Ciao a tutti! Terzo post promozionale in tre giorni. La cosa è abbastanza emozionante. Non succede proprio tutte le settimane di avere così tanti libri da promuovere. E soprattutto, mi sento di dire, tre libri di fila con copertine così belle. In particolare questa mi ha fatta impazzire. Il suo essere invernale e magica allo stesso tempo. Come potevo, amando l’inverno, la neve e la magia, ignorare un libro del genere? Ovviamente, è già entrato nella TBR di quest’anno.
Mi stavo quasi dimenticando il giveaway per vincere una giftcard Amazon o B&N da 25$. Avete tempo per partecipare solo fino al 4 febbraio!
Hello everyone! This is the third promotional post in three days and I’m kind of excited. Doesn’t happen every week that we get to promote so many amazing books. When we got the e-mail for the Blitz about “The Prophecy of Shadows” I instantly fell in love wih the cover. It’s so wintery (I don’t know if that’s even a word, but I hope you’ll get what I mean) and I love winter and snow. I also love magic and witches, so this book is definitely going to be a must read of this year.
Oh, I almost forgot! There’s a giveaway for you at the end of the post where you can win a 25$ for Amazon or B&N. It ends on February 4th so be sure to enter before that.
Title: The Prophecy of Shadows (Elementals #1)
Author: Michelle Madow
Publication date: January 26th 2016
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Filled with magic, thrilling adventure, and sweet romance, Elementals is the first in a new series that fans of Percy Jackson and The Secret Circle will love!
When Nicole Cassidy moves from sunny Georgia to gloomy New England, the last thing she expects is to learn that her homeroom is a cover for a secret coven of witches. Even more surprisingly … she’s apparently a witch herself. Despite doubts about her newfound abilities, Nicole is welcomed into this ancient circle of witches and is bedazzled by their powers–and, to her dismay, by Blake–the school’s notorious bad-boy.
Girls who get close to Blake wind up hurt. His girlfriend Danielle will do anything to keep them away, even if she must resort to using dark magic. But the chemistry between Blake and Nicole is undeniable, and despite wanting to protect Nicole from Danielle’s wrath, he finds it impossible to keep his distance.
When the Olympian Comet shoots through the sky for the first time in three thousand years, Nicole, Blake, Danielle, and two others in their homeroom are gifted with mysterious powers. But the comet has another effect–it opens the portal to the prison world that has contained the Titans for centuries. After an ancient monster escapes and attacks Nicole and Blake, it’s up to them and the others to follow the clues from a cryptic prophecy so that they can save their town … and possibly the world.
“There’s energy everywhere.” Chris moved his hands in a giant arc above his head to demonstrate. “Humans know that energy exists—they’ve harnessed it for electronics. The difference between us and humans is that we have the power to tap into energy and use it ourselves, and humans don’t.” He smiled at me, as if I was supposed to understand what he meant. “Make sense?”
“Not really,” I said. “Sorry.”
“It’s easier if you relate it to something familiar,” he said, speaking faster. “What happens to the handle of a metal spoon when you leave it in boiling water?”
“It gets hot?” I said it as a question. This was stuff people learned in fifth grade science—not high school homeroom.
“And what happens when it’s plastic?”
“It doesn’t get hot,” I said slowly. “It stays room temperature.”
“Exactly.” He grinned at me like I’d just solved an astrophysics mathematical equation. “Humans are like plastic. Even if they’re immersed in energy, they can’t conduct it. Witches are like metal. We have the ability to absorb energy and control it as we want.”
“There’s a reason we’re required to take Greek mythology.” Blake scooted closer to me, as if about to tell me a secret, and I leaned forward in anticipation. “Did you know that we—meaning everyone in our homeroom—are descended from the Greek gods?”
I arched an eyebrow. “Like Zeus and all of them living in a castle on the clouds?” I asked.
“Exactly.” He smirked. “Except that they’re referred to as the Olympians, and they call their ‘castle in the clouds’ Mount Olympus.”
“So you’re saying that we’re gods?”
“We’re not gods.” He smiled and shook his head. “But we have ‘diluted god blood’ in us. It’s what gives us our powers
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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Michelle Madow grew up in Baltimore, graduated Rollins College in Orlando, and now lives in Boca Raton, Florida. She wrote her first book in her junior year of college, and has been writing novels since. Some of her favorite things are: reading, pizza, traveling, shopping, time travel, Broadway musicals, and spending time with friends and family. Michelle has toured across America to promote her books and to encourage high school students to embrace reading and writing. Someday, she hopes to travel the world for a year on a cruise ship.
Thanks to XPresso Book Tours for giving us the opportunity to promote this book.
