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ARC Review: Across A Star-Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund

October 15, 2013 / 12 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
ARC Review: Across A Star-Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund

Across a Star-Swept Sea (For Darkness Shows the Stars #2) Author: Diana Peterfreund (website | twitter) Publisher: Balzer + Bray (HarperCollins) Source/Format: ARC sent to me by author (thank you, Diana!) Publication date: October 15, 2013 (today!) My rating: 4.75 out of 5 stars Buy it: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Amazon Canada | The Book Depository My synopsis: Many years ago, the world was destroyed by a sudden catastrophe caused by people making too many genetic enhancements on themselves. This catastrophe, called the Reduction, left most of the world’s population mute and with very low brain functioning. What followed was […]

Birthday Month Author Spotlight: Interview with Diana Peterfreund +Giveaway!

Birthday Month Author Spotlight: Interview with Diana Peterfreund +Giveaway!

For my final Birthday Month Author Spotlight, I have a fantastic interview with the wonderful Diana Peterfreund. Read on for more about Diana’s favorite scenes, couples, more information about her upcoming companion to For Darkness Shows the Stars, ACROSS A STAR-SWEPT SEA and one last giveaway of any of her books! MOSTLY YA LIT: You’ve been a pretty steady author since you sold your first book. Do you feel like it’s gotten easier over time to figure out what to write, how to sell that proposal, etc?  Diana Peterfreund: Both and neither. In some way it’s gotten harder and in […]

Birthday Month Author Spotlight: Diana Peterfreund, tons of giveaways & an interview with Ellio..

Birthday Month Author Spotlight: Diana Peterfreund, tons of giveaways & an interview with Elliot North from For Darkness Shows the Stars!

Guess what? It’s my birthday today! I’ve been hinting for the last few months that I was going to have something big for my birthday…so here’s the scoop: this month, I’ll be spotlighting one of my favorite authors, Diana Peterfreund. I’ll be doing giveaways of a bunch of her books and swag, reviews, and a special interview with her with lots of details about her Fall 2013 release ACROSS A STAR-SWEPT SEA! Author Diana Peterfreund Why am I doing this? Because Diana is one of the coolest authors of YA and New Adult writing today. I really believe this. I […]

Review: For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund

November 6, 2012 / 18 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Feature, Review
Review: For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund

  This is my second time reading this book, and it was such a different experience than the first. I had mixed feelings the first time because of my obsession love of all things Austen. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out who was who and what matched up with what. Not the best way to approach a new book – as an aside, I think that’s often the reason why a lot of people end up not liking movies of books. It’s important to have a little distance from the work at hand.I promised myself I […]

Waiting on Wednesday: Across a Star-Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund

Waiting on Wednesday: Across a Star-Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund

“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that book bloggers are eagerly anticipating. This week’s WoW pick doesn’t even have an official release date yet, much less a cover, but I was so excited about it that I couldn’t resist posting about it! Across a Star-Swept Sea  Author: Diana Peterfreund Publisher: Balzer & Bray Expected publication date: Fall 2013 From the author’s website:  Centuries after wars nearly destroyed civilization, the two islands of New Pacifica stand alone, a terraformed paradise where even the Reduction—the devastating brain disorder that sparked the wars—is a distant […]