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#Giveaway Review TEMPESTS AND SLAUGHTER by Tamora Pierce @TamoraPierce @RandomHouseKids Ends 3.2

February 12, 2018 By Mary

TEMPESTS AND SLAUGHTER Blog Tour

About The Book:
Title: TEMPESTS AND SLAUGHTER
Author: Tamora Pierce
Pub. Date: February 6, 2018
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 480
Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Audible, B&N, iBooks, TBD

 

Arram. Varice. Ozorne. In the first book in the Numair Chronicles, three student mages are bound by fate . . . fated for trouble.

Arram Draper is a boy on the path to becoming one of the realm’s most powerful mages. The youngest student in his class at the Imperial University of Carthak, he has a Gift with unlimited potential for greatness–and for attracting danger. At his side are his two best friends: Varice, a clever girl with an often-overlooked talent, and Ozorne, the “leftover prince” with secret ambitions. Together, these three friends forge a bond that will one day shape kingdoms. And as Ozorne gets closer to the throne and Varice gets closer to Arram’s heart, Arram begins to realize that one day soon he will have to decide where his loyalties truly lie.

In the Numair Chronicles, readers will be rewarded with the never-before-told story of how Numair Salmalín came to Tortall. Newcomers will discover an unforgettable fantasy adventure where a kingdom’s future rests on the shoulders of a talented young man with a knack for making vicious enemies.

Act fast! The first printing of the hardcover includes a collector’s edition poster!

 

 

About Tamora:

Tamora Pierce is a bestselling author of young adult fantasy books that break past the traditions of the fantasy genre to feature teenage girls as knights, wizards, and above all: heroes. A #1 New York Times bestseller and the recipient of the 2013 Margaret A. Edwards award, Tamora has written over 30 books, including the upcoming TORTALL: A SPY’S GUIDE (Oct. 31, 2017) and TEMPESTS AND SLAUGHTER (Feb. 6, 2018).

 

Tamora was drawn to books from a young age. Raised in rural Pennsylvania, the child of a “long, proud line of hillbillies,” her family never had much. “We were poor, but I didn’t know it then. We had a garden where my folks grew fruit and vegetables and our water came from a well,” she explains. But one thing they did have was plenty of books. So Tamora read.

A self-proclaimed “geek,” she devoured fantasy and science fiction novels, and by the age of 12 was mimicking her literary idols and writing her own action-packed stories. It was thanks to her father that Tamora began writing. “He heard me telling myself stories as I did dishes, and he suggested that I try to write some of them down,” Pierce says.

But Tamora’s novels had one major difference: unlike the books she was reading, her stories featured teenaged girl warriors. “I couldn’t understand this lapse of attention on the part of the writers I loved, so until I could talk them into correcting this small problem, I wrote about those girls, the fearless, bold, athletic creatures that I was not, but wanted so badly to be.”

Seventeen years later, after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, a brief career in teen social work and some time spent writing for radio, Tamora Pierce held true to her childhood crusade, and published ALANNA: THE FIST ADVENTURE, the first in a quartet about a valiant, young, female warrior. Pierce’s heroine struck a chord with readers across the country and quickly earned her a loyal following.

Now, with over 30 critically-acclaimed books to her name, Pierce lives in upstate New York with her husband Tim and their menagerie of nine cats, two birds, a flock of pigeons, various raccoons and squirrels, and one opossum. “It’s a pretty good life, if I do say so myself. Struggling along as a kid and even through my twenties, it’s the kind of life I dreamed of but never believed I would get. Yet here I am, after a lot of work, a lot of worry, a lot of care for details, and a massive chunk of luck, the kind that brought me such strong friends and readers. Pretty good for a hillbilly, yes? And I never take it for granted.”

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The story of TEMPESTS AND SLAUGHTER is a prequel to the land of Tortall’s greatest magician, Arram before he becomes Numair Salmalín.  The world building and background are told with a slow build up to a climatic ending, which you guessed it, is to be continued in the next book.  I found at parts, the story comes in little doses of day to day life of Arram and how he accidentally casts a spell, which catapults him into a whole other level of magic that will change his life and become a fighter of evil.

You don’t have to be a fan of this world but it does help to have some background there. For those who enjoyed Harry Potter, you may want to go back through the twenty or so books in the series.  The good versus evil plot is always an entertaining way to go and there are details of race and slavery that can easily relate to today’s political climate.  I know the stories aren’t meant to be a direct critique but I found myslef reading into the plot by how relatable the story is.  This is the perfect read for a rainy day when you just need some magic in your life.

 

 

Giveaway Details: International

3 winners will receive a finished copy of TEMPESTS AND SLAUGHTER, US Only.

 

Ends on March 2nd at Midnight EST!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Tour Schedule:
Week One:
2/1/2018- Fiction Fare– Review
2/2/2018- herbookstacks– Review

Week Two:
2/5/2018- Here’s to Happy Endings– Review
2/6/2018- A Dream Within A Dream– Review
2/7/2018- Book-Keeping– Review
2/8/2018- Eli to the nth– Review
2/9/2018- LILbooKlovers– Review

Week Three:
2/12/2018- Jump Into Books– Review
2/13/2018- BookHounds YA– Review
2/14/2018- Jessabella Reads– Review
2/15/2018- YA Bibliophile– Review
2/16/2018- Nerdophiles – Review

Week Four:
2/19/2018- Book Briefs– Review
2/20/2018- Smada’s Book Smack– Review
2/21/2018- Confessions of a YA Reader– Excerpt
2/22/2018- YA Books Central– Excerpt
2/23/2018- The Book Nut– Review

Week Five:
2/26/2018- A Backwards Story– Review
2/27/2018- The Book Shire– Review
2/28/2018- Falling Down The Book Hole– Excerpt

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Comments

  1. Cecilia Rodriguez says

    February 13, 2018 at 4:29 pm

    I have enjoyed the female knight stories

  2. Vicki Wurgler says

    February 14, 2018 at 6:12 am

    book sounds good thank you for the giveaway

  3. BookLady says

    February 19, 2018 at 6:22 pm

    Congrats on the new release! It sounds like a fascinating book.

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