Day 2 Of Our Look At Michele Zugnoni New Release Starfire!

31/7/2013

Today I have even more juicy stuff for you from Michele, to tempt and tease you into purchasing her book,Starfire. Not only do I have a fabulous excerpt, and some more character bios, but also the one and only Michele Zugnoni reading a chapter from the book for you! Eeeek!

Okay, so go read, listen and look at everything, and don't forget to add it to your bookshelf, and enter in her competition to win some of the amazing Starfire goodies that she has lined up! There's cups, shot glasses, bookmarks, Amazon vouchers and tons more. The rafflecopter link was on Mondays post, so go and enter.

Here's my review of Starfire.

Romeo & Juliet, eat your heart out.

I loved this story. I loved the characters, but most of all I loved the natural atmosphere that is created within the world. Michele Zugnoni has made a wonderful world full of beauty and intrigue that sucked me right into the story from page one. I love natural characters and confident and realistic
dialogue, and that's what I got. Team that with a heart wrenching, yet magical storyline and you have yourself an amazing story.

Full of everything that I like within the paranormal worlds, yet missing the 'same-same' storyline that a lot of books seem to have. The characters also varied. Even though you have the typical 'star-crossed lovers' and 'the baddies'
so to speak, they are so different from the standard these days. One of my favourite characters is Julia. Feisty, confident, but with a sweet shyness about her, she charmed her way into my heart. I truly kept thinking of Romeo and Juliet whenever she was on the page. Loved this book, and can't wait to read more from her. One of my new favourite paranormal writers.

We Have Another Wonderful Excerpt From Starfire

“Fine.” Cryss flung out her arms, exposing the plunging neckline of her gown. With swaying hips, she advanced on Clay. “You wanna have your fun romancing a Reaver? Go right ahead. But maybe you should remember one thing first.”

Swallowing hard, Clay focused on the shadows swirling through Cryss’ eyes and not at the way her dress clung to her breasts. “What’s that?”

“They killed Tommy, Clay.” The arch of her lips swelled into a lethal smile as the band struck an upbeat harmony and the grandfather clock clanged the midnight hour. “Just staked him, no questions asked. I was there, Angel. I heard him beg for his life; I heard him promise steadfast obedience to their laws. But they killed him anyway. Are those really the sort of people you wanna mess around with?” Curling her fingers into his shirt, she plunged them between his buttons, raking the skin of his chest with her long red nails. “Are they? What if they kill you next?”

A stab of agony lanced Clay’s chest, followed by the torrent of pain that came with remembering that night: the night he’d stood in the shadows; the night he’d watched as they’d killed his friend. Because he’d been there, too. He’d been there, hiding behind a tree, too scared to do anything else. “Tommy was drinking from innocents. He abandoned the Lumince creed.”

A thrum of laughter rippled from Cryss’ throat. “Know that for sure? Or d’you wanna try again?”