BOTW - List #27

BOTW WEEK 27:

BOTM - A Beautiful Torment by AuRevoirSimone

A Beautiful Torment

When Isabel Devane first locks eyes with Wyatt Blackwell in the gymnasium on her first day of high school, the moment is as insignificant to her as accidental eye contact in the hallway...

... Until dark creatures stalk her through forests, dead girls take up residence in her room, and the only person who seems to know what's going on just might be the boy who started it all in the first place.

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Interview

1. Please tell the readers a bit about yourself.

I’m a twenty-one year old Irish gal and I just graduated from university this summer, so I guess I have to start calling myself an adult now, hehe. I’ve been writing since I could hold a pen but I never considered making a career out of it until recently, so I studied Music Technology in university instead with the intention of becoming a music producer when I graduated.

2. What types of books do you write?

I write mostly paranormal fiction but I’ve also dabbled in ordinary teen fiction. I’ve noticed my writing is starting to take a suspense/thriller kind of direction, so I guess I write an eclectic mix of genres. Paranormal fiction is my home, though. I’m most comfortable making stuff up.

3. How many books have you written?

I wrote a lot when I was younger but I think on a serious note, I’ve only ever written one novel that I consider ‘finished’.

4. What movie and/or book are you looking forward to this year?

I’m a huge Richelle Mead fan so I’m probably looking forward to Vampire Academy coming out in theatres. (Although that’s technically next year, hehe). Book wise, it’s a toss up between The Fiery Heart (by Richelle Mead) and The Casquette Girls by Alys Arden.

5. What type of books do you enjoy reading?

YA paranormal and fantasy mostly. When I’m feeling under the weather, I read a lot of YA romance and adult romances, but I also enjoy the occasional classic.

6. If you were stranded on a desert island, what 3 things would you want with you?

1. A boat.

2. A lifetime’s supply of chicken.

3. Jamie Redknapp hehe.

7. Are you considering a sequel?

Yes, but that’ll come when I’m finished editing the first book. As it stands, I tied it up in such a way that a sequel isn’t really something on the cards.

8. What inspired you to become a writer?

I don’t think I was ever inspired to become a writer, I just WAS a writer. It’s all I’ve ever done. If I’m bored, I just grab the nearest notepad and start jotting down ideas or quotes or paragraphs. Whenever I was upset or stressed or happy, I just wanted to write and capture that feeling.

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Cover Reveal - Pick and Choose

As there was no BOTW this week, here are a selection of book covers from the Pick and Choose list that were randomly chosen for a showcase.

  

  

  

  

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BOTM - Hey, Beautiful by TaintedRain

Hey, Beautiful

Cassidy Williams has always dreamed of having her first kiss the day she gets married.  That dream is suddenly ripped from her grasp when Sean James comes along, kissing her out of spite.

So now her dream wedding is destroyed, her best friend is pressuring her to join the kissing booth with her, and her enemy won't leave her alone.  On top of that?  She has college classes to worry about!

All Cassidy wants is two seconds to do some writing and to get her work done.  But Sean is trying his hardest to ruin her life in every way possible.

And it's working.

Wattpad | Twitter

Interview

1. Please tell the readers a bit about yourself.

My name is Ashley, I'm sixteen, and I love pasta.  I hate telling people that I know about my writing because some part of me is terrified that they'll hate my ideas.  So when they ask me I just say, "No comment."  Haha, oh, and I love pandas!  They're so cute and cuddly and just . . . adorable.

2. What types of books do you write?

I write all kinds, really!  When I first started writing actual books instead of five paged stories, they were action, morbid kind of stuff (in sixth grade I had a strange imagination I guess?).  Now I write romance, humor, sci-fi, fantasy, you name it.  Just not historical fiction.  I tried to write one once and failed so bad.  So I changed it into a futuristic story instead.

3. How many books have you written?

I've completed three, and I've started writing over twenty.  I have over fifty plot ideas in general.

4. What movie and/or book are you looking forward to this year?

Well, City of Bones already came out in theaters, and I pretty much concentrated all of my excitement on that.  Three years I waited for that movie to come out!  It was totally worth it.  Anyway, I guess I'm excited for Catching Fire.  I'm more excited for City of Heavenly Fire coming out next year, though!

5. What type of books do you enjoy reading?

On Wattpad I like reading romance and humor, but with published books I like reading fantasy, sci-fi, and dystopia.

6. If you were stranded on a desert island what 3 things would you want with you?

1. Marry Poppins' bag (it has a boat in it and a sailor)

2. A friend

3. And my iPod (that can't die). It's very plausible, really.

7. Are you considering a sequel?

No, I'm not, but there is  a spin-off from Sean's point of view!  It's called Hey, Handsome and it's posted on my other profile.

8. What inspired you to become a writer?

The excitement of creating worlds with different characters.  It's just always been something that I loved doing!

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Author Spotlight - _Cookiejar

Unmasked

Trashing someone's house is as easy as counting numbers off your fingers - at least for Aria and Jay.

After a fateful night that irrevocably changed Aria's life; she finds herself in trouble with a celebrity, befriending her long-lost childhood friend who mysteriously disappeared five years ago, getting into arguments with an arrogant CEO, encountering a masked villain, and pulling more pranks than ever before.

Wattpad

Interview

1. Please tell the readers a bit about yourself.

I'm 17 and I'm from Malaysia. I have an unhealthy obsession with shoes, books and potato chips (preferably barbecue). I love baking, writing, listening to music, my family and making people smile. I have 5 dysfunctional siblings whom I love to death and two equally wacky parents which I wouldn't change for the world.

I'm currently taking a shoe course (Yes, my obsession has gone to an extent where I have to learn how to make shoes) while waiting to enter university where I will be taking alternative medicine. :-)

2. What types of books do you write?

Humor/Romance/Teen Fiction.

3. How many books have you written?

Two.

4. What movie and/or book are you looking forward to this year?

The Hobbit 2, of course. (An avid LOTR fan over here!)

5. What type of books do you enjoy reading?

Crime, Psychological thriller, Romance, Mystery, Classics and Humor.

6. If you were stranded on a desert island what 3 things would you want with you?

1. An axe

2. A 'How to survive on a deserted island 101 for dummies' manual.

3. Ropes

7. Are you considering a sequel?

For Unmasked yes, but it will be focusing more on other characters.

8. What inspired you to become a writer?

When I was still in high school, my teacher always told me I had potential, I just needed to improve my style of writing. So when I was sixteen, I decided to try it out. The feedback I received from my friends were lovely, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. So I've been writing ever since.

Excerpt

There was silence as Aria twiddled with her thumbs. Nate spoke up. “Do you know why you’re here, Miss Cruz?”

She was quiet for a while. “I can’t believe I trashed your house.” She said quietly, her face downcast.

Nate was satisfied with her answer. Surely she knew what she got herself into.

She looked up suddenly and spoke animatedly. “Do you have the tape? Do you know what this means? If I put the video up I’ll be rich! It’ll be an instant-”

“Silence!” he snapped in annoyance. “This will not be spoken about outside of this room. Utter a single word Miss Cruz and you’ll be in debt for life.” He threatened with a menacing look on his otherwise handsome face.

To his astonishment, the girl chuckled. Chuckled! Like he had said something funny.

“Oh! Now I know why you’re an actor too,” she gasped out, once her laughter subsided. “You’re good.” She grinned.

He held his head between his hands and groaned. He looked up at her, “Don’t you know the severity of this situation?” he asked with desperation lacing his tone.

“Quit the dramatics buddy, this is hardly ‘severe’,” she muttered indifferently.

He scoffed. “You trespassed a private property. And not only that, you trashed the place. You’re lucky I’m not suing you for this, buddy.”

Aria rolled her eyes. “What do you want me to do? Not say anything about this? Done. No one would even believe me. And besides, what's up with your security? I expected your house to be secured by security alarms”

"It was disabled since that night; it should be fixed in no time." He muttered. Nate sat up straighter in his chair and nodded his head. “And because of your outrageous act, you’ll have to come here after school every day to clean it up, with your partner in crime of course.”

Aria remembered the rules Jay’s parents gave her. “What partner?” She asked looking everywhere but him and letting out a nervous chuckle.

Nate gave her a pointed look. “The blond in the mask.”

When she didn't reply, Nate attempted to threaten her. “If you don’t tell me her name, I’ll have my guys find out in your school until they find her.”

She looked up in alarm, “Look, I’ll do everything you tell me to, just don’t drag her in this. It was my idea anyway.”

Nate raised his eyebrows and sighed resolutely. “Alright. And after you’re done, whatever job is thrown your way you’ll take it, no questions asked.”

She clenched her jaw. “Fair enough.”

BOTW - Taken By Destiny

Taken By Destiny

Teen Romance / Mystery

Wattpad Book Blurb:

Lucy Harper, a 16 year old teen is happy in her own world of family, school, best friends and love. She expects nothing more from her life. Content and settled, she soon realizes that in our life we have to fight for our loved ones, their life and make everlasting sacrifices.

"You have to come back." His deep whisper was all that made me cry.

"I will come back. I promise."

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With secret whispers, dark looming shadows, piercing screams, hidden messages, unlikely meetings, it took no time for her that she had to fight something extremely big, something extremely harmful, something extremely crazy for revenge in the coming moment of her life.

Her only strength is her faith in herself, her love for her people, her tears of her suffering.

Can she fight against her destiny with her love? Because we often hear, we reach where we start...!

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BOTW - Au Revoir

Au Revoir

Teen Romance

Wattpad Book Blurb:

Everyone has a secret untold.

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BOTW - Still Into You

Still Into You

Romance

Wattpad Book Blurb:

Allison Coleman has a not so perfect life. Things were starting to turn for the better for her. She got an opportunity to work as one of the lead designer on the next month's issue of Face Magazine, and her year old relationship with her boyfriend, Daniel, is taking on the next step. But, it didn't work out the way she intended it to be. When she crossed path with her high school sweetheart that she didn't see for almost eight years, her life took an unexpected turn of events. 

Now boyfriend less and a job that can go down the drain, Allison is trying to take back her life by moving out of her apartment and taking charge with her work again. But, how can she concentrate on that when a certain someone lives across the door from her new apartment?

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BOTW - Unmasked

Unmasked

Teen Romance

Wattpad Book Blurb:

Trashing someone's house is as easy as counting numbers off your fingers - at least for Aria and Jay.

After a fateful night that irrevocably changed Aria's life; she finds herself in trouble with a celebrity, befriending her long-lost childhood friend who mysteriously disappeared five years ago, getting into arguments with an arrogant CEO, encountering a masked villain, and pulling more pranks than ever before.

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BOTW - First Kiss & Broken Promises

First Kiss & Broken Promises

Teen Romance

Wattpad Book Blurb:

First Kiss can be earth-shattering and so can ‘broken promises’, especially when both are sealed and delivered by the one who has held your heart in the palms of his hands since the day you turned a teen. 

Seventeen year old Divya Narayan is a high-spirited young girl with an adventurous streak in her, who doesn’t think twice before taking a risk. She learns very early in life that broken promises by ones you love equals a broken heart. So she makes two promises – Never to fall in love and never to break a promise. 

One fateful night four years ago, Aryan Diaz not only broke Divya's heart but also her trust and their unique bond of friendship. When the charming heart-breaker returns next door to Divya, he holds more than a key to her locked heart; he has answers that can set her free to break the promises she made. 

Join me as I paint their love and their first kiss with vibrant colors that dull the promises they both had to break.

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BOTW - List #25

BOTW WEEK 25:

BOTM - Invisible Love by MyHeartsMistake

Invisible Love

Love was a myth that I firmly believed in, because maybe there really was such a thing as a prince charming and a happily ever after. And maybe, just maybe, Zayn Malik was the proof that fairytales exist.

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Interview

1. Please tell the readers a bit about yourself.

I'm almost eighteen years old, I love music, I love reading/writing, I'm really a bit crazy, I love food and Netflix. I have the best friends in the world and I love life!

2. What types of books do you write?

I write fiction/romance/comedy. I feel like those three go really well together!

3. How many books have you written?

I've written over thirty! Quite a lot, although most of them will never see the light of day. They'll stay tucked in the deep depths of my laptop!

4. What movie and/or book are you looking forward to this year?

Ender's Game! My best guy friend and I have been talking about it nonstop since we found out it was becoming a movie!

5. What type of books do you enjoy reading?

I usually lean towards romance. But I'm also a fan of science fiction!

6. If you were stranded on a desert island what 3 things would you want with you?

1. I would bring my laptop.
2. My best friend.
3. Food!

7. Are you considering a sequel?

Not to Invisible Love, unfortunately.

8. What inspired you to become a writer?

I love stories, whether it's telling them out loud or telling them through stringing letters together. I think that when I realized that I could make up scenarios and tell stories through words, I fell in love with writing.

Other books by MyHeartsMistake

      

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