so friendly people. First is a boy named Daniel.  He's very good looking, and when she first sees him at the school on her first day, he looks at her like he's happy to see her, but then his expression changes to not so friendly, and he flips her off!  But she can't seem to forget about him, to stop thinking about him.  She feels as if she knows him from somewhere, even while he continues to push her away.  Then there's the other cute guy, Cam.  Cam is sweet, and flirts with her, and really seems to like her.  She tries to go with it, thinking if Daniel isn't going to be interested in her, maybe she can be happy with Cam.  But it just isn't right for Luce.  There are times that Daniel seems to be coming around, then he backs away again.  And weird things happen.  She and her new friend Penn find a weird book in the library that seems to be about Daniel's family.  And once that happens, things seem to really start to get crazy.  There's a fire in the library, and Daniel and Cam seem to fight over Luce!

In the end Luce and Daniel are meant to be together, as the little bit at the beginning teases of a former life where they were together.  Only there seems to be something different about Luce in this life, and it may help them to be together, while it may also begin a huge war between the fallen angels, both good and evil.

A fun read, and I can't wait to see the movie!