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Tour Schedule: The Seventh Sun (The Age of the Seventh Sun #1) by Lani Forbes

/ Dec 14, 2019

The Seventh Sun (The Age of the Seventh Sun #1)

by Lani Forbes
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Release Date: February 18th, 2020

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy

Synopsis:

The sun of the Chicome people has been destroyed six times. First by water, then by storm, fire, famine, sickness, and beasts. After each apocalypse, the creator goddess allowed one of her divine children to sacrifice themselves to save civilization. The gods paid their blood as the price for the lives of the people, and the people owed them blood in return.

Mayana is a noble descendant of the water goddess and can control water whenever her blood is spilled. She has always despised the brutal rituals of her people — especially sacrifices. She can’t even make it through a routine animal sacrifice without embarrassing her family. Prince Ahkin has always known he would be emperor, but he didn’t expect his father to die so suddenly. Now he must raise the sun in the sky each day and read the signs in the stars. But the stars now hint at impending chaos and the sun has begun setting earlier each evening. Ahkin fears he might not be strong enough to save his people from another apocalypse. And to add to his list of worries, he can’t truly become emperor until he selects a wife.

Mayana and six other noble daughters are sent to the palace to compete for Ahkin’s hand. She must prove she is a true daughter of water and face the others who have their own magical gifts from wielding the elements to the control of animals, plants and healing. And in a society centered on rigid rituals, Mayana must conceal her traitorous beliefs because if she doesn’t make Ahkin love her, she will become a ceremonial sacrifice to bless his marriage. But darker forces are at play and it won’t matter if Mayana loses if the world ends first…

Rich in imagination and romance, and based on the legends and history of the Aztec and Mayan people, The Seventh Sun brings to vivid life a world on the edge of apocalyptic disaster.

Lani Forbes is the daughter of a librarian and an ex-drug smuggling surfer, which explains her passionate love of the ocean and books. A California native whose parents live in Mexico, she now resides in the Pacific Northwest where she stubbornly wears flip flops no matter how cold it gets. She teaches middle school math and science and proudly calls herself a nerd and Gryffindor. She is also an award-winning member of Romance Writers of America and the Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.

February 12th

The Unofficial Addiction Book Fan Club - Welcome Post

February 13th

Belle's Archive - Review + Favourite Quotes
Story-eyed Reviews - Review
Happily, Hedy - Review + Favourite Quotes
Fanna Wants The World To Read - Review
Dazzled by Books - Review + Favourite Quotes

February 14th

Artsy Draft - Guest Post
biblioxytocin - Review + Favourite Quotes
Book Briefs - Review
Cluttered Books - Review + Favourite Quotes
Popthebutterfly Reads - Review

February 15th

Kait Plus Books - Interview
@onemused - Review
Sohinee Reads & Reviews - Review
Kati's Bookaholic Rambling Reviews - Review
Bookablereads - Spotlight

February 16th

NovelKnight - Guest Post
KookBookery - Review + Favourite Quotes
Whispers & Wonder - Review
Sometimes Leelynn Reads - Review + Playlist + Dream Cast
Foals, Fiction & Filigree - Review + Favourite Quotes

February 17th

bewitchingwords - Review + Playlist
L.M.Durand - Review
Shelf-Rated - Review + Favourite Quotes
The Reading Corner for All - Review + Playlist + Favourite Quotes
mabookyard - Review + Favourite Quotes

February 18th

Bibliobibuli YA - Interview
The Reading Chemist - Review
Ya It’s Lit - Review + Favourite Quotes
For The Love of Fictional Worlds - Review
Jheel - Review + Favourite Quotes

Tour Sign-Ups: The Seventh Sun (The Age of the Seventh Sun #1) by Lani Forbes

/ Dec 6, 2019

Hello FFBC team!! We are announcing a new tour we're hosting for The Seventh Sun that is being released February 18th, 2020.

The tour will run from February 12th to February 18th 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 February 12th is reserved for the Welcome Post, so do not pick February 12th 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. Physical copies will be available for bloggers participating in the Bookstagram 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.

The Seventh Sun (The Age of the Seventh Sun #1)

by Lani Forbes
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Release Date: February 18th, 2020

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy

Synopsis:

Rich in imagination and romance, and based on the legends and history of the Aztec and Mayan people, The Seventh Sun brings to vivid life a world on the edge of apocalyptic disaster.

Tour Schedule: Beasts of the Frozen Sun (Frozen Sun Saga #1) by Jill Criswell

/ Jul 29, 2019

Beasts of the Frozen Sun (Frozen Sun Saga #1)

by Jill Criswell

Publisher: Blackstone
Release Date: August 6th 2019

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy

Synopsis:

Burn brightly. Love fiercely. For all else is dust.

Every child of Glasnith learns the last words of Aillira, the god-gifted mortal whose doomed love affair sparked a war of gods and men, and Lira of clan Stone knows the story better than most. As a descendant of Aillira and god-gifted in her own right, she has the power to read people's souls, to see someone's true essence with only a touch of her hand.

When a golden-haired warrior washes up on the shores of her homeland--one of the fearful marauders from the land of the Frozen Sun--Lira helps the wounded man instead of turning him in. After reading his soul, she realizes Reyker is different than his brethren who attack the coasts of Glasnith. He confides in her that he's been cursed with what his people call battle-madness, forced to fight for the warlord known as the Dragon, a powerful tyrant determined to reignite the ancient war that Aillira started.

As Lira and Reyker form a bond forbidden by both their clans, the wrath of the Dragon falls upon them and all of Glasnith, and Lira finds herself facing the same tragic fate as her ancestor. The battle for Lira's life, for Reyker's soul, and for their peoples' freedom has only just begun.

Jill Criswell is a writer of Young Adult Historical Fantasy. She was born and raised in the swamps of northeastern Florida. She earned degrees in English and Psychology and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Central Florida. Her greatest passion, besides reading and writing, is traveling the world; she’s visited fifty countries across six continents, falling in love with places like Iceland, Namibia, and Cambodia. She works as a university English teacher and lives in South Carolina, near the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, with her husband and daughter (who is named after a volcano in Iceland).