Ok y’all! I’ super psyched because today is my
favorite holliday and one of my dear friends and favorite authors is here today
for her UNHIMGED Blog Tour!!! Yep A.G. Howard the amazing author of SPLINTERED
is here with Jeb (swoons), Alyssa, and Jenara to talk about their Halloween
Memories! Also make sure to check out the TWO awesome giveaways I have going
on!!!!!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN and welcome to stop #10!
Memories play a pivotal role in the Splintered series. Though they are as unique as the people they
belong to, one universal thread binds them all: emotions.
Today, Jeb, Jenara, and Alyssa are sitting at a table and
sharing some past Halloween memories and what they felt while experiencing
them.
*****
*Jenara
flips through a scrapbook and settles on two pictures*
Jenara: Okay, Bro. The directions were to pick a costume that
had an impact on you. I don’t remember it saying anything about choosing two.
Jeb: *frowning*
That’s weird, I just picked the foil mask. I don’t know how that other one
got--
Alyssa: Uh, I chose that one. It impacted me. I bent the rules a little. *twines
red strand of hair around a fingertip*
*Jeb
studies Alyssa, intrigued*
Jenara: Well, I can’t blame you, Al. It was a masterpiece. Even
if I do say so myself. My artistic prowess must’ve imprinted indelibly on your
mind that day.
Alyssa: *snorts*
Pretty sure it imprinted on Jeb’s butt even more than my mind.
Jeb: *scowls at his
sister* No kidding. I hated that
tail. I asked you to make a black devil costume, and you used a feather boa to
skimp on sewing. Nice. *clenches jaw*
I almost got the crap beat out of me for wearing that trick-or-treating. Those
two older guys kept calling me a kitty cat.
Jenara: The way I remember it, the words ‘kitty’ and ‘cat’
never figured into the equation. And you’re the one who had them both pinned to
the ground and wouldn’t let them up until they gave over their candy.
Alyssa: Yep. Shiny black fabric, stretched across straining
muscles in the moonlight. Enough said.
Jeb: *slants a gaze at
Alyssa and grins a sexy smile, hot enough to scald her cheeks* I really am
a kitty cat. If you pet my belly, I purr.
Alyssa: *holds his gaze*
Don’t I know it.
Jenara: *fakes a yawn*
Getting back to the one you picked, Jeb. Fill us in on the deets. The aluminum
foil musketeer. How could you even see out of that thing?
Jeb: *taps a thumb
against the table* I didn’t want to see. Dad had given me a black eye.
Alyssa and Jenara: *silence*
Jeb: I made a mask like the one Leonardo DiCaprio wore in that
movie to cover it up. Kept telling myself that somewhere I had a twin brother
who would take my place so I could take his, even if it was in a dungeon.
*Alyssa
weaves her fingers through Jeb’s*
*Jeb
squeezes her hand back*
Jenara: *gulps and turns
pages* Sorry, Bro. Let’s move on to something happier, okay? Mine and Al’s costumes.
Jeb: *tilts head in
agreement*
Jenara: I chose my Tinkerbelle costume from when I was
thirteen. It was the first one I ever made, and after that I knew I wanted to
be a designer.
Alyssa: And I can’t wait for you to rock the fashion world.
Jenara: *grins*
Thanks, bestie. So, give us the deets on your pink ghost.
Alyssa: It was a popsicle.
Jeb: *wraps an arm around
her waist* Your mom?
Alyssa: *nods*
Jenara: What am I missing?
Jeb: She used to make Al Jello popsicles when she had a sore
throat.
Jenara: Gah. You two are such downers.
Alyssa: *smiling*
It’s not a bad memory. It’s a good one. And pink was her favorite color. That’s
why I wore it that year. To remember her even when she was away. I think I was
eight at the time.
Jenara: * dabbing her
eyes* You guys are going to make me ruin my mascara. Stop it.
*Alyssa
and Jeb exchange smiles*
*Jenara
flips pages*
Jenara: Okay, last, we were supposed to find two memories we
share. The worst and the best of our Halloweens together. I think we can agree
on these. Definitely, those random clowns at that park next to our duplex rate
as the most disturbing memory. Even though later we found out it was a
publicity stunt by that ice cream place … Creamery Carnival.
*Alyssa
shivers*
*Jeb’s
hold tightens around her waist*
Jenara: Dang guys, it was four years ago. You’d think you just
saw it two seconds ago.
Alyssa: For some reason it feels like yesterday. *her eyes meet Jeb’s*
Jeb: *lifts Al’s hand and
kisses it reassuringly* Al doesn’t like clowns. Let’s get to the puppy
picture, J.
Jenara: *brow wrinkling
in confusion* O-o-o-okay. That was the year the local ASPCA had a Halloween
parade pet adoption and Al and me fell in love with the pirate Weiner puppies.
Alyssa: And we sent Jeb to buy them for us while we filled out
the paperwork.
Jenara: But he used our money and bought the dogs for those two
little foster girls instead.
Jeb: *shrugs* You
would’ve done the same thing if they’d looked at you with their sad eyes. Plus,
they were sisters, which meant the puppies got to stay together, too. And you
both loved watching them get their faces licked.
Alyssa: Yeah. I’ll never forget those sweet smiles. *sighs*
Puppy-breath fixes everything.
Jenara: Ain’t it the truth? *smiles*
Jeb: *grinning* They
should bottle the stuff.
*****
In Unhinged, there’s a memory keeper and a
magical place where lost memories are stored, much like we store our memories
here in scrapbooks or journals to preserve them. In honor of that, today we’re
offering this Alice in Wonderland journal as a prize. Simply enter the
rafflecopter below, and leave one of your favorite Halloween memories in the
comment section.
PLEASE NOTE: Keys not included
*****
Tomorrow, be sure to stop by for tour post number eleven when Morpheus
will share the origins of dressing up at Halloween and the Dos and Don’ts of
entertaining when your guests are of a netherling persuasion. If you have any
costume party plans this weekend, you’ll want to be sure to take notes.
Also, if you haven’t
entered the giveaway for a chance at one of the 12 Unhinged ARCs, check out the
rafflecopter below.
Alyssa Gardner has been down the rabbit hole and faced the
bandersnatch. She saved the life of Jeb, the guy she loves, and escaped the
machinations of the disturbingly seductive Morpheus and the vindictive Queen
Red. Now all she has to do is graduate high school and make it through prom so
she can attend the prestigious art school in London she's always dreamed of.
That would be easier without her mother, freshly released from an asylum,
acting overly protective and suspicious. And it would be much simpler if the
mysterious Morpheus didn’t show up for school one day to tempt her with another
dangerous quest in the dark, challenging Wonderland—where she (partly) belongs.
As prom and graduation creep closer, Alyssa juggles Morpheus’s unsettling
presence in her real world with trying to tell Jeb the truth about a past he’s
forgotten. Glimpses of Wonderland start to bleed through her art and into her
world in very disturbing ways, and Morpheus warns that Queen Red won’t be far behind.
If Alyssa stays in the human realm, she could endanger Jeb, her parents, and
everyone she loves. But if she steps through the rabbit hole again, she'll face
a deadly battle that could cost more than just her head.
About A.G.
Howard
A.G. Howard was inspired to write SPLINTERED while working at a
school library. She always wondered what would've happened had the subtle
creepiness of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland taken center stage, and she
hopes her darker and funkier tribute to Carroll will inspire readers to seek
out the stories that won her heart as a child.
When she's not writing, A.G.'s pastimes are reading, rollerblading, gardening,
and family vacations which often include impromptu side trips to 18th century
graveyards or condemned schoolhouses to appease her overactive muse.
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Details:
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Tour
Schedule: All dates have amazing Guest Posts with a shared rafflecopter.
A few stops have an extra contest or a giveaway.
