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We have the pleasure to say that we are posting our first Unofficial Week Event. This first Unofficial Week Event is thanks to the amazing author Shauna Granger. In April, 30, the 5th book of the Elemental Series was released and we are now hosting a giveaway about the Elemental Series in honor of this amazing new book.
Title: Spirit (Book Five in the Elemental Series)
Author: Shauna
Granger
Publisher: Self-Published
Release date: April
30, 2013
Genre:
Urban Fantasy
Age Group:
Young Adult/New Adult
Book Description:
Always careful to watch out for others, Shayna
put too much trust her abilities to keep herself safe and has been cut down by
crazed man. Now she is trapped in the land of the dead, watching as her two
best friends suffer the consequences of her death; their powers are fading and
soon they will too. Shayna is desperate to return to the land of the living to
save them from a similar, cold fate. To save her friends Shayna must turn away
from the Light and, in doing so, sacrifice her wings.
But the longer Shayna stays among the dead, the further she slips from sanity. If Shayna cannot find her way back she will be condemned and lost forever among the restless souls of the dead. With nothing left to lose, she will do whatever it takes to fight her way back, with or without her wings.
But the longer Shayna stays among the dead, the further she slips from sanity. If Shayna cannot find her way back she will be condemned and lost forever among the restless souls of the dead. With nothing left to lose, she will do whatever it takes to fight her way back, with or without her wings.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Like so many other writers, Shauna grew up as an avid reader, but it was
in high school that she realized she wanted to be a writer. Five years ago,
Shauna started work on her Elemental Series. She released the first
installment, Earth, on May 1, 2011 and has
since released four sequels, with the series coming to an end with Spirit. She is currently hard at work on
a new Urban Fantasy series, staring a spunky witch with a smush-faced cat named
Artemis.
BOOK EXCERPT
BOOK EXCERPT
On the night
I died, when Liam had walked me away from my friends and the wreckage of the
house, the tips of my wings had dragged along the ground. I thought maybe that,
though dead, I was still an earthbound angel. I thought I would get to stay,
and I just had to wait for someone, like my guardian angel, to show up and tell
me what I was supposed to do.
But that’s
not exactly what happened. My guardian angel did show, in a burst of blinding
light, glorious in his power with his wings spread behind him as he floated. I
felt warmth radiating from him and the tunnel of light, trust and some form of
relief rushing through me, making me believe I hadn’t been abandoned while
falling through the crumbling house. He held out a hand for me as he came close
to the ground, his feet landing silently. I started to lift my hand to take
his, I always took his hand when he reached for me, but the closer he came, the
closer the Light came. I felt the pull of the Light somewhere in my center. I
suddenly knew if I touched him, took his hand, let that Light envelope me, I would
leave this world and my friends behind.
“Wait,” I
said, snatching my hand back and taking a number of steps backward, nearly
tripping over my wings.
“Shayna, what
are you doing?” he asked.
“What happens
now?” I curled my hands into fists and kept them close to my chest.
“What happens
now?” he repeated. By the look on his face, it was obvious no one had thought
to question him before. “We go into the Light, you join our ranks, and you
become the guardian angel you were meant to be.”
“And Jodi and
Steven?” I asked. “What happens to them?”
“They are
alive and well.” He shook his head and started to take a few steps toward me.
For every step he took forward, I took one backward, keeping my distance.
“No,” I said,
“what’s going to happen to them? Are they going to be all right?”
“Shayna,
that’s not our concern,” my angel said, making the bottom of my stomach drop
out. I felt as if the world had turned on its side, and I thought I was going
to fall over. “You were my charge; they are not your charges, so you cannot
concern yourself with their fates.”
“But
something is going to happen, isn’t it?” I pressed. “My dying, that is going to
do something to them, isn’t it?”
“Shayna, just
come with me.”
“Why won’t
you answer me?”
“Shayna!” He
rushed forward, his hands outstretched. I dodged, hitting the ground and
rolling in a mass of limbs and wings. He tumbled forward, losing his balance
when I suddenly wasn’t there. Getting to my feet was difficult, but when I
finally did, I ran, flexing my wings behind me, working them desperately,
lifting and bobbing awkwardly in the air. I heard him yelling for me, still
tangled where he had fallen since he didn’t have the same desperate need
fueling him. The Light sliced through the air and trees easily. My back warmed
as it touched me, and the sensation to turn toward it pulled at me.
“No!” I screamed,
willing myself to go faster, farther, just get the hell away from it. That’s
when the burning began.
Win an ecopy of your choice in the Elemental Series: EARTH, AIR, WATER, FIRE or SPIRIT.
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I actually have never heard of this series before but I read up on it on goodreads! Sounds really interesting ;)
ReplyDeleteyes, they are interesting. You should read them ;)
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I love that each book is based on a different element, so that each book is such a new story but works as a cohesive collection, just like a designers collection for a season.
ReplyDeleteWe totally agree with you. We think Shauna Granger did a great job with these books and we also think that all covers rock! haha
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I havent read the series yet but i heard great things about it and i'd love to win it. considering that i live in Argentina, most books are not sold in here and i dont want to miss the chance to read them :)
ReplyDeletehey! you have quite the same problem as we have! we are from Barcelona, Spain. We are glad to know that you share the same passion to read in english.
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(i think i made a mistake and in email i put my hotmail account instead of my gmail account which i used to do this comment, so here i leave my email, just in case: daliakainsky94@gmail.com)
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