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Blue Moon Blog tour: quest post and giveaway

17 December 2012 / 13 Comments

I am really glad to be part of the Blue Moon Blog Tour. I will post my review, an awesome quest post by the author J.A. Belfield and an awesome giveaway.

 First here is my review of Blue Moon

Blue Moon (A Holloway Pack Story #2)
J.A. Belfield

Publication Date: 3 December, 2012
Finish Date: 15 September, 2012
Format: e-book
Source: copy from author

From Goodreads: Someone is watching the Holloway Pack, and this time, the female isn’t the target.
Life
with a group of seven male werewolves worries Jem Stonehouse not one
bit. She is engaged to the Alpha’s son Sean Holloway after all. So what
has Jem’s territorial instincts on high alert?
The pack’s latest addition. Both of them.
None
of the men think there’s a problem with the new girlfriends. Jem’s
intuition tells her otherwise—that and a nagging suspicion the new
females aren’t there to partake.
Jem believes they’ve joined in to take.
The question is … What?
As
the eve of the blue moon draws ever closer, Jem’s running out of time
to find the answer and outwit a thief of the worst possible kind.
A woman who believes she can’t lose.

I
had some issues with the first book, but decided to give the second
book a try because the blurb sounded so interesting. And I am really
glad I did, in my opinion this book is much better than the first book.
The plot was interesting and fast paced and there were some nice twists
and turns.

The focus of this plot is really different than the
first book. Instead of focusing on Jem and her getting to know the pack
and her werewolf heritage, in this book Jem is integrated in the pack
and a new problem arises when Jem has her suspicious of the new
girlfriends of two of her pack members. There were twists I didn’t see
coming and I liked where the author took the story. The pace of this
book is faster too, when I picked up the book I wanted to keep reading.

While
parts of the story are still a bit predictable I was also surprised a
few times. And those times where moments where I thought “wow I really
didn’t see that one coming”. The plot was really interesting and I
wanted to keep reading to see what was going to happen.

The
characters grow in this book, especially Jem. In this book she really
shows her strength. There also is enough action and although I didn’t
agree with all of her decisions, I liked her more in this book than in
book one. One of the problems I still have with this book is that I
didn’t really had a good idea of who the side characters where, I felt
like we still don’t know much about their personalities. There were some
side character that got more attention in this book, but there are also
a few characters that I still don’t have a good idea of who they are.

The
world building is built upon a bit more in this book and I liked
learning more about this world. I also liked seeing more of the pack and
the adventures they faced.

To conclude: I really liked this
book, the plot was interesting and fast paced. I liked seeing Jem and
the other characters develop and the world being developed more. I am
certainly looking forward to reading the next book and there are still
two prequels I have to read!

And now a quest post from the awesome J.A. Belfield, it’s called Hunt!


“Pale puffs of white clouded the
air as Josh snorted a breath from his nostrils. An inhale followed, bringing
with it the delights of the forest.
Mulched leaves.
Damp earth.
Musty bark.
Female.
Josh shook his head free of the
intrusion and inhaled again, catching the patchouli-like scent of fallen pine
cones. A harsh breeze, heavy with bitterness, nudged at his side, cold enough
to freeze his coat where it bristled—carrying on it the succulent richness of
fresher-than-dead badger.
That’d do.
Claws scratching at dirt, he
shot off to the west, closing his eyes for a second as his tear through a brush
ended in attempted assault, opening them again on the far side.
The moon cast a silver glow
along his path, highlighting the birches, illuminating the oaks.
More sucks in, more chuffs out,
and Josh veered left, his shoulder dipping to lead the way, his ears flattened
to ease his passage, his muscles bunching with every step.
A leap up took him onto a
raised root that reached from the ground as though attempting escape. The limb
barely shook with Josh’s greeting or with his dive off, and Josh scarcely
slowed when the jolt of landing sparked through his legs and vibrated the
length of his spine.
It took only a few more seconds
for the lunar lantern to capture the scurrying creature.
No doubt it sensed the predator
on its tail.
The forest’s entire occupants
had probably sensed the pack from the moment they stepped in. Yet, they never
hid. Never seemed to realise just how big the danger.
Not until too late.
As his meal made low left and right dashes, its
coat flashed silver-black, silver-black while it slipped from within the
shadows and back again, the growl leaving its throat on par with the gurgles of
a drowning victim.
A low thrum began a tune in his
chest. Josh’s muzzle urged forward as anticipation dragged him faster.
Closer.
Light.
Dark.
Brush.
Trunk.
Each hit Josh’s periphery as
his vision narrowed down to that which taunted beneath his nose.
A dip of his chin dropped him
nearer. His jaws widened. Ready.
As though suddenly realising
its demise, the badger scooted faster, almost taking him from prime
position—until Josh clamped his teeth around the torso. Paws slamming to a
halt, Josh used the momentum to whip his head to the right, releasing his prey
at the last second, sending it flying toward the body of a sycamore.
Black and white smacked with
muted grey in a vicious collision that snapped bones with a glorifying crack.
A high squeal resonated in
Josh’s ears as he trotted across to the fallen animal, where it lay at the tree
base, limbs twitching in a final bid for life over death.
His paw came down on the
creature, pinning him still—like it could get away.
Sending up a snarl of
satisfaction, he melded his teeth around the still-pulsating throat and a
singular wrench put the animal out of its misery.”
And I also have an awesome giveaway for you. There will be two prices and two winners!
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