A Triple Dose of Hotness
First, if you want to win some free stuff from a bunch of debut 2009 authors, there's the hotness of debsness:
Click that graphic *points up* to find out more. I posted this super late (oops), so you only have like 5 minutes to enter. *shame* Go friend the community so you can be alerted to giveaways without having to depend on me. ^^;
*To be fair, I was distracted from finishing this post earlier by the Cindy Pon & Michelle Zink chat hosted by Sharon, Khy, and a bunch of other awesome bloggers. :)
Second, there's the hotness that is Hottie, the scorchingly awesome superhero novel by Jonathan Bernstein. Behold!
I heart this book. ♥ Just so you know.
Here's what it's about:
Alison Cole's got it all: Shes gorgeous, dating a steamy surfer boy, and has just been crowned Beverly Hills High Freshman Class President. Then during a special symmetry surgery, a lightning bolt zaps her, and Alison instantly transforms into Hottie-that is, a totally sizzling superhero with the power to shoot fire from her fingers!
Shunned as a Pyro-Freak, Alison must adopt dorky David Eels as her crime-fighting sidekick. Worse, shes falling for the one guy who wants to extinguish her forever, Junior Class President of Cuteness- and wannabe firefighter-T. Hull. But she doesnt realize that a supervillains lurking. . . .
Hottie is fun, adorable, & absolutely hilarious. It's been described as Clueless meets X-Men, and while I think that's appropriate, the description doesn't do it justice. This book has sooo much personality it is freaking busting off the page!! Even the evil characters are endearing in their awfulness. Every scene with Alison's treacherous mean-girl ex-friends had me giggling.
And Alison is super sweet, but with a snarky side I could totally get into. You do not want to be this girl's gold-digging stepmother! (Or the criminal who tries to rob her local juice bar when she's thirsty, but that's another story. ;)) The insults fly fast and furious between Alison and her stepmom Carmen, to the point where I kind of wanted to take notes in case I ever need to trash-talk someone like my life depends on it. And Hottie taught me the word "uberdouche," which I now overuse, thereby aggravating my friends & enemies. ;)
Hottie won me over at the prose level, too. Here's a sample:
There they were, her best friends in the world. Kellyn, who had been by Alison's side before the summer when she grew two inches, her skin cleared up, she shed a few pounds, and her features realigned in such a way that everyone who had previously ignored her suddenly acted like she was giving away free money.
"... like she was giving away free money." So simple, so perfect. :) When I read that description I was like, "yes!!! EXACTLY!!!"
Check out the Hottie book trailer:
Hot bonus fact: Jonathan Bernstein's favorite Dull Boy character is Sophie.
Third, gear up for a summer of superhero hotness! Hottie is first out of the gate, but on May 14, both Dull Boy and the third book in Michael Carroll's Quantum Prophecy series hit the shelves.
Here is a snazzy little graphic I made to advertise this fact:
So you can grab Hottie right now, go see X-Men Origins: Wolverine in early May, then kick back with Dull Boy and Quantum Prophecy 3, and you'll be well-stocked in the superhero department. Oh. And some lemonade. Kick back with that too.
*throws water on blog to put the fire out*
That was a bit too much hotness for one entry ...
Click that graphic *points up* to find out more. I posted this super late (oops), so you only have like 5 minutes to enter. *shame* Go friend the community so you can be alerted to giveaways without having to depend on me. ^^;
*To be fair, I was distracted from finishing this post earlier by the Cindy Pon & Michelle Zink chat hosted by Sharon, Khy, and a bunch of other awesome bloggers. :)
Second, there's the hotness that is Hottie, the scorchingly awesome superhero novel by Jonathan Bernstein. Behold!
I heart this book. ♥ Just so you know.
Here's what it's about:
Alison Cole's got it all: Shes gorgeous, dating a steamy surfer boy, and has just been crowned Beverly Hills High Freshman Class President. Then during a special symmetry surgery, a lightning bolt zaps her, and Alison instantly transforms into Hottie-that is, a totally sizzling superhero with the power to shoot fire from her fingers!
Shunned as a Pyro-Freak, Alison must adopt dorky David Eels as her crime-fighting sidekick. Worse, shes falling for the one guy who wants to extinguish her forever, Junior Class President of Cuteness- and wannabe firefighter-T. Hull. But she doesnt realize that a supervillains lurking. . . .
Hottie is fun, adorable, & absolutely hilarious. It's been described as Clueless meets X-Men, and while I think that's appropriate, the description doesn't do it justice. This book has sooo much personality it is freaking busting off the page!! Even the evil characters are endearing in their awfulness. Every scene with Alison's treacherous mean-girl ex-friends had me giggling.
And Alison is super sweet, but with a snarky side I could totally get into. You do not want to be this girl's gold-digging stepmother! (Or the criminal who tries to rob her local juice bar when she's thirsty, but that's another story. ;)) The insults fly fast and furious between Alison and her stepmom Carmen, to the point where I kind of wanted to take notes in case I ever need to trash-talk someone like my life depends on it. And Hottie taught me the word "uberdouche," which I now overuse, thereby aggravating my friends & enemies. ;)
Hottie won me over at the prose level, too. Here's a sample:
There they were, her best friends in the world. Kellyn, who had been by Alison's side before the summer when she grew two inches, her skin cleared up, she shed a few pounds, and her features realigned in such a way that everyone who had previously ignored her suddenly acted like she was giving away free money.
"... like she was giving away free money." So simple, so perfect. :) When I read that description I was like, "yes!!! EXACTLY!!!"
Check out the Hottie book trailer:
Click to viewHot bonus fact: Jonathan Bernstein's favorite Dull Boy character is Sophie.
Third, gear up for a summer of superhero hotness! Hottie is first out of the gate, but on May 14, both Dull Boy and the third book in Michael Carroll's Quantum Prophecy series hit the shelves.
Here is a snazzy little graphic I made to advertise this fact:
So you can grab Hottie right now, go see X-Men Origins: Wolverine in early May, then kick back with Dull Boy and Quantum Prophecy 3, and you'll be well-stocked in the superhero department. Oh. And some lemonade. Kick back with that too.
*throws water on blog to put the fire out*
That was a bit too much hotness for one entry ...