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Tour Schedule: Ever Cursed by Corey Ann Haydu

/ May 26, 2020

Ever Cursed

by Corey Ann Haydu
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Release Date: July 28th 2020

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy

Synopsis:

Damsel meets A Heart in a Body in the World in this incisive and lyrical feminist fairy tale about a princess determined to save her sisters from a curse, even if it means allying herself with the very witch who cast it.

The Princesses of Ever are beloved by the kingdom and their father, the King. They are cherished, admired.

Cursed.

Jane, Alice, Nora, Grace, and Eden carry the burden of being punished for a crime they did not commit, or even know about. They are each cursed to be Without one essential thing—the ability to eat, sleep, love, remember, or hope. And their mother, the Queen, is imprisoned, frozen in time in an unbreakable glass box.

But when Eden’s curse sets in on her thirteenth birthday, the princesses are given the opportunity to break the curse, preventing it from becoming a True Spell and dooming the princesses for life. To do this, they must confront the one who cast the spell—Reagan, a young witch who might not be the villain they thought—as well as the wickedness plaguing their own kingdom…and family.

Told through the eyes of Reagan and Jane—the witch and the bewitched—this insightful twist of a fairy tale explores power in a patriarchal kingdom not unlike our own.

Corey is the author of YA novels, OCD LOVE STORY, LIFE BY COMMITTEE, MAKING PRETTY, and THE CAREFUL UNDRESSING OF LOVE, as well as the middle-grade novels RULES FOR STEALING STARS and THE SOMEDAY SUITCASE. A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and The New School’s Writing for Children MFA program, Corey has been working in children’s publishing since 2009

In 2013, Corey was chosen as one of Publisher Weekly’s Flying Starts. Her books have been Amazon Book of the Month Selections, Junior Library Guild Selections, Indie Next Selections, and BCCB Blue Ribbon Selections.

Corey is also on the faculty of Vermont College of Fine Arts’ MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program.

The first two books in Corey’s new chapter book series HAND ME DOWN MAGIC, hit shelves June 16, 2020. Shortly thereafter, her next YA, a feminist fairytale, EVER CURSED, comes ou July 14th, 2020!

Corey lives in Brooklyn with her husband, her daughter, her dog, Oscar, and a wide variety of cheese.

July 8th

The Unofficial Addiction Book Fan Club - Welcome Post

July 9th

PopTheButterfly Reads - Review

Moonlight Rendezvous - Review + Favourite Quotes

Write, Read, Repeat - Review

Books and Zebras - Review

Lev Lyonne - Review

July 10th

Bookishly Nerdy - Review + Favourite Quotes

The Pages In-Between - Review

A Dream Within A Dream - Review

Foals, Fiction & Filigree - Review + Favourite Quotes

everywhere and nowhere - Review

July 11th

Library of a Book Witch - Review

BiblioJoJo - Review

Book Briefs - Review

Bryan Hoards Books - Review + Favourite Quotes

deepireads - Review

July 12th

Fangirl Pixie Blog - Review + Playlist + Favourite Quotes

dmcireads - Review + Favourite Quotes

Volumes & Voyages - Review

Sincerely Karen Jo - Review

Inky Paper Pages - Review

July 13th

Book-Keeping - Review + Favourite Quotes

Gwendalyn’s Books - Review

The Reading LIfe - Review + Favourite Quotes

July 14th

Confessions of a YA Reader - Review

L.M. Durand - Review + Favourite Quotes

Books.Bags.Burgers. - Review

In Between Book Pages - Review + Favourite Quotes

The Bibliophagist - Review

Tour Sign-Ups: Ever Cursed by Corey Ann Haydu

/ May 15, 2020

Hello FFBC team!! We are announcing a new tour we're hosting for Ever Cursed that is being released July 28th, 2020.

The tour will run from July 8th - 14th 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 July 8th this reserved for the Welcome Post, so do not pick July 8th in the sign-up form.

Reviewers will receive a digital copy of the book through Edelweiss. So make sure you are able to accept this format and/or have an EW 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.

Ever Cursed

by Corey Ann Haydu
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Release Date: July 28th 2020

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy

Synopsis:

The Princesses of Ever are beloved by the kingdom and their father, the King. They are cherished, admired.

Cursed.

Told through the eyes of Reagan and Jane—the witch and the bewitched—this insightful twist of a fairy tale explores power in a patriarchal kingdom not unlike our own.

Corey is also on the faculty of Vermont College of Fine Arts’ MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program.

The first two books in Corey’s new chapter book series HAND ME DOWN MAGIC, hit shelves June 16, 2020. Shortly thereafter, her next YA, a feminist fairytale, EVER CURSED, comes ou July 14th, 2020!

Corey lives in Brooklyn with her husband, her daughter, her dog, Oscar, and a wide variety of cheese.

Tour Schedule: Romancing the Dark in the City of Light by Ann Jacobus

/ Aug 18, 2015

Romancing the Dark in the City of Light
by Ann Jacobus
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Release Date: October 6th 2015

Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Travel, Fiction, France

Synopsis:

A troubled teen, living in Paris, is torn between two boys, one of whom encourages her to embrace life, while the other—dark, dangerous, and attractive—urges her to embrace her fatal flaws.

Haunting and beautifully written, with a sharp and distinctive voice that could belong only to this character, Romancing the Dark in the City of Light is an unforgettable young adult novel.

Summer Barnes just moved to Paris to repeat her senior year of high school. After being kicked out of four boarding schools, she has to get on track or she risks losing her hefty inheritance. Summer is convinced that meeting the right guy will solve everything. She meets two. Moony, a classmate, is recovering against all odds from a serious car accident, and he encourages Summer to embrace life despite how hard it can be to make it through even one day. But when Summer meets Kurt, a hot, mysterious older man who she just can't shake, he leads her through the creepy underbelly of the city-and way out of her depth.

When Summer's behavior manages to alienate everyone, even Moony, she's forced to decide if a life so difficult is worth living. With an ending that'll surprise even the most seasoned reader, Romancing the Dark in the City of Light is an unputdownable and utterly compelling novel.

Ann Jacobus earned an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She lived with her family for many years in the Arabian Gulf and in Paris, France. She now lives in San Francisco where she writes, reads, volunteers weekly on a suicide crisis line, and frequently resorts to crock-pot meals of canned soup, fowl and whatever's in the fridge.