Posts Tagged: anastasia hopcus

In My Mailbox #11 & ARC Tours

21 May, 2010 by in scott westerfield, shadow hills 3 comments

So, my internet has been down for the last two days and I am BEHIND. Nightmare! Luckily Mr. Mailbox scored!!! And I got this huge box of books. Squee…

Blue is For Nightmares by Laurie Stolarz-currently reading
Specials by Scott Westerfield– bought for giveaway
Uglies by Scott Westerfield-bought for giveaway
The 39 Clues #3– bought for giveaway
The Boy Who Could Fly by James Norcliffe– ARC from Publisher
The Tension of Opposites by Kristine McBride-ARC from Publisher
Raised by Wolves by Jennifer Lynn Barnes-ARC from Publisher
Siren by Tricia Rayburn-ARC from Publisher
Shadow Hills by Anastasia Hopcus-ARC from Publisher
YAY!!!! We are starting ARC tours on all of the new titles. If you are interested in reading and reviewing any of these titles, email me at fireandice.heather@gmail.com You must be willing to read and mail to another person, post a written review and forward us the link. Other ARCS on tour right now are Brightly Woven, The Cinderella Society, The Golden Spiral and The Mark. Email us for more info. THANKS.

Trailer Thursday-NEW Shadow Hills

29 Apr, 2010 by in shadow hills, VLC productions 3 comments

Out trailer Thursday is “Shadow Hills,” officially released on YouTube today! I just finished this book last week and it is amazing. Vania and Anastasia are two of my favorite people. I first met Vania of VLC Productions at the “Beautiful Creatures” release party in Salt Lake City. She is one talented lady and a photographer after my own heart! Author Anastasia Hopcus has been SO good to us from the beginning. Enter to win Shadow Hills swag and see our review on the right hand side bar under International Giveways!

Shadow Hills Review and Giveaway

16 Apr, 2010 by in shadow hills 13 comments

“Shadow Hills” by Anastasia Hopcus
to be published July 13th 2010 by Egmont USA
details Hardcover, 400 pages
isbn 1606840835
4.5 Stars

Synopsis from Goodreads: ” Since her sister’s mysterious death, Persephone “Phe” Archer has been plagued by a series of disturbing dreams. Determined to find out what happened to her sister, Phe enrolls at Devenish Prep in Shadow Hills, Massachusetts—the subject of her sister’s final diary entry.

After stepping on campus, Phe immediately realizes that there’s something different about this place—an unexplained epidemic that decimated the town in the 1700s, an ancient and creepy cemetery, and gorgeous boy Zach—and somehow she’s connected to it all.

But the more questions she asks and the deeper she digs, the more entangled Phe becomes in the haunting past of Shadow Hills. Finding what links her to this town…might cost her her life.

I have been waiting and waiting to read this book since I first met Anatasia Hopcus after she entered one of our blog giveaways and I found out she is Team Edward. Later she sent us the first chapter and after I read it I was hooked! So when it came in my mailbox this week as part of the ARC tour I was ecstatic!!! I must say it is a book that will keep you captivated from start to finish. Phe lives an ordinary High School life until she starts having mysterious dreams after the death of her sister. Why is she having visions of a graveyard and a boy she’s never met at the same time every night? And who is he?

After enrolling at a prestigious school in Shadow Hills she realizes all is not what it seems. She is drawn by an unseen pull to a boy names Zach and together they unravel the secrets hidden for centuries. You’ll find yourself pulled into a whirlwind of mesmerizing characters, magic and chemistry that can’t be denied. Phe is strong and sassy and Zach is the perfect Yin to her Yang. I am sure hoping Anastasia is is hoping on keeping these characters for a sequel because I am dying for more!
Read our previous posts about Anastasia here…
And, I just happened to have a couple of signed Shadow Hills bookmarks and pins laying around for a giveaway!

To Enter To Win a bookmark and button (there are two winners) :
leave your name and email address below:
additional entries
+2 tell us your favorite band because we know how much Phe and the author love music!
+3 follow us @FireaicePhotos and her @anatastiahopcus
+3 tweet this contest
+3 Visit her blog and tell us what you think (the first Chapter is up!)
+5 add this contest or one of our buttons to your blog
Contest ends May 16, 2010 and is open internationally

Author Spotlight: Anastasia Hopcus

15 Feb, 2010 by in shadow hills 2 comments


Anastasia Hopcus wrote her first book in the 2nd grade.It was entitled Frederick the Friendly French Ferret and was seven pages long. During high school she wrote numerous short stories and started (but never finished) three screenplays, all as an alternative to doing actual school work. At the very wise age of twelve her career ambition was to drive a Mack truck, but when that didn’t pan out, she tried acting, bartending, and being a receptionist in a dojo before finally returning to writing. Anastasia loves horror movies, Joss Whedon, obsessing over music, and British accents. She lives in Austin, Texas and her debut young adult novel is out Summer 2010 from Egmont. Taken from her website:

Kibbles and Bits of Writing
Gingerbread House
Silver coin streets glimmer

first sprinkling, now pouring

oil slick rainbows drain off

swirling colors bleeding into gutters

StreetSweeperSpring is barreling through

Still our clean slate has dirt underneath

debris trapped in ice

obscured by layers upon layers of resurfaced fresh starts

the bread crumbs lie frozen and buried

Here is a little toddler of a teaser from Shadow Hills. No full chapters yet. I’d say this just meets the minimum requirements to qualify as a paragraph.

The campus lay before me, pristine and untouched by the terror I was experiencing tonight. The school had dorms filled with people who would hear me scream, which made it my best option. The quickest path was through the graveyard, so, already gasping for breath, I took off at a sprint, bearing down on the old cemetery.

Become a fan on Goodreads
Visit her livejournal page
twitter @anastasiahopcus
Pre-order her book and enter her contest in the post below

Shadow Hills Giveaway

15 Feb, 2010 by in shadow hills 34 comments

Today’s Giveaway is SOOO awesome! Anastasia Hopcus, author of Shadow Hills and Egmont books sent us some swag in the mail and we are passing it on to you!~

First place winner receives: A new Hardcover book “Hunger” by Michael Grant,2 Shadow Hills signed bookmarks, one Shadow Hills Magnet, one Shadow Hills button, one of our Twilight inspired Cd’s, and one of our buttons

Second and third place receive one Shadow Hills button, one magnet and two signed bookmarks!

Synopsis from Goodreads: ” Since her sister’s mysterious death, Persephone “Phe” Archer has been plagued by a series of disturbing dreams. Determined to find out what happened to her sister, Phe enrolls at Devenish Prep in Shadow Hills, Massachusetts—the subject of her sister’s final diary entry.

After stepping on campus, Phe immediately realizes that there’s something different about this place—an unexplained epidemic that decimated the town in the 1700s, an ancient and creepy cemetery, and gorgeous boy Zach—and somehow she’s connected to it all.

But the more questions she asks and the deeper she digs, the more entangled Phe becomes in the haunting past of Shadow Hills. Finding what links her to this town…might cost her her life.
Click here to learn more about Anastasia and her book to be released July 13th, 2010 http://fireandicereads.com/2010/01/waiting-on-wednesday-shadow-hills.html

Three winners will be chosen.

To enter: Leave your name and email address below +1
Additional entries +3 visit Anastasia’s website http://www.anastasiahopcus.com/ and leave a comment
+2 Add Shadow Hills to your Goodreads list
+3 tweet this contest-leave the link
Contest Ends March 1st, 2010 and is open internationally

Waiting on Wednesday "Shadow Hills"

06 Jan, 2010 by in paranormal YA fiction, shadow hills 2 comments

“Shadow Hills” by Anastasia Hopcus

to be published July 13th 2010 by Egmont USA

details Hardcover, 400 pages

isbn 1606840835

Synopsis from Goodreads: ” Since her sister’s mysterious death, Persephone “Phe” Archer has been plagued by a series of disturbing dreams. Determined to find out what happened to her sister, Phe enrolls at Devenish Prep in Shadow Hills, Massachusetts—the subject of her sister’s final diary entry.

After stepping on campus, Phe immediately realizes that there’s something different about this place—an unexplained epidemic that decimated the town in the 1700s, an ancient and creepy cemetery, and gorgeous boy Zach—and somehow she’s connected to it all.

But the more questions she asks and the deeper she digs, the more entangled Phe becomes in the haunting past of Shadow Hills. Finding what links her to this town…might cost her her life.

Visit Anastasia’s website at http://anastasiahopcus.livejournal.com/

Or follow her on twitter @anastasiahopcus Here she is wearing one of our Patch black wing necklaces inspired by the book “Hush, Hush”- Becca Fitzpatrick http://twitpic.com/wufnr Anastasia found our blog and was the winner of our first Twilight giveaway. Ever since then we have been huge fans! We can’t wait until July and the release of “Shadow Hills.”

Click here for a chance to win the first chapter of Shadow Hills plus Brightly Woven at her blog

http://anastasiahopcus.blogspot.com/2010/01/brightly-woven-contest-as-promised.html#comment-form