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Cover Reveal- Nobody By Jennifer Lynn Barnes

16 Aug, 2012 by in Cover Reveal-, nobody 3 comments

Egmont USA and Mundie Moms have invited us to help reveal the newest book cover for Nobody by Jennifer Lynn Barnes…

What do you think?!!
NOBODY
Hardcover, 400 pages

Expected publication: January 22nd 2013
by EgmontUSA
ISBN1606843214

NOBODY Summary: There are people in this world who are Nobody. No one sees them. No one notices them. They live their lives under the radar, forgotten as soon as you turn away.   That’s why they make the perfect assassins. The Institute finds these people when they’re young and takes them away for training. But an untrained Nobody is a threat to their organization. And threats must be eliminated. Sixteen-year-old Claire has been invisible her whole life, missed by the Institute’s monitoring. But now they’ve ID’ed her and send seventeen-year-old Nix to remove her. Yet the moment he lays eyes on her, he can’t make the hit. It’s as if Claire and Nix are the only people in the world for each other. And they are—because no one else ever notices them.
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About the Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes (who mostly goes by Jen) was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She has been, in turn, a competitive cheerleader, a volleyball player, a dancer, a debutante, a primate cognition researcher, a teen model, a comic book geek, and a lemur aficionado. She’s been writing for as long as she can remember, finished her first full book (which she now refers to as a “practice book” and which none of you will ever see) when she was still in high school, and then wrote Golden the summer after her freshman year in college, when she was nineteen.
Jen graduated high school in 2002, and from Yale University with a degree in cognitive science (the study of the brain and thought) in May of 2006. She was awarded a Fulbright to do post-graduate work at Cambridge, and then returned to the states, where she is hard at work on her PhD. Visit her webiste at http://www.jenniferlynnbarnes.com/

Fire and Ice is giving away RAISED BY WOLVES, TRIAL BY FIRE, TAKEN BY STORM and her stand alone title EVERY OTHER DAY all signed! A galley of NOBODY will be included in the prize pack with some Raised by Wolves swag. To enter to win click here.

Good luck!

Nobody By Jennifer Lynn Barnes Giveaway and Video

09 Aug, 2012 by in mundie moms, nobody 19 comments

Egmont USA and author Jennifer Lynn Barnes are gearing up for the cover reveal of her newest book Nobody on Mundie Moms August 16th. In order to get ready we are posting a video by the author about what is coming up next in YA and offering up a huge giveaway! Be sure to check back here on the 16th for the cover reveal.

NOBODY Summary: There are people in this world who are Nobody. No one sees them. No one notices them. They live their lives under the radar, forgotten as soon as you turn away.   That’s why they make the perfect assassins. The Institute finds these people when they’re young and takes them away for training. But an untrained Nobody is a threat to their organization. And threats must be eliminated. Sixteen-year-old Claire has been invisible her whole life, missed by the Institute’s monitoring. But now they’ve ID’ed her and send seventeen-year-old Nix to remove her. Yet the moment he lays eyes on her, he can’t make the hit. It’s as if Claire and Nix are the only people in the world for each other. And they are—because no one else ever notices them.
Author Jennifer Lynn Barnes talks about YA:
The Giveaway: Fire and Ice is giving away Raised by Wolves series (RAISED BY WOLVES, TRIAL BY FIRE, TAKEN BY STORM) and her stand alone title EVERY OTHER DAY all signed. A galley of NOBODY will be included in the prize pack as well as some Raised by Wolves swag. To enter to win fill our the rafflecopter form below. Good luck!

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Book Review-Trial By Fire

14 Jun, 2011 by in trial by fire 1 comment

Trial By Fire
by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Hardcover, 368 pages
Published:
June 14th, 2011
by EgmontUSA
ISBN 1606841688
series: Raised by Wolves #2

source: Publisher
4 stars

Bryn is now leader of the Cedar Ridge pack of werewolves and she’s convinced that her pack is different – it’s democratic and fair. Then Bryn finds a battered teenage Were, Connor, bleeding on her front porch. He begs Bryn to protect him from an abusive leader; Bryn takes him into her pack.

But Bryn’s Were partner Chase doesn’t trust the new boy, and the more time she spends helping Connor, the more aggressive Chase becomes. Bryn is not sure if it’s jealousy, or Were possessiveness but for the first time she starts to feel suffocated by the bond she and Chase share.

Filled with action, unlikely allies, and deadly conspiracies, Trial by Fire will change Bryn forever. She is soon to realise that to lead a pack of werewolves, she must give in to her animal instincts and become a little less human. And as hard as it’s going to be, Bryn is going to have to do it alone.

There can only be one alpha.

Trial by Fire, installment two of the Raised by Wolves series begins with Bryn as the new Alpha of the small but strong Cedar Ridge Pack. Bryn is very unusual, because not only is she female, but she is a human and her pack is werewolf. Things become complicated for the new Alpha when a foreign wolf, Lucas stumbles across the border and lands on her doorstep asking for refuge. He’s badly wounded, having been abused by his captors, but Bryn is torn between having compassion on the rogue wolf and protecting her pack from the consequences that will occur if she allows him to stay. Werewolf politics won’t allow Bryn to rely on Callum anymore for advice. And, her main rival Shay of the Snake Bend Pack is testing the limits of territory borders plus claiming ownership of the rogue wolf. Will Bryn be able to maintain her position as Alpha when it seems several members of the Council are just waiting to see her fail? What about the new added threat which is so unlike anything she has ever faced before…a coven of psychics.

What I really love about this series is the driven, focused plot centered around the mentality of a pack of werewolves. The writing gives readers a chance to really step in and feel what the dynamics inside the group. You feel like you are a part of the pack. You hear the inner dialogue and feel what Devon, Lake, Maddy and the others might feel. In Trial by Fire, we also get a lot of interesting back history on Ali, Bryn’s foster mother, and we see Bryn pushing back against Ali’s desire to exercise authority over Bryn as she has in the past. Bryn is definitely the Alpha now and won’t take much from anyone who steps up to challenge her.

Jennifer Lynn Barnes creates characters that will stick with you long after you’re done reading. They are well developed and each unique in their own right. Devon is one of my very favorites with his funny sense of humor and undying loyalty to Bryn. (Now we just need to find him someone special in book three!) I also wish we would see more of Chase and Bryn together, but I understand she is so busy fighting for her pack there’s not a whole lot of time for romance. This is an intriguing werewolf series which is unique and well thought out by the author. I’m curious to see where the series goes from here as it seems Bryn has faced so much opposition already! Thanks so much to EgmontUSA for the early chance to read book two. Learn more and view the new book trailer by visiting Jennifer Lynn Barnes website.

You might also like: Nightshade by Andrea Cremer or 13 to Life by Shannon Delany

Content: Abuse and violence. Recommended for readers 16 and older.

Happy Release Day Raised By Wolves

08 Jun, 2010 by in raised by wolves Leave a comment

Happy Release day to Jennifer Lynn Barnes and Raised By Wolves! To celebrate we have two wolfy giveaways already under way on the right sidebar and an ARC tour which started last week.

Read a teaser from the book here: http://fireandicereads.com/2010/05/teaser-tuesday-raised-by-wolves.html and our review here: http://fireandicereads.com/2010/05/book-review-raised-by-wolves.html

Eamil us if you are interested in joining the ARC tour. And check out all of our wolfy items in the Etsy shops!!

Book Review- Raised by Wolves

27 May, 2010 by in raised by wolves 4 comments

published June 8th 2010 by EgmontUSA (first published 2010)
details Hardcover, 432 pages
characters Bryn, Chase
isbn 1606840592 (isbn13: 9781606840597)
4 stars

Synopsis From Goodreads…Adopted by the Alpha of a werewolf pack after a rogue wolf brutally killed her parents right before her eyes, fifteen-year-old Bryn knows only pack life, and the rigid social hierarchy that controls it. That doesn’t mean that she’s averse to breaking a rule or two.

But when her curiosity gets the better of her and she discovers Chase, a new teen locked in a cage in her guardian’s basement, and witnesses him turn into a wolf before her eyes, the horrific memories of her parents’ murders return. Bryn becomes obsessed with getting her questions answered, and Chase is the only one who can provide the information she needs.

But in her drive to find the truth, will Bryn push too far beyond the constraints of the pack, forcing her to leave behind her friends, her family, and the identity that she’s shaped

I just finished this book last night after three days of straight reading. It’s a long and in-depth look at one humans’ experience being raised as an orphaned teenager by an alpha and his pack of wolves. Bryn is a scrappy headstrong girl who is looking for answers after her parents were killed by “the big bad wolf” of her nightmares. Along comes Chase, a boy who shares her past and some secrets of his own. What is the pull that draws them together and why does he feel so familiar? She will risk her life and lifelong loyalties to find out. As the story unravels it is evident both Chase and Bryn, the whole pack as well as countless others are in danger. Can they stop the attacks before it is too late?
Raised by Wolves is a breath of fresh air to YA fiction and is psychologically interesting. I appreciate that it’s free from swearing and adult situations. I personally wanted to know more about Chase and “get inside” his head to hear his thoughts of Bryn. I kept waiting for the full story behind his past and more interaction between the two main protagonists. Pack supervision and alpha power keep them removed from each other for most of the book. The villain is truly creepy and Jennifer Lynn Barnes makes him the most real character of all. He truly made my skin crawl in the last chapters.

Come out come out wherever you are
and pick up “Raised By Wolves” for a thrilling and suspenseful paranormal read. Four stars…
Email us if you are interersted in joining the ARC tour which kicks off today!

Teaser Tuesday- Raised By Wolves

25 May, 2010 by in raised by wolves, Teaser Tuesday Leave a comment

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly book meme
hosted by Miz B. of Should Be Reading.

This is how it works:
Grab a book that you are currently reading
Turn to any page and grab two teaser sentences from that page
Make sure it’s not a spoiler in case anyone wants to read the book
Include the author and name of the book

“He paused and the silence tickled my mind,

the chill in my spine climbing its way to the hairs on the back of my neck.
Before I loved cars, Yeats, having a bedroom that locked from the inside, and you.”
p.149 Raised By Wolves by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Contact us via email at fireandice.heather@gmail.com if you are interested in reading and reviewing this book as a part of our ARC tour.