Tour Sign-Ups: Star Daughter by Shveta Thakrar

Hello FFBC team!!  We are announcing a new tour we're hosting for Star Daughter that is being released August 11th, 2020.

The reviews only tour will run from August 5th to August 11th and there will be available the following types of posts:

• Review (Limited spots)
• Favourite Quotes (Blogger's Choice)
• Playlist (Blogger's Choice)
• Dream Cast (Blogger's Choice)
• Promotional Post

Remember that August 5th this reserved for the Welcome Post, so do not pick August 5th in the sign-up form.

Reviewers will receive a digital copy of the book through NetGalley. So make sure you are able to accept this format and/or have an NG account before signing up to this tour.

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

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.

Star Daughter

by Shveta Thakrar

Publisher: HarperTeen

Release Date: August 11th 2020

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy

Synopsis:

This gorgeously imagined YA debut blends shades of Neil Gaiman's Stardust and a breathtaking landscape of Hindu mythology into a radiant contemporary fantasy.

The daughter of a star and a mortal, Sheetal is used to keeping secrets. Pretending to be "normal." But when an accidental flare of her starfire puts her human father in the hospital, Sheetal needs a full star's help to heal him. A star like her mother, who returned to the sky long ago.

Sheetal's quest to save her father will take her to a celestial court of shining wonders and dark shadows, where she must take the stage as her family's champion in a competition to decide the next ruling house of the heavens--and win, or risk never returning to Earth at all.

Brimming with celestial intrigue, this sparkling YA debut is perfect for fans of Roshani Chokshi and Laini Taylor.

Shveta Thakrar is a part-time nagini and full-time believer in magic. Her work has appeared in a number of magazines and anthologies including Enchanted Living, Uncanny Magazine, A Thousand Beginnings and Endings, and Toil & Trouble. Her debut young adult fantasy novel, Star Daughter, is forthcoming from HarperTeen on August 11, 2020. When not spinning stories about spider silk and shadows, magic and marauders, and courageous girls illuminated by dancing rainbow flames, Shveta crafts, devours books, daydreams, travels, bakes, and occasionally even plays her harp.

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Giveaway Sale for Thorn by Intisar Khanani

Hello everyone! We have some exciting news to share with you. If you missed the opportunity to get a copy of Thorn by Intisar Khanani back in March when it was released now is your chance! If you are based in the UK, Amazon has dropped the price of the Thorn book to 99p. 

To celebrate, we are hosting a giveaway. Check the details below!

Thorn

by Intisar Khanani
Publisher: Hot Key Books
Release Date: March 24th 2020

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Retellings, Romance, Fairy Tales

Synopsis:

A princess with two futures. A destiny all her own

Between her cruel family and the contempt she faces at court, Princess Alyrra has always longed to escape the confines of her royal life. But when she’s betrothed to the powerful prince Kestrin, Alyrra embarks on a journey to his land with little hope for a better future.

When a mysterious and terrifying sorceress robs Alyrra of both her identity and her role as princess, Alyrra seizes the opportunity to start a new life for herself as a goose girl.

But Alyrra soon finds that Kestrin is not what she expected. The more Alyrra learns of this new kingdom, the pain and suffering its people endure, as well as the danger facing Kestrin from the sorceress herself, the more she knows she can’t remain the goose girl forever.

With the fate of the kingdom at stake, Alyrra is caught between two worlds and ultimately must decide who she is, and what she stands for.

To celebrate this sale, we have partnered with Intisar Khanani to give you the chance to win 1 of 2 bookish bundles: 

• $10 to spend on any book of your choice from Bookdepository.
• Some Thorn swag sent by the author

This giveaway is Open INTERNATIONALLY and you can find one on Twitter and another one on Instagram. See below:

Twitter Giveaway

Did you know you can now get #Thorn by @BooksByIntisar for £0.99 on Amazon (https://t.co/zFOQ52uSph)?

To celebrate we are giving away $10 to spend on @bookdepository & #Thorn swag.

To enter the #giveaway (ends 31/5):
-»Follow @The_FFBC
-»Follow @BooksByIntisar
-»RT this tweet pic.twitter.com/wzDm5c1wH8

— FFBC (@The_FFBC) May 21, 2020

Instagram Giveaway

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🦢 G I V E A W A Y 🦢 . . Happy Thursday everyone! If you are in the UK, what are your plans this bank holiday? If not, what are you planning this weekend? . . I have a fabulous deal to share with anyone based in the UK. One of our most recent FFBC books is currently on sale. You can snatch a copy of #Thorn by @booksbyintisar for only £0.99 on amazon.co.uk! So if you didn't win our giveaway back in March now is your chance to read YA fantasy retelling novel! You won't regret it. . . To celebrate 🎊🥳 we have partnered with the author, Intisar Khanani, to bring you the opportunity to win: -» $10 to spend on any book of your choice from @bookdepository -» Some THORN swag sent by Intisar . . OPEN INTERNATIONALLY! . . All you have to do is the following: -» Follow @theffbc -» Follow @whatmakespatri -» Follow @booksbyintisar -» Share this post on your stories . . -» Make sure you comment below you are participating!!!! . . . For some EXTRA ENTRIES: -» Repost this post to help us spread the word about the UK sale! 📚 . . . Good luck! 🍀 . . . #intisarkhanani #bookshimmy #bookblogger #booksale #bookgiveaway #bookdragon #bibliophile #bookphotography #bookpromotion #mustreads #booksatgram #bookgram #bookpromo #bookdeal #booknerd #bookbookbook #yafantasy #ireadya #iloveya

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Tour Schedule: The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth

The Falling in Love Montage

by Ciara Smyth
Publisher: HarperTeen
Release Date: June 9, 2020

Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, LGBTQIA

Synopsis: 

Saoirse doesn’t believe in love at first sight or happy endings. If they were real, her mother would still be able to remember her name and not in a care home with early onset dementia. A condition that Saoirse may one day turn out to have inherited. So she’s not looking for a relationship. She doesn’t see the point in igniting any romantic sparks if she’s bound to burn out.

But after a chance encounter at an end-of-term house party, Saoirse is about to break her own rules. For a girl with one blue freckle, an irresistible sense of mischief, and a passion for rom-coms.

Unbothered by Saoirse’s no-relationships rulebook, Ruby proposes a loophole: They don’t need true love to have one summer of fun, complete with every cliché, rom-com montage-worthy date they can dream up—and a binding agreement to end their romance come fall. It would be the perfect plan, if they weren’t forgetting one thing about the Falling in Love Montage: when it’s over, the characters actually fall in love… for real.

Ciara Smyth is a social work student by day, writer by night and cat enthusiast 24/7. 

Her first YA novel - about memory, rom-coms and girls who like girls - will be published in Summer 2020 by Andersen Press in the UK and HarperCollins in the US.

She previously worked as a teacher and mental health trainer. She enjoys jigging (verb: to complete a jigsaw) and claims to enjoy yoga in order to cultivate a zen persona that is shattered approximately ten minutes after you meet her. 

She is from the south of Ireland but has lived in Belfast for so long that her parents make fun of her Northern accent.

June 9th

Inktalkswithmaria- Review

BookCrushin- Guest Post

The Everlasting Library- Review & Favorite Quotes

The Little Mouse That Reads- Review & Moodboard

June 10th

Emelie's Books- Aesthetic Board

Vicarious Bookworm- Review & Playlist

A BookAddict's Bookshelves- Interview

Dragon on a Book- Review

June 11th

Kait Plus Books- Creative Post

We Live and Breathe Books- Review

PopTheButterfly Reads- Review

June 12th

A Gingerly Review- Spotlight

Volumes & Voyages- Review

Reads Rainbow- Review & Playlist

June 13th

BoundbyWords- Creative Post

Nikkie Reads- Review

Booktales and Donuts- Review

June 14th

The Reading Faery- Creative Post

Bellerose Reads- Review

Ambivert words- Creative Post

June 15th

Your Words My Ink- Review

Magical Reads- Review & Playlist

Morgan Vega- Review & Favorite Quotes

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Tour Sign-Ups: The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth

Hello FFBC team!!  We are announcing a new tour we're hosting for Falling in Love Montage that is being released June 9, 2020.

The tour will run from June 9th to 15th and there will be available the following types of posts:

• Review (Limited spots)
• Favorite Quotes (Blogger's Choice)
• Playlist (Blogger's Choice)
• Interviews (Blogger comes up with 5-7 questions)
• Guest Posts (Blogger comes up with AT LEAST 3 topics for author to choose from)
• Creative Option (Blogger makes a post-- could be a mood board, dreamcast, or anything dealing with the theme of the book)
• Promotional Post

Reviewers will receive a digital copy of the book via Edelweiss.

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.

The Falling in Love Montage

by Ciara Smyth
Publisher: HarperTeen
Release Date: June 9, 2020

Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, LGBTQIA

Synopsis: 

Saoirse doesn’t believe in love at first sight or happy endings. If they were real, her mother would still be able to remember her name and not in a care home with early onset dementia. A condition that Saoirse may one day turn out to have inherited. So she’s not looking for a relationship. She doesn’t see the point in igniting any romantic sparks if she’s bound to burn out.

But after a chance encounter at an end-of-term house party, Saoirse is about to break her own rules. For a girl with one blue freckle, an irresistible sense of mischief, and a passion for rom-coms.

Unbothered by Saoirse’s no-relationships rulebook, Ruby proposes a loophole: They don’t need true love to have one summer of fun, complete with every cliché, rom-com montage-worthy date they can dream up—and a binding agreement to end their romance come fall. It would be the perfect plan, if they weren’t forgetting one thing about the Falling in Love Montage: when it’s over, the characters actually fall in love… for real.

Ciara Smyth is a social work student by day, writer by night and cat enthusiast 24/7. 

Her first YA novel - about memory, rom-coms and girls who like girls - will be published in Summer 2020 by Andersen Press in the UK and HarperCollins in the US.

She previously worked as a teacher and mental health trainer. She enjoys jigging (verb: to complete a jigsaw) and claims to enjoy yoga in order to cultivate a zen persona that is shattered approximately ten minutes after you meet her. 

She is from the south of Ireland but has lived in Belfast for so long that her parents make fun of her Northern accent.

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