Character Madness and Musings

Halloween Academy  by Angela Kulig & Angela Sanders  Genre: YA Paranormal Fantasy Holidays don’t just happen, but the ghouls and girls of Halloween Academy make it look easy. Witches, warlocks, vampires, and mummies mingle with strange new monsters as they prepare one fantastic night for us foolish morties in the human world. Secrets and Sorcery pit a good witch, Harper against a brooding vampire, Cordelia early on, but only one can be crowned the Queen of Halloween, and only one of them even want to be. Bodies, boyfriends, and black cats trip the girls up, as they cast spells, carve pumpkins, and complete the classes that mean they’re truly ready for the magic of All Hallows Eve.  **Only .99 cents!!**   Goodreads * Amazon Mystic Manor   A Halloween Academy Prequel  **Get it FREE!! ** Bookfunnel Angela Kulig is an American gypsy, and former pirate. She has been from sea to shining sea-...

The Secrets of Hawthorne House by Donald Firesmith Genre: Teen Paranormal Mystery Matt's life changes forever when a family of druids moves into the dilapidated Victorian mansion next door. The story of an unlikely friendship, the clash of two completely different cultures, secret magic, and a search for the lost Hawthorne treasure. Fifteen-year-old Matt Mitchell was having the worst summer imaginable. Matt’s misery started when a drunk driver killed his mother. Then his father moved him and his twin sister to the small town of Hawthorne in rural Indiana, as far as his grieving father could take from the ocean that Matt's mother had loved. At the new high school, three bullies are determined to make Matt miserable. And to top it off, Matt learns that the recluse who lives in the 'haunted house" next door is none other than Old Lady Hawthorne, the town’s infamous witch and murderer. Matt’s terrible summer is turning into an awful autumn when som...

Dorothy In the Land of Monsters  by Garten Gevedon (Oz ReVamped, #1) Publication date: October 11th 2019 Genres: Fantasy, Paranormal, Young Adult Shifters, Zombies, and Vampires? Oh my! My name is Dorothy Gale, and I think I might be dead. When my dog Toto and I got swept up in a twister, we landed in hell. A very colorful hell. Like a rainbow dripping in blood. Now it looks as though this dreadful underworld plagued with vampires, zombies, and shifters will be the site of my eternal damnation. They say this terrifying land called Oz isn’t hell or purgatory and escape is possible, but first I must survive the journey down the blood-soaked yellow brick road to the only place in Oz where vampires dare not tread—The City of Emeralds. With enchanted footwear and the help of my three new friends—a friendly zombie, a massive shifter lion, and a heartless axe murderer of evil night creatures (who also happens to be the hottest guy I’ve ever seen)—Toto and I have a c...

Panic by Dawn Brazil  (Mass Hysteria #1) Publication date: October 29th 2019 Genres: Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult Mass Hysteria is a trilogy of young adult romantic/science-fiction serial novels that tell a continuous story. The books must be read in order, to fully understand the unfolding story. High school can be hard, especially when your favorite horror movie becomes your reality… High-School senior, Elizabeth calculates the likelihood of finding love to the probability of starring in a slasher film with her best friend, until she meets Brian Thompson. Love isn’t the only thing that eludes Elizabeth, however. Several threatening notes that promise her demise make a long life also questionable. When Elizabeth’s best friend shares an article about the death of a girl in Italy, she dismisses it. As more girls are murdered, and cryptic messages are tucked in her locker, she realizes something sinister might be at play. Why? Each of the slain girls look ...

The Witches of Crannock Dale Mara of the League Book 1 by Thomas M. Kane Genre: Fantasy  When an enemy army threatens eleven-year old Mara’s home, she makes up her mind to save her family, one way or another. But when the knights protecting her village arrest her favorite aunt for witchcraft, she discovers that the difference between friend and foe may not be as obvious as she once thought. This is a story of war and espionage, set in a low fantasy world. It is also about a child getting to know her mother and father in a new way. EXCERPT I planted my feet on the worn cobblestones. “Let me go!” “Shut up.” Mr. Vance dragged me forward. “Help!” I turned my head to look at the dyer’s apprentice. His ginger hair was cropped almost to fuzz and sweat had soaked through his shirt. Mr. Vance smiled at the dyer’s apprentice, or maybe it was a snarl. “Hallo, Gus.” “Help me—” “I said shut up.” Mr. Vance’s grip tightened on my shoulder until I gasped...

This is my stop during the blog tour for Grimworld by Avery Moray. This blog tour is organized by Lola's Blog Tours. The blog tour runs from 26 October till 8 November. See the tour schedule here . Grimworld By Avery Moray Genre: Fantasy Age category: Middle Grade Release Date: 1 November 2019 Every day, thirteen year old Henry Bats has his usual bowl of Sugar Slugs, helps tend Cobalt Sidewinders at Frank’s Peculiar Pets, and keeps to himself with his comic book collection. Just your typical day in Grimworld, where the sky is always dark and shadows lurk in the streets. What’s not typical is a suspicious Nightspook luring Henry into a cemetery in the middle of the night with the promise of a prized comic book. The Nightspook steals part of Henry's lifespan with a pocket watch, which begins counting down to his death. Henry is running out of time, and the pocket watch won't stop ticking... You can find Grimworld on  Goodreads You can buy ...