Review of Between by Jessica Baker

If you haven't encountered Jessica Baker (or @makesmeworse12 on Twitter) then, as an Aiden's Angel, you should definitely find her. Apart from being a newly assigned Vice President of the AA Club she's also one of my favourite fans to hang out with when it comes to gushing about Aiden MacRae.

 

That said, we are NINE days away from the Even In Darkness release which means we are heading into full on fan girl territory. On Monday April 1st be sure to use #EvenInDarkness to tweet your reactions and spread the Scottish love. If you haven't pre-ordered your copy you can find there here (prices vary depending on location) and it's still not too late to enter to win a free copy of Even In Darkness here. 

 

I'm forgoing next Saturday's post in favour of a big party post on the Monday and then we'll be back to the usual posts that Saturday. Speaking of which, if you guys have reviews of any of the books (Even In Darkness, included starting in April) then please pass them along because I'd love to share them with everyone. 

 

I think that's it for housekeeping, here's a glowing review of Between to get you in the mood:

 

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Between Review by Felicia Wetzig

Felicia (or, as she's known on twitter @Scotzig) gave me permission to repost her review of Between from May 2012. Check it out!

I was lured into reading Between by the idea of a “grim reaper with a Scottish accent.” The story begins at a tragic accident that has left our main character, Lindsey Waters, dead. As she takes in the scene of the accident she meets a blonde-haired Scot, who looked “like an angel.” The mysterious stranger introduces himself as Aiden McRae, and explains that he is no angel but a transporter who escorts the dead to heaven. Lindsey spends the next few days with Aiden traveling through his distant memories and a few of her own. She learns why he became a transporter as well as why he cannot enter heaven. Almost instantly, the two profess their love for one another.

The story was well written, and despite a few bumps flowed very well stylistically. Tefft also manages to throw some interesting and unpredictable twists in the story. The biggest left me in shock, and feeling empty just like Lindsey. Even the ending wasn’t entirely what I predicted, although I was mostly satisfied with the resolution.

Cover Reveal for Even In Darkness

 

You've waited.

 

You've hoped and prayed and dreamed of this moment.

 

 

 

 

 

And now it's finally here.

 

 

THE EVEN IN DARKNESS COVER REVEAL!

 

Are you ready?

 

 

 

 

TADA!

 

I thought it was over, that all our troubles were behind us.

We had a fairytale castle wedding surrounded by family and friends. Aiden wore a dress kilt, looking so handsome it made my heart squeeze, and I floated on air in a white version of the ball gown he’d cast for me in Versailles. Flower girl, ring bearer, Scottish ceilidh afterward—check, check, and check. It was perfect.

We were supposed to live happily ever after.

But that was before I walked in to find another woman in his bed, a demon with blood red eyes who’d disguised herself as me in order to get what she wanted most: a child from a heaven transporter.

And it was in that moment—watching my entire world crumble to the ground—that I knew.

This was not over. Not by a long shot.

 

HOW EXCITED ARE YOU? LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY UNTIL THE FANTASTIC RELEASE!!!!

The perfect way to stay the anticipation? Get all your friends to read the first two books. Buy them here.



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Between Review by Astrid Yrigollen

This was taken from Astrid Yrigollen with her permission:

 

Cyndi Tefft knows the heart and longings of a young lady on the verge of womanhood."Between" is filled with passion,angst,longing and the inner turmoil of making decisions that may hurt the ones you love.I especially liked the fact that it did not end with a "to be continued" but wraps up the story with a nice ending , yet leaves it open for the second book ,"The Hell Transporter" (which is on my to read list). There are things that I want to know about Aiden and Lindsey future adventures! A sensual, but clean read, Tefft delivers a delightful story that will captivate the young adult in us all.

This History of Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day past last Thursday so I thought we'd spend today talking a little about love.

Photo Not Mine

 

Originally I was just going to talk about the history of Valentine's Day but honestly it was a little boring. Here's the basic and dumbed down, version: Roman Emperor decided that soldiers were more likely to go out and risk their lives if they weren't married so he banned marriage. Saint Valentine married a bunch of people in secret but he was eventually caught and killed.

Beautiful right?

But it does bring up a very good point about the holiday. It's become this day of grand genstures and obligations of love when really, it was about having the right to celebrate your love.

I love that you get to see that in the Between books. It's these two people who just love each other and want to be together and are determined to be together against all odds.

It's also a good example of the differences between Finding Love, Falling in Love and Being in Love.

Regardless, ain't love grand?

What is your definition of love? Let me know in the comments.

Interview with Diana Gabaldon

I am so honored and incredibly excited to sit down with Diana Gabaldon today to talk about her writing and the eighth book in the Outlander Series.

From her site (www.dianagabaldon.com):

Diana Gabaldon is the author of the award-winning, #1 NYT-bestselling OUTLANDER novels...The adventure began in 1991 with the classic OUTLANDER (“historical fiction with a Moebius twist”)...Gabaldon (it’s pronounced “GAA-bull-dohn”—rhymes with “stone”) has also written several books in a sub-series featuring Lord John Grey (a major minor character from the main series)...Returning to her comic-book roots, she has also written a graphic novel titled THE EXILE (set within the OUTLANDER universe and featuring the main characters from OUTLANDER), but told from the viewpoint of Jamie Fraser and his godfather, Murtagh.

Gabaldon is presently working on the third Lord John novel (LORD JOHN AND THE SCOTTISH PRISONER), and the eighth book in the OUTLANDER series (WRITTEN IN MY OWN HEART'S BLOOD). In addition, she is working on a contemporary mystery series, set in Phoenix, and has written Highly Scholarly Introductions (with masses of footnotes) to recent Modern Library editions of Sir Walter Scott’s IVANHOE and Thomas Paine’s COMMON SENSE.

Dr. Gabaldon holds three degrees in science: Zoology, Marine Biology, and Quantitative Behavioral Ecology, (plus an honorary degree as Doctor of Humane Letters, which entitles her to be “Diana Gabaldon, Ph.D., D.H.L.” She supposes this is better than “Diana Gabaldon, Phd.X,”) and spent a dozen years as a university professor with an expertise in scientific computation before beginning to write fiction.

She and her husband, Douglas Watkins, have three adult children and live mostly in Scottsdale, Arizona.