Evie's Knight Book Tour Giveaway!

On tour with Prism Book Tours

Up For Grabs? $50 Amazon Gift card, book swag, and much more!

Evie’s Knight
by Kimberly Krey
Paperback, 391 pages
Published September 11th 2012 by Kimberly Krey

Premise:

When Evie falls in love with Calvin Knight, their young, virtuous romance conjures a truly wicked spell.

Evie always thought her eighteenth year would be magical, but so far it's not what she hoped for. Her best friend has gone wild, her love life is void, and she misses her mom more than ever. But life for Evie is about to change. Calvin Knight, the object of her fascination, is about to fall madly in love with her. Just one problem: Their love conjures a murderous woman from beyond the grave who wants Evie dead. The same demon who has haunted the Knight men for over four generations. Soon Calvin is forced to make a choice: Set Evie free and hope to evade the wrath of The Raven- haired Ghost, or use his newly gifted strengths to fight against her. If he chooses to fight and wins, Calvin will free the Knight men of this demonic witch. If he loses, Evie will become her next victim.

Get Your Copy:

Barnes & Noble
The Book Depository
Amazon: ebook just $2.99 for a limited time.

Author, Kimberly Krey:

Writing Romance That’s Clean Without Losing the Steam!

I’m a reader of good, clean romance, a lover of family time and Diet Coke, and the ultimate hater of laundry.

I’m not patient enough to enjoy a yoga class, or tall enough to be great at basketball, but I do love to run – anywhere but on a treadmill. I love the sound of a rainstorm when I have no place to go, the feel of Soft Lips chap Stick on my lips, and the first peek of blue water as we round the mountains toward our favorite getaway in Bear Lake.

Find & Follow Kimberly Krey:

Twitter

https://twitter.com/KimberlyKrey

Website

http://kimberlykrey.wix.com/kimberlykrey

Goodreads

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6527799.Kimberly_Krey

Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Kimberly-Krey/e/B009A0350I/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0

Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kimberly-Krey-Author-Page/106826456029568?ref=hl

Super Swag-a-licious Giveaway.

Grand Prize: $50 Amazon gift card, a signed paperback of Evie's Knight, SoftLips chapstick, recipe cards, E.K. calendar card, postcard of The Storm, and bookmark.

2^nd Prize: $25 Amazon gift card, a signed paperback of Evie's Knight, SoftLips chapstick, recipe cards, E.K. calendar card, postcard of The Storm, and bookmark.

3^rd Prize: $10 Amazon gift card, a signed paperback of Evie's Knight, SoftLips chapstick, recipe cards, E.K. calendar card, postcard of The Storm, and bookmark.

Five more winners will receive an ebook version of Evie’s Knight!

Paperback winners may choose between old cover (shown below) or the new cover, featuring Calvin Knight (shown above).

Open only to those who can legally enter, receive and use an Amazon.com Gift Code. Winning Entry will be verified prior to prize being awarded. No purchase necessary. You must be 18 or older to enter or have your parent enter for you. The winner will be chosen by Rafflecopter and announced on Colorimetry & Rafflecopter as well as emailed to winners who will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook, Twitter, Rafflecopter or any other entity unless otherwise specified. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. Giveaway was organized by Laura, Burgandy Ice, @ www.burgandyice.blogspot.com and sponsored by the author. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

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Catch the Tour:

1 - Min Reads and Reviews – Blast!

1 - Passion and Life – Blast!! – English/Spanish

1 – Kelly Fox – Goodreads Review

1 – I Am A Reader, Not A Writer – Clean Romance I

2 – Monique Morgan – All You Need is Love I

2 - Letters to the Cosmos – Review

3 – Getting Your Read On – Review - Clean Romance II

3 – Reading with Anacrasia - Interview

4 - Christy’s Cozy Corners – Review

6 – Passion and Life – Peaches Recipe & Excerpt – English/Spanish

6 - Paulette’s Papers – All You Need is Love II

7 - Bookworm Lisa – Review - Clean Romance III

7 – Pages of Forbidden Love – Review

8 - Proud Book Nerd – Review

8 - Vanessa Morgan – All You Need is Love III

9 - Kari’s Crowded Bookshelf – Review - 

10 - Geo Librarian – Review
10 - The Literary Forest - Review, Exerpt

11 - InfectedLoser – Review

13 - Welcome to Couch Potato Reader – Review

14 – One A Day YA – Drafts Guest Post

14 - Little Miss Bookworm – Review

15 – Musings of a Reader Happy – ART excerpt Raven-haired Ghost

15 -  Magical Manuscripts – Review 

16 – Proud Book Nerd – Ultimate Grilled Cheese

17 - Books, Books, the Magical Fruit – Interview

17 - Book Sake – Review

18 - Kari’s Crowded Bookshelf – Aromatic Noodles Recipe

20 - A Life Bound by Books – Excerpt I

21 - Paranormal & Urban Fantasy Reviews – Excerpt II

21 - Oh, The Books You’ll Read – Review

22 - A Backwards Story – Review, Excerpt III

22 - Passion and Life – Review – English/Spanish

23 - Framed In Words – ART Guest Post

23 - Colorimetry – ART Guest Post

24 – Unputdownable Books – ART Guest Post

24 - Living a Goddess Life – Crepe Cake

25 – icultgen – Review, ART Guest Post

25 – Pieces of Whimsy - Review

27 – The Reading Diaries – Review

27 - Icefairy’s Treasure Chest – Excerpt

28 – Stressed Rach – Review

28 - Literally Jen – Review

29 – Min Reads and Reviews – Review

29 – Colorimetry – Grand Finale, WINNERS drawn

"Looking for Alaska" - Book Review

Synopsis:

Before. Miles "Pudge" Halter's whole existence has been one big nonevent, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave the "Great Perhaps" (François Rabelais, poet) even more. Then he heads off to the sometimes crazy, possibly unstable, and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, self-destructive, screwed-up, and utterly fascinating Alaska Young, who is an event unto herself. She pulls Pudge into her world, launches him into the Great Perhaps, and steals his heart.

After. Nothing is ever the same.

My Review:

This book had been on my to-read shelf for a few years. Several people had recommended it to me in real life and on the Internet saying that I would love it. I was really excited once I got my hands on this book and decided to read away hoping that the countless people that recommended it would be right about me loving it. Truth be told, I kind of had a hate/love relationship with this book in the beginning. Some parts felt really slow and dull for me and I had to force myself to keep reading on while other parts had really peaked my interest like prank scenes. If I hadn't read on I probably wouldn't have liked the book, but it wasn't until I read the last page that I actually liked it.
There were lots of underlying themes of religion, life and death, what happens to us after we die, and finding a purpose for our existence. It definitely gave me a lot to think about at times.
What I really enjoyed about the book was Pudge's references to famous last words throughout the novel as a way to relate to what he was going through. It was really clever and a unique way of storytelling. I didn't love this book but I did really like it. Without giving any spoilers, the message and moral of the story was really powerful.
My favorite last words would probably have to be the ones said by my childhood hero Steve Irwin.  "Don't worry, they usually don't swim backwards." They weren't witty or dark humored but they say a lot about how unexpected life can be. Steve was an animal expert and he hadn't expected to get stung by a sting ray.

 

HAPPY READING EVERYONE! :)

"Magic of the Moonlight" - Book Review

 

Synopsis:

Beware of a bite under a full moon…
it will complicate your love life.

Celeste has more to worry about than a secret romance with a hot guy from the wrong side of town. That guy, Brandon, is a werewolf. With gossip and hostility swirling at school, it’s time to find a cure for his nocturnal condition, and perhaps the one person who can help is his scientist father. But what if a “cure” makes things worse and Brandon becomes a werewolf full time? And with rumors circulating that there are werewolves in Legend’s Run, is it possible that there is another among their classmates?

To keep Brandon’s secret safe, Celeste must hide her relationship with him from her best friends, but with the Moonlight Ball approaching, she must make a choice. Her dream is to go with her one true love—Brandon. But once the sun goes down, the clouds separate, and the full moon appears, could she really walk into the dance on the arm of a werewolf?

In this installment of the sumptuously romantic Full Moon series, Celeste faces her fears and her friends and finds out whether she’s strong enough to stand up for herself and her one true love.

 

 

My Review:

Perhaps I'm biased because Ellen Schreiber is one of my all-time favorite authors but I really liked this book. Her stories are always light-hearted but filled with adventure at every turn. She did a great job creating the world of werewolves in the Full Moon series just like she did in the Vampire Kisses series.
This book wasn't as great as the first one though, at times it felt like it was dragging on and had a lot of repetition. One of Celeste's best friends Ivy really got on my nerves at several parts of the book but that just goes to show that Ellen is really good a characterization because she makes them so believable. But it was still a good book nonetheless, I've had a lot of stress from things that have been going on lately so it was nice to unwind to Magic of the Moonlight at the end of the day.
In my experience I've learned authors generally tend to write about things they know or have experienced within their own lives. In different books that Ellen has written she has a reoccurring theme of towns being split into two sides (Uptowners and Downtowners, Eastsiders and Westsiders) which always has me wondering if she had dealt with something like that in her own hometown growing up. I'm really excited to read the last of the Full Moon series, Full Moon Kisses as soon as I can get my hands on it. One of my favorite things about Ellen's writing in book series is the way she does cliffhangers; something terrible could be going on and things are out of control but she always leaves the readers with a sweet moment between the main characters/couple.

 

 

 

 

HAPPY READING EVERYONE! :)

 

Kimberly Krey, Evie's Knight Cover Change Announcement

On tour with Prism Book Tours

Up For Grabs? $50

Amazon Gift

card, book swag, and much more!

Launching the Tour with Kimberly Krey - 

So I have to say that I absolutely love my original cover. I

do. It’s my dream cover for Evie’s Knight. But there came a time when I had to

take a second look at it and make a few changes.

Why?

The colorless, thumbnail-sized image didn’t stand out as

much as I’d hoped when compared to the others on Amazon. And there’s another

reason too. We were missing something. Someone, actually.

We were missing... *drum roll, please* … OUR MAN!!!

I really felt like Calvin needed to be on the front of the

novel, more than our Raven-haired Ghost. Calvin Knight, our strong, masculine,

and ever so hunky hero deserves to be front and center. And personally, I’m

thrilled with the change.

So there we have it kids – a splash of color, our handsome

Knight, and a new cover I think represents Evie’s Knight beautifully!

Original Cover                                   Our

Shiny New Cover

(Also new in this

edition, is an epilogue which wasn’t included in the original.)

About

Evie’s Knight:

When Evie falls in love with Calvin Knight, their young, virtuous romance

conjures a truly wicked spell.

Evie always thought her eighteenth year would be magical, but so far it's not

what she hoped for. Her best friend has gone wild, her love life is void, and

she misses her mom more than ever. But life for Evie is about to change. Calvin

Knight, the object of her fascination, is about to fall madly in love with her.

Just one problem: Their love conjures a murderous woman from beyond the grave who

wants Evie dead. The same demon who has haunted the Knight men for over four

generations. Soon Calvin is forced to make a choice: Set Evie free and hope to

evade the wrath of The Raven- haired Ghost, or use his newly gifted strengths

to fight against her. If he chooses to fight and wins, Calvin will free the

Knight men of this demonic witch. If he loses, Evie will become her next

victim.

Get Your Copy:

Amazon: ebook just $2.99 for a limited time.

 

Author,

Kimberly Krey:

Writing

Romance That’s Clean Without Losing the Steam!

I’m

a reader of good, clean romance, a lover of family time and Diet Coke, and the

ultimate hater of laundry.

I’m

not patient enough to enjoy a yoga class, or tall enough to be great at

basketball, but I do love to run – anywhere but on a treadmill. I love the

sound of a rainstorm when I have no place to go, the feel of Soft Lips chap

Stick on my lips, and the first peek of blue water as we round the mountains

toward our favorite getaway in Bear Lake.

Find & Follow Kimberly

Krey:

Twitter

https://twitter.com/KimberlyKrey

Website

http://kimberlykrey.wix.com/kimberlykrey

Goodreads

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6527799.Kimberly_Krey

Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Kimberly-Krey/e/B009A0350I/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0

Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kimberly-Krey-Author-Page/106826456029568?ref=hl

Super

Swag-a-licious Giveaway.

Grand

Prize:

$50

Amazon gift card, a signed paperback of Evie's Knight, SoftLips chapstick, recipe

cards, E.K. calendar card, postcard of The Storm, and bookmark.

2^nd

Prize:

$25 Amazon

gift card,

a

signed paperback of Evie's Knight, SoftLips chapstick, recipe

cards, E.K. calendar card, postcard of The Storm, and bookmark.

3^rd

Prize:

 $10 Amazon

gift card,

a

signed paperback of Evie's Knight, SoftLips chapstick, recipe

cards, E.K. calendar card, postcard of The Storm, and bookmark.

Five

more winners

will receive an ebook version of Evie’s Knight!

Paperback

winners may choose between old cover (shown below) or the new cover, featuring

Calvin Knight (shown above).

Open only to those who can legally enter, receive and use an Amazon.com Gift Code. Winning Entry will be verified prior to prize being awarded. No purchase necessary. You must be 18 or older to enter or have your parent enter for you. The winner will be chosen by Rafflecopter and announced on Colorimetry & Rafflecopter as well as emailed to winners who will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook, Twitter, Rafflecopter or any other entity unless otherwise specified. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. Giveaway was organized by Laura, Burgandy Ice, @ www.burgandyice.blogspot.com and sponsored by the author. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

 

Catch the Tour:

1 - Min Reads and Reviews – Blast!

1 - Passion and Life – Blast!! – English/Spanish

1 – Kelly Fox – Goodreads Review

1 – I Am A Reader, Not A Writer – Clean Romance I

2 – Monique Morgan

– All You Need is Love I

2 - Letters to the Cosmos – Review

3 – Getting Your Read On – Review - Clean Romance II

3 – Reading with Anacrasia - Interview

4 - Christy’s Cozy Corners – Review

6 – Passion and Life – Peaches Recipe & Excerpt – English/Spanish

6 - Paulette’s Papers – All You Need is Love II

7 - Bookworm Lisa – Review - Clean Romance III

7 – Pages of Forbidden Love – Review

8 - Proud

Book Nerd

– Review

8 - Vanessa Morgan – All You

Need is Love

III

9 - Kari’s Crowded Bookshelf – Review - 

10 - Geo Librarian – Review

10 - The Literary Forest - Review, Exerpt

11 - InfectedLoser – Review

13 - Welcome to Couch Potato Reader – Review

14 – One A Day YA – Drafts Guest Post

14 - Little Miss Bookworm – Review

15 – Musings of a Reader Happy – ART excerpt Raven-haired Ghost

15 -  Magical Manuscripts – Review 

16 – Proud Book Nerd – Ultimate Grilled Cheese

17 - Books, Books, the Magical Fruit – Interview

17 - Book Sake –

Review

18 - Kari’s Crowded Bookshelf – Aromatic Noodles Recipe

20 - A Life Bound by Books – Excerpt I

21 - Paranormal & Urban Fantasy Reviews – Excerpt II

21 - Oh, The Books You’ll Read – Review

22 - A Backwards Story – Review, Excerpt III

22 - Passion and Life – Review – English/Spanish

23 - Framed In Words – ART Guest Post

23 - Colorimetry – ART Guest Post

24 – Unputdownable Books – ART Guest Post

24 - Living a Goddess Life – Crepe Cake

25 – icultgen –

Review, ART Guest Post

25 – Pieces of Whimsy - Review

27 – The Reading Diaries – Review

27 - Icefairy’s Treasure Chest – Excerpt

28 – Stressed Rach –

Review

28 - Literally Jen –

Review

29 – Min Reads and Reviews – Review

29 – Colorimetry – Grand Finale,

WINNERS drawn

"The Outsiders" - Book Review

 

Synopsis:

According to Ponyboy, there are two kinds of people in the world: greasers and socs. A soc (short for "social") has money, can get away with just about anything, and has an attitude longer than a limousine. A greaser, on the other hand, always lives on the outside and needs to watch his back. Ponyboy is a greaser, and he's always been proud of it, even willing to rumble against a gang of socs for the sake of his fellow greasers--until one terrible night when his friend Johnny kills a soc. The murder gets under Ponyboy's skin, causing his bifurcated world to crumble and teaching him that pain feels the same whether a soc or a greaser.

 

 

My Review:

 

One day I decided to go to my local library to see if they had any good books. It's pretty small and has the lowest funding in probably the entire state so my library tends to not have very many new books if any. That day The Outsiders was sitting on the shelf all alone and I snatched it up immediately. In middle school one of my literature teachers recommended that my class read The Outsiders over summer break stating it as her favorite book of all time. Other teachers I'd had didn't much care for the book and wouldn't let us read it as part of the curriculum, some stating that it was inappropriate for us to read.

That day at the library when I brought the book up to the front counter the librarian saw the cover and smiled at me, "Now that's a real good book," she said. Now that I've read it, I say that she was absolutely right.

The Outsiders was about gangs, two different social classes clashing, feeling lost as a teenager, friends, loyalty, love, hardship, and being an outsider. S. E. Hinton did such a phenomenal job setting the perspective of the 'greaser' boys' perspective, you'd have to think that she had to have been writing about her own life. I'm still in shock at the fact that she wrote this at the ripe age of 16 creating an instant American classic. She captured emotion so vividly, and portrayed the struggles of kids growing up on the streets and getting caught up in gangs to feel a sense of belonging and family. The love between the three brothers in this book was beautiful, they fought a lot and struggled to remain strong in the wake of their parents' deaths but try hard to stick together.

I feel like I can't do this book justice with any fancy words I could think of to describe  just how much I like this book. Truly, I wish that I had read this book back in middle school though looking back I may not have understood the book's significance quite as well back then as I do today. It  is no wonder how this book became an instant classic, it touched my heart and had me mourning with the losses that Ponyboy had to go through. Sodapop, Darry, and Johnny were my favorite characters of the lot, but even then I still love the rest of the gang including hot-headed angry Dally.

Apparently this book was also made into a movie which I'm super stoked about and want to watch ASAP, and not just because Tom Cruise and Emilio Esteves are in it. If you haven't read The Outsiders, trust me you've been missing out on a really good book. Five stars, hands down.

 

 

HAPPY READING EVERYONE! :)