The Tsar's Guard Parade (+Giveaway)

Welcome to my stop for The Tsar's Guard Parade. I'm so glad to be a part of this tour. In case you didn't know, I'm so so excited for The Crown's Game by Evelyn Skye. I mean, it's set in Russia and it features an enchanters? Count me in! In case you haven't heard of this fantastic book (which I doubt), here's a few details

Title : The Crown's Game
Author : Evelyn Skye
Release Date : May 17th, 2016
Pages : 416
Publisher : Balzer + Bray
Formats : Hardcover, ebook

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Vika Andreyeva can summon the snow and turn ash into gold. Nikolai Karimov can see through walls and conjure bridges out of thin air. They are enchanters—the only two in Russia—and with the Ottoman Empire and the Kazakhs threatening, the Tsar needs a powerful enchanter by his side.

And so he initiates the Crown’s Game, an ancient duel of magical skill—the greatest test an enchanter will ever know. The victor becomes the Imperial Enchanter and the Tsar’s most respected adviser. The defeated is sentenced to death.

Raised on tiny Ovchinin Island her whole life, Vika is eager for the chance to show off her talent in the grand capital of Saint Petersburg. But can she kill another enchanter—even when his magic calls to her like nothing else ever has?

For Nikolai, an orphan, the Crown’s Game is the chance of a lifetime. But his deadly opponent is a force to be reckoned with—beautiful, whip smart, imaginative—and he can’t stop thinking about her.

And when Pasha, Nikolai’s best friend and heir to the throne, also starts to fall for the mysterious enchantress, Nikolai must defeat the girl they both love . . . or be killed himself.

As long-buried secrets emerge, threatening the future of the empire, it becomes dangerously clear . . . the Crown’s Game is not one to lose.

Still not interested? Well then, I'm going to write 5 reasons why I'm so excited for this book..with  gifs of course. Shall we?

Sapient by Jerry Kaczmarowski (+Giveaway)

Hi guys! So I'm doing a promo post for Sapient by Jerry Kaczmarowski. If you like a YA techno-thriller book, you might want to check this one out!

About the Book

Title : Sapient

Author : Jerry Kaczmarowski

Genre : YA thriller, techno-thriller

Release Date : April 13th, 2015

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Abandoned by her husband after the birth of their child, Jane Dixon’s world is defined by her autistic son and the research she does to find a cure for his condition. She knows her work on animal intelligence may hold the key. She also knows that the research will take decades to complete. None of it will ultimately benefit her son.

All that changes when a lab rat named Einstein demonstrates that he can read and write. Just as her research yields results, the U.S. government discovers her program. The army wants to harness her research for its military potential.  The CDC wants to shut her down completely.  The implications of animal intelligence are too dangerous, particularly when the previously inert virus proves to be highly contagious.

She steals the virus to cure her son, but the government discovers the theft. She must now escape to Canada before the authorities can replace her son’s mental prison with a physical one.