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.
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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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
Thanks for the giveaway; I like the title. 🙂
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’!
I like that the author shares the same reading tastes as I do. Great night stand books!!
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 🙂
Sounds like a good read. I think that is a lot going on for a “sleepy suburb”.
sounds like a great read that I will love to read and I also really find the cover standoutish with the pretty colors!
This book sounds unique and fun as I love family and friendship stories in YA.
Sounds pretty interesting.
This sounds like a great book.
Congrats on the new release! Lovely cover. Thanks for sharing.
Looking forward to reading Fangs and Fins. Thank you
I think my daughter would enjoy this.
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.
I really enjoyed reading your amazing interview, thank you!
The book description sounds intriguing. Thanks for sharing. Love the cover and interview too.