Title:Radiant Shadows Author:Melissa Marr Genre: YA, Fantasy, Romance Publisher: Harper Teen Publication Date: April 2010 Hardcover: 352 pages Stand alone or series: Book 4 in the Wicked Lovely series Hunger for nourishment. Hunger for touch. Hunger to belong. Half-human…
Melissa Marr
Good morning to all! It is time to say goodbye to our Steampunk Appreciation Weeks and resume regular schedule with a pretty cool week ahead of us, if we may say so ourselves. But first: Giveaway winners: The winners…
Welcome to Smugglivus – Day 24! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2009, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2010. Today’s…
Welcome to Smugglivus – Day 29! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2009, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2010. Today’s…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2009 – Day 3! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2009, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2010.…
Smugglivus has arrived! As you know, Smugglivus is our end of the year celebration leading up to our blog-o-versary on January 7th. And in true celebratory spirit we have invited authors, publishers and bloggers to look back at 2009…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. This is how the Smugglers’…
Happy Sunday, everyone! I kindly want to kick off this week’s edition of our Sunday Stash to say… MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! As of this instant, UCLA has a better football record than USC. Suck it Trojans. SUCK IT! Ahem. Now back…
Supernatural Summer: Melissa Marr on writing the Wicked Lovely Manga (and a giveaway)
Melissa Marr is the writer behind the fantabulous Wicked Lovely Young Adult series. We, the Book Smugglers, are huge fans of the author and her work: as evidenced by our reviews of Wicked Lovely, Ink Exchange (which made our…
Manga Review: Wicked Lovely – Desert Tales, vol.1, Sanctuary by Melissa Marr and Xian Nu Studio
Title: Wicked Lovely – Desert Tales, vol.1, Sanctuary Author: Melissa Marr (writer) and Xian Nu Studio (illustrator) Genre: Manga/Young Adult (Fantasy) Publisher: HarperCollins Publishing Date: April 21, 2009 Paperback: 176 pages Stand Alone or series: Volume one of a…
Howdy folks! Young Adult Appreciation Month is officially on (check here for our review of Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince movie)! Here’s what you can expect this coming week: Harper Teen has a fabulous Supernatural Summer promotion, for…
Another month, another dare. Every month we dare a book blogger to read a book that is outside their comfort zone and invite them to post their reviews or thoughts here. This time, the victim guest is Jessica who…
It is not a secret that we are huge fans of Melissa Marr’s books. Thea was the one who first read Wicked Lovely last year and promptly told Ana it was one of the Good Ones. From that moment…
Title: Fragile Eternity Author: Melissa Marr Genre: Speculative Fiction, Young Adult, Fantasy/Urban Fantasy Publisher: Harper Collins Publishing Date: April 2009 Hardcover: 400 pages Stand Alone/ Series: Book 3 in the Wicked Lovely series but also the direct sequel to…
Sunday is here, Sunday is here! Which means it’s playoffs time! Oh, yeah, and time for another stash. Giveaway Winner: Our lucky winner of the Angie Fox Dangerous Book for Demon Slayers swag is: Tiah! You know the drill:…
Day 8 (18 Days to Smugglivus and counting) Who: Melissa Marr, bestselling author of the modern day tales of faerie Wicked Lovely and Ink Exchange. Wicked Lovely won a RITA for best Young Adult novel in 2008, and Ink…
Another weekend comes to a close, but worry not! We have another busy week ahead. First, some housekeeping… Thanks to Julia Quinn for stopping by for the lovely chat! And we have our winners–drumroll please– Barbara and Kara You…
As the grand finale of our mini-week special on Dark Fairy Tales, we contacted Melissa Marr for a brief chat–and she was kind enough to take some time out of her hectic schedule (it was right after Wicked Lovely…
Title: Ink Exchange Author: Melissa Marr Genre: Young Adult, Dark Fantasy Stand Alone or Series: Second book in the series. Summary: (from HarperCollins.com)Unbeknownst to mortals, a power struggle is unfolding in a world of shadows and danger. After centuries…
Title: Wicked Lovely Author: Melissa Marr Genre: Young Adult, Dark Fantasy Stand Alone or Series: First book in the series. Summary: (from HarperCollins.com)Rule #3: Don’t stare at invisible faeries. Aislinn has always seen faeries. Powerful and dangerous, they walk…