Chapter Reveal- HUNTED Chapter 2 by Abi Ketner & Missy Kalicicki and a Giveaway!

Welcome to this week’s M9B Friday Reveal!

This week, we are revealing Chapter 2 of

Hunted (Sinners #2) by Abi Ketner and Missy Kalicicki

presented by Month9Books!

Be sure to enter the giveaway found at the end of the post!

HUNTED is the electrifying sequel to the bestselling debut BRANDED, A Sinners Series, by Abi Ketner and Missy Kalicicki.

It’s been three months since the revolt against the Commander’s fifty-year-old regime failed.

Under a new ruler, things were supposed to change. Get better.

But can anyone really be trusted?

Lexi and Cole soon find out, as life takes an unexpected turn for the worse.

In this ever-changing world, you must hunt or be hunted.

Lives will be lost.

Dreams will be crushed.

Fears will be realized.

Secrets will be exposed.

When Cole is once again faced with losing Lexi at the hands of a monster, one encounter will change everything.

Forever.

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Title: Hunted (Sinners #2)
Publication date: April 28, 2015
Publisher: Month9Books, LLC.
Author: Abi Ketner and Missy Kalicicki

Available for Pre-order:

You can read Chapter Two HERE!

Happy Reading and Enjoy!

Abi and Missy met in the summer of 1999 at college orientation and have been best friends ever since. After college, they added jobs, husbands and kids to their lives, but they still found time for their friendship. Instead of hanging out on weekends, they went to dinner once a month and reviewed books. What started out as an enjoyable hobby has now become an incredible adventure.

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Trailer Reveal- I HEART ROBOT by Suzanne van Rooyen

Hello and welcome to today's exciting book trailer reveal for Suzanne van Rooyen's I HEART ROBOT! 

If you've not yet pre-ordered up I HEART ROBOT, I highly recommend that you do. Check out this trailer!!

This book trailer rocks!!! It was professionally made by Cronje Design Co. What did you think? I think it compliments the book perfectly.

I HEART ROBOT, which releases in March 2015 from Month9Books, will be out in paperback and eBook! Here's a little bit about the series:

About I Heart Robot

I Heart Robot by Suzanne van Rooyen 
Published by: Month9Books
Publication date: March 31st 2015
Genres: Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult
Purchase from: Amazon | Barnes & Noble
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Sixteen-year-old Tyri wants to be a musician and wants to be with someone who won’t belittle her musical aspirations.

Q-I-99 aka ‘Quinn’ lives in a scrap metal sanctuary with other rogue droids. While some use violence to make their voices heard, demanding equal rights for AI enhanced robots, Quinn just wants a moment on stage with his violin to show the humans that androids like him have more to offer than their processing power.

Tyri and Quinn’s worlds collide when they’re accepted by the Baldur Junior Philharmonic Orchestra. As the rift between robots and humans deepens, Tyri and Quinn’s love of music brings them closer together, making Tyri question where her loyalties lie and Quinn question his place in the world. With the city on the brink of civil war, Tyri and Quinn make a shocking discovery that turns their world inside out. Will their passion for music be enough to hold them together while everything else crumbles down around them, or will the truth of who they are tear them apart?

About Suzanne van Rooyen

I'm a YA author with a penchant for the dark and strange. I primarily write speculative fiction but enjoy literary writing as well. I occasionally delve into adult genres too.

I'm a musician and have a Master's degree in music, but I prefer writing strange stories, baking peanut butter cupcakes and playing with my shiba inu. 

I'm repped by Jordy Albert of the Booker Albert Agency.

Publicity manager for Anaiah Press.

Find Suzanne 
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Blog Tour- THE THIRD TWIN by C.J. Omololu and a Giveaway!

You may have heard CJ's story, she's an amazing author with amazing friends who are supporting her as she battles Stage 4 colon cancer that has spread to her brain, hips, spinal cord, and several organs. Until recently we weren’t sure if CJ would make it to the release date of THE THRID TWIN, but with the help of some modern medicine, and a whole lot of good thoughts and prayers – it looks like things are good to go for the big day. 

I couldn’t be happier to be one of the bloggers on this tour, helping to support this book and the amazing strong woman who wrote it! 

Haven't heard of THE THIRD TWIN? Check it out!

ABOUT THE BOOK:

THE THRID TWIN
Author: CJ Omololu
Release Date: 2/24/15
Publisher: Delacorte

Find it: Amazon |B&N | Kobo | Goodreads
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Identical twins. Identical DNA. Identical suspects. It's Pretty Little Liarsmeets Revenge in this edge-of-your-seat thriller with a shocking twist.

When they were little, Lexi and her identical twin, Ava, made up a third sister, Alicia. If something broke? Alicia did it. Cookies got eaten? Alicia's guilty. Alicia was always to blame for everything. The game is all grown up now that the girls are seniors. They use Alicia as their cover to go out with boys who are hot but not exactly dating material. Boys they'd never, ever be with in real life.

Now one of the guys Alicia went out with has turned up dead, and Lexi wants to stop the game for good. As coincidences start piling up, Ava insists that if they follow the rules for being Alicia, everything will be fine. But when another boy is killed, the DNA evidence and surveillance photos point to only one suspect: Alicia. The girl who doesn't exist. As she runs from the cops, Lexi has to find the truth before another boy is murdered. Because either Ava is a killer…or Alicia is real.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

CJ OMOLOLU is the author of the ALA-YALSA Quick Pick Dirty Little Secrets and several other YA novels. She loved to read but never thought to write until she discovered that the voices in her head often have interesting things to say. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and their two sons. Visit her online at www.cjomololu.com and follow her on Twitter @cjomololu.

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Dying to Read (94)- THE IMMORTAL HEIGHTS by Sherry Thomas

Hey y’all thanks for stopping by to see my Dying to Read post and of course as always I have to give credit to the lovely Jill over at Breaking the Spine for the Waiting on Wednesday Meme!

I LOVE this series and now that the final book has a cover I just had to share! I think this is my favorite cover of the series!

Title: THE IMMORTAL HEIGHTS
Author: Sherry Thomas

Release Date: October 13, 2015

Hardcover: 432 pages

Publisher: Balzer + Bray
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No synopsis yet but I'm sure it will be awesome!







So what do you think? Will you be adding this to your pile? What are you dying to read this week?

Blog Tour- DOVE ARISING by Karen Bao an Interview and a Giveaway!

Hey y'all! I'm thrilled to have Karen Bao, author of DOVE ARISING here today with an interview! Check it out!
Haven't heard of DOVE ARISING? Check it out!

Title: DOVE ARISING

Author: Karen Bao

Pub. Date: February 24, 2015

Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers

Pages: 336

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes& Noble

Phaet Theta has lived her whole life in a colony on the Moon. She’s barely spoken since her father died in an accident nine years ago. She cultivates the plants in Greenhouse 22, lets her best friend talk for her, and stays off the government’s radar.

Then her mother is arrested.

The only way to save her younger siblings from the degrading Shelter is by enlisting in the Militia, the faceless army that polices the Lunar bases and protects them from attacks by desperate Earth-dwellers. Training is brutal, but it’s where Phaet forms an uneasy but meaningful alliance with the preternaturally accomplished Wes, a fellow outsider.

Rank high, save her siblings, free her mom:  that’s the plan. Until Phaet’s logically ordered world begins to crumble...

Suspenseful, intelligent, and hauntingly prescient, Dove Arising stands on the shoulders of our greatest tales of the future to tell a story that is all too relevant today.

Now on to the interview!

Karen Bao Interview Two Chicks Interview February Blog Tour

Hi Karen! First I want to say welcome to Two Chicks on Books! DOVE ARISING is one of my highly anticipated reads of 2015 and I’m so happy that you could stop by for a visit!

For the readers: can you tell us a little bit about DOVE ARISING and the characters?

Dove Arising is about Phaet, a fifteen-year-old introvert living on the moon in 2347. When her mother is “quarantined” for “medical illness,” she joins the Lunar Militia to save her younger siblings from destitution. She races spaceships, allies with a shy and talented fellow trainee, and faces enemies more powerful than she could’ve imagined.

          

      Hope that makes it sound interesting!

I know this is a series so do we have a title for the second book yet?

Yes, I’ve painstakingly come up with a title for the second book – and the third. When Penguin and I are ready, we’ll share them with everyone.

       Were any of the characters in the book inspired by people from your real life?

Yeah, and they sure know it. Cygnus, Phaet’s computer whiz brother, resembles my computer whiz brother. Larry gave me a lot of tips for the scenes when Cygnus cracks secure networks and stuff. Also, Phaet’s quiet tendencies were inspired by one of my best friends, who doesn’t talk much but is a lot tougher than she seems from the outside. The same friend also inspired some of Wes’ cutesy tics, like biting things with the side of his mouth.

In short, if you’re friends with me, you might find bits of yourselves in my characters. Please don’t sue me for libel. You have been warned.

Who was your favorite character to write? What about your least favorite?

Yinha was so much fun, because she’s hilarious but had a serious backstory. I had the most trouble with Mira, Phaet’s mom, because I haven’t had kids and it was tough to empathize with her. Getting into her head took a lot of hanging out with my own mom

What is your favorite passage/scene in DOVE ARISING?

All of Phaet’s interactions with Wes, her rival and ally in Militia training, are so cute and awkward. Both of them are quiet social outliers with big secrets, so things get interesting when they start to work together. Wes is amazing at martial arts (ie hurting people), but he’s also great at saving them because he’s an accomplished doctor-in-training. When he offers to help train Phaet, she doesn’t know what to make of him, and it only gets worse after she starts finding him attractive. Like, Oh, there’s a cute guy running at me, but it’s to show me tough love by throwing punches. What’s a girl to do?

Sigh. Their bonding scenes make me so happy.

What kind of research did you have to do for the story?

Mostly research about the moon itself: geography, geological properties, et cetera. Picking out locations for all six Lunar Bases was challenging but really fun, and so was constructing the scenes when the Militia trainees go off-Base. They encounter mountain ranges, meteorite bombardment, and tunnels beneath the Lunar surface carved out by ancient lava floes. I didn’t know about any of that when I started writing. Thank you, Google.

What are you reading right now? Or what do you have on your TBR that you’re dying to read?

I’m devouring Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore, and have Sabaa Tahir’s An Ember in the Ashes on my nightstand. That second book’s not coming out until April, but I was lucky enough to get an ARC. It looks so amazing!

Who is your ultimate Book Boyfriend?

Charlie Weasley! The guy raises dragons for a living, kicks butt at Quidditch, and has a great sense of style. Also, he’s single at the end of the Harry Potter books… ;)

What inspired you to write YA?

Eh, I sort of wrote about what I knew. I was seventeen when I drafted the book, so having a protagonist who was fifteen came naturally. Phaet became almost like my selectively mute and really smart little sister.

Lightening Round Questions

Twitter or Facebook?

Facebook. I got one in 7^th grade and it’s been an excellent procrastination device ever since.

Favorite Superhero? 

Sun Wu Kong, a flying, talking monkey from Chinese folklore. Nobody messes with him and gets away with it, except maybe the Buddha.

Favorite TV show?

Firefly. Darn, I wish there had been more than one season.

Sweet or Salty?

Give me a block of sugar and I can survive on that for a month. Even better if it contains chocolate.

Any Phobias?

Probably heights. I hiked up Yellow Mountain in China at age 10. There were no guardrails near the top, the path was three feet wide, and rain made the path super slippery. I thought I was going to die.

Song you can’t get enough of right now?

“OctaHate” by Ryn Weaver. Its sound is so unique and upbeat despite it being a breakup song. I just dance and don’t really listen to the words.

Fall Movie you’re most looking forward to?

I can’t wait to see Selma. So happy that MLK is getting some screen time!

Thanks so much Karen for answering my questions!

About Karen:

Karen Bao is a writer, musician, and aspiring ecologist. She's three years older than her brother and sixty years younger than her violin. Born in California and raised in New Jersey, she currently studies environmental biology at college in New York City. Karen began writing Dove Arising at the age of seventeen.  

Where you can find Karen:

Website |Twitter | Facebook |Goodreads

Giveaway Details:

3 winners will receive a Dove Arising T-shirt and a finished copy of the book! US Only.



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VENDETTA Release Day Blast!

It's here! VENDETTA by Catherine Doyle is out TODAY and we're thrilled to celebrate it's release!

ABOUT THE BOOK 

Vendetta by Catherine Doyle: Out TODAY,February 24, 2015

Think Romeo and Juliet meets The Godfather. Oh yeah. #bloodforblood #Vendetta

Blood Will Spill, Hearts Will Break: With a fierce rivalry raging between two warring families, falling in love is the deadliest thing Sophie could do. An epic debut set outside modern-day Chicago.

For Sophie, it starts as just another slow, hot summer in Cedar Hill. Then a new family moves into the long-abandoned mansion across the street: the Falcone family, with its five mysterious brothers. Unable to resist bad boy Nicoli, Sophie finds herself falling for him--and into his world. But just as the dark secrets of the Falcones begin to come to light, the skeletons of her own family, the Gracewells, rise to the surface, too. And soon Sophie is torn between the desires of two warring dynasties: the one she was born into and the one she's now in love with. But she'll have to choose between passion and honor. And when she does, blood will spill and hearts will break. Because in this twisted underworld, loyalty can mean the difference between life and death.

AVAILABLE TODAY 

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Praise for Vendetta

Even Victoria Scott said this about it: “Fan-freaking-tastic…I honestly can’t say enough good things about it! I would read anything Cat Doyle writes after flying through Vendetta!!”

MEET Sophie & Nic

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About the Author

Catherine Doyle lives in the west of Ireland. She holds a bachelor's degrees in psychology and a master's degree in English from the National University of Ireland, Galway. Vendetta is her first novel. Catherine lives in Galway, Ireland. Follower Catherine on Twitter @Doyle_cat and on Tumblr at www.Catherine-Doyle.tumblr.com.

Visit Catherine via: her Website | Twitter | Tumblr | Goodreads