Don't miss out on the awesome 99 cent sale that's going on for the Daughters of the Sea series by the lovely and talented Kristen Day!!!
I love fantasy books that involve mythical Gods and Goddesses, they just have this way of gripping me in the palm of the pages and keep rooted to my seat, so I'm excited that Kristen is being kind enough to drop the price of the first three books in what looks like is going to be a pretty darn amazing mythical fantasy series. I can't deny, I've had Forsaken on my Goodreads TBR list for quite a while. So, this just might be the incentive that I need to go ahead and nab them up and binge read, until the fourth book in the series is released next month.
I was reading a blog post of the day that Kristen Day wrote about who moves her herione and I thought it was both interesting and definitely enlightening to me, because when I'm reading a really great strong fantasy heavily involved story, I want to know that I am reading about equally strong heroine's (which, I feel we don't have enough of in YA fiction) who are passionate, unafraid to make the hard choices that no one else would be able to make, and ones who can rise above their pain and ashes of sorrow and still be able to stand strong and tall in the rubble. Apparently she feels this way too, because she dedicated a whole blog post as to who moves her heroine and who inspires them. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised when you read this blog post and I would definitely encourage you to do that, because you'll learn a lot about who Kristen is as a person and as a writer. She's just extremely amazing in so many ways and just as incredibly strong as her heroine featured in this compelling fantasy series.
But, enough about me and my tbr lists that are waaaay too crazy for me to even begin to think about tackling right now, let me let her books tell you why YOU SHOULD BE READING them right now. Yeah... :)
(Psst...That's just a small teaser for what's to come in Hearken (DotS #4) in July 22nd.)
Want to learn more about the series in general, keep reading and find out!
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| Forsaken (Daughters of the Sea #4) Kristen Day |
Daughters of the Sea #1
Kristen Day
Publisher: Crushing Hearts and Black Butterfly
Published: January 28, 2014
Pages: 348
Buy Links: Amazon & B&N
Once you’ve been touched by darkness, it never leaves you…
Abandoned by her parents as an infant; seventeen year old Hannah spent her childhood wading through countless foster families until being adopted by the Whitmans three years ago.
Unfortunately, Atlanta’s high society wasn’t quite ready for Hannah…or the strange events that plague her.
Chilling visions of murder, unexplained hallucinations, and dark, mysterious guy who haunts her nightmares all culminate to set in motion a journey of self-discovery that will challenge everything she’s ever believed; not to mention her sanity.
Sent to live at The House of Lorelei on Bald Head Island, NC for ‘kids like her’, Hannah quickly realizes things are not what they seem. Her fellow ‘disturbed’ teens are actually the descendants of mythical Sea Gods and Goddesses. And so is she.
But when Finn, the ghost from her dreams, appears in the flesh; her nightmares become reality and her dark visions begin coming true. Inexplicably drawn to him, she can’t deny the dangerous hold he has on her heart. The deadly secrets he harbors will ultimately test her courage and push the boundaries of her love.
She must decide if she is ready to embrace the ancient legend she is prophesied to be a part of. The fate of all the descendants will forever depend upon it.
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| Awaken (Daughters of the Sea #2) Kristen Day |
Daughters of the Sea #2
Kristen Day
Publisher: Crushing Hearts and Black Butterfly
Published: March 24, 2014
Pages: 358
Buy Links: Amazon & B&N
The sacrifices we make have the power to shift the very fabric of who we are, and ultimately who we are meant to be…
After learning of her true destiny as the intended Leader of the Tydes, Anastasia Whitman must now embark on a perilous quest to the Underworld before the age of eighteen in order to plant the seed of immortality and complete her essence to become a true Sea Goddess. But before she can make her legendary journey, an unexpected new student transfers to Lorelei; initiating a sequence of events that will unravel Stasia’s new life, and test the boundaries of her relationship with the mysterious, dark, and sexy Finn Morrison.
The line between the Underworld and the Living begins to blur as gruesome ghosts, morbid reveries, and pure evil haunt her waking hours as well as her sanity. Once the details of Finn’s own startling destiny are revealed, the dangerous secrets he’s been hiding will threaten the very love Stasia believed to be indestructible. As time begins to run out, she will be forced to choose between the one she loves and the destiny she cannot escape.
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| Chosen (Daughters of the Sea #3) Kristen Day |
Chosen
Daughters of the Sea #3
Kristen Day
Publisher: Crushing Hearts and Black Butterfly
Published: January 7, 2013
Pages: 324
Buy Links: Amazon
The essence of who we are lies not in what we have, but in what we are willing to give up. Because in the end, Time and Tide wait for no one.
After sacrificing all that she had, the evil princess of the Underworld is still successful in her bid to tear Finn from Stasia’s life. In the midst of her search to reclaim him, Stasia is summoned to the island nation of Cyprus to take part in an age-old ritual; unveiling the missing pieces of her ancestry and re-igniting an ancient war.
As she struggles to both save Finn’s soul and free Carmen’s mind, Stasia’s bravery and determination will be pushed to its breaking point. A dark storm is forming on the horizon, and the forces who are vying to destroy her may be much closer than she thinks. Destiny weaves a sticky web of evil, betrayal, and revenge that can only be undone by the purity of love and the soul’s unyielding will to survive. In the last installment of the Daughters of the Sea trilogy, the past will collide with the present as Stasia’s future hangs in the balance.
The prophecy that paved the way for her new life may indeed be the very thing that strips her of the ones she loves the most.
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| Hearken (Daughters of the Sea #4) Kristen Day |
Hearken
Daughters of the Sea #4
Kristen Day
Publisher: Crushing Hearts & Black Butterfly
Published: July 22, 2014
Pages: 439
When the evil you fear is born from within, who will save us…from ourselves?
Sometimes our souls hear what our minds and hearts refuse to accept. It will whisper its continuous cadence until we're strong enough to glimpse the truth. But when the soul's whispers morph into screams, we're forced to gaze into the mirrors of time and see ourselves for who we really are.
Grappling with her newfound leadership position, Stasia begins to experience a recurring nightmare of murder, as well as curious reveries about a violet-eyed girl who can control the moon. When tragedy grips the Tydes and several important relics are stolen from the Sons of Daimon, Stasia’s Council leaves for the forgotten island of Atlantis. Unfortunately Atlantis harbors its own secrets, and they are all calling to Stasia. As her nightmares become worse and she begins to lose control of her mind, those around her must find a way to reach her…and fast.
Olivia Campbell is used to getting what she wants, when she wants it. But destiny never asked Olivia what she wanted. Being Chosen to be a Paladin at birth had not been something she wanted, and she definitely hadn’t wanted her charge to be Anastasia. Unfortunately their irritatingly persistent Atlantean guide, Sebastian, seems to know all about her and the secrets she’s been hiding. As she fights to protect Stasia from an unknown force, Olivia’s own courage and loyalty will be tested in ways she never imagined. Will she be able to tell Stasia the truth before it’s too late for them both.
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| Kristen Day |
Kristen Day is a southern belle at heart with a crazy streak that desperately tries to escape at every opportunity. She loves all things nostalgic, rustic, and quirky. She's been told she see's the world through rose-colored glasses, but she prefers to think of them as kaleidoscope glasses - swirling and morphing reality into something she can digest (who hasn't pretended those pasty lima beans were really kiwi strawberry jelly beans?).
She is the talented author of the DAUGHTERS OF THE SEA series, which includes FORSAKEN, AWAKEN, CHOSEN, HEARKEN, PROVEN (2014). She loves all books, but really enjoys writing young adult, paranormal romances. She's loved to write for as long as she can remember. Her first published work was her poem RED in second grade (you guessed it - it was a poem about the color red - life altering, she knows) that won her 5 gold stars and a spot in her elementary school's poetry book. That's when her addiction to the written word officially began. She was the only kid in fifth grade that actually enjoyed diagramming sentences. Go ahead and laugh - its okay.
When she's not writing she's making jewelry, painting, drinking sweet tea, watching the discovery channel, or going on random adventures in the mountains of North Carolina with her amazing husband.
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