Showing posts with label Laura. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Laura. Show all posts

Tour Sign-Ups: Ember Queen (Ash Princess Trilogy #3) by Laura Sebastian

/ Feb 9, 2020

Hello FFBC team!!  We are announcing a new tour we're hosting for Ember Queen that was released in February 4th, 2020.


The reviews only tour will run from March 16th to March 22nd 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 March 16th is reserved for the Welcome Post, so do not pick March 16th in the sign-up form.

Reviewers based in the US will receive physical copies of the book. The first novels will also be available on request. Bookstagram participation will be mandatory.

International bloggers who have the books or are able to find the books in their local libraries are welcome to join the tour, too.

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.





Ember Queen (Ash Princess Trilogy #3)

by Laura Sebastian
Publisher: Delacorte Books For Young Readers
Release Date: February 4th 2020
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance, Fiction, High Fantasy, Science Fiction, Magic, Epic Fantasy
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Synopsis:

The thrilling conclusion to the series that began with the instant New York Times bestseller “made for fans of Victoria Aveyard and Sabaa Tahir” (Bustle), Ember Queen is an epic fantasy about a throne cruelly stolen and a girl who must fight to take it back for her people.

Princess Theodosia was a prisoner in her own country for a decade. Renamed the Ash Princess, she endured relentless abuse and ridicule from the Kaiser and his court. But though she wore a crown of ashes, there is fire in Theo’s blood. As the rightful heir to the Astrean crown, it runs in her veins. And if she learned nothing else from her mother, she learned that a Queen never cowers.

Now free, with a misfit army of rebels to back her, Theo must liberate her enslaved people and face a terrifying new enemy: the new Kaiserin. Imbued with a magic no one understands, the Kaiserin is determined to burn down anyone and everything in her way.

The Kaiserin’s strange power is growing stronger, and with Prinz Søren as her hostage, there is more at stake than ever. Theo must learn to embrace her own power if she has any hope of standing against the girl she once called her heart’s sister.


Laura Sebastian was born and raised in South Florida (the Redlands and Key Largo) and has always loved telling stories–many apologies to her little brother who often got in trouble because of them. No copies of her first book, a Cinderella retelling about angels circa 2nd grade, remain. Thankfully.

After getting her BFA from Savannah College of Art and Design, she moved to New York City thinking that she would stay for a couple of years before going somewhere better suited for a small-town, sun-loving girl. Five years later, she’s still here and madly in love with it.

When Laura isn’t writing, she’s probably reading, baking cookies or cupcakes, buying more clothes than her overstuffed closet can fit, or forcing her lazy dog Neville to take a walk.

Her debut ASH PRINCESS, the start of a YA fantasy trilogy, will be out April 24th, 2018 from Delacorte (Random House).
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Tour Schedule: The Library of Lost Things by Laura Taylor Namey

/ Aug 30, 2019


The Library of Lost Things

by Laura Taylor Namey
Publisher: Inkyard Press
Release date: October 8th 2019
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Books about Books
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Synopsis:

From the moment she first learned to read, literary genius Darcy Wells has spent most of her time living in the worlds of her books. There, she can avoid the crushing reality of her mother’s hoarding and pretend her life is simply ordinary. But when a new property manager becomes more active in the upkeep of their apartment complex, the only home Darcy has ever known outside of her books suddenly hangs in the balance.

While Darcy is struggling to survive beneath the weight of her mother’s compulsive shopping, Asher Fleet, a former teen pilot with an unexpectedly shattered future, walks into the bookstore where she works…and straight into her heart. For the first time in her life, Darcy can’t seem to find the right words. Fairy tales are one thing, but real love makes her want to hide inside her carefully constructed ink-and-paper bomb shelter.

Still, after spending her whole life keeping people out, something about Asher makes Darcy want to open up. But securing her own happily-ever-after will mean she’ll need to stop hiding and start living her own truth—even if it’s messy.


Laura is a Cuban-American Californian who can be found haunting her favorite coffee shops, drooling over leather jackets, and wishing she was in London or Paris. She lives in San Diego with her husband and two superstar children.

This former teacher writes young adult novels about quirky teens learning to navigate life and love. Her debut, THE LIBRARY OF LOST THINGS will be published 10/08/19 from Inkyard Press/HarperCollins. Her #ownvoices sophomore project, A CUBAN GIRL'S GUIDE TO SWEATERS AND STARS is coming fall 2020 from Atheneum Simon and Schuster.



October 8th


October 9th

L.M. Durand - Interview
Book-Keeping - Review + Favourite Quotes
BookishGeek - Review + Favourite Quotes + Mood Board

October 10th

BookCrushin - Top 10 List
Bout-a-Book blog - Review
The Reading Corner for All - Review + Mood Board
hauntedbybooks - Review

October 11th

Confessions of a YA Reader - Meet The Characters
Frayed Books - Review
What She Will Read - Review + Favourite Quotes
Wishful Endings (Review) - Review + Mood Board

October 12th

The Heart of a Book Blogger - Mood Board/Book Style by Laura and the blogger
Morgan Vega - Review + Favourite Quotes
Pages and Pugs - Review
Books4jessica - Review
Metamorphoreader - Review

October 13th

Bookish Looks - Official Playlist
Moonlight Rendezvous - Review + Favourite Quotes
The Layaway Dragon - Review + Favourite Quotes

October 14th

Kait Plus Books - Top 10 List
emily the book nerd - Review + Playlist + Dream Cast


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Tour Schedule: A Treason of Thorns by Laura E. Weymouth

/ Aug 19, 2019


A Treason of Thorns

by Laura E. Weymouth
Publisher: HarperTeen
Release Date: September 10th 2019
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy
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Synopsis:

Violet Sterling has spent the last seven years in exile, longing to return to Burleigh House. One of the six great houses of England, Burleigh’s magic always kept the countryside well. And as a child, this magic kept Violet happy, draping her in flowers while she slept, fashioning secret hiding places for her, and lighting fires on the coldest nights to keep her warm.

Everything shattered, though, when her father committed high treason trying to free Burleigh from the king’s oppressive control. He was killed, and Vi was forced into hiding.

When she’s given a chance to go back, she discovers Burleigh has run wild with grief. Vines and briars are crumbling the walls. Magic that once enriched the surrounding countryside has turned dark and deadly, twisting lush blooms into thorns, poisoning livestock and destroying crops. Burleigh’s very soul is crying out in pain.

Vi would do anything to help, and soon she finds herself walking the same deadly path as her father all those years before. Vi must decide how far she’s willing to go to save her house—before her house destroys everything she’s ever known.

Content warnings are available via the author's website.


Laura Weymouth is a Canadian living in exile in America, and the sixth consecutive generation of her family to immigrate from one country to another. Born and raised in the Niagara region of Ontario, she now lives at the edge of the woods in western New York, along with her husband, two wild-hearted daughters, a spoiled cat, an old soul of a dog, and an indeterminate number of chickens. She is represented by the inimitable Lauren Spieller of TriadaUS.



September 10th


September 11th

Utopia State of Mind - Review  + Favourite Quotes
The Book Bratz - Review + Favourite Quotes
The Book Dutchesses - Review + Favourite Quotes
The Hermit Librarian - Review + Favourite Quotes

September 12th

Rockin' Book Reviews - Guest Post
Sometimes Leelynn Reads - Review + Dream Cast
Librorum in Sempiternum - Review + Favourite Quotes
The Baroness of Books - Review + Favourite Quotes

September 13th

Kait Plus Books - Interview
Moonlight Rendezvous - Review + Favourite Quotes
Books of Teacups - Review
Chrikaru Reads - Review
A Few Chapters 'til Love - Review + Favourite Quotes

September 14th

Morgan Vega - Review + Playlist + Favourite Quotes
Luchia Houghton Blog - Review + Favourite Quotes
Jrsbookreviews - Review

September 15th

NovelKnight - Guest Post
The Reading Corner for All - Review + Favourite Quotes
Novel Nerd Faction - Review + Playlist
In Between Book Pages - Review + Favourite Quotes

September 16th

Wishful Endings - Interview
A Court of Coffee and Books - Review + Favourite Quotes
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