Blog Tour: By Blood by Tracy E. Banghart
BOOK 1
By Blood
by Tracy E. Banghart
Series: By Blood #1
Publication date: February 18th 2013
Genre: YA Paranormal
Series: By Blood #1
Publication date: February 18th 2013
Genre: YA Paranormal
Synopsis
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For
17-year-old Emma Wong, spending a summer in England should be a dream
come true. Gorgeous scenery? Check. Lots of hot guys with accents? Yes,
please.
Throw in an estranged mom, annoying new stepdad, and drooling baby half-brother, and it’s a disaster even her favorite cherry red leather jacket can’t fix. Even worse, there’s (hot) live-in research assistant Josh to contend with. The only thing more embarrassing than drunk-kissing him hours after they meet? Knowing he’ll be witness to her family’s dysfunction all. summer. long.
But when Emma meets a mysterious girl who happens to be a Druid, her vacation suddenly promises to be far more intriguing than she anticipated. Powerful rituals, new friends, an intoxicating sense of freedom...and Simon, the sexy foreign stranger she was hoping for. It’s all a perfect distraction from dirty diapers and awkward family dinners.
Trouble is, intriguing doesn’t often mean simple. And Emma is about to discover just how not simple her life really is.
By Blood is a novel about the ways that blood can bind us to others – or tear us apart.
Throw in an estranged mom, annoying new stepdad, and drooling baby half-brother, and it’s a disaster even her favorite cherry red leather jacket can’t fix. Even worse, there’s (hot) live-in research assistant Josh to contend with. The only thing more embarrassing than drunk-kissing him hours after they meet? Knowing he’ll be witness to her family’s dysfunction all. summer. long.
But when Emma meets a mysterious girl who happens to be a Druid, her vacation suddenly promises to be far more intriguing than she anticipated. Powerful rituals, new friends, an intoxicating sense of freedom...and Simon, the sexy foreign stranger she was hoping for. It’s all a perfect distraction from dirty diapers and awkward family dinners.
Trouble is, intriguing doesn’t often mean simple. And Emma is about to discover just how not simple her life really is.
By Blood is a novel about the ways that blood can bind us to others – or tear us apart.
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My Review
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By Blood, the concept of the story is good and the flow of the story is great.
I love how the characters of the story is not that what I normally expected. I love how I was surprised by Emma's sometimes bitchy and whiny but as the story goes by, I started to like her a little a more and more. And Josh, I really loved him. haha!! The other characters are also great. I love that they are not that what I normally expected and I love the uniqueness of each characters, especially Bryna and Simon.. Wow, this two really made me go crazy! The story ended, I love how it ended, just the way I liked it. I'm not disappointed with how the it goes.
All in all the story is good and the drama/issues are well made. A good read with a relate-able topic (with the family and all). Ms. Tracy did a really great job in this book.
I love how the characters of the story is not that what I normally expected. I love how I was surprised by Emma's sometimes bitchy and whiny but as the story goes by, I started to like her a little a more and more. And Josh, I really loved him. haha!! The other characters are also great. I love that they are not that what I normally expected and I love the uniqueness of each characters, especially Bryna and Simon.. Wow, this two really made me go crazy! The story ended, I love how it ended, just the way I liked it. I'm not disappointed with how the it goes.
All in all the story is good and the drama/issues are well made. A good read with a relate-able topic (with the family and all). Ms. Tracy did a really great job in this book.
BOOK 2
Moon Child
by Tracy E. Banghart
Series: By Blood #2
Publication date: August 16th 2013
Series: By Blood #2
Publication date: August 16th 2013
Genre: YA Paranormal
Synopsis
Before Emma's adventures in Oxford, her best friend Diana came face-to-face with a killer...
Diana Calvert is so over high school. Who cares if Olivia hates her? And David needs to forget about having a crush on her STAT. Even Emma’s crazy fashion choices can’t keep Diana entertained. All she can hope for is a dance scholarship to a college as far away as possible from too-small, too-boring, too-nothing-ever-happens New Freedom, PA.
Then Diana meets Nicholas Woodhaven. He’s pale, angry…yet weirdly charming. The more time they spend together, the more she wonders who – or what – he really is. Because he isn’t anything like the other guys she knows. Not with the whole only-going-out-at-night thing. And living with his creepy aunt. And not going to school.
Just when Diana thinks she’s got Nicholas all figured out, people in her small, nothing-ever-happens town start dying. She has to wonder – can she trust him? And even more alarming – could she be next?
A murder mystery with a paranormal twist, Moon Child is best read under the covers with a flashlight...if you dare!
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Before Emma's adventures in Oxford, her best friend Diana came face-to-face with a killer...
Diana Calvert is so over high school. Who cares if Olivia hates her? And David needs to forget about having a crush on her STAT. Even Emma’s crazy fashion choices can’t keep Diana entertained. All she can hope for is a dance scholarship to a college as far away as possible from too-small, too-boring, too-nothing-ever-happens New Freedom, PA.
Then Diana meets Nicholas Woodhaven. He’s pale, angry…yet weirdly charming. The more time they spend together, the more she wonders who – or what – he really is. Because he isn’t anything like the other guys she knows. Not with the whole only-going-out-at-night thing. And living with his creepy aunt. And not going to school.
Just when Diana thinks she’s got Nicholas all figured out, people in her small, nothing-ever-happens town start dying. She has to wonder – can she trust him? And even more alarming – could she be next?
A murder mystery with a paranormal twist, Moon Child is best read under the covers with a flashlight...if you dare!
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My Review
Moon Child, it's also great. The concept is good and the mystery of the events is well written. I love how it kept me interested on the events, story and characters. The characters, I loved Diana and Nicholas personalities, they are just right and I love how they kept me intrigued especially at Nicholas.
For me this book is rather interesting than the first book (By Blood), the mystery and all. What I liked the most was on how the story ended, it's just the way I liked. I'm not disappointed with the books over-all content. Great read and interesting with full of mystery that will really made you guessing.
Ms. Tracy did it again, good job! Great read and worth reading!
For me this book is rather interesting than the first book (By Blood), the mystery and all. What I liked the most was on how the story ended, it's just the way I liked. I'm not disappointed with the books over-all content. Great read and interesting with full of mystery that will really made you guessing.
Ms. Tracy did it again, good job! Great read and worth reading!
Author Bio
Tracy E. Banghart is a cheesy movie–loving, fantasy football–playing (go Ravens!), globe-trotting Army wife who began “practicing” her craft at the age of five, when she wrote her first story. She loves visiting the international friends she met while pursuing her MA in Publishing and spends a portion of every summer at her family’s cabin in Canada, where she finds inspiration and lots of time to relax on the dock. She lives with her husband, son, two lazy dogs and one ornery cat. When not writing or spending time with her family, she is on a mission to bake the perfect cupcake.
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GIVEAWAY
Grand prize giveaway
Prizes:
1) (US only) SIGNED paperback copies of BY BLOOD & MOON CHILD + $20 Amazon, B&N or Smashwords gift card
2) (US & INTL) (2 winners) paperback copies of BY BLOOD & MOON CHILD + $10 Amazon, B&N or Smashwords gift card
3) (US & INTL) (2 winners) E-copies of BY BLOOD & MOON CHILD + $5 Amazon, B&N, or Smashwords gift card
Thanks so much for reading and being part of the tour! I'm so glad you enjoyed By Blood and Moon Child! :-)
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