{Blog Tour Review + Giveaway} House Rules by Chloe Neill

Series: Chicagoland Vampires #7

Publication Date: February 05, 2013

Publisher: New American Library (Penguin)

ISBN-13: 9780451237101

Synopsis

Cadogan house has taken a risky decision; they are now going through a divorce of sorts. Now turning every rock and legal contract they have in hopes they don’t get screwed over. They will find allies and foes in people they may have never expected.

While some bridges burn others are being mended, some of the relationships have turned shaky they are now finding their balance in this post-“hard bitten” edition of Chicagoland Vampires.

If the separation stress wasn’t enough there is a new sort of terror in town, two rouge vampires have gone missing, the city isn’t going to help find them and vampires wouldn’t trust them with the job. So it is up to our favorite fanged duo to check things up before this spreads like wild fire.

Review

“House Rules” is a book in equal parts full of political shenanigans, mystery and action. After the Cadogan vampires decided to take a stand and fight for what they think is the right move for the house they are preparing to face the consequences of their actions trying to get away with it with alive and take in as little damage as possible.

I gotta tell you guys I really enjoyed this book, especially all the Jeff parts in it, why? Well let’s say that our favorite and extremely alpha vamp is taken and I have no intentions of messing that relationship even if its fictional and all I have to do is leave my imagination run wild, I like that relationship so much I wouldn’t dare mess with it not even a little. Also Jeff seems to be getting a bigger role on this series, I love that nerdy shifter he is as entertaining and he is charismatic, and has proven himself time and time again.

I gotta tell you guys I really enjoyed this book, especially all the Jeff parts in it, why? Well let’s say that our favorite and extremely alpha vamp is taken and I have no intentions of messing that relationship even if its fictional and all I have to do is leave my imagination run wild, I like that relationship so much I wouldn’t dare mess with it not even a little.  It is both his confidence and arrogance part of what makes us love him for who he is.

Going back to Jeff, he seems to be getting a bigger role on this series, I love that nerdy shifter he is as entertaining and he is charismatic, and has proven himself time and time again, I can't wait to see how his character and story evolves.

Chicagoland hotties aside (and if you are wondering those are just two of that long list) this books is playing more with the mystery, this time I was 100% hooked I wanted to know the person behind the horrible crimes that are now hunting Chicago, I wanted to know how this person did it and what kind of motives she/he might have.

I can never ever ever fault this series or any of its character about being one dimensional, nor can I say it lacks on the entertainment department Chloe Neill’s characters have a life of their own, you see them grow before your eyes, learn from their mistakes and face the dangers upon them the best way they can.

This was a great book that is part of an exceptional series, if by any chance you want to find redemption on vampires because a book or movie rubbed you the wrong way and you want a story with some romance, tons of action, engaging characters that learn and evolve then give Chicagoland vampires a chance I doubt you will regret it.

Rating:

*4.5 Broken TV's

As part of the blog tour the wonderful Chloe Neill gave some swag to share with her wonderful fans!!! I am giving away two packages one for US ONLY, the other open Internationally a.k.a. the second giveaway is for some lucky winner outside of the use.

So sweety please just enter one of the two giveaways, if I find you in both I will delete all of your entries.

Now lets take a look at what is up for grabs shall we?

U.S. ONLY

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INTERNATIONAL ONLY

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Giveaways

Hi guys as you know Forget About TV, Grab a Book is having a giveaway of 2 Altered bookmarks for U.S. only, what you may not know is that I've decided to change the dynamic a little. If and only if this contest gets more the 2,000 entries I will add an Altered by Jennifer Rush book which will be making this giveaway international, well almost, it is limited to the countries that the Book Depository delivers, but the bookmarks will still be for U.S. only.

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I am also taking this opportunity to let you know about another giveaway, this one is massive guys. You see Miriam Foster author of City of a Thousand Dolls is doing this big giveaway as a way to celebrate the release of her book, which its stores on February 5, 2013. 

Now guys in case you have missed this book completely pay attention to the following:

An exotic treat set in an entirely original, fantastical world brimming with deadly mystery, forbidden romance, and heart-stopping adventure.

Nisha was abandoned at the gates of the City of a Thousand Dolls when she was just a child. Now sixteen, she lives on the grounds of the isolated estate, where orphan girls apprentice as musicians, healers, courtesans, and, if the rumors are true, assassins. Nisha makes her way as Matron’s assistant, her closest companions the mysterious cats that trail her shadow. Only when she begins a forbidden flirtation with the city’s handsome young courier does she let herself imagine a life outside the walls. Until one by one, girls around her start to die.

Before she becomes the next victim, Nisha decides to uncover the secrets that surround the girls’ deaths. But by getting involved, Nisha jeopardizes not only her own future in the City of a Thousand Dolls—but her own life. 

Now lets see what the City of a Thousand Dolls release giveaway is all about:

Starting on Sunday, January 6th, Miriam Foster is going to give away a book a day. Some will be adult, some will be young adult, some will be middle-grade. Some will be books that came out in the past year, some will be books that aren't out yet. Some will be hardbacks, some will be ARCs. But she will give away at least one book a day for 30 days. 

Here's how it works.

--Every day Miriam Foster will post a new book giveaway.

--Each individual giveaway will last one week.

--All single book giveaways will be international. Multi-book ones will be US only. 

--ON THAT DAY'S POST you'll enter by leaving a comment. You get:

+1 entry for commenting (commenting is mandatory to enter)
+1 entry for sharing on Twitter or Facebook
+1 entry for following the blog
+1 entry if you've never won a contest here before
+1 entry for adding up your own points

(Winners will be chosen randomly Maximum five entries on each contest.)

But wait, there's more!

If you blog about the 30 Days of Bookery, you get an automatic +1 to every giveaway on the blog that runs during that 30 days. Your post must:

-have a link back to this post.
-state the reason for the contest (to celebrate the City of a Thousand Dolls release!)
-include a picture of the City of a Thousand Dolls cover.

Leave the link to your blog post in the comments section of this post (Her original Post) and you'll get an automatic entry to every giveaway for 30 days.

And yes, there is still more!!

Author Miriam Foster will also be wandering Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook for those thirty days and giving away random books over there. Those giveaways will be unannounced and quick, so if you're interested in them, you might want to head over to her official blog and follow her in any way you can.

So there you have it. 30 days of book giveaways.

Bringing YA to YOU San Diego

Have you ever wished that a big YA book tour would make a stop in your hometown? Well, here's your chance for that wish to come true! YA2U is a program that features five award-winning and best-selling authors who are holding a contest to see what city they should visit in an exclusive tour stop!

The authors are collecting votes from January 1 to February 15, and any city in the continental US or any Canadian city that has an international airport can win an exclusive visit from all five authors, including an author panel and book signing! Entering is super easy--and if you help spread the word about the contest, you can also enter win a signed copy of all of their books (TEN signed books in total!)--and the book contest is open internationally!

The authors in theprogram are:

• Marie Lu, the New York Times best-selling author of Legend and the upcoming Prodigy

• Marissa Meyer, the New York Times best-selling author of Cinder and the upcoming Scarlet

• Beth Revis, the New York Times best-selling author of Across the Universe, A Million Suns, and the upcoming Shadesof Earth

• Victoria Schwab, author of The Near Witch and the highly- anticipated upcoming The Archived

• Megan Shepherd, author of the debut novel The Madman's Daughter

And they want to have an event in your home town! To participate, just got to the YA2U website and let them know what city you want them to come to. And while you're there, help spread the word about the contest and you can be entered to win all of their books--TEN signed books in total! 

Here's why the YA2U Team should come to MY hometown! 

I would love to see  this event in San Diego, California. Other then San Diego Comic Con I feel we don't get a lot of book action and even it it is considered action SDCC is an event that is harder and harder to get in so no matter how much you want to you may still get left out of all the fun.

Not only will fans from the great San Diego will be able to attend but also from the fans of the south who read, love and devour this stories as much as we do.

Why should the YA2U Team come to your hometown? Why not join in the fun today and share with others about this program and your hometown. The more votes your town gets, the closer you are to having your very own personal tour stop! Vote for YOUR town here!

And if you help spread the word, you can also participate in the book giveaway. Tell them that you learned about YA2U from me and we both get extra entries in the contest! 

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First Blogoversary

We made it people!!! One year together and let's hope there are more to come! :D

I'm sorry guys for not being here a lot lately work has been crazy busy, but I want to thank all of you for staying with me and giving a newbie a chance, honestly it means the world.

Now I know that during this year there haven't been any giveaways, so let's try one shall we guys ;)

I'm giving away one cute little thing for a lucky follower, I hope you guys enjoy them ;)

So I've been thinking about getting a little something to celebrate this, so how about a 15 dollar gift card by amazon eh guys!!!

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I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I've enjoyed blogging ♥♥♥