Becca's New Facebook Page with Some FUN Updates!

Last week Becca launched her brand new Facebook Page!!  This page is/will be her official presence on Facebook.  I believe that she will be closing (or making private) her old page - so if you want to follow her, this is the page to 'LIKE'.

And as a reward for liking her new page you may just find some little writing teasers like these that she posted recently as she is writing Book 3.  Of course these lines may never make it into the book.  But we will love them just the same!!!    <3

Teaser from today's writing adventures:  After Patch left, I decided it was time to stop playing princess and change back into my ordinary clothes.  (Wednesday)

Writing a scene with Nora and Scott: “Scott!” I hissed, cupping my mouth. “We have a problem.” (Dec 6)

We are looking forward to many more goodies to come!! 

Becca Fitzpatrick

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Happy Halloween

We had a little fun making this really silly Halloween video :-)  We've been laughing at it for the past month and are glad to finally be able to share it with you!

Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab!

In order of appearance Becca Fitzpatrick; Drew Doyon, Patch Cover Model; Jenn from FallenArchangel; Samantha Ruggiero, Nora CoverModel;  and Rebecca from FallenArchangel. 

Fan Playlists

Hey everyone!!  We've been talking with a lot of you lately about Fan Playlists for the books of the HUSH HUSH Saga.  So... we've decided to get going on making some for FallenArchangel, but we need your help! 

1. To start the process we are asking you to submit the songs you think fit with one or all of the books in the Saga!  Please submit them here by midnight on Sunday, October 31st. 
2. Rebecca & I will sort it all out and we will post a new form/poll with the finalists (the songs that were submitted the most times).  We will try to post the polls the first week of November.
3. Come back and VOTE for the songs you think should be on the Playlist(s).

Hopefully we can put together some playlists that will make us all happy :-)   OK, what are you waiting for go tell us what songs you think should make the playlist(s)

Celebrating CRESCENDO's Release

It's finally here and we are celebrating the CRESCENDO release all day today!! 

But, what's a party without friends?!  So we're asking you to celebrate with us!!  Will you show Becca, her publisher, and the whole world how happy you are that CRESCENDO is officially released in the US, Canada, UK and many other places...

• change your twitter, facebook, myspace, etc avatars to the cover of CRESCENDO for the day Tuesday October 19!!
• take a picture with CRESCENDO, reading CRESCENDO, of CRESCENDO at your local bookstore, etc - you get the idea.... post it on our facebook wall or tweet it to us 
• Change your status on your social networks and/or randomly throughout the day tweet  "Happy Book Birthday to #CRESCENDO by Becca Fitzpatrick. I am celebrating with FallenArchangel!"

We are so excited for the official release!  Hope if you haven't already, you are able to get your copy and read it soon!!!

A Few Things to Look Forward to in CRESCENDO & win a HUSH HUSH Paperback

Hey everyone!! With less than 48 hours until Crescendo is officially released in the US, the excitement is definitely building! To help hold you over for the last stretch, here are just a few things you can look forward to reading about in Crescendo. Spoiler-free, of course!! ;o)


• Vee Sky- Nora’s best friend is back, and she’s just as boy-crazy as she was in Hush, Hush! Her new leading man might be a surprise, but it’s pretty exciting, too!

• What really happened the night Nora’s dad was murdered? You’ll get to find out soon!! You may think you’ve already got it figured out, but you may be in for a surprise you weren’t expecting.

• Detective Basso- Were you left a little unsure about Det. Basso was a good guy or not in Hush, Hush? I know I was! He left me feeling like there was more to him than met the eye. Well, he’s back for more in Crescendo, which may help make up your mind!

• Rixon- I loved the playful scenes between Patch and his best friend and fellow fallen angel in Hush, Hush, so I was happy he returned for Crescendo! Hopefully you will be, too!

• Marcie Millar- As the Week #3 Cookie of the Week revealed- there’s a catfight that occurs between Marcie and Nora. I have to say, that’s probably one of my favorite scenes in the book! And with Marcie around, you never know what’s going to happen!

• Patch- DUH!! In Crescendo, you get to find out a lot more about Patch, including his real name and where he lives!

There are so many more things that I could add to this list, but I don’t want to give too much away! You’ll just have to make sure you pick up a copy of Crescendo on Tuesday, October 19!

To help celebrate Crescendo’s release, we will be giving away paperback copies of Hush, Hush courtesy of Simon & Schuster. This contest is only open to US residents. To enter, leave a comment below telling us what you’re looking forward to the most about Crescendo.  Be sure to include your email address or a way for us to contact you.  Contest ends Tuesday, October 19 at midnight.

 - Blogged by Megan

ETA:  Congrats to our winners TrinaW111, April X, Rose, Heather, and Stephanie.  We have sent an email to the winners :-)

A Favor About Spoilers

Hey guys!! As the release dates for CRESCENDO are upon us and more and more people have and will be reading CRESCENDO let's remember.....


Becca is a master of twists and turns and her books are fabulous at keeping us on the edge of our seats, let's not ruin that for those who haven't read it yet! We ask you this.... please don't give tooo much away on the internet. And maybe you can help encourage others to do the same.

If everyone knew how hard Becca (and all authors) works on her books they would understand why it's so important to help keep the big surprises quiet. We ask that you help keep the secrets, at least for a while Thanks!!

Things That Make us Happy Today!!

We, Jenn & Rebecca, (and Becca too) are in love with the VAMPIRE DIARIES tv show!!  Those of you who follow us on Twitter know just how much we &lt;3 it! (lol sorry for filling your feeds every Thursday night).

Today the soundtrack of songs from Season 1 (last year) and Season 2 (this year) hits stores!!  We just finished downloading it and are listening to it right now!!  If you are going to buy it from Amazon, we'd really appreciate you buying through our affiliate link (all earnings help us run FallenArchangel).

There won't be a new episode this Thursday, but we figure the soundtrack sort of makes up for that ;-)



Also,  today BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS by Kami Garcia & Magaret Stohl hits stores!!  We have had the pleasure of reading an Advance Copy and highly recommend this series!  (Beautiful Darkness is Book 2 in the Beautiful Creatures Series)  Not only are the books great, but the authors are pretty awesome, too!  We'll be running a feature on these books later this month!! 

Of course we must mention how excited we are that the countdown is almost complete for CRESCENDO's big release!!  It hits stores in the UK on Thursday and here in the US next Tuesday!!! (eeeek one more week!)  Some people have been reporting early sightings in their local bookstores, so keep your eyes open!  And once you do find/get CRESCENDO, if you send us a picture of you and it, we just might post it on FallenArchangel!  You can email it to us at admin@fallenarchangel.com

Anything else making this a good Tuesday for you???  Tell us all about it in the comments!!

CRESCENDO Cookie

This week's CRESCENDO Cookie will be posted a little later than usual.  It should still be up on Monday, but maybe the later part of the day, due to some maintenance / updates on FallenArchangel.

Thanks for being patient ;-)

CRESCENDO Trailer AND Giveaway!

Yesterday we premiered the CRESCENDO trailer on FallenArchangel (we are grateful to Simon & Schuster for allowing us to exclusively reveal it ).  If you haven't seen it yet, here ya go! We hope you love it as much as we do!

The music in the trailer is called MIGHTY TO SAVE by Don't Wake Aislin - we think it rocks!! We will be featuring the band on FallenArchangel in the beginning of October, so stay tuned!!

We are also giving away TEN advance reader copies of CRESCENDO courtesy of Simon & Schuster.  The contest is open until Midnight (Eastern Time) tonight, Sunday, September 26.

CRESCENDO Trailer Reveal

We are super excited about this!!

This Saturday at noon (Eastern Time) we will be revealing the CRESCENDO Book Trailer!!!  The trailer is exclusive to FallenArchangel for the weekend, so you can be one of the first to check it out. 

And since you know us so well, you probably guessed what's coming next.... a great big giveaway to celebrate!

Courtesy of Simon & Schuster we are going to be giving away 10 (TEN) advance reader copies of CRESCENDO this weekend.  The contest will begin at noon when the trailer goes live and run until midnight on Sunday AND is open Internationally.

Make sure you stop by FallenArchangel sometime this weekend to check out the trailer, which by the way is TOTALLY AWESOME!!! and to enter the contest. 

Please help us spread the word, let's get LOTS of people to stop by this weekend to show Becca & her publisher how much we love her and the HUSH HUSH Saga!!!

FallenArchangel is ONE YEAR OLD today!!

It's our birthday today!  FallenArchangel is ONE YEAR old!!!  It's been an AMAZING year thanks to all of YOU!!! 

Obviously the site wouldn't be possible without Becca (we won't get all sappy here lol) .... but most importantly it would not be possible without each and every one of YOU!!!  Thank You for visiting, joining our forum, following our blog, being our friend on Facebook, the list goes on and on.  We appreciate each and every one of YOU!!

Pre-Order CRESCENDO and Help Support FallenArchangel.com

We have a little favor to ask....

If you are planning on Pre-Ordering CRESCENDO (or making any on-line book purchases) we would be really grateful if you would think about doing so by clicking through one of our Affiliate Links.  FallenArchangel earns small commissions from all sales made through the links provided here on our blog and on our website.  We are currently affiliated (and earning commissions) with Amazon and Book Depository.

The costs of maintaining the site, paying shipping for our contests/giveaways, etc add up quickly and we'd very much appreciate any help we can get :-)  THANKS!!

Also visit our cafe press store for 2 HUSH HUSH inspired tshirts.  CRESCENDO ones coming soon!    

Spoiler-Free Build Up to CRESCENDO

Recently we have found out just how much spoilers can ruin a book for someone.  This past week at least one review full of spoilers was posted for MOCKINGJAY, the 3rd book in THE HUNGER GAMES Trilogy by Suzanne Collins, before the book was even released! Sadly, it has ruined the book for many.

We want to remind you as we get closer and closer to the release of CRESCENDO, that Becca has put a lot of time into writing an AWESOME book for us!  Out of respect for her we encourage you to re-read this post regarding ARCs and Spoilers we posted back in July.....

Things to keep in mind if you are lucky enough to get an ARC. Remember that the official release is in October, so most people will not be reading it until then. Becca has asked that, when possible, you hold off on posting reviews until SEPTEMBER. And to please, please, please keep them Spoiler FREE. As was the case with HUSH HUSH, this book is gonna keep you turning the pages to find out what is going to happen and we really hope as many people as possible can stay spoiler free :-)

AND we encourage you, as a reader, to be careful about what you read so that you don't accidentally spoil it for yourself.   Here on FallenArchangel we have received permission and worked with both Becca and Simon & Schuster to select any teaser/cookies that are posted.  AND we are careful not to reveal any spoilers. 

We LOVE LOVE LOVE CRESCENDO sooo much, the build up throughout the book is awesome and we'd can't wait for you all to enjoy it.  :-) 

Feel free to tell us your thoughts below...  

PAYA: Bringing YA to PA

Today we are happy to bring you a guest blog post from Skyanne aka @Harmonybreviews.  We (Rebecca and Jenn) live in PA too and have a love of YA, so we are proud to support PAYA :-)

PAYA: Bringing YA to PA is an organization dedicated to raising money for libraries across Pennsylvania. It started as me donating books to my local library and has quickly grown into something much more. Libraries across the state are now benefitting from PAYA and our various fundraisers. We've raised over a thousand dollars by doing online auctions and other fundraisers, as well as collected hundreds of books for libraries.

Our current focus, and what we've been working towards all year, is the PAYA 2010 Festival. It will take place on August 21st at the Center for Performing and Fine Arts in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Eighteen authors will be attending, including teen authors Chelsea Swiggett and Kieryn Nicolas, along with Josh Berk, Cyn Balog, Stephanie Kuehnert, Jeri Smith-Ready, Jennifer Hubbard, Amy Brecount White, Jon Skovron, Shelena Shorts, Jennifer Murgia, Shannon Delany, Holly Nicole Hoxter, Dianne Salerni, Christine Marciniak, Andrew Aueson, Ellen Jensen Abbott, and Meg Medina. Children's Book World out of Haverford, PA will be selling books at the event. Other fundraisers, like a basket raffle featuring signed books from Meg Cabot, Megan McCafferty, Kimberly Derting, and many others, and a used book sale, will also be going on. The festival itself will run from 1pm-3pm.

Before the actual festival starts, a writing workshop will also be taking place. The workshop will be led by Josh Berk, Jon Skovron, Amy Brecount White, Meg Medina, Jeri Smith-Ready, Stephanie Keuhnert, and Shannon Delany. The authors will be speaking on a variety of writing-related topics and also critiquing the work of each attendee, who will be asked to bring the first 3 pages of their work-in-progress. This writing workshop will take place from 10am to noon and will cost $45.

All of the money raised at the festival from the fundraisers, and a portion of the book sales, will be donated to libraries across the state.

If you can't attend the festival but would still like to support Pennsylvania libraries, you can support PAYA in various ways. We're currently accepting book and monetary donations, which can be sent via Paypal or money order. All money goes to libraries and the books are either donated to libraries or sold in the used book sale to raise more money for libraries. You can also help by spreading the word to your Pennsylvania friends!

Visit bringya2pa.com for more information on PAYA, the festival, and ways you can get involved!

Note:  Rebecca & I are planning on being there for the festival/signings (hopefully the stars will align for us lol) - we hope you will stop by and support PAYA if you can!!

CRESCENDO Cookie of the Week

Make sure to stop by http://www.fallenarchangel.com/ every Monday through October 18 for a weekly CRESCENDO teaser!

This week's Cookie is brought to us by Becca Fitzpatrick!!

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KISS ME DEADLY CHAT Today 9 PM EDT

                                

Join us for a chat with KISS ME DEADLY authors and editor.  Scheduled to appear.... Becca Fitzpatrick, Sarah Rees Brennan, Michelle Zink, Rachel Vincent, Daniel Marks and Trisha Telep.

CRESCENDO Facebook Contest

We have are running a contest on our Facebook page....

If we reach 2000 Friends by July 31st we will give an Advance Reader Copy of CRESCENDO away at random to one of our Facebook Friends!!!

If you are not already, please become our friend today and help us reach 2000!!!

You can find us here on Facebook! 

Cover Week Contest Winner

Congrats to our winner AMANDA R. (entry #120 selected by random.org)  We have emailed the winner, so if your name is Amanda and you entered make sure to check your email :-)

Thank you to everyone who entered, wish we could give one to each of you.  We will be running a few more contests and giving away a few more books before the official release in October!

CRESCENDO ARC Contest

In case you missed it, we are giving away an Advance Reader Copy of CRESCENDO (courtesy of Simon & Schuster) in conjunction with our Cover Week Grand Finale.

The contest is open Internationally, but you must enter by MIDNIGHT (Eastern Time) on SUNDAY!! 

Enter here in our Cover Week Day 5 Feature!!  GOOD LUCK!!

Cover Week Day 5 - Grand Finale

Our cover week ends in a big way!  Check it out here and then come back to comment, we want to know what you think ... about the cookie, the alternate cover, the actual cover, the contest and even about Cover Week itself :-)

CRESCENDO Cover Week Day 4 - Behind the Scenes

Day 4 of Cover Week, gives us a little peak behind the scenes at the CRESCENDO Cover Shoot, check it out here. 

New Blog Layout / Under Construction

Just wanted to let you all know that we in the process of changing our blog layout to make it a bit more user friendly.  Please be patient with us as we make the changes and if you have any suggestions or recommendations, we (aw always) welcome your comments/emails!! 

CRESCENDO Cover Week Day 3 - Becca Fitzpatrick

On Day 3 of CRESCENDO Cover Week, Becca tells us about what she has always imagined Nora looks like. You can read about it here.  We want to hear from you... what/who do you think Nora looks like??  Tell Becca here in the comments!

CRESCENDO Cover Week Day 1 - Meet the Cover Model

 

Day 1 of Cover Week introduces us to the CRESCENDO Cover Model, Samantha Ruggiero.  Click here to meet her.

Featured Fiction GiveAway: BUFFY Volume 1

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER 1
by Arthur Byron Cover, Alice Henderson and John Vornholt
In Stores Now!

In every generation, there is a Chosen One. A slayer destined to protect the human race. She alone must fight the demons of hell. She alone must risk her life to stop the spread of evil. Buffy is the Chosen One. In Coyote Moon, a typical night at the carnival becomes deadly as shape shifters turn the amusement park into their own house of horrors. Buffy starts having past-life nightmares in Night of the Living Rerun, and must face her historic counterpart before the events of the past repeat in the present. In Portal through Time, Slayers over the centuries are in danger, and Buffy must protect them in order to save her own life and legacy.
 
Courtesy of Simon & Schuster we are giving away 2 copies of BUFFY Volume 1.  You must have a US mailing address to enter, one entry per person.  Contest will run through midnight EST on Sunday, July 11.

THE BUFFY CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED

CRESCENDO Reviews

The very first CRESCENDO Review has been posted by Books Complete Me....  "5 HUGE Stars"..... And you know what?  We couldn't agree more!!  

Check out the review here

(Note: Please read our post about Advance Reader Copies and Reviews)

CRESCENDO ARCs & Reviews

Well, it's official the Advance Reader Copies of CRESCENDO have begun popping up in people's mailboxes!  (thanks Simon & Schuster) We are very excited about this!  We both (Jenn & Rebecca) LOVE this book, we think it's 100% made of awesome!  and are really excited for eveyone to read it! 

Those who have won ARCs from us... they are on their way to you now!! :-)

Things to keep in mind if you are lucky enough to get an ARC.  Remember that the official release is in October, so most people will not be reading it until then.  Becca has asked that, when possible, you hold off on posting reviews until SEPTEMBER.  And to please, please, please keep them Spoiler FREE.  As was the case with HUSH HUSH, this book is gonna keep you turning the pages to find out what is going to happen and we really hope as many people as possible can stay spoiler free :-)

We are seriously sooooooo excited about this - You guys are going to LOVE this book!

CRESCENDO Countdown Widget

Simon and Schuster has revealed this awesome countdown widget for CRESCENDO!




You can grab the widget by clicking on SHARE.  We have working on getting a smaller one, for sidebars, and possible one without sound, will keep you posted!

Contest Update

Thank you to everyone who entered our SUMMER LOVIN' Contest.  We'll be sorting through the entries and picking a winner this week!

Also, we have (finally) posted a slideshow of some of the entries in last month's Ultimate Fan Contest.  Check them out, but be warned you will want to eat a taco after you watch this LOL...

KISS ME DEADLY Release Eve Chat!

We are excited to announce that we will be hosting a Release Eve Chat (Monday July 26) with some of the authors and the editor of KISS ME DEADLY! Becca has contributed a story called Dungeons of Langeais to this anthology and will be chatting with us on July 26! For more information on KISS ME DEADLY and the Live Chat, visit KISS ME DEADLY, our companion blog. The blog is a work in progress, so be sure to follow it for updates.

Featured Fiction: SHE'S SO DEAD TO US GiveAway

In conjunction with our "Featured Fiction" and courtesty of Simon & Schuster we have 5 copies of SHE'S SO DEAD TO US by Kieran Scott to give away!

Enter below.  One entry per person.  Contest is open to those with US Mailing addresses only, from Friday June 11 through midnight on Sunday June 13.

Mystic Lit Lounge!

Hello there Hush Hush fans!

We are Kim and Shannon from Mystical Lit Lounge. Thank you to Jen and Rebecca for letting us guest post here on Fallenarchangel.com. Mystical Lit Lounge is a Paranormal Romance Virtual Book Club Podcast. Shannon and I pick one or two books to read a month. Once we've finished a book we podcast a discussion about the book. We record twice a month with a few special episodes thrown in ie interviews and trip reports.

This month we've picked two books. For the first half of the month we are reading Hush Hush. Can we just say Becca ROCKS! We are eagerly awaiting Crescendo. We will be uploading our Hush Hush podcast around the 15th. It will be available through the site: http://www.mysticallitlounge.com/ and on itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mystical-lit-lounge/id359663190 . Please subscribe and leave us an itunes review. We are looking for feedback and suggestions. We're trying to find our groove with the podcast and we want to make sure our listeners enjoy the show.

So with June being Hush Hush month, we are conducting our very first giveaway. It's really easy to enter and there will be three prizes and three winners! The prizes include a Hush Hush themed necklace, journal and a hardback copy of the book. Please come by and enter. Help us make this a fun and regular thing.

You can contact us at:
Kim@mysticallitlounge.com Shannon@mysticallitlounge.com

Please send us your questions, comments, suggestions, advice and feedback. Also if you have a book suggestion we'd be happy to hear it.

You can also find us on twitter @mysticlitlounge or on facebook.

LIVE CHAT with Becca on Tuesday, June 8

Come join us as for a LIVE Question and Answer with Becca Fitzpatrick, author of the HUSH HUSH series, on Tuesday, June 8 at 9 pm Eastern Time!!

We Are Affiliated with The Book Depository

Do you shop at The Book Depository?? Do you want to help FallenArchangel??

Next time you shop the Book Depository click through one of the links/buttons on our site or blog and help us earn commission to support the FallenArchangel website and give aways. We appreciate all the help we can get.

LIVE CHAT with Becca - Help Us Pick The Time

We are planning a LIVE CHAT with Becca for Tuesday, June 8 and we want to try to pick a time that will accommodate the most fans, especially those who sometimes cannot attend due to time difference.  Head over to http://www.fallenarchangel.com/ to vote and tell us what time works best for you!  THANKS 

Happy Birthday to Drew Doyon aka Patch

This weekend our favorite fallen angel Drew Doyon, HUSH HUSH Cover Model, celebrates his birthday! Look at him, then and now!  Even way back when he was a little cutie pie he was getting ready for his modeling career! 

Happy Birthday Drew!!!

WHITE CAT Weekend

As a part of our "Featured Fiction" we bring you WHITE CAT Weekend!!   WHITE CAT by Holly Black hit stores this month...

We have your chance to win a signed copy of WHITE CAT! Contest is open through midnight on Sunday May 30th and is open to US Residents only. 

Cassel comes from a family of curse workers -- people who have the power to change your emotions, your memories, your luck, by the slightest touch of their hands. If you were a Curse Worker what would you want to do, why??

Your First Look at CRESCENDO & a New Improved Release Date

We are so excited to bring you your first look at the Prologue & Chapter 1 of CRESCENDO by Becca Fitzpatrick which will now be on sale in the US on October 19!!!

Visit http://www.fallenarchangel.com/  for more on this and to access the CRESCENDO preview!

After you read the preview come on back and tell us what you think in the comments!!!

Featured Fiction Bonus GiveAway SHADE by Jeri Smith-Ready

Our May Featured Fiction Bonus is SHADE by Jeri Smith-Ready. Last night we hosted a Live Chat with Jeri and gave away 3 signed copies of SHADE.  Here's your chance to get one for yourself.  (It's a great read with a little bit of everything, including some ghosts, really hot guys and good music!)

Live Chat / Q&A with Jeri Smith-Ready author of SHADE

In conjunction with our Featured Fiction we are chatting live with author Jeri Smith-Ready about SHADE our Featured Fiction Bonus. 

Join us at 9 pm EDT on FallenArchangel 

We will also be giving away 5 signed copies of SHADE courtesy of Simon & Schuster, to US residents only.

UK Announcement - Becca's Headed to Eternal Twilight Convention!!

It's a great day to be a UK Becca Fitzpatrick Fan!  First our awesome contest in conjunction with Simon & Schuster UK and now this.  We have the following official announcement issued to FallenArchangel today from Simon & Schuster UK....

We’re absolutely delighted that Becca Fitzpatrick will be coming to the UK to take part in a one week publicity tour. The launch of her tour will take place at the ETERNAL TWILIGHT convention in Birmingham on 23rd October 2010 – this is a perfect place for Becca to meet some of her fans and make new ones who will no doubt love her books! She’ll be going onto do public and school events throughout the UK – public events will be announced as they are confirmed.

Hmmm wonder if Rebecca and I can stow away in Becca's luggage or something.  We'd love to tag along LOL.

UK HUSH HUSH Paperback GiveAway!!

The Paperback edition of HUSH HUSH comes out on May 27 in the UK (how exciting, look at how pretty it is!!).  AND the most exciting part of this paperback release is that it includes some Exclusive Bonus Content!!  Wanna know a secret??  The Bonus Content...... is......the CRESCENDO Prologue!!!!

Courtesy of Simon & Schuster UK we are giving away several copies to our UK fans.  The contest is open through midnight on Wednesday, May 19.  Enter below by telling us what you are most looking forward to about the new paperback edition of HUSH HUSH and send your friends to enter too!!!

(Note: only one entry per person, please)

May Featured Fiction

WHITE CAT by Holly Black 

Cassel comes from a family of curse workers -- people who have the power to change your emotions, your memories, your luck, by the slightest touch of their hands. And since curse work is illegal, they're all mobsters, or con artists. Except for Cassel. He hasn't got the magic touch, so he's an outsider, the straight kid in a crooked family. You just have to ignore one small detail -- he killed his best friend, Lila, three years ago.

Ever since, Cassel has carefully built up a façade of normalcy, blending into the crowd. But his façade starts crumbling when he starts sleepwalking, propelled into the night by terrifying dreams about a white cat that wants to tell him something.

He's noticing other disturbing things, too, including the strange behavior of his two brothers. They are keeping secrets from him, caught up in a mysterious plot. As Cassel begins to suspect he's part of a huge con game, he also wonders what really happened to Lila. Could she still be alive? To find that out, Cassel will have to out-con the conmen.

Holly Black has created a gripping tale of mobsters and dark magic where a single touch can bring love -- or death -- and your dreams might be more real than your memories

Featured Fiction BONUS!!

NOTE: We are hosting a LIVE CHAT with SHADE author Jeri Smith-Ready on Monday May 17 at 9pm EDT 

SHADE by Jeri Smith-Ready

Love ties them together. Death can't tear them apart.

Best. Birthday. Ever. At least, it was supposed to be. With Logan's band playing a critical gig and Aura's plans for an intimate after-party, Aura knows it will be the most memorable night of her boyfriend's life. She never thought it would be his last.

Logan's sudden death leaves Aura devastated. He's gone.

Well, sort of.

Like everyone born after the Shift, Aura can see and hear ghosts. This mysterious ability has always been annoying, and Aura had wanted nothing more than to figure out why the Shift happened so she can undo it. But not with Logan's violet-hued spirit still hanging around. Because dead Logan is almost as real as ever. Almost.

It doesn't help that Aura's new friend Zachary is so understanding--and so very alive. His support means more to Aura than she cares to admit.

As Aura's relationships with the dead and the living grow ever complicated, so do her feelings for Logan and Zachary. Each holds a piece of Aura's heart...and clues to the secret of the Shift.

Jekel Loves Hyde Contest Winner

Congratulation to Amanda Baird, who was selected by random.org as the winner of Jekel Loves Hyde!! 

Thank you to everyone who entered and to all of those who made the Blog Tour possible.

Exile of Gigi Lane GiveAway

April Feature: THE EXILE OF GIGI LANE by Adrienne Maria Vrettos

I am Gigi Lane, and you wish you were me.

Call it a mantra. Call it an affirmation. Or, quite simply, call it the truth. As incoming Head Hottie of the Hot Spot, it is Gigi Lane's responsibility to see that the ducklings at Swan's Lake Country Day School fall into line. but when one classmate exposes her as a "mean girl" in front of everybody at the Founder's Ball, Gigi slowly and wretchedly falls to the bottom of the high school social ravine. Gigi's first-person account of her plummet from popularity is insightful yet naive, set in a humorous, satiric world.

Win a copy of The Exile of Gigi Lane courtesy of Simon & Schuster...

THIS CONTEST IS OVER.  THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED!  WE'LL BE CONTACTING THE WINNERS BY EMAIL THIS WEEEKEND.

Jekel Loves Hyde Blog Tour

We are really excited to be the first stop on the Jekel Loves Hyde Blog Tour sponsored by Page Turners Blog, one of our fabulous affiliates!  Be sure to check out all the great stops this week...

Monday- FallenArchangel

Tuesday-Eve's Fan Garden

Wed-The Story Siren

Thursday-WastePaperProse

Friday-MundieMOMs

Saturday-Page Turners Blog

Jekel Loves Hyde is by Beth Fantaskey, who by the way lives in PA like us YAY!  Visit Beth's wesbite here and read a preview of Jekel Loves Hyde here.

Charachter Bio: Dr Frederick Hyde, Tristen's father: 

Dr. Frederick Hyde is one of the world’s top psychoanalysts. He’s also an aloof, demanding parent, which makes it difficult for his son, Tristen, to determine whether Dr. Hyde’s concealing a dangerous family secret. Does the doctor’s tough exterior mask something even worse inside? Or does he honestly believe Tristen is going crazy, with his tales of a “Hyde curse?”

Music from Jekel Loves Hyde Playlist:

Q&A with the Author, Beth Fantaskey (Questions posed by Stacey (PageTurnersBlog) and Georgie "gypsywings" (Eve'sFanGarden)
1. How long did it take to write Jekel?
It took about three months to finish the first draft – then about nine months of revision. That seems to be my timeline!

2. Writing from multiple points of views is not overly common in YA novels. Why did you choose to write from both Jill and Tristen’s point of view?
I felt like Tristen was as much a main character as Jill – and facing his own significant conflicts – so I wanted to show his thought processes, too. It just seemed to me that the story wouldn’t work without both of their voices.

3. What inspired you to write re-interpretations of classic stories?
About fifteen years ago, I rediscovered all of the classic literature that I should have read in high school. I think it started with Moby Dick (which I try to pay a small tribute to, in one scene in Jessica’s Guide), and took off from there. I kept picking up these books, thinking, “Wow, there is a reason they’ve endured so long!” So the works of Austen, Dickens, Dumas, etc., are sort of the backdrop of my adult life. I guess it’s only natural that these stories come into play in my own writing, because they’ve left such a big imprint on my psyche.

Buy Jekel Loves Hyde from our Amazon Store.... 

Give Away:  Now here's the really fun part.  You can enter here to win a signed copy of Jekel Loves Hyde! Jekel & Hyde's first scene together takes place at a funeral! Where is the oddest / most unique place you met someone who eventually became your friend or boy/girl friend??  Tell us in the comments (click on "Publicar un comentario" sorry we can't figure out how to change that to English) and  and be sure to include your email address. The contest will be open through next Monday (April 26th) at Midnight EDT.  We will pick one winner at random.  Contest is open to anyone BUT if the winner is outside of the US/Canada they will be responsible for shipping charges.


Special Thanks to PageTurners for Sponsoring this fabulous BookTour, to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for our review copy and to PageTurners & Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for sponsoring the contest!  

Becca Fitzpatrick & HUSH HUSH Make News with Simon & Schuster UK

Simon & Schuster UK announce the exciting addition of Simon Pulse, a teen imprint that's sure to get your pulse racing.

And the really exciting news for Becca's UK fans...

....The decision to launch Simon Pulse follows huge success for Simon and Schuster Children’s Books in the YA paranormal romance and urban fantasy area in recent months, with the hardcover edition of Becca Fitzpatrick’s Hush, Hush selling in excess of 100,000 copies since last autumn and L J Smith’s Dark Visions selling 75,000 copies within three months of publication.

Simon Pulse will publish the best teen gothic literature, continuing to represent some of the biggest names in contemporary supernatural fiction, such as L J Smith, Elizabeth Chandler and Nancy Holder, but will also launch début authors with the potential to crossover and be stars of the future. It will be a paperback only imprint.

Taking the Simon Pulse name from Simon and Schuster US’s teen imprint, the new list will launch with six titles, which include the first paperback publication of the bestseller Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick, Forbidden Game by L.J. Smith, The Demon’s Covenant by Sarah Rees Brennan, Passing Strange by Dan Waters, Dark Secrets: No Time to Die & The Deep End of Fear by Elizabeth Chandler and Claire de Lune, a sexy werewolf novel with a twist, from début author, Christine Johnson.....

...The launch will be marked with a major marketing, PR and social networking campaign headlined by a special visit from Fitzpatrick at a major UK convention in the autumn, for which she is being specially flown in from the US. Fitzpatrick will follow this with a nationwide tour of the UK.

How very exciting for all of Becca's UK Fans!!

The fabulous Jenny from Wondrous Reads, a leading UK Book Blog,  is pleased with the announcement, saying "Simon & Schuster Children's consistently publish some of the year's best teen novels - they know what their market wants, and they never fail to deliver. Getting a new book from them is like Christmas come early - I always end up with a new favourite and am left wanting more! The Pulse imprint is going to be HUGE!”  We agree!! 

 
Read the press release here.

Awesome Time Lapse Cover Reveal Video

Laurie Maves, the cover reveal artist, has posted this really GREAT time lapse video!!  And check it out, you can totally see Becca popping here there every once in a while.

CRESCENDO Cover Reveal SlideShow

Cover Talk

Check out these blogs about the new CRESENDO Cover...

Manga Maniac Cafe likes it better then HUSH HUSH
Books Out Of The Bookshelves shows the love for some awesome covers
Cem's Book Hideout can't wait to read CRESCENDO
AnimeSugar.com says it Gorgeous!
Eternal Night the new cover makes her want to read HUSH HUSH!
Love Reading X watched the whole reveal and wonders about the meaning of the cover
The Bookologist couldn't wait to talk about the cover
Bloody Bookaholic looks at the new cover & compares the US & UK HUSH HUSH covers

A little bit from some of our Affiliates...
Page Turners shows the chalk & actual cover images & gives you some links for more info
Late Bloomer Online thinks it amazing
Eve's Fan Garden shows off the cover & gives links to the reveal video/pics

Cover Reveal Bonus - CRESCENDO ARC Contest!!!!

By being one of the first to see the cover of Crescendo you'll have the chance to become one of the first to read it!

Now this is Exciting!!!

Here's a little something to make next Saturday's reveal even more exciting!! We've got your very first opportunity to win a CRESCENDO ARC* (WOW it feels good to day that!)

Stop by during the cover reveal on Saturday April 10 and sign our "Guest Book" (which will be under the video) to be entered into a drawing to win a CRESCENDO ARC*! Contest/Guest Book will be open from 9:00 am EST on Saturday, April 10 - 9:00 am EST on Sunday, April 11 and is OPEN INTERNATIONALLY!!

 

*As many of you know Becca has been hard at work on the final edits of Crescendo so ARCS are not yet available but the winner will receive their copy as soon as they become available. Thanks to Simon & Schuster for providing the Advance Reader Copy.

CRESCENDO Burning Up the Blogosphere

It's been really great to see so many excited Blog Posts, Tweets, Facebook Updates, etc about CRESCENDO!! Becca posted the summary yesterday and ever since fans have been all a buzz!

Becca has been working very hard to make CRESCENDO as awesome as HUSH HUSH and we here at FallenArchangel suspect readers are going to be pretty pleased with the final product :-) I think we are all anxiously awaiting the Fall!!!

If you have posted about CRESCENDO on your Blog, let us know and we'll give you a shout-out on Twitter or here in the Blog. You can post a link here in the comments or email us at admin@fallenarchangel.com