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$10 #Giveaway Interview FANGS & FINS by Amy McNulty @McNultyAmy Ends 5.13

April 29, 2018 By Mary

by Amy McNulty

 

FANGS & FINS

About the Book:
Title: FANGS & FINS A Paranormal Romance (Blood, Bloom, & Water Book 1)
Author: Amy McNulty
Pub. Date: May 1, 2018
Publisher: Snowy Wings Publishing
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Pages: 330
Find it: Amazon, Goodreads

 

A dapper vampire. A sullen merman. Two heirs to a great conflict—and each needs to claim a beloved to become his kindred’s champion.

High school senior Ember Goodwin never had a sister, but after her mom’s remarriage, she now has two. The eldest is no stranger to her—Ivy is a witty girl in her grade who’s almost never spoken to the shy bookworm before—but she’s surprised to find the popular girl quite amiable. Their burgeoning friendship is tested, however, when Dean Horne, a pale, besuited charmer, shows interest in them both and plans to reveal his appetite for blood to the one who’ll stand by his side.

Seventeen-year-old Ivy Sheppard is tired of splitting her time between her dad’s and her mom’s, particularly when her dad uproots their lives to move them in with his new wife and step-daughter. Used to rolling with her parents’ whims, she tries to make the best of it and befriend her nerdy new step-sister. Her hectic life grows more unwieldy when she catches the eye of junior Calder Poole, whom she swears she sees swap well-toned legs for a pair of fins during a dip in a lake. Now she’s fending off suitors left and right, all while trying to get to the bottom of the strange happenings in her town.

The first book in the Blood, Bloom, & Water series sets family against family and friend against friend as an epic, ancient war comes to a head in a supposedly sleepy suburb.

 

 

 

About Amy:

Amy McNulty is an editor and author of books that run the gamut from YA speculative fiction to contemporary romance. A lifelong fiction fanatic, she fangirls over books, anime, manga, comics, movies, games, and TV shows from her home state of Wisconsin. When not reviewing anime professionally or editing her clients’ novels, she’s busy fulfilling her dream by crafting fantastical worlds of her own.

 

Website | Twitter | Facebook |Instagram | Pinterest | Goodreads

 

  1. What is on your nightstand?

I’m currently reading both Deception So Dark by Clara Kensie and Jane, Unlimited by Kristin Cashore. I love them both, but I’m so spent from reading all day (I’m an editor for other agented and/or indie authors) that I only sometimes have the energy to read for fun before I fall asleep.

  1. What author would you totally fan?

So many to choose from! The biggest ones like J.K. Rowling and Suzanne Collins aside, I adore the works of Nancy Werlin and I told her that at a signing! I actually only found out about her books at a previous signing, and I’m so glad I did. The Impossible books really stuck with me.

  1. What makes you cringe?

Characters acting foolishly… But as an author, I also recognize that characters are only human and sometimes you really need someone to do something dumb so there are consequences for them to face afterward.

  1. Do you obsessively plot out each point or just go with the flow?

I’ve done both, but now I prefer to have a vague outline beforehand. I’ll almost always go off-outline as I write, but I like having the skeleton there to get back to when I’m stuck. Probably about 1/3 of FANGS & FINS was off-outline, but I came back to the outline for the climax of the book.

 

  1. Is there a word you love to use?

 

My favorite word is “facetious,” but I don’t use it much. I researched a lot of slang for this book (from the 1940s for my vampires, for modern U.S. teens for most of the rest of the characters, and British slang for one character in particular), and probably my favorite to use was “cooking with gas.” I didn’t wind up using it, but I liked discovering that “motorized freckles” was a 1940s word for “insects.”

 

Luna, named for Sailor Moon’s mentor/pet!

 

 

 

Giveaway Details:

1 winner will receive a $10 Amazon Gift Card, International.

 

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Tour Schedule:

Week One:
4/30/2018- BookHounds YA– Interview
5/1/2018- Book Bite Reviews– Review
5/2/2018- Bri’s Book Nook– Review
5/3/2018- Book Briefs– Review
5/4/2018- Two Chicks on Books– Excerpt

Week Two:
5/7/2018- RhythmicBooktrovert- Review
5/8/2018- Don’t Judge, Read– Review
5/9/2018- Brandi’s Book Reviews– Review
5/10/2018- A Backwards Story– Guest Post
5/11/2018- Eating Between The Lines Inc– Review

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Comments

  1. Cali W. says

    April 29, 2018 at 9:25 pm

    Thanks for the giveaway; I like the title. 🙂

  2. Kate Sarsfield says

    April 30, 2018 at 6:39 am

    We’ve always used the word ‘facetious’ especially when defending an opinion against someone who wouldn’t know the meaning as in the dismissive ‘Oh, don’t be so facetious’!

  3. Freda says

    April 30, 2018 at 6:59 am

    I like that the author shares the same reading tastes as I do. Great night stand books!!

  4. Lisa Brown says

    April 30, 2018 at 7:24 am

    I enjoyed getting to know your book; congrats on the tour, I hope it is a fun one for you, and thanks for the chance to win 🙂

  5. Cathy French says

    April 30, 2018 at 7:52 am

    Sounds like a good read. I think that is a lot going on for a “sleepy suburb”.

  6. Judy Cox says

    April 30, 2018 at 8:48 am

    sounds like a great read that I will love to read and I also really find the cover standoutish with the pretty colors!

  7. Danielle Hammelef says

    April 30, 2018 at 8:48 am

    This book sounds unique and fun as I love family and friendship stories in YA.

  8. Sandra Watts says

    April 30, 2018 at 8:53 am

    Sounds pretty interesting.

  9. Sara Zielinski says

    April 30, 2018 at 10:22 am

    This sounds like a great book.

  10. BookLady says

    April 30, 2018 at 6:55 pm

    Congrats on the new release! Lovely cover. Thanks for sharing.

  11. Linda Romer says

    April 30, 2018 at 7:50 pm

    Looking forward to reading Fangs and Fins. Thank you

  12. Mary Preston says

    May 1, 2018 at 3:42 am

    I think my daughter would enjoy this.

  13. Melissa says

    May 1, 2018 at 2:43 pm

    The motif of blue and red has often times been employed in movies, books, video games, etc. It is an interesting one and the cover is very dazzling because of it.

  14. Nikolina Vukelic says

    May 5, 2018 at 11:14 am

    I really enjoyed reading your amazing interview, thank you!

  15. Solange says

    May 9, 2018 at 1:05 pm

    The book description sounds intriguing. Thanks for sharing. Love the cover and interview too.

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