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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Review of A Fire Born Novel


Welcome to the Laney McMann Promo Event for the second book in her Fire Born Series. Continue below for the author's playlist and a awesome giveaway!
 


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Series: Fire Born #2

Release date: September 2014

Publisher: J. Taylor Publishing

Purchase: Amazon







Synopsis via Goodreads:


Find Max.






That’s all Layla cares about. Not healing from the Fomore attack. Not finding answers to how she survived a fall that nearly killed her. Nothing will stop her. She will find him. She’ll even pair up with an overbearing Fallen Angel who’s hell bent on making everything harder than it needs to be if she has to.






Protect Layla.






For Max, nothing else matters. Not the bruises covering his body. Not the pain radiating from his broken bones. Not even his hands tied behind his back. He will find a way to save Layla, and the Fomore will pay if they’ve hurt her.






Every. Single. One of them.






In the second installment of The Fire Born trilogy, a new breed of villain looms—one Layla and Max will never suspect, and this killer has nothing to lose. Better yet, with Max and Layla’s deaths, victory is in the grip of the enemy.






Will Max and Layla find each other in time, or is it already too late for them both?




MY REVIEW:

I really love this series.  I love paranormal and fantasy and that is exactly what this book has.  Laney writes with such emotion and passion in her books,  you can't help but feel the characters pain and happiness. She has so many different characters in the series each with their own story and they all have their loyalties.  It makes the series so much more interesting.  I found myself wanting to read and read until I finished.  It was one of those book you just can't put down.  The author kept you guessing what was going to happen to the very end leaving you with a cliffhanger. 

I love Layla and  Max.  I love their connection, their passion and their love for one another.  I feel their pain and I can feel how strong they are when they are together.  If only, Layla and Max can break the curse.  Layla and Max are obviously meant to be together despite the curse and would do anything for each other.  Laney portrays their love for one another very nicely in the book.  You could feel their bond and love for one another. 

I am looking forward to reading the next book in the series to see what happens next. I can't wait to see if the curse will be broken or if Layla or Max will be able to destroy the other.  I am not a big fan of cliffhangers lol.  I hate waiting to find out what happens next.  I would definitely recommend this series and author to anyone.  It is really great and I love the author's writing style.  4 stars

About the Author
Laney McMannWith a passion for the supernatural and all things magical, Laney developed a voracious appetite for reading fantasy at a young age. A vivid imagination helped set the stage for creating her own worlds and placed her onto the writing path. 
By the time she reached her teens, she'd accumulated notebooks full of poems, which led to short stories and finally novels. Young adult dark fantasy, paranormal romance, and mythology are among her favorite genres. 
A former classical dancer and chef, she grew up in sultry Florida where she still resides with her family.




TORN PLAYLIST
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Hide & Seek ~ Imogen Heap
Ivy ~ Active Child 
Wizard Motor ~ Mogwai 
No Air ~ Jordan Sparks
All I Want Is You ~ U2
The End ~ Kings of Leon
After The Storm ~ Mumford and Sons
Running Up That Hill ~ Placebo
All That We Had Is Lost ~ Postiljonen
The Devil's Tears ~ Angus & Julia Stone





EXCERPT
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Layla


Sunlight seared my face, and my fingers dug into hot sand before a cool shade fell over me.



“Teine?” A soft voice called my name. Someone pulled on my arm.



My head lolled to the side, but my neck caught on a crick and refused to move further than a couple of inches.



“Teine? Can you hear me?” Soft wisps tickled my face, even as my head pounded above my left ear.



My eyelids opened and closed, scratching against the corneas like sandpaper—my mouth dry, like paste. Though blurry, a figure loomed over me.



“We have to go. Hold on to me.” A gentle squeeze of my hand made my fingers flex.



“Max …” My voice cracked, word slurred; my tongue seemed too large for my mouth. I raised my arm, but it thumped to the ground at my side with the weight of a lead pipe.



“Shh. Do not let go.”



My heavy arms swung up on their own. I attempted to clasp my hands, to entwine my fingers, but they slipped back down to my sides with a dead thud. Vision refusing to cooperate, my eyes slipped in and out of focus. “What … happened?”



“You will be all right.”



“Max?”



“Shh. Save your strength.”



Oh, god.



Max.



I fell … We fell. It was so hot. Too hot, and …

















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