Bewitching Book Tours is hosting an awesome blog tour for the third book in the amazingly phenomenal and totally fierce Mishap series by M.M. Shelley. And, the best thing is - I GET TO BE PART OF IT - Yes! I get to do what I love to do best, which is talk up a new ya paranormal sort of fantasy meets sci-fi series and get YOU GUYS INTERESTED IN IT!!!
YOU GUYS! These books look oh my gosh, so interesting and full of all kinds of supernaturally fun. Who wouldn't want to get lost in this incredibly intriguing world of mystery for like...days. (Okay, so maybe not days, but at least a few hours!) It just looks so wickedly delcious, that my bookshelf/Kindle Fire is calling out to me...buy me, BUY ME!, buy me - you KNOW you want to READ me. Plus, the added bonus of being a multi-cultural ya series, which is something that I don't normally read and yet I'm dying to devour these books.
Here's a peek at the history of the series...
BOOK #1
By M.M. Shelley
For centuries magical beings have hidden in the darkness, waiting. Some good, some evil. A battle is brewing, and only twins, Grasiella and Tatiana, have the power to stop it.
A secret that has been kept since the dawn of time is about to be revealed with devastating consequences. It’s the summer of the year 2045, and sixteen year old Grasiella, along with her twin sister,Tatiana plan to visit their grandmother in Hawaii. They have no idea that when they arrive on the island of Kauai, they are about to be drawn into a secret, the secret, of their family’s dark origins and magical powers.
On the first day of their arrival, their grandmother is accused of a horrible crime involving a faerie. Whispers have spread throughout the islands about the disappearance of a faerie named Sita Knook and her connection to a mysterious group known only as the Cinerians.
Before long, Grasiella and Tatiana are doing battle with ancient races and magical beings. All the while trying to retrieve an ancient stone of power and impress a couple of local surfers, Kana’i and Kye, cousins who have some pretty exciting family secrets of their own. It’s pretty serious stuff for two girls who were planning to spend the summer at the beach getting tans, but then that’s the trouble with secrets, sometimes they just don’t stay buried.
BOOK #2
By M.M. Shelley
Deep within the Hawaiian islands is a hidden danger. An island witch who wants nothing more than to end the line of Pele, the fire goddess. Her influence has breached Pele’s inner circle.
The twins are also faced with the consequences of a freed Mnemosyne who no longer stands alone. As others from her world have traveled to earth with unclear intentions.
Grasiella and Tatiana’s only focus is to find their missing grandmother. Risking everything, not knowing if she is dead or alive.
Mishap&Retribution
by M.M. Shelley
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services
Publication Date: July, 2012
Pages: 302
Age Demographic: YA/Fantasy/Sci-Fi
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At the Dawn of Time a curse against Man was made and only Death will satisfy it.
The year is 2045 and twins Grasiella and Tatiana who are Cinerian, Fae and Human must choose a side and may find themselves on different sides of an ancient war.
With Tatiana trapped in the Fae realm and learning what life has been like, she has found herself bonding with the Fae. Grasiella seeking the whereabouts of her twin has come to a crossroads of her own.
Separated and neither knowing the fate of the other, each make their way to an uncertain future.
Death has swept across the Hawaiian Islands and the cost of peace may be too high.
* Summary taken from Goodreads.
EXCERPT FROM MISHAP & RETRIBUTION: M.M. SHELLEY
Grasiella kept a safe distance between herself and Missy as she followed her through the thick jungle of the Big Island of Hawaii. Missy was keeping something from her; she could feel it and Grasiella had to know what it was. It was not an easy task to locate Missy or to follow her, Missy was fast and she seemed to fly from tree to tree. She suddenly vaulted onto the ground only to run like a gazelle around the trees and brush. Grasiella had never needed to work so hard at trying to stay concealed; she had experienced a close call the first time that Missy had come crashing to the earth from her high perch in the trees.
Earlier in the day Missy had agreed to meet with Grasiella after receiving a gnome who had carried the message. Grasiella had needed to swipe a strand of hair from Missy without her realizing what she was doing; she had used the strand of hair for a tracking charm. It was the only way that Grasiella was able to keep up with Missy; if not for the charm she would have lost her miles back.
Over the course of the last few weeks Grasiella’s skills at charms had improved, it was a skill she had never thought to use for anything other than her own amusement. Now she had no choice but to use her magic as a way of discovering the secrets that everyone on the islands seemed to be carrying around with them. Those secrets were pivotal to her and her twin sister Tatiana’s survival.
Missy came to a stop at the base of the Kohala Mountains her body tensed as she stood unmoving. Grasiella used the trunk of a tree to block herself from view and peeked out to watch carefully. It seemed as if the air had become still and the noises of the jungle had come to a halt as she anxiously waited to see what Missy would do next.
Missy’s head rolled to the right, her right arm rose level with her shoulder until it suddenly shot skyward stretching up, her palm opened filling with the light from the sun. Ever so slowly her head rolled to the left and she repeated the movements on the left side of her body. Very slowly her arms began to drop until they rested at her sides and as they dropped a piece of the mountain shifted ever so slightly to the left. Missy kicked out with her left leg jumped into the air and landed on her hands in a handstand position her back to the Kohala Mountains. Her right leg bent backwards and very slowly she touched the mountain with her foot.
Another piece of the mountain shifted aside this time it revealed an opening in the shape of a trillion. Missy pushed against the ground with her hands, swung back around until she was on her feet and strode into the mountain, sealing it shut behind her.
Thanks to Bewitching Book Tours and M.M. Shelley, I have one e-copy of the amazingly awesome and powerfully suspenseful Mishap & Retribution that can be all yours if you're the lucky-duck winner! The only rules that apply are that you at least be 13 years or older and fill out the Rafflecopter below, then just reply to the email sent to the winner if you are chosen within 48 hours.
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Don't forget to also head over to the Mishap & Retribution Blog Tour Page that Bewitching Book Tours is hosting for a chance to enter the "official blog tour" giveaway going on where you can win a Kindle Touch and score a paperback copy of Mishap & Retribution.
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You can do so by visiting my Amazon Store and adding them to your shopping cart. While you're there, feel free to look around, you might find something else you want. I hope you enjoyed reading the small exciting excerpt that M.M. Shelley was nice enough to provide for you today on my blog! I definitely suggest you pick up a copy of Mishap & Retribution or any of the other two books in this AH-MAZING SERIES for yourself or someone else, if you think they'll like it the way this series should totally be loved.
ABOUT M.M. SHELLEY
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M.M. Shelley is a storyteller, word smith and dreamer. She has traveled the world extensively in search of the magic which is often overlooked in every day life. M.M. Shelley is a native of southern California, and a student of mythology from which she gets much inspiration.
Author information taken from her Author's Amazon Page.
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