Announcement: A Divided Inheritance by Deborah Swift

And the winner of A Divided Inheritance by Deborah Swift is…..

Rosanne L (tweeted about the giveaway)

The winner will be notified via email.

Thank you to everyone who entered and a huge thank you to HFVBTand the publisher for making this giveaway possible! Be sure to check out the other tour stops for more giveaways and author interviews as well as reviews!

Review: Engn by Simon Kewin

Finn has been raised to fear the notorious Ironclads and their city, Engn. The Ironclads are sent out to the surrounding villages to recruit children to work in the city.

When the Ironclads come, there is no choice but to send the children to Engn even though few return to their homes, parents are required to let the Ironclads take what they want.

When Finn was younger, his sister was taken to Engn which was supposed to mean that Finn was safe as the Ironclads can only take one child per family. But when the Ironclads come for him, this changes everything.

With Finn on his way to Engn and almost certain death, he is reminded of a promise he made long ago–Finn and his friend Conner vowed to destroy Engn for good.

But Finn soon discovers that task is larger than originally thought.  In Engn, a dictatorship runs the city and the people/workers are slaves…broken and beaten to an inch of their lives and once they are no longer useful, they are terminated.

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Guest Post: Engn by Simon Kewin

In addition to reviewing the MG/YA book Engn by Simon Kewin, he also agreed to write a guest post about how he created the world and city of Engn. Without further ado please welcome Simon Kewin to The Lit Bitch!

Building Engn

The world of Engn grew out of a simple, central idea: a city-sized, steam-powered machine that generations of people have lived and worked within.
 
I was drawn to the idea on lots of levels. I liked the thought of all the odd contraptions and mysteries and weirdness I could build into such a vast and ancient machine. In the book, Engn has grown so huge that most people within have stopped “seeing” it; have stopped wondering what it is actually for. That seemed like a fun idea to play with. I love fiction that has big, cool ideas in it. I also figured the setting would give me lots of scope for adventures and scrapes for my protagonist, Finn, to face.

Review: Tiger’s Quest (The Tiger Saga #2) by Colleen Houck

Kelsey Hayes has just arrived home in Oregon from her adventure packed and emotional summer abroad in India.

Kelsey has been helping two brothers, Ren and Kishan, try and break an ancient curse.

She and Ren successfully fought off deadly monkeys to break the first part of the curse, but they still have to complete a series of challenges to break the entire curse.

While they have been tracking down the clues that will break the curse, Kelsey and Ren have also fallen in love.

Kelsey is scared to death that Ren will break her heart so she does what she thinks is best–she runs like hell back to Oregon leaving Ren alone in India.

She loves Ren but deep down she doesn’t feel like she deserves him, plus he’s been a tiger for hundreds of years how does he know that she is the one for him?

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Giveaway: A Divided Inheritance by Deborah Swift

Get ready for some swash-buckling adventure in this thrilling and vivid historic novel! Take a ride through the splendid Spanish sun and back to London with an action packed historic novel!

Thanks to Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tour and the publisher, I am ecstatic to be able to offer a copy of A Divided Inheritance by Deborah Swift for your enjoyment!

Giveaway runs 11/13/13 to 11/20/13

Winners will be announced 11/21/13.

(how to enter)

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