Hello, Therians!
The day has finally arrived!!
Body & Blood has been unleashed on the world!
HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY!!
If you missed my earlier review posts for The Survivors (Book 1) and Point of Origin (Book 2) be sure to check them out :)
There's also a super amazing giveaway, so don't miss out on the chance to win an iPad 2 16GB pre-loaded with all three books, as well as other awesome prizes!
And if you can't wait to find out if you're the lucky winner, grab a copy of, The Survivors (Book 1), it's FREE on Amazon, and Book 2, Point of Origin is only $0.99c. (see below for buying links)
The game has changed.
Fresh from her first brush with mortality, a fragile Sadie Matthau is playing human with Cole Hardwick while the Survivors endure unimaginable tragedy. Wrought with the first deaths of their own kind, a tyrant who will torture them, and an opponent more terrifying than anyone could have foreseen, the Survivors are facing their end.
Told from three points of view, The Survivors: Body & Blood is a bloodcurdling, mind-bending, heart-stopping ride. As Sadie and the Winters uncover more enemies, more history, and more answers, they find themselves brought closer together and ripped further apart. And all the while, a haunting Alexander Raven lurks at the edge of Sadie’s lifeline, at the darkening fringes of her mind.
As the Survivors descend into chaos, Sadie realizes a painful truth: the deepest of secrets leave the darkest of marks.
Caught between a terrifying fantasy and her own grim reality, Body & Blood is the story of Sadie’s dance with her demons, future, past, and present.
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REVIEW
Oh. My. Gosh! This book was AMAZING!!
First off, I loved that it was told from different POV's. Although I enjoyed knowing everything from Sadie's POV before, it was a nice change to get a behind-the-scenes look at a few of the other characters.
I especially loved when it was Mark's turn. From the first time he appeared in this story I felt drawn to this dark, bad boy. He may have had a don't care attitude at times but he had more layers than most other characters. So getting to see things from his POV was fun and exciting. And boy, oh boy, would I have done anything to swap places with Sam. The thing that stood out for me the most was that out of all the supernaturals, even though he was hotheaded at times, he was probably the one with the most control; whether it was over a thirst for blood or power.
This story started with such an unexpected tragedy and my heart hurt for Sadie in so many ways. This only added to her despair but it also fueled her need to find answers. Being turned on by her family gave her another reality check and that's when Warrior Sadie arrived. For all her selfish behavior in the past it was a great to have her stand up for the people who needed her when it was most important. As the mystery of Alexander Raven continued to unravel and the pieces started to fall into place, it gave me hope that maybe the war would be avoided. But as things go with the Raven, the mystery was an unending loop that left a trail of devastation. It felt like every time they got closer to the truth, some new bit of information would derail their plans. When they finally seemed to have the upper hand, Raven was always there to remind them that he was in control. Even his little peace-offering was a reminder.
It seemed that the mystery of who Sadie was had finally been solved, but only just. There were still pieces missing from that particular puzzle. However everything came to light when the final mystery, Lizzie's cipher, gave Sadie the answers she needed. Thanks to Raven's parting gift, Sadie was able see who the real monster was and she was able to make peace with who she really was.
As all the complexities of this story came to a head, the one thing Sadie had been looking for all along appeared to her. And even though it was shocking, I could fully understand why she ran, this time to the only person who could give her what she wanted, in every way.
Once again Havard delivers a shocking ending that has me wanting for more!
Just thinking about it sends a chill up my spine.
GIVEAWAY
- Grand Prize of an iPad 2 16GB pre-loaded with all three books, the Immersedition, complete soundtracks, music videos, and exclusive content from Amanda Havard
- The Runner-Up Prize is a set of autographed copies of the entire The Survivors Series.
The Body & Blood Soundtrack Sessions follow Amanda Havard as she talks about each song found on the soundtrack for the third book in THE SURVIVORS SERIES, Body & Blood, and performs exclusive acoustic versions of each song. Want more Survivors soundtrack music? Check out the rest of the B&B Sessions, the original songs written exclusively for the series, and the full soundtrack!
Other books in The Survivors series:
In 1692, when witch trials gripped the community of Salem, Massachusetts, twenty-six children were accused as witches, exiled, and left for dead. Fourteen of them survived. The Survivors is the first installment of the tantalizing tales of the fourteen ill-fated Survivors and their descendants, who have been content in hiding for over three centuries. Isolated on a Montana mountainside, only Sadie, the rogue daughter, dares to abandon the family's sacred hiding place. But no matter how far Sadie runs, something always pulls her back. On a muggy summer night in Tennessee, she witnesses a shocking scene that will change her life forever. It is the first in a sequence of events that will drag her from the human world she's sought to belong to for over a century and send her back to her Puritanical family and into an uncertain future filled with cunning witches, mysterious nosferatu shape-shifters, dangerous eretica and vieczy vampires, millennia-old mythology, and the search for her own mortality. After all... HOW DO YOU KILL A SURVIVOR? The Survivors will steal your heart and invade your mind. Fall into the pages of Sadie's life, a world so frighteningly similar to your own, you'll find yourself wanting to go to the Montana mountains to find the Survivors for yourself. And it is only the beginning.
7/23 - 7/26!! 
The winter is upon us. The Survivors are in chaos. The war is coming.
One year ago, Sadie Matthau was living among humans, existing as one of them. But now she wakes each morning in a house in the Survivors City, listening to the invocations and insults of her family members as they cope with their new future. A war. Rogue abandoners turned monsters. Sadie and the icy Winters living in their midst, bringing the outside world in.
The Survivors: Point of Origin is Sadie's quest to save her family. But can she find what she is looking for when she can barely stomach the Winters wintry demeanor and finds herself distracted by Cole Hardwick s warm heart? Will she be able to uncover her family's history even as the elders grip tightens around her throat? In an action packed ride full of magic and misery, terror and triumph, Sadie Matthau seeks the Survivors beginning just in time to face her end
Point of Origin (Book 2) is ON SALE for $0.99!! http://amzn.to/PointOfOrigin
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Amanda Havard thinks in stories. She writes books and songs, tells stories to people over coffee or in elaborate iPad apps, in short films or subtle photographs. Stories are her life. THE SURVIVORS: BODY & BLOOD is her third novel, and is an amalgamation of all of her storytelling love combined. Originally from Dallas, Texas, she now lives in Nashville, Tennessee, a place where creativity drips from the sap of the trees, radiates from the attitude of the population, and seeps from the concrete. The inventor of the Immersedition™ interactive book app, Havard is always looking for the next best story-- and the most innovative way to tell it.
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