#BlogTour #Review & #Giveaway Sparked by Helena Echlin & Malena Watrous

Welcome to our stop during the Sparked book tour with giveaway!

Sparked

Publisher: Geek & Sundry

Release Date: October 3rd 2017

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Paranormal

Fifteen-year-old Laurel Goodwin wakes up to find her older sister Ivy missing from their Airstream trailer in the Oregon redwoods. A recurring nightmare convinces her that Ivy was abducted, but no one takes her dream seriously, including her mom. Laurel, a loner, has to learn to ask for help, and Jasper Blake, a mysterious new kid who shares her love of old books, quickly becomes her ally. Together they find their quiet town holds a deep secret and is the epicenter of a dark prophecy.

Laurel soon learns that her worst enemies, mean girls Peyton Andersen and Mei Rosen, are developing powers that she needs to find and save Ivy. With time running out, Laurel realizes that power doesn't always take the form that you expect. And once she learns to look beyond her snap judgments, she develops an unexpected gift of her own.

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This was a suspenseful and eerie read. In fact, I was so creeped out that one night while I was reading it I decided it would be best for me to only read this during the day...yup, I truly felt the goosebumps as the hair on my arms basically stood up!! My heart pounded throughout this supernatural read and I certainly enjoyed it.

{I requested a copy for reviewing purposes and made no guarantee of a favorable review. The opinions contained herein are unbiased and expressly my own.}

"At first, when you look at the night sky, the stars dominate, pin-points on pinpoints of light. But if you look long enough, you begin to notice the blackness, filling every available space."

"I wanted to go back to that kiss, to savor our moment of joy, back when I thought it would last so much longer."

"If you're serious about becoming a writer, then I suggest you spend more time thinking about what makes people tick. Characters come alive when we know what they want."

"True psychopaths have no sense of right or wrong."

"Great, we're going to battle an ancient demon with dull cutlery."

"Who needs a superpower when you have Google?"

"There's already a little evil mixed up in each of us."

"Old books keep me young."

"I keep telling you, get your granpa a Kindle." "I offered, but he thinks they're an abomination."

"If Mary Shelley had shown her early work to a teacher, she probably would never have written another word."

"Use your real-life observations to create fictional characters with a pulse."

"Books were made to last back in the day."

3 copies of SPARKED by Helena Echlin & Malena Watrous (US Only)

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We've both published solo novels (check them out here and here) and had no idea how co-writing would work out, but we pounded out the first draft in a white-hot frenzy of inspiration we called "the Vortex." One of us would write a scene and send it to the other with a note: "My apartment is a pigsty and I haven't eaten all day. #inthevortex." We wrote the book we wanted to read as teenagers: a supernatural thriller with healthy doses of horror and humor. Oh, and of course there's romance. You have to wait a long time for the only kiss in the book, but isn't that the case with all the best kisses in books?