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Monday, February 17, 2014

Blog Tour- FIRE & FLOOD by Victoria Scott and a Giveaway!!!


I am so excited to have Victoria Scott here with a bonus scene from the hero of FIRE & FLOOD, Guy Chambers! I loved this book  and am dying to get my hands on book 2! Make sure to enter the giveaway below for a copy of the book!

Haven't heard of FIRE & FLOOD? Check it out!


Title: FIRE & FLOOD
Author: Victoria Scott
Publisher: Scholastic
Pages: 320
Pub. Date: February 25, 2014

A modern day thrill ride, where a teen girl and her animal companion must participate in a breathtaking race to save her brother's life—and her own.

Tella Holloway is losing it. Her brother is sick, and when a dozen doctors can't determine what's wrong, her parents decide to move to Montana for the fresh air. She's lost her friends, her parents are driving her crazy, her brother is dying—and she's helpless to change anything.

Until she receives mysterious instructions on how to become a Contender in the Brimstone Bleed. It's an epic race across jungle, desert, ocean, and mountain that could win her the prize she desperately desires: the Cure for her brother's illness. But all the Contenders are after the Cure for people they love, and there's no guarantee that Tella (or any of them) will survive the race.

The jungle is terrifying, the clock is ticking, and Tella knows she can't trust the allies she makes. And one big question emerges: Why have so many fallen sick in the first place?



Now on to the  scene!

Bonus Scene from Guy Chamber’s Perspective



The girl is tugging on the front doors of the Old Red Museum like a wild banshee. I’m not sure what the problem is. The handles are easy enough to operate. Oh, there we go, she got it.
With my own Pandora egg tucked safely in my car, I know I should go. I’m done here, and the device said I need to get to Lincoln Station.

My father’s words still ring in my ear. Keep moving. Don’t let anything distract you.

I shouldn’t know about this race. He risked his life by telling me and my brothers what he knew.
I guess he was past caring.

So, yeah, I should go. But the girl is fascinating in a way I can’t finger. Maybe it’s the blue-green feather in her hair, and a memory I can’t place concerning it. Lying to myself, I decide this would be a great opportunity to stake out the competition. So I follow her inside, silently, and watch as she sniffs some pamphlets. Her face scrunches like she didn’t like the scent, and I almost laugh. After an eternity, she finds the stairs that will lead her to the remaining Pandora eggs.

Shaking my head, I head toward the front doors, back to my car. So the girl is wearing a feather. Whatever. A second after I close the car door, a herd of Contenders rush toward the Old Red Museum and disappear inside. I wait with curiosity, crouched down in my seat, to see if the same number of people reappears. It might help me understand how cutthroat this race will be.  

Eventually, they do reappear.

Everyone except the girl with the feather.

I curse under my breath and shoot a glance at my Pandora egg. What if they killed her? What if she’s down there bleeding out? I tell myself another lie—that I don’t care. But I know that isn’t true. So I groan and jog back inside, taking my egg with me because I’m not about to chance it.

I find the girl on the floor, wiping blood from her head. She looks up at me, her eyes filled with hurt and disappointment, and she says, “They’re all gone.”
         
Not my problem, I think.

But I can’t stop the unconscious flick of my eyes toward the last remaining egg. The one I dropped earlier that rolled under the shelves. 

I turn and leave, remembering my cousin and why I’m here. I can’t bother myself with this girl, despite that feather that nags at the back of my mind. To the place my father filled with data regarding the Brimstone Bleed.

The girl appears a few seconds later when I’ve already pulled out on the street. And as I watch, she cuts her hair. I mean, she does a real hack job and then stares at herself in the mirror like she’s freaking Natalie Portman in Vendetta. 

I pat my Pandora egg and smile to myself.

Girl just might stand a shot inside this race.

But I doubt it.

Thanks Tori! That was awesome I freaking love Guy!



About Victoria:

Victoria Scott is a teen fiction writer represented by Sara Crowe of the Harvey-Klinger Literary Agency. She’s the author of the FIRE & FLOOD series published by Scholastic, and the DANTE WALKER trilogy published by Entangled Teen. Her books have been bought and translated in eleven foreign markets including the UK, Turkey, China, Poland, Israel, Germany, Australia, Brazil, Taiwan, New Zealand, and the Netherlands.

Victoria lives in Dallas with her husband and hearts cotton candy something fierce.



Giveaway Details:

10 finished copies of FIRE & FLOOD US Only

a Rafflecopter giveaway


Tour Schedule

Week One:
2/17/2014- Two Chicks on BooksGuest Post
2/17/2014- Curling Up With A Good BookReview
2/18/2014- No BS Book ReviewsReview
2/19/2014- FiktshunGuest Post
2/19/2014- Ketch's Book NookReview
2/20/2014- Step Into FictionReview
2/21/2014- Bewitched BookwormsInterview
2/21/2014- Seeing Night ReviewsReview

Week Two:
2/24/2014- BookishInterview
2/24/2014- NerdophilesReview
2/25/2014- The Book CellarReview
2/26/2014- The Irish Banana ReviewReview
2/26/2014- Cuddlebuggery- Guest Post
2/27/2014- Obsession with BooksReview
2/28/2014- Mundie MomsInterview & Review
2/28/2014- iceyBooksReview

17 comments:

  1. I am so freaking excited for this book! It is sitting on my kindle burning a whole in my hand!!! Just one more book and I can finally read it!

    And that scene is just making me want to read it all that much more! I really need to meet this Guy! Okay I think I am going to bump this book up on the list, but don't tell anyone! Shh!

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  2. This book has been on my TBR pile since i found out about it. It sounds really interesting and i can't wait till i get it!

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  3. Congratulations Victoria on your new book! I can't wait to read this!!

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  4. That sounds like a pretty brutal race. If the elements don't get you the other Contenders will. Thanks for the chance to win a copy.

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  5. I love the cover of the book and I haven't read any of your books but I'm looking forward to reading it!!

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  6. This book sounds so amazing! I have been looking forward to reading it since I first heard about it! Congrats!

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  7. Wow what an exciting sounding story!! And the cover is awesome :)

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  8. Fallon Vaughn - joefallon1@yahoo.com

    Fire & Flood has been on my to read list for forever. This book looks so amazing.

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  9. Victoria congrats on the new book!!! I am dying to read this book and I would love to review it on my blog!!!

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  10. Looking forward to this book so much!

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  11. OMG, I read this and LOVED it!! Can I have more of GUY, please??? I NEED MORE!!! I'm going through serious "Guy" withdrawals...lol! :)

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  12. I can't wait to read this one!!
    Thanks for the chance to win!

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  13. I have been waiting forever to read this!

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  14. This book totally worth reading! I love it!

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  15. I have heard a lot of good things about this book, I can't wait to read it myself :) Thank you for the giveaway!

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  16. What a great post! I loved seeing things from Guy's pov. It just helped add something that was missing. It always bugged me how the egg got under that shelf! Now I know!

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