Book Blast: Vial Things by Leah Clifford

Leah Clifford is back with a BLOODY good young adult novel that you don’t want to miss. And at $2.99 – there’s no reason to!

As an eighteen-year-old resurrectionist, Allie knows staying vigilant means staying alive. The blood of the resurrectionists is heavily regulated, only used with the express permission of the group’s leaders for fear of being discovered. She’s taken every precaution--self-defense classes since childhood, extensive weapons training with knives, and even going so far as to befriend a homeless boy named Ploy, who unknowingly trades a few nights a week on her couch in exchange for being a human tripwire to those after her blood.
But as Allie and Ploy’s feelings for each other grow, and a hunter starts taking out the resurrectionists of Fissure’s Whipp, Allie begins to realize even her best laid plans won’t be enough to keep both Ploy and herself safe.
Protecting a girl he shouldn’t love, from a threat he understands too well, Ploy must face his past to save his future in Allie’s world--a world where bringing back the dead can cost you your life.

About The Author

Leah Clifford was born and raised outside of Cleveland Ohio. She has an affinity for all things weird and creepy as made evident by her oddity shop Petite Grotesque and her previous young adult novels, A Touch Mortal, A Touch Morbid and A Touch Menacing.
You can find her on Twitter

Book Blast: A Touch Menacing by Leah Clifford + Giveaway

It’s nearly time to say good bye to Eden and her friends with the conclusion of the A Touch Trilogy from author Leah Clifford.

Whether you’ve been there from the beginning when Eden first met Az in A TOUCH MORTAL. Spent countless hours contemplating with other A Touch Trilogy fans over the fate of the kitten, from A TOUCH MORBID. Or are just joining us now, the conclusion to Leah Clifford’s A Touch Trilogy promises to be heart stopping and well worth the wait!

Pick up whichever novel you need to catch up before MENACING’S March 5th release date. You don’t want to be the only one not talking about this book!

A TOUCH MENACING
A Touch Trilogy #3 Author: Leah Clifford
Release Date: March 5th

Eden is dying. For real, this time.
She is crumbling to ash, and an unnatural plague is ravaging mortals and immortals alike. With both Heaven and Hell out to destroy her, Eden can no longer tell the difference between good and evil.

Friends become enemies. And enemies are everywhere.
But don't underestimate Eden. She'll fight for her life, for the lives of those she loves, and for every life she has ever touched.
She'll fight for revenge. For redemption. For—just maybe—the chance to be mortal again.
Everything began with forbidden love.
What will be sacrificed at the bitter end?
The dramatic conclusion to Leah Clifford's dark, alluring trilogy of life, death, and epic love.

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GIVEAWAY

Help us spread the word about the final installment of the A Touch Trilogy, and you could win one of these amazing prizes!

Grand Prize 
30 Minute Skype Chat with Leah Clifford. Talk about writing, talk about THE KITTEN, talk about her books! Talk about almost anything!

2nd Place 
Get’s to name a character in Leah’s next published book

2 Lucky Bonus Winners Will get 1 Paperback of A TOUCH MORTAL and 1 Hardcover of A TOUCH MORBID signed to the winner!

THE RULES
- Open Internationally for the Skype Chat and Character Name
- Books Will Only be mailed in the US.
- Pre Order for A Touch Menacing can be from any date
- Order for Mortal or Morbid MUST be dated between 2/1 and 2/22
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Leah Clifford currently lives in Ohio, but frequently dreams of finding an abandoned mansion in the south that she can restore. In her spare time she loves to travel and has been known to drive over two hours to get kickass quesadillas. So far for jobs she's sold corn at a roadside stand, been a pizza delivery girl, a camp counselor, an extreme cave tour guide, a flight attendant, a waitress (x3), a grocery store clerk and a writer. Out of all of them, writing has been the most fun. She's pretty sure she's gonna stick with it.

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Book Review: A Touch Morbid by Leah Clifford

A Touch Morbid
A Touch Trilogy #2
Author: Leah Clifford
Reading Level: YA
Genre: Paranormal/Fantasy
Release Date: February 28th 2012
Review Source: Greenwillow Books
Available: Amazon

Summary: (from goodreads) Eden won the battle-she saved her true love from the darkest evil. But the war has only just begun. With secrets swirling around her, powerful allies unraveling, and life-and death-as she knows it eroding, Eden and those she loves tread dangerous ground. Can she trust anyone? Will her unearthly powers be her salvation or her downfall? A sweeping, dark, and sexy paranormal romance that will haunt readers with an inventive mythology and a cinematic New York City filled with shadows and longing.

OK I really did want to love this second book in the series more than the first one. I was about 175-200 pages in and just was not connecting with the characters or the story or possibly both. Maybe it was not the right time for me to pick this book up yet. I hardly will say I blame my age when I read YA books, because YA is 95% of what I read. I do think maybe this time around I might be to old for this series, not sure. I'm trying to dissect why I didn't connect. Individually I like Eden's character and Az also. I did understand more of Leah's world building and who and what characters are, but since I read A Touch Mortal back in April of last year, I think I forgot quite a bit about the story and that had me confused at times again reading A Touch Morbid. I can tell you I LOVE the covers for this series. Something about the simple girl on cover with punk hair is a WIN WIN for me. So basically did I dislike the book that would be a NO but was I lost YES. 

A Touch Morbid starts with Eden and Az are finally together and Gabriel is in hiding. Everyone is keeping life changing secrets of course from one another. Eden will have to decide if she will continue to trust in Kristen and work with her or possibly start to work with Madeleine. Will pacts break? Questions will be answered but guess what? New questions will arise also. Be prepared for some hot scenes and some foul language but if you read A Touch Mortal then you know what to await in this installment. Also be prepared for that mighty cliff hanger, it a doozey!!! 

Book Review: A Touch Mortal

A Touch Mortal (ARC)
Author: Leah Clifford
Pages: 432 pgs
Reading Level: YA
Published: February 22nd 2011
Review Source: GreenWillow Books
Available: Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Borders

Summary: (from HarperCollins website) Eden didn't expect Az.

Not his saunter down the beach toward her. Not his unbelievable pick-up line. Not the instant, undeniable connection. And not his wings.

Yeah.

So long, happily-ever-after.

Now trapped between life and death, cursed to spread chaos with her every touch, Eden could be the key in the eternal struggle between heaven and hell. All because she gave her heart to one of the Fallen, an angel cast out of heaven.

She may lose everything she ever had. She may be betrayed by those she loves most. But Eden will not be a pawn in anyone else's game. Her heart is her own.

And that's only the beginning of the end.

A Touch Mortal had my interest since I read the blurb when I added this book for my Debut Author Challenge. Leah gives us a new kinda tale to read about. The characters were all very interesting at times. The plot was great but the delivery fell a bit short for me. I would loose connection with the characters when the book would jump. The talk of suicide also put a small damper on my reading, I just questioned if there could have been maybe a different option for the Siders to turn. Suicide is just such a strong theme and I don't know if the amount of talk and action was needed. The foul language actually didn't affect me as much as the talk of suicide. Now that being said Leah wrote the story that you feel when they hurt and when they are sad and of course loved. It's definitely a new paranormal world to read about. Just took me a bit to understand the whole gist about it. 

You meet Eden, she is a somewhat depressed and having thoughts she shouldn't be having. She meets Az one day down by the beach and its a instant connection. Now what Eden doesn't know is that Az is a partially Fallen Angel. He was punished for being in love with a mortal and now has to bear wings. Az best friend is a Angel still bound to heaven and discovers that Eden is path-less. So they know they have to rush her to take her own life because if not the Fallen will come after her to torture her so that Az will Fall. So this is when things fall into motion and jump around until the end. Eden has to discover what happen to her and why. Will she forgive Az or will she move on. Then she learns she is not your normal Sider and all Siders are now afraid of what she can do. Then finally she discovers why she has this certain power, will she accept who and why they did it. You will have to read to find out. Can't wait what see what happen in the next installment in the series. I do recommend this for a mature YA reader due to strong context and language.