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

/ Apr 28, 2020

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
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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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Tour Schedule: Everything's Not Fine by Sarah J. Carlson

/ Apr 27, 2020

Everything's Not Fine

by Sarah J. Carlson
Publisher: Turner Publishing
Release Date: May 26, 2020
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary
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Synopsis: 

Seventeen-year-old Rose Hemmersbach aspires to break out of small town Sparta, Wisconsin and achieve her artistic dreams at Belwyn School for the Arts after she graduates. Painting is Rose’s escape from her annoying younger siblings and her family’s one rule: ignore the elephant in the room, because talking about it makes it real. That is, until the day Rose finds her mother dying on the kitchen floor of a heroin overdose. Kneeling beside her, Rose pleads with the universe to find a heartbeat. She does – but when her mother is taken to the hospital, the troubles are just beginning. Rose and her dad are left to pick up the pieces. Now all that matters are her siblings. 

Rose doesn’t have room to do her schoolwork, let alone pick up a paintbrush. Until Rose is forced to do the homecoming mural with Rafa, a new senior at Sparta High. Rose and Rafa don’t have an ounce of school spirit between them, but Rose discovers her brain still has room to paint. 

As Rose fights to hold everything together, and her dreams of the future start to slip from her grasp, she must face the question of what happens when – if – her mom comes home again. And if, deep down, if Rose even wants her to.









Sarah J. Carlson writes contemporary YA that delves into complex, real world problems. Professionally, she is a school psychologist who works primarily with a diverse, mostly low income population. Her professional focus is around supporting the success of children with behavioral and mental health needs and helping to promote resilience in children who have been exposed to trauma or toxic stress. Sarah lives outside Madison, Wisconsin with her husband, two young children, and two energetic terriers.









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Ya It’s Lit- Review & Favorite Quotes
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May 20th


I Heart Fictional People- Review & Favorite Quotes
@momfluenster- Review/Promo

May 21st


Wishful Endings- Interview

May 22nd


The Clever Reader- Interview
amy_janereads- Review

  • 1 copy of EVERYTHING'S NOT FINE by Sarah Carlson
  • US Only
  • Please be aware that delays due to COVID-19 may occur on the shipping of the prizes
  • Visit any stop to enter!!


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Tour Schedule: Kingdom Above the Cloud (Tales from Adia, #1) by Maggie Platt

/ Apr 26, 2020


Kingdom Above the Cloud (Tales from Adia, #1)

by Maggie Platt
Publisher: Ambassador International
Release Date: April 17th 2020
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Allegory
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Synopsis:

What if the nine Fruit of the Spirit and the Seven Deadly Sins were locked in a battle for control?

Abandoned as infants, Tovi and her twin brother were raised by an eclectic tribe of warm, kind people in a treehouse village in the valley. After her brother’s sudden disappearance Tovi questions her life and her faith in an invisible King. Ignoring her best friend Silas’ advice, she decides to search for her brother in the kingdom on top of the mountain.

Above the cloud, the Council of Masters receives their orders. Tovi and her brother are the objectives. King Damien has a plan and Tovi is the key. The Council of Masters want her, but will she remain unscathed?

Amidst the glamour of the kingdom above the cloud Tovi is torn between her own dark desires and unanswered questions. It starts with a snake and a crown. When the ring is complete, will her life be over?


Maggie Platt is a writer, traveler, cancer survivor, and dreamer. Her greatest joys are being Auntie M to her amazing nieces and nephew and sitting with students and friends over cups of coffee and deep conversations. She works at her alma mater, Anderson University in Indiana, and she lives in a cozy little cottage nearby where students come to sit on her couch just to laugh, cry, and talk about life.




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May 15th

Annej Reads - Story Behind the Cover
Sometimes Leelynn Reads - Review + Favourite Quotes
BiblioJoJo - Review + Instagram

May 16th

Bookish Looks - Spotlight
L.M.Durand - Review
Precious books world - Review + Favourite Quotes

May 17th

Kait Plus Books - Official Book Playlist
Abooktropolis - Review
BoundbyWord - Spotlight
bewitchingwords - Review

May 18th

The Reading Life - Spotlight
Nay's Pink Bookshelf - Review + Favourite Quotes

May 19th

@the.magicalpages - Guest Post
Books And Dice - Review + Favourite Quotes
Bookishly Nerdy - Review
Ya It’s Lit - Review + Favourite Quotes + Instagram
A Lot Of Pages - Review

May 20th

Foals, Fiction & Filigree - Review + Favourite Quotes + Instagram
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Tour Schedule: Jo & Laurie by Margaret Stohl & Melissa de la Cruz

/ Apr 25, 2020


Jo & Laurie

by Margaret Stohl & Melissa de la Cruz
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Release Date: June 2nd 2020
Genre: Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Romance, Retellings
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Synopsis:

Bestselling authors Margaret Stohl and Melissa de la Cruz bring us a romantic retelling of Little Women starring Jo March and her best friend, the boy next door, Theodore "Laurie" Laurence.

1869, Concord, Massachusetts: After the publication of her first novel, Jo March is shocked to discover her book of scribbles has become a bestseller, and her publisher and fans demand a sequel. While pressured into coming up with a story, she goes to New York with her dear friend Laurie for a week of inspiration—museums, operas, and even a once-in-a-lifetime reading by Charles Dickens himself!

But Laurie has romance on his mind, and despite her growing feelings, Jo's desire to remain independent leads her to turn down his heartfelt marriage proposal and sends the poor boy off to college heartbroken. When Laurie returns to Concord with a sophisticated new girlfriend, will Jo finally communicate her true heart's desire or lose the love of her life forever?



Melissa de la Cruz 




She is the New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of many critically acclaimed and award-winning novels for teens including The Au Pairs series, the Blue Bloods series, the Ashleys series, the Angels on Sunset Boulevard series and the semi-autobiographical novel Fresh off the Boat.

Her books for adults include the novel Cat’s Meow, the anthology Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys and the tongue-in-chic handbooks How to Become Famous in Two Weeks or Less and The Fashionista Files: Adventures in Four-inch heels and Faux-Pas.

She has worked as a fashion and beauty editor and has written for many publications including The New York Times, Marie Claire, Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Allure, The San Francisco Chronicle, McSweeney’s, Teen Vogue, CosmoGirl! and Seventeen. She has also appeared as an expert on fashion, trends and fame for CNN, E! and FoxNews.

Melissa grew up in Manila and moved to San Francisco with her family, where she graduated high school salutatorian from The Convent of the Sacred Heart. She majored in art history and English at Columbia University (and minored in nightclubs and shopping!).

She now divides her time between New York and Los Angeles, where she lives in the Hollywood Hills with her husband and daughter.



Margaret Stohl


She is a #1 New York Times bestselling nerd, world-builder, video game creator, comic book writer and festival founder.

As an award-winning young adult author, she has been published in fifty countries and thirty-two languages and has sold more than ten million books worldwide. Beautiful Creatures debuted as the Amazon #1 Teen book of the year; seven of Margaret’s books have reached bestseller lists around the world.

She has published fifteen novels and graphic novels, as well as contributed to several games and countless comics since her debut. Her last book, Cats Vs Robots: This is War, was a family affair, illustrated by her child, the artist Kay Peterson, and co-written with her husband, Lewis Peterson. It also starred three of her family’s five cats.

After Beautiful Creatures was released as a feature film from Warner Brothers and Alcon Entertainment, Margaret began working with Marvel on her bestselling Black Widow: Forever Red duology; in 2017 she began writing the ongoing Mighty Captain Marvel comic, followed by the acclaimed Life of Captain Marvel miniseries, where she established a new origin story for Carol Danvers in preparation for the theatrical debut of Brie Larson as “Captain Marvel” for the MCU. 

When not roaming the halls of Seattle game developer Bungie - where she oversees the creation of new global IPs - Margaret can often be seen at a Comicon or at one of the teen and youth book festivals she co-founded, YALLFEST (Charleston, SC) and YALLWEST (Santa Monica, CA), the largest in the country. Wherever she goes, you can find out more about her (and invariably her cats) at @mstohl on twitter or margaret_stohl on instagram or margaret_stohl on snapchat or at mstohl.com.



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May 28th

Moonlight Rendezvous - Review + Favourite Quotes
Belle's Archive - Review
Adventurous Bookworm - Review + Favourite Quotes
Ya It’s Lit - Review + Favourite Quotes + Instagram

May 29th

Happily, Hedy - Review + Favourite Quotes
Colbywilkens - Review
justicereads - Review + Favourite Quotes + Instagram

May 30th

L.M. Durand - Interview
Bookishly Nerdy - Review + Favourite Quotes
Emelie's Books - Review + Favourite Quotes

May 31st

The Shelf Life Chronicles - Review + Favourite Quotes
Book Briefs - Review
Kayla Reads and Reviews - Review + Favourite Quotes
ReadwithMiki - Review + Dream Cast + Favourite Quotes
Heidi Reads... - Review

June 1st

Pages in Waves - Review + Favourite Quotes
@onemused - Review
Ohana Cascadia - Review + Favourite Quotes
Paperbacks and Pen - Review + Favourite Quotes

June 2nd

Kait Plus Books - Interview
Odd and Bookish - Review
Sometimes Leelynn Reads - Review + Playlist + Dream Cast
Hauntedbybooks - Review + Favourite Quotes
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