Review, I AM WOLF by Joann Buchanan

I AM WOLF by Joann Buchanan
Angel, hero, monster, devil--we all become what we really are. I Am Wolf --The journey of a boy about to become a man who inherits his ancestors gift and must learn the right way to use it. He falls in love with Alaynee and begins to feel like he is normal again. When their world is shattered by the kidnapping of Alaynee's little brother, Jonah breaks the cardinal rule of his gift and bites the kidnapper, creating a creature called the unnatural. This sends him and all his friends on an adventure across the states to a place in Tennessee. There they find not only must they stop the unnatural creature, but they must save Cara--the girl the creature is after. Jonah must ask himself the most important question of all, would you sacrifice yourself to save another?




I fell in love from the first page. I Am Wolf is a phenomenal debut novel for author Joann Buchanan. She paints the most amazing pictures for her novel and you feel like someone has pick you up and put you right inside the pages.


The characters and well developed and as a reader you can relate to them. Some good lessons are shown in this book and the importance of friendship and sticking together when times get tough. Even though this is only the first book in the series we get to see the characters grow and mature as they work through what life has handed them.


The writing in this novel is so well done and it amazes me how she was able to go from a loving light hearted scene to a demonic and dark scene and place the reader in the head of a psychopath.


This story will take you through every emotion you can imagine and you will not want to put it down. I Am Wolf ids a page turner to the end. I believe there is something in this book for everyone and Joann must be a magical name, because J.K. Rowling needs to hold on to her throne, before Joann Buchanan kicks her right out of it. Look out Harry Potter, the wolves have descended and are coming for you!


Review by Charlotte Blackwell (Embrace Series)

Bad Reviews - How to deal

If you are in the entertainment industry in any way, shape, or form, you know about bad reviews. We all get them, writers, musicians, film makers. The thing is no matter how many great, good or even okay reviews you get, it's the bad ones that stick with you. Sometimes it's just someone who didn't like your work. That we can handle, because not everyone is going to love or even like what we put out. We pour heart and souls into our work and when someone doesn't "get it", or love it like we do, well lets face it, it hurts! 

Now comes the question, how do we respond to bad reviews? Easy answer is we don't, we call our friends and complain to them, or even better just let it roll off our back. It's not always that easy though, because some are really mean and nasty and will do evyerything to make you fail. The good news is, sometime bad reviews are the best kind. Why you may ask. Again a simple answer is, because any publicity is good publicity. Take Stephanie Meyer's Twilight. one of the hottest book franchises out right now. She has gotten tons of bad reviews, and some nasty one from high profile people too. Take Stephen King for instance. He tore her apart and continues to do so. One comment he made, (and for give me as i am paraphrasing here) along the line of Harry Potter is about overcoming challenges, growing and discovering ones self, Twilight is about boyfriends. Now I do completely agree with this statement, but I don't take it as bad, because sometime readers want something easy, lighthearted and just fun to read and yes about boyfriends. How do bad reviews work for us, well when some one sees a bad review, sometimes it drives them to want to see what was so bad about the book, movie, album ect. It also lowers their expectations and more times than not they will enjoy it even more and wonder what the reviewers problem was. 

Does any of this help us to deal with bad reviews? Probably not. Would we love to tell the bad reviewers where to shove their review? Most defiantly. Can we? Not a chance, responding to a bad review can be suicide in the industry. Even more so if you respond poorly. Credibility can be lost very fast and is difficult to get back. Now my question is, what do you do when a reviewer takes things to far? When they begin verbally attacking the artist and or their fans. To me that is uncalled for. If you don't like an artists contribution to society, so be it, but why attack those that do enjoy it? 

Another good example is the Canadian band Nickelback. I love this band, not only for their music, but because they are home grown. I don't understand why so many people are hating on them and anyone involved with them. They have been boycotted and petitions signed to prevent them from playing certain venues. What the heck is up with that? I follow a friend and co-worker of the lead signer and he fights back some of these comments. I love it. He stands up for himself and the band. After all why should he be trashed just because he is friends with the band? He shouldn't. Another example of this is the Dixie Chicks, they received death threats because of one comment made by Natalie the lead singer. What ever happened to freedom of speech?  

Freedom of speech allows someone to give us artists a bad review, and we have to take it. It also allows us to write and publish our stories and tales. It also allows our fans to enjoy our work and stand up for it. I just don't agree with being attacked for that. Now after all this you most likely didn't learn anything new, we still can't respond to bad reviews. BUT reviews please don't attack us or our fans because you are allowed to voice your opinion, does't mean everyone is going to agree with you. The same goes for us artists, as I said before, not everyone is going to like our work. So I guess the moral of this post is, don't fret a bad review...we all get them and they can't stop us.  

Review, The Conduit by Stacey Rourke

I was asked to review Conduit by Ms.Rourke's publicist earlier this month. I reluctantly agreed know that I already had my time stretch thin.(Hence this review going up a day late). This review is my personal opinion and I wasn't compensated in any way, shape or form. Well I can tell you that I am so glad I agreed to review The Conduit. This is a great debut novel by an author I suspect will have a wonder career. 

The Conduit appeals to young adults and adults alike. Rourke has done a wonderful job creating her characters, the Garret siblings and the adventure they take us on. Celeste, Kendall, and Gabe, will take the reader on a exciting, humorous and romantic fantasy adventure that will keep the pages turning until the end. As the siblings gain their powers they learn they are the chosen ones and need to save the world.

Okay now that's all I'm telling you because I'm always scared to give too much away. So if you or someone you know enjoys a good read and are ready for an perfectly crafted tale, you'll love The Conduit by Stacey Rourke.  Check out her website and don't forget to take a peek at the interview I did with her earlier this week. 

The Embrace Experience

Here is the blog tour dates and links for THE EMBRACE EXPERIENCE. I really hope I got all the bloggers links correct but if I didn't, sorry bloggers and please send me a message with the correct link. I will also have all the links added under the link tab soon as well as dates posted on the calender. Thank you again to EXPERIENCE TOURS and all the great bloggers participating. I am so excited!

Sept. 1: Guest Post & Giveaway @ After The Book

Sept. 2: Review (Immortal Embrace) & Guest Post @ StephLikesBooks

Sept. 3: Review (Forbidden Embrace) & Giveaway @ SeeitORreadit

Sept. 4: Review (Immortal Embrace) & Guest Post @ Librarian Mouse

Sept. 5: Review (Forbidden Embrace) & Giveaway @ Librarian Mouse

Sept.6: Author Interview @ Librarian Mouse

Sept. 7: Author Interview @ After The Book

Sept. 8: Review (ImmortaL Embrace) & Author Interview @ Much loved Books

Sept. 9: Review (Forbidden Embrace) @ Much Loved Books

Sept. 10: Character Interview & Book Excerpt @ SeeitORreadit

Sept. 11: Review (Immortal Embrace) @ Books Like Breathing

Sept. 12: Review (Immortal Embrace) @ Livin' Life Through Books

Sept. 13: Review (Forbidden Embrace) @ Livin' Life Through Books

Sept. 14: Review (Forbidden Embrace) & Guest Post @ Books Like Breathing