Tour Schedule: Splinters of Scarlet by Emily Bain Murphy

Splinters of Scarlet

by Emily Bain Murphy 

Publisher: HMH Books For Young Readers

Release Date: July 21st 2020

Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, Historical Fiction

Synopsis:

Enchantée meets Downton Abbey in this atmospheric YA historical fantasy set in nineteenth-century Denmark, where secrets can kill and magic is a deadly gift.

For Marit Olsen, magic is all about strategy: it flows freely through her blood, but every use leaves behind a deadly, ice-like build-up within her veins called the Firn. Marit knows how dangerous it is to let too much Firn build up—after all, it killed her sister—and she has vowed never to use her thread magic. But when Eve, a fellow orphan whom Marit views like a little sister, is adopted by the wealthy Helene Vestergaard, Marit will do anything to stay by Eve’s side. She decides to risk the Firn and uses magic to secure a job as a seamstress in the Vestergaard household.

But Marit has a second, hidden agenda: her father died while working in the Vestergaards’ jewel mines—and it might not have been an accident. The closer Marit gets to the truth about the Vestergaard family, the more she realizes she and everyone she’s come to love are in danger. When she finds herself in the middle of a treacherous deception that goes all the way up to the king of Denmark, magic may be the only thing that can save her—if it doesn’t kill her first.

Emily Bain Murphy was born in Indiana and raised in Hong Kong and Japan. She graduated from Tufts University and has also called Massachusetts, Connecticut, and California home. 

Murphy is the author of The Disappearances, which was a Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year, an ALAN Pick, and shortlisted for the Waterstone’s Book Prize. Splinters of Scarlet, Murphy’s second YA historical fantasy, will be published in 2020. 

Murphy is represented by Peter Knapp at Park & Fine Literary and Media. She currently lives in the St. Louis area with her husband and two children. Follow her online on Twitter @EBain and on Instagram @emilybainmurphy.

July 15th

The Unofficial Addiction Book Fan Club - Welcome Post

July 16th

Pooled Ink - Guest Post

Her Book Thoughts - Review + Favourite Quotes

Write, Read, Repeat - Review

Shelf-Rated - Review

Zerina Blossom's Books - Review + Favourite Quotes

#MediaGalReads - Review

July 17th

Reading On A Star - Interview

Book-Keeping - Review

The Urban Reader - Review + Favourite Quotes

Madison Siwak - Review + Playlist + Dream Cast

Rajiv's Reviews - Review

Stuck in the Stacks - Review

July 18th

Pirouettes.and.Pages - Review + Mood Board

TheGeekishBrunette - Review

Books Over Everything - Review

Metaphors and Miscellanea  - Review + Favourite Quotes

Vee Reading - Review

Breny and books - Review

July 19th

Books, Tea, Healthy Me - Interview

Portrait of a Book - Review

Wilow Writes And Reads - Review + Playlist

Gwendalyn’s Books - Review

Reading Stewardess - Review + Playlist + Dream Cast

@turnthe.paige.394 - Review

July 20th

Confessions of a YA Reader - Guest Post

A Bookish Dream - Review

Volumes & Voyages - Review + Favourite Quotes

We Write at Dawn - Review

dmcireads - Review + Favourite Quotes

A Lot of Pages - Review

July 21st

Frayed Books - Review

Books and Dice - Review + Favourite Quotes

Popthebutterfly Reads - Review

rebireads - Review + Favourite Quotes

A Bronx Latina Reads - Review

Finding my Faith, Holding onto Hope, and Living with Love - Review

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Tour Sign-Ups: Splinters of Scarlet by Emily Bain Murphy

Hello FFBC team!!  We are announcing a new tour we're hosting for Splinters of Scarlet that is being released on July 21st, 2020.

The tour will run from July 15th - 21st and there will be available the following types of posts:

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

Remember that July 15th this reserved for the Welcome Post, so do not pick July 15th in the sign-up form.

Reviewers will receive a digital copy of the book through NetGalley. So before signing up make sure you have an account on NG and can receive e-copies through the site.

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.

Splinters of Scarlet

by Emily Bain Murphy 

Publisher: HMH Books For Young Readers

Release Date: July 21st 2020

Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, Historical Fiction

Synopsis:

Enchantée meets Downton Abbey in this atmospheric YA historical fantasy set in nineteenth-century Denmark, where secrets can kill and magic is a deadly gift.

For Marit Olsen, magic is all about strategy: it flows freely through her blood, but every use leaves behind a deadly, ice-like build-up within her veins called the Firn. Marit knows how dangerous it is to let too much Firn build up—after all, it killed her sister—and she has vowed never to use her thread magic. But when Eve, a fellow orphan whom Marit views like a little sister, is adopted by the wealthy Helene Vestergaard, Marit will do anything to stay by Eve’s side. She decides to risk the Firn and uses magic to secure a job as a seamstress in the Vestergaard household.

But Marit has a second, hidden agenda: her father died while working in the Vestergaards’ jewel mines—and it might not have been an accident. The closer Marit gets to the truth about the Vestergaard family, the more she realizes she and everyone she’s come to love are in danger. When she finds herself in the middle of a treacherous deception that goes all the way up to the king of Denmark, magic may be the only thing that can save her—if it doesn’t kill her first.

Emily Bain Murphy was born in Indiana and raised in Hong Kong and Japan. She graduated from Tufts University and has also called Massachusetts, Connecticut, and California home. 

Murphy is the author of The Disappearances, which was a Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year, an ALAN Pick, and shortlisted for the Waterstone’s Book Prize. Splinters of Scarlet, Murphy’s second YA historical fantasy, will be published in 2020. 

Murphy is represented by Peter Knapp at Park & Fine Literary and Media. She currently lives in the St. Louis area with her husband and two children. Follow her online on Twitter @EBain and on Instagram @emilybainmurphy.

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Tour Schedule: Iphigenia Murphy by Sara Hosey

Iphigenia Murphy

by Sara Hosey

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Release Date: March 10th 2020

Genre: Young Adult

Synopsis:

Running away from home hasn't solved Iphigenia Murphy's problems. In fact, it's only a matter of time before they'll catch up with her. Iffy is desperate to find her long-lost mother, and, so far, in spite of the need to forage for food and shelter and fend off an unending number of creeps, living in Queens' Forest Park has felt safer than living at home. But as the summer days get shorter, it all threatens to fall apart.

A novel that explores the sustaining love of friendship, the kindness of strangers, and the indelible bond of family, Iphigenia Murphy captures the gritty side of 1992 Queens, the most diverse borough in New York City. Just like Iffy, the friends she makes in the park--Angel, a stray dog with the most ridiculous tail; Corinne, a young trans woman who is escaping her own abusive situation; and Anthony, a former foster kid from upstate whose parents are addicts--each seek a place where they feel at home. Whether fate or coincidence has brought them together, within this community of misfits Iffy can finally be herself, but she still has to face the effects of abandonment and abuse--and the possibility that she may be pregnant. During what turns out to be a remarkable journey to find her mother, will Iffy ultimately discover herself?

Sara Hosey holds a PhD in American literature from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and is an associate professor of English and women and gender studies at Nassau Community College. Her book, Home Is Where the Hurt Is: Media Depictions of Wives and Mothers (McFarland, 2019), looks at representations of the domestic in popular culture. Sara grew up in Queens and now lives in Sea Cliff, New York, with her partner and their children. She is working on a second novel.

March 4th

The Unofficial Addiction Book Fan Club - Welcome Post

March 5th

L.M. Durand - Guest Post

Precious books world - Review

My Bookish Bliss - Review + Dream Cast

WordMuse - Review

March 6th

Sohinee Reads & Reviews - Review

PopTheButterfly Reads - Review

Devourbookswithdana - Review + Favourite Quotes

The Reading Life - Promotional Post

March 7th

Kait Plus Books - Interview

thebookcollector32 - Review + Favourite Quotes

Dazzled by Books - Review

Sincerely your books - Review + Favourite Quotes

March 8th

Ya It’s Lit - Review

Bookishaestha - Review + Favourite Quotes

bewitchingwords - Review

sleepydoe - Review

March 9th

Books_AndPoetrii - Guest Post

Hooked on Bookz - Spotlight

Books, Tea, Healthy Me - Review + Favourite Quotes

March 10th

To All The Books I've Read Before - Interview

Savings in Seconds - Review

The Layaway Dragon - Review + Favourite Quotes

vidhya.thakkar - Review + Favourite Quotes

March 4th

TUABFC
The FFBC Tours

March 5th

L.M. Durand

My Bookish Bliss

Precious books world

Wordmuse

March 6th

PopTheButterfly Reads

March 7th

Kait Plus Books

Dazzled by Books

March 8th

Ya It’s Lit

Bookishaestha

sleepydoe

March 9th

Books, Tea, Healthy Me

March 10th

Savings in Seconds

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🏕 G I V E A W A Y 🏕 . . Happy Friday, beautiful bookish people! I have good friends that I can count with one hand. What are the qualities you search for in a good friend? I value loyalty and honesty. Today, I want to share a Iffy's story, a runaway kid who's trying to find her mother and who's safer in the streets than at her foster home. Her journey is heartbreaking and beautiful at the same time and it is a novel I highly recommend. #IphigeniaMurphy by @sarahoseyauthor will come out on March 10th! If you want to know more about the author and this novel, go to my site (link in bio) to read an interview with Sara and enter our tour giveaway. And because I loved this book so much and thanks to @blackstonepublishing we are giving away 1 extra copy on Instagram, too! Entries for the giveaway: ▪︎Follow @theffbc & @whatmakespatri ▪︎Follow the author @sarahoseyauthor ▪︎Follow @blackstonepublishing ▪︎Answer the QOTD and tag (@theffbc) to make it clear that you are entering the giveaway. Extra entries: ▪︎Tag a friend (each friend will be an extra entry). ▪︎Share the giveaway on your story (remember to tag @whatmakespatri & @theffbc). ▪︎Follow @michellesulk ▪︎Follow any other FFBC team member participating in the tour (let us know on below who did you follow): @l.m.durand @mybookishbliss @popthebutterfly @kaitplusbooks @love2dazzle @ya.its.lit @_.sleepydoe._ @_bookishaestha_ @gotgratitude5 @savingsinseconds . . #iphigeniamurphy #sarahosey #roaring20sdebut #blackstonepublishing #yafiction #booksofinstagram #bookworm #bookaddict #bookaholic #lovereading #bookphotography #yalovin #igreads #yabookstagram #ireadya #yalit #ireadya #yabooklover #yareads #bookstagram #bookworm #iheartyabooks #winterbooks #bookstabuddies📚 #flatlaystyle

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