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Tiger Queen

by Annie Sullivan
Publisher: BLINK
Release Date: September 10, 2019
Genre: Young Adult Fiction -- Fantasy, Retelling, Romance

From Annie Sullivan, author of A Touch of Gold, comes Tiger Queen, a sweeping YA fantasy adventure that tells the story of a fierce desert princess battling to save her kingdom. Fans of Rebel of the Sands and Meagan Spooner will devour this retelling of Frank Stockton’s famous short story, “The Lady, or the Tiger?”

In the mythical desert kingdom of Achra, an ancient law forces sixteen-year-old Princess Kateri to fight in the arena to prove her right to rule. For Kateri, winning also means fulfilling a promise to her late mother that she would protect her people, who are struggling through windstorms and drought. The situation is worsened by the gang of Desert Boys that frequently raids the city wells, forcing the king to ration what little water is left. The punishment for stealing water is a choice between two doors: behind one lies freedom, and behind the other is a tiger.

But when Kateri’s final opponent is announced, she knows she cannot win. In desperation, she turns to the desert and the one person she never thought she’d side with. What Kateri discovers twists her world—and her heart—upside down. Her future is now behind two doors—only she’s not sure which holds the key to keeping her kingdom and which releases the tiger.

Annie Sullivan is a Young Adult author from Indianapolis, Indiana. Her work has been featured in Curly Red Stories and Punchnels. She loves fairytales, everything Jane Austen, and traveling and exploring new cultures. When she’s not off on her own adventures, she’s teaching classes at the Indiana Writers Center and working as the Copy Specialist at John Wiley and Sons, Inc. publishing company, having also worked there in Editorial and Publicity roles. You can follow her adventures on Twitter and Instagram (@annsulliva).

September 4

That Artsy Reader Girl - Welcome Interview

September 5

!Library of a Book Witch - Book Review
!Abellafairytale - Book Review
*Feed Your Fiction Addiction - Book Review
*Careful of Books - Book Review
*Faery Tales Are Real - Book Review

September 6

!Starlight Reads - Book and Book Cover Review
*Sometimes Leelynn Reads - Book Review, Creative Post (Playlist/Dream Cast)
&The Caffeinated Reader - Book Review + Favorite Quotes
!Lost In Storyland - Book Review
&Portals of Paper and Ink - Book Review, Book Aesthetic/Mood Board
&Bookishly Nerdy - Book Review, Creative Post

September 7

*Adventurous Bookworm - Book Review, Author Q&A
*Confessions of a YA Reader - Book Review + Favorite Quotes
!Moonlight Rendezvous - Book Review + Favorite Quotes
A Book Addict's Bookshelf - Author Guest Post
*A Court of Coffee and Books - Book Review + Favorite Quotes
&Belle's Archive - Book Review + Favorite Quotes
Nay's Pink Bookshelf - Creative Post

September 8

*Lisa Loves Literature - Book Review, Author Interview

!Clarissa Reads It All - Book Review + Favorite Quotes

One In a Million - Author Guest Post
!The Shelf Life Chronicles - Book Review + Favorite Quotes
&Book Butterfly In Dreamland - Book Review
&Fictitiouswonderland - Bookstagram Review

*Becky's Book Blog - Book Review + Favorite Quotes

September 9

&A Fictional Bookworm - Book Review + Favorite Quotes
*Devouring Books - Book Review + Favorite Quotes
&&The Book Dutchesses - Buddy Book Review + Favorite Quotes

!Story-eyed Reviews - Book Review
*Sereadipity - Book Review + Favorite Quotes

September 10

*Star Is All Booked Up - Book Review, Bookstagram Post
&To All the Books I've Read Before - Book Review
&Angela Walker's Reviews - Book Review
&Cinnamon Summers - Book Review
&Reading Under the Covers - Book Review
*Mahkjchi's Not-So-Secret Books - Book Review, Creative Post
&The Baroness of Books - Book Review, Creative Post (Quiz)

September 11

*TBR and Beyond - Book Review + Favorite Quotes
!Book Nerd Anonymous - Book Review, Creative Post
!Paper Reader - Book Review
*Wishful Endings - Book Review, Author Q&A
&Popthebutterflyreads - Book Review, Creative Post

August 12, 2019 No comments

Hello FFBC team!! We are announcing the blog tour for Tiger Queen by Annie Sullivan which is releasing on September 10, 2019.

The tour will run from September 4 - 11 and there will be the following types of posts available:

Book Review (25 spots)
Favorite Quotes (Blogger's choice)
Author Interview (Two spots)
Author Guest Post (Two spots)
Creative Content (Created by the blogger)

Review copies are available in both print (for USA bloggers only) and digital through Netgalley.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Signing up for the tour does not guarantee you will be selected. We will reach out to all hosts that have been chosen once the sign-ups have closed and the tour schedule has been published.

Tiger Queen

by Annie Sullivan
Publisher: BLINK
Release Date: September 10, 2019
Genre: Young Adult Fiction -- Fantasy, Retelling, Romance

August 07, 2019 No comments

The Athena Protocol

by Shamim Sarif
Publisher: HarperTeen
Release Date: October 8th 2019

Genre: Young Adult, Mystery, Thriller, LGBT

Synopsis:

Jessie Archer is a member of the Athena Protocol, an elite organization of female spies who enact vigilante justice around the world.

Athena operatives are never supposed to shoot to kill—so when Jessie can’t stop herself from pulling the trigger, she gets kicked out of the organization, right before a huge mission to take down a human trafficker in Belgrade.

Jessie needs to right her wrong and prove herself, so she starts her own investigation into the trafficking. But going rogue means she has no one to watch her back as she delves into the horrors she uncovers. Meanwhile, her former teammates have been ordered to bring her down. Jessie must face danger from all sides if she’s to complete her mission—and survive.

Born in the UK, Shamim is an award-winning novelist, screenwriter, and director.

Her next book, The Athena Protocol, is an all-female YA contemporary action thriller that is published by Harper Teen in September 2019.

Her debut novel, The World Unseen, won a Betty Trask award and the Pendleton May First Novel award.

Shamim has adapted and directed the films of three of her novels including, most recently, Despite the Falling Snow. The book was published by Headline in the UK and St Martin’s Press in the US. The movie stars Rebecca Ferguson and Charles Dance in a story of love and betrayal in cold war Russia. Her films have won 47 awards internationally.

Shamim’s third novel, I Can’t Think Straight, formed the basis of her cult hit film of the same name.

Shamim’s book festival appearances include Hay-on-Wye, Cheltenham and Edinburgh.

An accomplished speaker, Shamim has spoken at TED events worldwide, at the INK Conference in India and DLD in Munich. Corporate speaking events have included Deloitte, Goldman Sachs, Citibank and Disney.

Shamim lives in London with her wife, Hanan, and their two sons.

October 2nd

The Unofficial Addiction Book Fan Club - Welcome Post

October 3rd

Kait Plus Books - Guest Post

Novel Lives - Review

Book-Keeping - Review

Sometimes Leelynn Reads - Review + Playlist

October 4th

Phannie the ginger bookworm - Review + Favourite Quotes

Utopia State of Mind - Review + Favourite Quotes

The Reading Life - Promotional Post

October 5th

Moonlight Rendezvous - Review + Favourite Quotes

A Dream Within A Dream - Review

Life With No Plot - Review

October 6th

Malanie Loves Fiction - Review

The Baroness of Books - Review

Confessions of a YA Reader - Review + Favourite Quotes

Reads Like Supernovae - Promotional Post

October 7th

Cafeyre - Review + Favourite Quotes

PopTheButterfly Reads - Review

Novelishly - Review

To All The Books I've Read Before - Review + Playlist + Dream Cast

October 8th

Young Adult Media Consumer - Interview

Shalini's Books & Reviews - Review

In Between Book Pages - Review + Favourite Quotes

The YA Obsessed - Review

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August 07, 2019 No comments

By Any Means Necessary

by Candice Montgomery
Publisher: Page Street Kids
Release Date: October 8th 2019

Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, LGBT

Synopsis:

An honest reflection on cultural identify, class, and gentrification. Fans of Nic Stone and Elizabeth Acevedo will eagerly anticipate Torrey.

On the day Torrey officially becomes a college freshman, he gets a call that might force him to drop out before he’s even made it through orientation: the bee farm his beloved uncle Miles left him after his tragic death is being foreclosed on.

Torrey would love nothing more than to leave behind the family and neighborhood that’s bleeding him dry. But he still feels compelled to care for the project of his uncle’s heart. As the farm heads for auction, Torrey precariously balances choosing a major and texting Gabriel—the first boy he ever kissed—with the fight to stop his uncle’s legacy from being demolished. But as notice letters pile up and lawyers appear at his dorm, dividing himself between family and future becomes impossible unless he sacrifices a part of himself.

Candice “Cam” Montgomery is an LA transplant now living in the woods of Seattle, where she writes Young Adult novels. Her debut novel, HOME AND AWAY can be found online and in stores now, and her sophomore novel, BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY will be released October of 2019. By day, Cam writes about Black teens across all their intersections. By night, she bartends at a tiny place nestled inside one of Washington’s greenest trees. She is an avid Studio Ghibli fan and will make you watch at least one episode of Sailor Moon and listen to one Beyoncé record before she’ll call you “friend.”