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Thursday, January 22, 2015

Review & Giveaway: Tear You Apart by Sarah Cross

BOOK DETAILS
Tear You Apart (Beau Rivage)
by Sarah Cross
Publisher: EgmontUSA
Release Date: January 27th 2015

Synopsis:
An edgy fairy tale retelling of "Snow White" set in the world of Kill Me Softly for fans of Once Upon a Time and Grimm.

If you want to live happily ever after, first you have to stay alive.

Viv knows there’s no escaping her fairy-tale curse. One day her beautiful stepmother will feed her a poison apple or convince her on-again-off-again boyfriend, Henley, to hunt her down and cut out her heart before she breaks his. In the city of Beau Rivage, some princesses are destined to be prey.

But then Viv receives an invitation to the exclusive club where the Twelve Dancing Princesses twirl away their nights. There she meets Jasper, an underworld prince who seems to have everything—but what he really wants is her. He vows to save her from her dark fate if she’ll join him and be his queen.

All Viv has to do is tear herself away from the huntsman boy who still holds her heart. Then she might live to see if happily ever after is a promise the prince can keep. But is life as an underworld queen worth sacrificing the true love that might kill her?

Faced with a possible loophole to her "Snow White" curse, Viv goes underground, literally, to find the prince who's fated to rescue her. But is life safe in the Underworld worth the price of sacrficing the love that might kill her?

POP CULTURE CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF TWISTING FAIRY TALES: ABC's Once Upon a Time and NBC's Grimm continue to pull in high ratings. And with the anticipated Angelina Jolie Maleficent (2014), the film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods (2014), and Kenneth Branagh's Cinderella (2015), Hollywood is infected with fairy tale fever.

CAMEOS FROM FAVORITE CHARACTERS: Viv, who first appeared in Kill Me Softly trailed by her brooding boy-toy Henley, takes center stage in this new Beau Rivage tale. Other familiar characters including Blue and Jewel are back to help her defy her destiny.

TEENS LOVE THIS FAIRY TALE WORLD: Kill Me Soflty was a 2013 YALSA Teens' Top 10. Readers have been clamoring for a sequel.

A FRESH TAKE ON THE FAMILIAR: Drawing on "Snow White," "The Twelve Dancing Princesses," and "Rumpelstiltskin," Tear You Apart is very conscious of the way these stories have pervaded pop culture, twisting known tropes into an exciting new story that can stand on its own.

Review
Viv has known for a long time that she's destined to die and it would be at the hands of her best friend Henley. She's marked as Snow White and he's her huntsman. The biggest problem is they are in love but the dark cloud his choice and her possibility of a happy ending make them both emotionally volatile. Viv wants him close but keeps pushing him away, knowing completely how much it hurts him. Her step-mother Regina taunts her with inappropriate advances towards Henley and with the fact that she believes that he will kill Viv, if driven over the edge. Afraid for her safety she seeks shelter in the Underworld but she may come to realize that no place is safe, not for her. This isn't a normal Snow White fairy tale, it's completely twisted with intermingling of a few other tales such as the Twelve Dancing Princesses. I liked how everything all came together with the variety of the stories incorporated in the plot. Viv and Henley are moody characters but I found the romance believable. I also thought the relationship between her step-mother Regina dysfunctional but realistic. Overall, it was a quick and interesting read.

BOOK LINKS:

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21520203-tear-you-apart

Amazon paperback: http://tinyurl.com/ns3zpm3

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/tear-you-apart/id905818619

Barnes & Noble (B&N): http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/tear-you-apart-sarah-cross/1119612015

Bookdepository: http://www.bookdepository.com/Tear-You-Apart-Sarah-Cross/9781606845912

Kobo: http://store.kobobooks.com/es-ES/ebook/tear-you-apart-2

OTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES:

Kill Me Softly: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12680998-kill-me-softly

After The Ball: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16086828-after-the-ball

Twin Roses: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22856375-twin-roses

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Sarah Cross is the author of the fairy tale novels Kill Me Softly and Tear You Apart (coming January 2015), the superhero novel Dull Boy, and the Wolverine comic "The Adamantium Diaries." She loves fairy tales, lowbrow art, secret identities and silence.

AUTHOR LINKS:

Website: http://www.sarahcross.com

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2699594.Sarah_Cross

Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesarahcross

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sarah-Cross/216488005087186

Tumblr: http://fairytalemood.tumblr.com

Personal Tumblr: http://sarahcross.tumblr.com

Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/sarahcross/

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Review: Kill Me Softly by Sarah Cross

Author: Sarah Cross
Title: Kill Me Softly
Publication: April 10,2012
Publisher: Egmont USA
Audience: Young Adult
Source:Publisher via Netgalley
Rating: 4 out 5

Summary
Mirabelle's past is shrouded in secrecy, from her parents' tragic deaths to her guardians' half-truths about why she can't return to her birthplace, Beau Rivage. Desperate to see the town, Mira runs away a week before her sixteenth birthday—and discovers a world she never could have imagined.

In Beau Rivage, nothing is what it seems—the strangely pale girl with a morbid interest in apples, the obnoxious playboy who's a beast to everyone he meets, and the chivalrous guy who has a thing for damsels in distress. Here, fairy tales come to life, curses are awakened, and ancient stories are played out again and again.

But fairy tales aren't pretty things, and they don't always end in happily ever after. Mira has a role to play, a fairy tale destiny to embrace or resist. As she struggles to take control of her fate, Mira is drawn into the lives of two brothers with fairy tale curses of their own . . . brothers who share a dark secret. And she'll find that love, just like fairy tales, can have sharp edges and hidden thorns.

Review:
When Mira is first introduced , she seems sweet but once she gets to Beau Rivage, her attitude changes. She seems lost and angry.That is until she meets Felix, who instantly bedazzles her and she becomes attached to him. Now, here is where I have issues with this book because Mira is fifteen and Felix is in his 20s, and he is coming on to her in a very sexually intoxicating manner. The poor girl is dizzy, literally from the lustiness(I am quite sure this is not a word, but I'm using it). Felix has a brother Blue, who Mira initially met when she arrived and he tried his best to get her to leave. I think the chemistry between Mira and Blue is so funny and the most interesting. She meets others just like her in this town and Mira feels like her new friends are keeping her in the dark, as they won't tell her anything, except stay away from Felix. Torn between her supposed love for Felix and the possible danger, she believes that she knows him better than they do, after a matter of days. Seriously!
The story is great and completely not what I expected. One of the cool things I really liked about this book are the marks that identify what story that the characters belong.Beau Rivage is full of fairy tale tragedies, and everyone knows their fate. The thing is no matter how hard they may try to change their path, destiny gets in the way. Mira wants to be the exception to this rule, that's if she survives her curse, and finds out what her trigger is before it is too late. Dark, witty and original this is a great book about love and destiny.