REVIEW - Foreshadow by Brea Essex

Imagine discovering that your boyfriend was out to kill you—and that the annoying boy from school was your guardian angel. 

Rae Davenport has already lost her mother. The only thing keeping her sane is her new boyfriend, Andrei—that is, until she finds out that he wants to kill her. Andrei is a devil, and he wants to use Rae as a sacrifice to get back into Heaven. The only one who can save her is Logan, her guardian angel. He’s only annoyed her in the past, but now he will be her savior.

                      ~blurb from Goodreads

This was an amazing way to start off my reading list of 2012. I LOVED this book! 

There are so many aspects of this book that appealed to me. The way Logan goes from the annoying guy in all of Rae's classes to the one person who can save her from a fate worse than death (because I think what could happen to her would be a lot worse than dying). Even the bad guy had what he thought was a good motive for doing what he was doing, though I was a little surprised by his anger issues so early in the "relationship". 

The characters were well defined and spoke to me as real people. I understood Rae's pain at losing her mother, Tanis's snottiness, and Genevra and Shane's love for her. Every character served their purpose beautifully. 

I've only read a few angel books and there a lot more out there that I can't wait to read. I found FORESHADOW to be a refreshing take on an older than time theme, despite how much it follows traditional thinking on the matter. I can't wait to see what happens in the rest of the trilogy. This was a great novel by a great debut author! I highly recommend it to anyone who loves to read!

Book Chick City's 100 Books Challenge

Hello again, everyone!
There was one thing I forgot to add to my to-do/goals list. I found out this morning that Book Chick City is hosting yet another year of the 100 Books Read Challenge. In 2011, I read more than 80 books, so reading another 20 should be pretty easy, right? :) To check it  out, go here:

http://www.bookchickcity.com/2011/12/sign-up-100-books-in-year-reading.html

Wish me luck!
Happy Reading, everyone!
Erin

Another Year, Another Blog

Hi everyone!

I decided to start this blog because I believe it will give me everything I'm looking for in a place to put my thoughts, record my triumphs and talk about my defeats (not that I think there will be many of those).

One year ago, I started my first writerly blog on LiveJournal.com. It was the first step towards changing my life. Though I haven't published anything (yet), I have met numerous amazing author friends who I would not have met if I had not stepped out of my comfort zone and actually put myself out there to be found. In 2011, I wrote 3 complete novels, numerous short stories, and became a constant contributor for Literary Lunes online magazine, run by one of my favorite friends, Beth Ann Masarik. Of the 10 things on my New Year's Resolutions list I made at the beginning of 2011, I completed 8 of them. It was an amazing year! And here's hoping 2012 will be just as great!

My goals for this year include:
- finish writing all components of the Spiral Defenders series (2 more books and 1 more short story)
- revamp and recover the Mason Ridge trilogy (written by me in 2008-2010)
- write 2-3 blog posts a week
- help others write well
-support everyone, whether they traditionally or self publish
- continue building a platform for myself as a Young Adult Author

I'll admit it; towards the end of 2011, I became a little anti-social. I let my Facebook friends go. I haven't Tweeted in months.I had only a small group of people that I communicated with. This is my first step towards getting out of that box and throwing myself out there again. I hope you will like what I have to say.