Hello everyone. I am excited to bring you today my stop on the Apocalypse Gene Blog Tour. I have asked the authors (Suki Michelle and Carlyle Clark) of the new book Apocalypse Gene to do a guest-post here on my blog and there will also be a fun giveaway afterward for my readers to have a chance to win a free copy of there book. But before I go ahead with that I am going to leave my readers with info about Apocalypse Gene and where you can buy this awesome new book!
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The Authors: Suki Michelle and Carlyle Clark
EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
What does the YA crowd want? Edgy characters, violence,
romance, humor, an escape from homework, siblings, teachers,
and yes, even friends, especially the ones that thrive on drama.
You need quiet time to hang with horrific creatures, to blanch
with fear, to tremble with forbidden desire. You want to be there
when things happen behind closed doors or late at night beneath
a scabrous moon. You want adventure and impossible love.
There is an endless parade of authors, experienced and new,
clambering to get in line to entertain you. In a vast but ordinary
sea, a few have bobbled to the top like so many corks, waiting to
be scooped up.
Legendary screenwriter and author (The Princess Bride),
William Goldman, says this about storytelling - "Give them
what they want, just not the way they expect it".
You want vampires? You got them – just not in the way you
might expect. Gone are the lurching monstrosities of Nosferatu, those melodramatic, bat-shifting
versions of Dracula. Those undead dudes in today’s market would burn in the sun of been-there-
done-that. In Twilight, Stephanie Meyer did it differently - vampires go out during the day. She
created something no girl could resist, a hot romance with a tragic boy-man, so unbearably
gorgeous he actually sparkles.
You want bloody confrontation? You got it! In The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins took the
old idea of gladiator games and made teens battle it out to the death. Back when kids were less
savvy, their innocence guarded by overbearing adults, Katniss would have found a way to avoid
the game or beat it without killing anyone. Not so now. The Hunger Games gives you death and
mayhem, sorrow and glory. It breaks your heart, and you love it.
In the Sookie Stackhouse books, Charlaine Harris got a cool idea. What if vamps could drink
synthetic blood? No longer meat, humans are boyfriends, girlfriends, and business associates.
Fake blood tastes like crap, but that’s okay. Some of these vamps really want to cling to their lost
humanity. Oh how they suffer, surrounded by all those juicy humans. What a conflict!
In The Apocalypse Gene, we follow Goldman's advice. We offer romance and adventure,
characters you can root for, and comedy to break the tension, but we stepped beyond the
conventions and designed new creatures and a twist on paranormal romance. The Apocalypse
Gene meets the classic “genre” criteria for fantasy, but it’s unique, a wild trip to another "world".
It challenges your expectations. Our readers and reviewers describe the book as highly
imaginative. We consider that the highest compliment. We will give you what you want, just not
the way you expect it. Come and imagine . . .
We invite you to learn more about us and our novel at www.theapocalypsegene.com
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Thank you so much, Bittersweet, for allowing us to share this guest post and for letting your followers know about our book. We wish you all luck in the giveaways! Have a scary Halloween, everyone - and good reading to you all!
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Suki and Carlyle
I love this guestpost :D Its one of my favs from the tour! Thanks for taking part! <3 I love your layout btw!
ReplyDeleteI love this guestpost
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun guest post! You hit the nail on the head on what YA readers want in a book, especially the part about escaping from your homework!! Your book looks terrific! Good luck with the tour:)
ReplyDeleteHey there, Roro and Julie, thanks! Carlyle and I had a lot of fun writing this guest post. Tomorrow is the big day . . our book's debut! Very excited.
ReplyDeleteThanks for commenting, and good luck on the Giveaway!
Suki
PS: Hi up there, Naj!
That was so much. Thanks for that! :)
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ReplyDeleteHello! I am Nikki from closeencounterswiththenightkind.blogspot.com and I just stopped in to check out your site and post and not only do I love your blog and graphics but I must say we have a few things in common! I am 32..in NC..and I have read or have in my tbr pile a lot of the books I see posted on your site!its very nice to meet you and I am a new follower..loved the post and the book sounds awesome! Stop by and say hi sometime!
ReplyDeleteHello! I am Nikki from closeencounterswiththenightkind.blogspot.com and I just stopped in to check out your site and post and not only do I love your blog and graphics but I must say we have a few things in common! I am 32..in NC..and I have read or have in my tbr pile a lot of the books I see posted on your site!its very nice to meet you and I am a new follower..loved the post and the book sounds awesome! Stop by and say hi sometime!
ReplyDeleteHi Nikki! So nice to meet you! We're having so much fun on this tour - the best part is meeting all our new cyber-friends.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the kind words. I'll definitely stop by your blog!
Best!
Suki and Carlyle
Looks like a great giveaway! Thanks so much. I'm glad I just wandered on to this blog!
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds very intriguing! Thanks so much for the giveaway!
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Hi! Thanks for this :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for the awesome giveaway! You rock! \m/
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