July 2018 / The Fantastic Flying Book Club

Tour Sign-Ups: See All the Stars by Kit Frick

/ Jul 31, 2018

Hello FFBC team!! We are announcing a new tour we're hosting for See All the Stars that is being released July 31, 2018.

The tour will run from August 7-13 and there will be available the following types of posts:

Review (Limited spots)
Favorite Quotes (Blogger's Choice)
Guest Posts (Limited spots)
Inteviews (Limited spots)
Creative Option (Blogger's Choice)
Promotional Post

Remember that August 7th is reserved for the Welcome Post, so do not pick August 7th in the sign-up form.

Reviewers will receive a finished copy or a digital copy of the book via Netgalley or Edelweiss. So make sure you are able to use those formats before signing up.

As always, there will be a tour giveaway provided by the author. Details to come soon!

**Tour banner made by the fabulous Vicky Who Reads!!**

IMPORTANT NOTE: Signing up for the tour does not guarantee you will be selected. We will reach out to all hosts that have been chosen once the sign-ups have closed and the tour schedule has been published.

See all the Stars

by Kit Frick
Publisher: McElderry Books
Release Date: August 14, 2018

Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary

Synopsis:

It’s hard to find the truth beneath the lies you tell yourself.

THEN They were four—Bex, Jenni, Ellory, Ret. Electric, headstrong young women; Ellory’s whole solar system.

NOW Ellory is alone, her once inseparable group of friends torn apart by secrets, deception, and a shocking incident that changed their lives forever.

THEN Lazy summer days. A party. A beautiful boy. Ellory met Matthias and fell into the beginning of a spectacular, bright love.

NOW Ellory returns to Pine Brook to navigate senior year after a two-month suspension and summer away—no boyfriend, no friends. No going back. Tormented by some and sought out by others, troubled by a mysterious note-writer who won’t let Ellory forget, and consumed by guilt over her not entirely innocent role in everything and everyone she’s lost, Ellory finds that even in the present, the past is everywhere.

The path forward isn’t a straight line. And moving on will mean sorting the truth from the lies—the lies Ellory has been telling herself.

Kit Frick is a novelist, poet, and MacDowell Colony fellow. Originally from Pittsburgh, PA, she studied creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College and received her MFA from Syracuse University. When she isn’t putting complicated characters in impossible situations, Kit edits poetry and literary fiction for a small press, edits for private clients, and mentors emerging writers through Pitch Wars. Her debut young adult novel is See All the Stars (Simon & Schuster / Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2018), and her debut full-length poetry collection is A Small Rising Up in the Lungs (New American Press, 2018).

Tour Schedule: These Rebel Waves by Sara Raasch

These Rebel Waves

(Stream Raiders #1)
by Sara Raasch
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Release Date: August 7, 2018

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy

Synopsis:

Adeluna is a soldier. Five years ago, she helped the magic-rich island of Grace Loray overthrow its oppressor, Argrid, a country ruled by religion. But adjusting to postwar life has not been easy. When an Argridian delegate vanishes during peace talks with Grace Loray’s new Council, Argrid demands brutal justice—but Lu suspects something more dangerous is at work.

Devereux is a pirate. As one of the outlaws called stream raiders who run rampant on Grace Loray, he pirates the island’s magic plants and sells them on the black market. But after Argrid accuses raiders of the diplomat’s abduction, Vex becomes a target. An expert navigator, he agrees to help Lu find the Argridian—but the truth they uncover could be deadlier than any war.

Benat is a heretic. The crown prince of Argrid, he harbors a secret obsession with Grace Loray’s forbidden magic. When Ben’s father, the king, gives him the shocking task of reversing Argrid’s fear of magic, Ben has to decide if one prince can change a devout country—or if he’s building his own pyre.

As conspiracies arise, Lu, Vex, and Ben will have to decide who they really are . . . and what they are willing to become for peace.

Sara Raasch has known she was destined for bookish things since the age of five, when her friends had a lemonade stand and she tagged along to sell her hand-drawn picture books too. Not much has changed since then — her friends still cock concerned eyebrows when she attempts to draw things and her enthusiasm for the written word still drives her to extreme measures. Her debut YA fantasy, SNOW LIKE ASHES, the first in a trilogy, came out October 14, 2014 from Balzer + Bray. It does not feature her hand-drawn pictures.

August 10th

Kait Rose Reads- Review & Favorite Quotes
Absolutely Bookishness- Review
NovelKnight - Interview

August 11th

Hauntedbybooks- Review
Book Beach Bunny- Review & Favorite Quotes
Morgan Vega- Review & Book Tag

August 12th

Library of a Book Witch- Q&A
Kalli's Book Nook- Review
The Desert Bibliophile - Spotlight
Another Book in the Wall- Review

August 13th

JennRenee Reads- Review
Katsyxo- Review

Tour Sign-Ups: Mirage by Somaiya Daud

/ Jul 30, 2018

Hi everyone! We're organizing a blog tour for Somaiya Daud's debut novel, Mirage, releasing on August 28th. Get excited to read it because it sounds pretty amazing!

Somaiya's blog tour will run from August 22nd-28th. It will consist of all book reviews, and a tour-wide giveaway of a copy of the book.

Review copies of Mirage will be made available through Netgalley, so please make sure you have an account before you sign up.

Mirage

(Mirage #1)
by Somaiya Daud
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Release Date: August 28, 2018
Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult

In a star system dominated by the brutal Vathek empire, eighteen-year-old Amani is a dreamer. She dreams of what life was like before the occupation; she dreams of writing poetry like the old-world poems she adores; she dreams of receiving a sign from Dihya that one day, she, too, will have adventure, and travel beyond her isolated moon.

But when adventure comes for Amani, it is not what she expects: she is kidnapped by the regime and taken in secret to the royal palace, where she discovers that she is nearly identical to the cruel half-Vathek Princess Maram. The princess is so hated by her conquered people that she requires a body double, someone to appear in public as Maram, ready to die in her place.

As Amani is forced into her new role, she can’t help but enjoy the palace’s beauty—and her time with the princess’ fiancé, Idris. But the glitter of the royal court belies a world of violence and fear. If Amani ever wishes to see her family again, she must play the princess to perfection...because one wrong move could lead to her death.

Somaiya Daud was born in a Midwestern city, and spent a large part of her childhood and adolescence moving around. Like most writers, she started when she was young and never really stopped. Her love of all things books propelled her to get a degree in English literature (specializing in the medieval and early modern), and while she worked on her Master’s degree she doubled as a bookseller at Politics and Prose in their children’s department. Determined to remain in school for as long as possible, she packed her bags in 2014 and moved the west coast to pursue a doctoral degree in English literature. Now she’s preparing to write a dissertation on Victorians, rocks, race, and the environment. Mirage is her debut, and is due from Flatiron Books in 8/28/2018.