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Saturday, June 11, 2011

The Dark Days of Supernatural Author Interviews from, Austin, TX

The Dark Days of Supernatural Tour came to Austin, TX this past Thursday, and we teamed up with Harper Teen to not only tweet live from the event, and post about it the following day, but we were able to sit down with each of the authors, Veronica Roth, Ellen Schreiber, Tara Hudson, Amy Plum & Aprilynne Pike, and talk to them about reading, writing and more.



Thank you so much to Harper Teen for allowing us to help out at the event and to Veronica, Ellen, Tara, Amy and Aprilynne for the interview and fabulous night. Thank you Stacy with Girls In The Stacks for all your help and filming & editing the video. Thank you to Book People for an awesome event!

Book Review- Trial by Fire

Published by Egmont USA
To Be Released on June 14th, 2011
Source- ARC from publisher for review
Book #2 in the Raised by Wolves series
5 stars- I really loved it!

Bryn is now leader of the Cedar Ridge pack of werewolves and she's convinced that her pack is different - it's democratic and fair. Then Bryn finds a battered teenage Were, Connor, bleeding on her front porch. He begs Bryn to protect him from an abusive leader; Bryn takes him into her pack.

But Bryn's Were partner Chase doesn't trust the new boy, and the more time she spends helping Connor, the more aggressive Chase becomes. Bryn is not sure if it's jealousy, or Were possessiveness but for the first time she starts to feel suffocated by the bond she and Chase share.

Filled with action, unlikely allies, and deadly conspiracies, Trial by Firewill change Bryn forever. She is soon to realise that to lead a pack of werewolves, she must give in to her animal instincts and become a little less human. And as hard as it's going to be, Bryn is going to have to do it alone.

There can only be one alpha.

This is fabulous sequel to Raised by Wolves. I loved getting back into the world Jennifer created and getting to see how much Bryn has grown and continues to grow as a character and as an alpha with her pack, of broken, lovable, and relatable characters.

Bryn is fiercely a devoted alpha and will do anything for her pack. The love and support they have for each other continues to grow stronger as they form a united front when a rogue wolf enters their territory, they're threatened by a coven of psychics and Shay continues to dance along the lines of not breaking covenant rules and taunting Bryn. I loved everything Jennifer threw into this fabulous sequel. I loved seeing how the bonds continue to form within the pack, Ali and Bryn growing closer together and getting to know Ali more. Ali's back story is shocking and I love the twist that Jennifer throws into Ali's story and the psychics.

While I really liked the added paranormal power with the psychics, my favorite part of the story was Bryn. Bryn and her pack are powerful and unique. Not only are they young, but many of them are broken in some ways, which allows them be accepting and close with each other. What I admire most about Bryn is her ability to lead and play by her own rules. She has a talent for being able to find loopholes to the rules in the touch situations she finds herself in. She has a constant need and desire to want to save everyone in her pack, especially the emotional & physically broken lone wolf Lucas. I can't love Bryn and not love Chase, Devon and Lake who are just as fiercely protective of Bryn as she is of them. They are all well written, wonderful characters to get to know.

There is so much that goes on in this story, and I found myself a lot more emotionally invested in it than I was with Raised by Wolves. I sighed, I laughed and even cried. There are twists, there's action and some romance. Jennifer doesn't leave out some of my favorite wolves from Raised by Wolves, like Callum. There's a lot of character growth and while a lot of things were tied up perfectly, there's still a few more things that I can't wait to read about in the next installment in this must have series. Let me just say, that ending makes me wish I didn't have to wait another year to read it. I highly recommend picking up this book and the series if you haven't already read Raised by Wolves.

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