Blog Tour: Circle of Jinn by Lori Goldstein + Giveaway

Welcome to our stop on Circle of Jinn tour for Lori Goldstein. This tour is hosted by Fantastic Flying Book Club.

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Circle of Jinn
Author: Lori Goldstein
Reading Level: Young Adult
Genre: Fantasy
Released: May 17 2016
Review Source: Feiwel & Friends

Being Jinn is Azra’s new reality. As she grants wishes under the watchful eye of the Afrit council, she remains torn between her two worlds—human and Jinn. Soon, secrets spill. Zars are broken. Humans become pawns. And rumors of an uprising become real as the Afrit’s reach extends beyond the underground world of Janna.

Straddling the line becomes impossible. Aware of her unique abilities, Azra must not just face but embrace her destiny. But when the role she must play and those she must protect expand to include a circle of Jinn greater than her own, Azra will be forced to risk everything. A risk that means there’s everything to lose, and at the same time, everything to gain—for herself and her entire Jinn race.

In this dramatic sequel to Becoming Jinn, Azra’s story comes to a heartfelt and thrilling conclusion.

10 Random Facts about the Series

1. The name Azra was inspired by a real-life news report of an infant baby pulled from the rubble of an earthquake in Turkey in 2011. Both she and her mother miraculously survived.
2. The Jinn are a real-life spirit creature core to the beliefs of cultures in North Africa and the Middle East. Lore about the Jinn spans centuries.
3. Names from my own family populate Becoming Jinn and Circle of Jinn, from my grandmothers to my sister to my friends to my first cat (who was also demonic as is the Slinky in the book).
4. Other names were chosen for what they mean: those inclined, look up Henry Carwyn and Nathan Reese.
5. The beach where Azra works is based on my favorite beach in Massachusetts: Crane Beach in Ipswich.
6. I am a huge Vampire Diaries fan. There are veiled references to the show throughout both books (hybrid, anyone?).
7. The bangles featured on the covers were purchased in the retail chain Ten Thousand Villages.
8. Azra loves a food I love: mint chocolate chip ice cream.
9. Azra loves a food I hate: coffee.
10. The first page and the last page of Becoming Jinn never changed from the day I signed with my agent. Ditto for Circle of Jinn.

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My debut novel, the Young Adult Contemporary Fantasy Becoming Jinn, is a modern spin on the traditional tale of wish-granting genies. The sequel, Circle of Jinn, releases May 17, 2016 (Feiwel and Friends/Macmillan).


Too much of my day involves chatting books, obsessing over The Vampire Diaries, and perfecting the art of efficient writing through Twitter. Find me at @loriagoldstein and follow my blog at www.lorigoldsteinbooks.com, my Tumblr athttp://lorigoldsteinbooks.tumblr.com, or my Instagram athttp://www.instagram.com/lorigoldstei....


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I am represented by Lucy Carson of The Friedrich Agency.

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Book Review: Circle Of Jinn by Lori Goldstein

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Circle Of Jinn
Becoming Jinn #2
Author: Lori Goldstein
Reading Level: Young Adult
Genre: Fantasy
Released: May 17 2016
Review Source: Feiwel & Friends

Being Jinn is Azra’s new reality. As she grants wishes under the watchful eye of the Afrit council, she remains torn between her two worlds—human and Jinn. Soon, secrets spill. Zars are broken. Humans become pawns. And rumors of an uprising become real as the Afrit’s reach extends beyond the underground world of Janna.

Straddling the line becomes impossible. Aware of her unique abilities, Azra must not just face but embrace her destiny. But when the role she must play and those she must protect expand to include a circle of Jinn greater than her own, Azra will be forced to risk everything. A risk that means there’s everything to lose, and at the same time, everything to gain—for herself and her entire Jinn race.

In this dramatic sequel to Becoming Jinn, Azra’s story comes to a heartfelt and thrilling conclusion.

Azra is still trying to figure out how to be a Jinn. She's learning that granting wishes isn't that easy, she's also learning that granting peoples wishes might make a deeper connection between her and the people she's granted wishes for. On top of that she has to deal with the possible uprising that might be happening because of the Afrit's rule and their plans for the future.

New characters in existing stories are always my favorite, and when they become my favorite character it's even better! Zak! He's amazing and his role in this story is one that is unforgettable. At first warding Azra from the troubles that might happen from not granting wishes, only to turn into a central piece of the game. It was amazing seeing how he played his part.

I would've loved for there to be more action with what was happening with the Afrit. I'm hoping the next book will be all action. Yes I love the love scenes - but sometimes the characters you wanted to get together were driving you insane and not getting together. So I wanted the action to distract me from the romance that was always on the fence!

Book Blast: Becoming Jinn by Lori Goldstein + Giveaway

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Becoming Jinn
Becoming Jinn #1
Author: Lori Goldstein
Reading Level: Young Adult
Genre: Fantasy
Released: April 21 2015
Review Source: Feiwel & Friends

One of the Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror of 2015 by VOYA Magazine

Harry Potter meets Twilight in debut novelist Lori Goldstein’s magical tale of sixteen-year-old Azra, a teenage girl whose Jinn ancestry transforms her into a modern-day genie. With the power to grant anyone’s wish but her own, Azra pretends to be human, spending her days at the beach, enjoying a budding romance, and evading her Jinn destiny. But when she discovers she may not be like the rest of her circle of Jinn, will her powers save or endanger them all?

"This well-written title . . . will not stay on the shelf." -- VOYA Starred Review

"The only thing it left me wishing for was the sequel!" -- New York Times best-selling author Anna Banks

"A fresh, gently subversive tale with a new strain of paranormal problems at its core." -- B&N Teen Blog

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Born into an Italian-Irish family (hence the short temper and the freckles), Lori Goldstein up in a small town on the Jersey shore and now makes her home outside of Boston in a place close enough to the ocean that on the right day, she can smell the sea from her back deck, and yet it still takes an hour to get to the beach. She earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism and worked as a writer, editor, and graphic designer before embracing her love of fictional people. When not writing or reading (preferably from a sandy local), Lori can be found chatting books,  obsessing over The Vampire Diaries, and perfecting the art of efficient writing through Twitter.

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