Cover Reveal: Black Moon by Teri Harman

Black Moon by Teri Harman 

 

Release Date: September 16, 2014

Publisher: Jolly Fish Press

Series: The Moonlight Trilogy #2

Description from Goodreads:

Simon Howard accidentally killed three people. Four months later, the nightmares won’t stop. Willa Fairfield, his girlfriend, his soul mate, wants nothing more than to help him move on. But guilt isn’t the only thing getting in Simon’s way.

When unexplained earthquakes hit the small town of Twelve Acres, and dozens of people go missing, the Light witches discover their most feared enemy, Archard, is still alive. Employing the twisted, dynamic magic of a legendary witch known as Bartholomew the Dark, Archard plans to exact his revenge and take control of the Powers of the Earth on the night of the black moon, a rare lunar event infamous for Dark magic.

As the Light Covenant fumbles to defend against Archard’s sadistic intentions, Simon’s magic grows inexplicably more powerful, even dangerous. Willa throws all her efforts into solving the mystery of Simon’s transformation, but when the events of the past storm into the present, the couple’s future changes forever. 

Giveaway  

To celebrate the cover reveal, Teri's publisher is giving away a signed hardcover of the first book in the series, Blood Moon, which I absolutely LOVED. Seriously. Check out me review. It was so good! 

 

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Review: Blood Moon by Teri Harman

Blood Moon by Teri Harman
Release Date: June 22, 2013
Format: ARC, 354 pages
Publisher: Jolly Fish Press
Series: Moonlight Trilogy #1
Source: Publisher in exchange for an honest review

Description from Goodreads:
Willa dreams of true events and her best friend is a ghost. Simon can heal any wound with a touch and senses others’ emotions, intentions. All their lives they’ve felt alone in their bizarre abilities, hiding behind a facade of normalcy, wondering why and how. The night Simon walks into the Twelve Acres Diner and meets Willa face to face, in a swirl of electric heat, they are bound to one another and glimpse the magic of who they are.

Across town a witch is held prisoner in the derelict basement of an old Victorian house. One night as it rains, she dares to reach her filthy, scarred hand out the window. Willa, walking home from work, recognizes the pathetic hand from a recent, terrible dream.

After a daring rescue of the witch, Willa and Simon are catapulted into the alluring but dangerous world of witchcraft and the magic of The Six Gifts. Answers to all their questions are within reach, but they’ve stepped into the middle of a deadly fight for the Powers of the Earth. Do they stay, risk their lives on the promise of power, or walk away?

Teri Harman's groundbreaking debut novel, the first installment in The Moonlight Trilogy, completely reinvents the modern concept of witches and magic. With its authentic translation of the history of witches into a fresh and entertaining package with unprecedented characterization, Blood Moon is sure to capture readers from the first page.

Oh, sweet baby mama of Jesus. THIS BOOK. So, I was expecting to like it. Obviously. I wouldn't have accepted the review request or chosen to read it otherwise. But...holy snap, y'all. I loved this book! So much. I think part of my happiness is timing--I've been wanting to re-read my Secret Circle books for a while now, and then I had this sitting in my stack of books and pulled it out and...wow. Just wow.

My dearest Teri Harman, YOU are a wonderful human being for writing this book. The beginning...you...just...that beginning was made for me. (Not literally. But wouldn't it be cool if I WAS being literal?) It got me and then I read more and was like THIS IS SO COOL, and...magnificent. High five, author lady!

Character Rundown:
Willa: I liked Willa! She wasn't needy or whiny or weak or anything that usually bugs me about female protagonists. She didn't make me angry, like, at all. That in and of itself is a freaking miracle.

Simon: Can I just marry this boy now? PLEASE? He is so mine. I'm calling dibs right now. He was strong and kind, and he just...I approve of this boy. One hundred and ten percent. I am so excited for the rest of this trilogy to see more of him. <3

Plot. I loved how Teri Harman had our main characters meet AND THEN started in on the magical stuff. Because that drew me in (goodness knows I am the biggest sucker for anything even remotely romantic), and then all the cool witch stuff KEPT me there. It reminded me of The Secret Circle by L.J. Smith. I mean, they are two TOTALLY different stories, but that book drew me in with the beginning just like Teri Harman did, and then held me there with awesomeness.

Romance. First of all, this is one of the strongest couples I've read in a while. Usually I need the guy to hold things together, but in this book, they are equally amazing. They are fine separately, but together...together they're just better. Second, I've already talked about this, but Teri Harman doesn't take forever to bring in the romance which made me all flail-y and happy. I started reading and started giggling because I was so HAPPY. And lastly, Willa & Simon aren't the ONLY couple in this book. I loved the idea of the witch couples, how they make magic together and whatnot. Again, high five, author lady!

The ending. What have you got up your sleeve for us next, Ms. Harman? I wonder... I'm definitely going to be reading it. I wish I could read it RIGHT NOW. Can I? PLEASE?

Overall, I was completely impressed by Blood Moon. Its romantic beginning drew me in with ease and the magical story that unfolded within the pages kept me devouring this book in hours. I am STILL smiling about this. Teri Harman, I am most definitely going to stick around to see what comes next. I'm so excited! :)

♥Jessica(:

What I Got #26 Contagious ;)

What I Got is a weekly meme hosted by the fabulous Monica over at Cover Analysis :) 

 

I promised last week that I would keep up with these, so--surprisingly--I am! Even though it is an ungodly hour of the night/morning and I've been doing the YA Scavenger Hunt and I don't really FEEEEEL like making this post. But I shall. Because I promised.

 

I don't like to break promises.

 

Okay, now that my random rant is over with, here are all the books I got this week!

 

And they are all FOR REVIEW:

 

    

 

Blood Moon by Teri Harman

This is the only book I got in the mail this week, but I was so pumped when I got it. It is GORGEOUS! And for a blog tour. There will be a character interview involved. We all know how GREAT I am at those, RIGHT?!?! Hehehe. Thanks a bunch to Jolly Fish Press!

 

Devour by Andrea Heltsley

"He wasn't supposed to remember..." WHAT wasn't he supposed to remember? And WHY wasn't he supposed to remember it? And--holy snap--WHO is he?!?!?! Yeah. Now you see why I wanna read this book. I got it on my Kindle for a blog tour! *happy dance*

 

Inked by an Angel by Shauna Allen

There are angels involved, and the series is called The Cupid Chronicles. Need I say more? This is also for a blog tour, by the way.

 

Naturals by Tiffany Truitt

This one is actually from NetGalley, because Entangled is awesome to me. Someday, I shall post that review I have of book 1 in this series, and then I'll read this one. Just you wait.

 

    

 

Prophecy Girl by Cecily White

That handy dandy little newsletter thingy I get from Entangled every so often was what led me to this book. When I saw it on NetGalley, my finger did that silly twitch thing and now I have this on my Kindle...as always, thanks to Entangled for making me heart them. And now I need to make time for this book because I SERIOUSLY want to read it.

 

Aris Returns: A Vampire Love Story by Devin Morgan

I bet you can guess why I snagged this off NetGalley...it's a vampire love story. That was all I needed to know before I clicked. I'm kind of lucky this is even book 1, because I didn't check until after. I have an odd liking for vampire romances, when they're GOOD. Remember A Shade of Vampire, people? It's like that.

 

Project Ele by Rebecca Gober & Courtney Nuckels

This was free on Amazon. 'Nuff said.

 

Jaded by Mercy Amare

A rock star love story! YES! Thank you soooooo much to Mercy for sending me an ARC of this for review!!

 

  

 

A Shade of Blood by Bella Forrest

Bella sent this to me Friday night (when I was at my brother's celebrating my nephew's 5th birthday!) and I have been itching to start it ever since. I'm about 9% in now, and I must say, I NEED TO READ MORE. Gah, what I want to happen is not happening, but I see potential good and/or interesting things that could happen and I'm just...yeah. Also, this book is longer than the first one. Also, I find it funny how I JUST referenced A Shade of Vampire and now I'm telling you I got book 2. Not intentional at all, but convenient. Ha. So, thank you thank you thank you to Bella for sending me an early copy of this! I should finish it super soon and have a review up next week, so look out for that!

 

Chasing Mrs. Right by Katee Robert

THAT is probably the steamiest cover of a book I've reviewed...hmm. Oh, well. I can't resist Heather when she emails us about this stuff. Plus, I hear marvelous things about Katee Robert. Plus, this book looks fantastic. Thank you so much to Heather and Entangled for sending me a copy for review!

 

A Different Blue by Amy Harmon

This book...there's something about this book, man. I was just LOOKING at it today as I watched SNL, and then I blinked and it was, like, 3 AM and I was 81% in. That's a good sign. I got this book for a blog tour, and I can't wait to a) finish this book and b) post my review so I can verbally abuse y'all into reading this beautiful awesomeness. I'm also convinced that I need to name something Wilson. Or Darcy. Or name one thing Wilson and the other Darcy. For real.

 

All right, that is all I got this week! Thank goodness. My fingers are getting tired. I'm mighty chatty this morning, aren't I? I need to sleep. Obviously. And shut up. I need to shut up and sleep.

 

Oh, and have you heard THIS SONG? I've been listening to it since I noticed it in the suggestions when I was listening to You & Me by Dave Matthews Band (which I listened to, logically, after it showed up in the suggestions after listening to Seven, which was, naturally, the first song I put on when I logged onto the computer), and have been listening to it ever since. As I hunted YA style. As I wrote this post. And now it's stuck in my head and I'm addicted. Singing along and everything. "It's contaaaagious..."

 

Yeah. Be glad you don't live with me and have to wake up to me singing at 5:30 in the morning.

 

Okay, y'all, tell me:

 

What did YOU get this week?

Have you read anything I got?

What did you think of it?

Do you WANT to read anything I got?

Which ones?

 

All righty, you answer me those questions in the comments, and link up to your haul posts--whatever those may be, Stacking the Shelves or something else--and I'll check it all out after I wake up.

 

Now, I'm off to go pass out somewhere.

 

Have a great day, friends!

 

♥Jessica(:

 

What I Got #24 ♥ An EPIC Day

What I Got is a weekly meme hosted by Monica over at Cover Analysis :) 

 

I was (and still am) not completely sure about posting this today. I should probably skip this week and just post next week. But...meh. I'll explain later in this post. Heh.

 

For Review:

Tight Knit by Allie Brennan

This book looked so cute and when Allie sent it to me, there was so much happy-dancing. And, um, yeah, guys. I already read it. AND IT IS SO GREAT!!!! There will most likely be a review sometime this week. You know, once I sit my happy booty down and WRITE IT. Heh.

Thanks so much to Allie for sending this to me! Undying love, I tell you!!!

 

Dissension by Adrienne Monson

This book looked cool and I'm so happy the nice people at Jolly Fish Press sent it to me. Thank y'all so much!!

 

Pitch Green by The Brothers Washburn

Apparently this book is classified as YA horror and that is not something I read a lot of. So I'm supser excited to read this! It looks so gooood! Thanks again to Jolly Fish Press for sending me an ARC of this!

 

Gifted:

Touch of Death by Kelly Hashway

I have wanted this book for so long now! I'm all kinds of excited to read it. *squee!* Thanks so, so much to Michelle from The Passionate Bookworm. You're awesome!

 

Montgomery County Book Festival

You see, this is where I run into a problem. Because I got A LOT of stuff at this book festival. I mean, only two books, but I also got a hella lot of swag and there was stuff with Victoria Scott (whom I love with all my heart, by the way) and just...yeah. And I need to take pictures of all this stuff for y'all to SEE. But I am not in the picture-taking mood. I am tired. This book festival was AALLL the way in Houston. Which is something of a long drive from my place near Austin.

 

So what I'm gonna do is tell y'all about the books I got (and how Lisa McMann now LOVES ME) and then I'll probably/most likely/pfft, I WILL make a seperate post that shall be MCBF pics galore. Okay? Okay.

 

So, the books I got!

 

Dead to You by Lisa McMann

There were these bag-thingies with free books inside. This was one of them. And I have wanted to read this book for a while now but never worked up the courage to actually grab it from the library. Yeah, in case you hadn't noticed, I'm a wimp. Unless someone's trying to snag the copy of THE COLLECTOR that was clearly meant for me. Then shiz gets real. BUT ANYWAY, now I have a signed copy! AHH!

 

Crash by Lisa McMann

I've had my eye on this book ever since it started showing up in other people's WoW posts. Then I went to this book festival and heard Lisa talking about a truck with two meatballs in top and...well, I was sold. It also helps that is was in the cool bag that also contained Dead to You. Also, Lisa McMann loves me. Because I am a rebel. So yeah. *more squee!!*

 

Now, because I HAVE to do this, a picture of me and Victoria Scott.

 

 

AREN'T WE GORGEOUS?

 

Hehe, I was too busy freaking out over the fact that

a) I WAS HOLDING A COPY OF THE COLLECTOR IN MY HANDS!!!

and

b) I WAS STANDING NEXT TO THE AMAZEBALLS V SCOTT

to care much about what I looked like. *spazzes*

 

I die, you guys. I die.

 

**Oh, and before nine milliona nd a half people start flipping out, I was JUST holding this copy. I do not own it. I did spend some time cuddling with it, but then I [had to] give it back to V.**

 

Anyhoo, I'll get more in-depth about the festival in my post, but I should say this now--I've announced myself as the V Scott super fan. Because I heart her that much. And her face. I heart that, too.

 

One more thing. Which is totally not book-related, but makes me smile. See that red bow in V's head? (kinda hard, I know, but let me tell you that it was so flipping cute!!!) I am currently wearing it. And I now own it. And I am still spazzing.

 

Okay, long post that was about more than it should have been is now over. I shall tell more later!! In my post. Which I will make. Sometime. Ideally, this will be soon. Okay? Okay.

 

What did YOU get this week? Do anything super cool while getting your bookish goodness? (Book signings, festivals, etc.) LET ME KNOW, FRIENDS.

 

♥Jessica(: