Support Indie Authors and Help Launch Two Novels Today!

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S.M. Blooding is the author of The Hands of Tarot, which 

quickly became one of my favorite reads in 2012.
Click Here for my review!

It is the first in a Steampunk trilogy full of fantasy and mysticism!

(This series is NEW ADULT, not YA. It contains situations meant for a more mature audience.)

Her series is now being released collectively under the title: 

The Devices of War Saga

Pretty catchy huh? 

Hands of Tarot is also getting a few upgrades and preparing to be re-launched as The Fall of Sky City: Book 1 in The Devices of War Saga! 

To make things even more exciting, Book 2: The Knight of Wands is

almost here! I was lucky to be on of S.M. Blooding's BETA readers.

Trust me, Knight of Wands is just as AWESOME as book 1. 

This is definitely a series you want to get into!

So, in order to help support one of my favorite indie authors, I am helping to spread the word! S.M. Blooding has started a Kickstarter project in order to fund the daunting list of things needed to launch this series! 

To find out more about The Devices of War Saga watch the video below.

Without our support, this series will not be available until sometime 

late this year. Lets help support our indie authors! 

For full details on this Kickstarter project

CLICK HERE

I am sure you will love this series! 

SM Blooding lives in Colorado with her pet rock, Rockie. She likes to hike the beautiful Rocky Mountains, and is learning to play the piano and guitar. Currently, she’s trying to MURDER them both. Her real name is Stephanie Marie (aka SM). Friends call her Frankie.

Frankie challenges the world around her. She served in the military as one of the first female tactical air traffic controllers, worked at a coal mine, and shot herself through school to become a CAD (computer aided drafter) operator. She’s worked as a stenographer, a lab technician for a scientist attached with NOAA, and traveled with the Renaissance Festival. She’s survived hurricanes in a tent, and ditches in winter. She’s sometimes crass, often crude, and almost always blunt.She’s dated vampires, werewolves, sorcerers, weapons smugglers and US Government assassins. Yes. She has stories.
She loves to take the real world, find a singular line of truth, and wrap a complex fiction of reality around it. She’s incredibly excited to share her world with you, thanks to TLT. 

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REVIEW: Through To You

Camden Pike has been grief-stricken since his girlfriend, Viv, died. Viv was the last good thing in his life: helping him rebuild his identity after a career-ending football injury, picking up the pieces when his home life shattered, and healing his pain long after the meds wore off. And now, he'd give anything for one more glimpse of her. But when Cam makes a visit to the site of Viv's deadly car accident, he sees some kind of apparition. And it isn't Viv.

The apparition's name is Nina, and she's not a ghost. She's a girl from a parallel world, and in this world, Viv is still alive. Cam can't believe his wildest dreams have come true. All he can focus on is getting his girlfriend back, no matter the cost. But things are different in this other world: Viv and Cam have both made very different choices, things between them have changed in unexpected ways, and Viv isn't the same girl he remembers. Nina is keeping some dangerous secrets, too, and the window between the worlds is shrinking every day. As Cam comes to terms with who this Viv has become and the part Nina played in his parallel story, he's forced to choose—stay with Viv or let her go—before the window closes between them once and for all.

Emily Hainsworth was raised in upstate New York and currently resides in Denver with her husband, cat, and standard poodle. THROUGH TO YOU is her first novel. 

You can visit her online at: 

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~ MY REVIEW ~

I eyed this book a couple times since it was published in October 2012. Admittedly, I didn't snag a copy until it became available at my library. Through To You is a straight forward read full of emotion, just about everything I thought it was going to be. I was able to read through it in one sitting. It is definitely a book fit for a rainy weekend.

Camden--our main character--is falling apart since the accidental death of his girlfriend, Vivian. His friends are practically non-existent, as are his parents throughout the majority of this story. He blames himself for Viv's death and just can't cope with the untimely string of bad events. 

At the beginning I assumed this was more of a contemporary read despite the synopsis' promise of a slightly paranormal occurrence. In the end I think it remained that way. It was also out of the ordinary for me to read a book from a male POV. Most YA seems to be centered around a female protagonist. I enjoyed the change of pace and think that, had Emily written it the other way, the effect of this story would not be the same. 

Her characters are well written and easily relateable. They wear their emotions on their sleeve and I was definitely eager to follow them.

Soon you find out that there is a doorway connecting two timelines, coincidentally in the same spot where Viv's accident occurred.  

Camden meets Nina. I don't want to include spoilers but, everything happens quickly after this point in the story. 

Eventually, Cam learns the big lesson: things in alternate realities are supposed to stay as they are. Of course. 

I found the majority of the plot to be pretty predictable. Like, I guessed it from the first couple chapters... that is why this book couldn't receive as high of a rating as it should have from me. That is not to say that the story line wasn't sweet and enjoyable. It was a good way to spend 3 hours or so. 

I did enjoy the merging of contemporary themes with the paranormal so, I do recommend this book to anyone looking for a quick and entertaining read.