Thursday, June 2, 2016

Defy Blog Tour–Review

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If you follow me on Goodreads, you’ve probably seen me raving about Tricia Mingerink’s books. Seriously, they are AWESOME. I had the privilage of beta reading Defy, but now it has been released to the public! If you haven’t read any of Tricia’s books yet, DO IT. NOW. Ahem, yes, I’m a rather rabid fan. Be warned as you scroll down and read my fangirly review. ;)

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About the Book

The war for Acktar has begun.

With his betrayal revealed, former Blade Leith Torren flees into the Sheered Rock Hills, pursued by King Respen’s vengeful Blades.

Left behind at Nalgar Castle, Renna Faythe tries to find her purpose, yet that purpose isn’t what she expected.

Brandi Faythe has been torn from her sister, and that isn’t all right. If Leith can’t rescue Renna, Brandi will take matters into her own hands.

War demands sacrifice. Courage falters. Who will find the strength to defy King Respen?

Acktar rests on one hope:

The Leader is ready.

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My Review: 5 (Can I just give it 10 stars instead?)

Oh, where to start? It takes a special kind of author to drag me into a story and make me feel all the emotions. Tricia is just such an author. Seriously, The Blades of Acktar are some of the few books that have stressed me out. Ask my mom. I was intensely stressed while reading Defy. The characters. Oh my goodness. Or maybe I should say the character. Yes, I’m talking about Leith. I adore Leith. Leith is a precious cinnamon roll. Apparently that’s now what we call sweet, adorable, precious characters who face terrible struggles (e.g. Bucky Barnes). *shrugs* Works for me. But yes, Leith is one of my preciouses. You know, those all time favorite characters you want to hug and place in bubble wrap and take them away from their author until said author learns to play nice? Leith is one of them. And it’s terribly ironic considering Tricia and I are basically evil author twins. I’m sure my readers want to take my characters away from me. But that’s what I find so great about Tricia’s books. I don’t think I’ve ever read books that are quite so good at giving me a taste of my own medicine. It’s awesome.

All that flail-y fangirly-ness is to say, read this book. If you love tortured, but precious cinnamon roll characters, you will fall in love with Leith. And he isn’t the only great character in there, and all of them grow so much. Then there are a few you want to smack upside the head (or worse). Like a certain someone I wanted to smack because of his distrust for Leith. Then again, I suppose I’d feel the same way in his position.

I know this isn’t your typical analytical review (I’m terrible at those), but in all seriousness, I highly recommend Defy and all of Tricia’s books. While some of it might be a bit intense for very sensitive readers, I also found them very encouraging. The faith element of the story is very strong and very real. And these are especially great books if you are looking for non-magical fantasy.

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If you haven’t read any of Tricia’s books yet, you’re in luck! Both of her first books, Dare and Deny, are on sale for Kindle! The sale runs until June 4th, so make sure to grab them quick!

About the Author

dsc09450-2Tricia Mingerink is a twenty-something, book-loving, horse-riding country girl. She lives in Michigan with her family and their pack of pets. When she isn’t writing, she can be found pursuing backwoods adventures across the country.

You can connect with her on Facebook, Pinterest, Goodreads, Twitter, Instagram, and her blog.

 

 

 

 

 

Facebook Party!

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To celebrate Defy’s release and the one year anniversary of her first book, Dare, Tricia his hosting a Facebook party! And I happen to be the guest author. :D Tricia will be giving away copies of books by me, as well as Nadine Brandes and Angie Brashear. There’ll also be giveaways for the audiobooks of Dare and Deny, and, of course, paperbacks of the whole series.

To top it all off, there will be a live character chat with the characters of The Blades of Acktar. What does this mean? It means that for 1.5 hours on June 2, several of the characters will have Facebook accounts and know how to use them. They’ll be there to answer questions and chat. Have you ever wanted to ask Leith a question? This will be your chance. Want to have a chat with Brandi? You’ll be able to do that too. It’s going to be grand chaos.

Make sure you check it out and invite your friends! https://www.facebook.com/events/1744737105773222/

And don’t forget to check out all the other blogs that were part of the blog tour!

3 comments:

  1. Cinnamon Roll is a common saying now!?!?! Gah, and here I thought it was just for a certain character in a certain fandom....oh well....

    Fun review!

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  2. This is *is* a really awesome series. Ahh, Leith is amazing! As is Renna. I loved how she overcame her fears and was brave in this latest book. I admire both of them. <3 <3 <3

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  3. Thanks for participating in the blog tour! And guest authoring (yes, that's a verb now) at the Facebook Party!

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