Guys! Seriously, I'm way excited about this post. I'm lucky to be a part of Diana Paz's blog tour for her novel, TIMESPELL. Isn't the cover GORGEOUS?! And just wait until you read the book. If you are at all tempted to buy this book (and you will be after this post), do it. I have so many great things to say about it.
Rich with conflict and captivating characters, TIMESPELL is a YA novel I won't soon forget. Great pacing. Vivid writing. Distinctive, larger-than-life characters. Humor sprinkled throughout. I loved this fresh take on everything magic. I didn't want to put it down for anything! Oh, and super-cute character Ethan? Diana, please write an entire novel about him. TIMESPELL begs for a sequel. And I will be downloading it onto my Kindle as soon as it comes out.
Magic, romance, time travel and adventure...this novel will sweep you away.
So, let's introduce TIMESPELL and author Diana Paz.
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In TIMESPELL, the brash and impulsive Julia must team up
with her sweet and straight-laced best friend, Angie, and the malicious and
power-hungry Kaitlyn in order to keep the witch-like powers of her inheritance.
But these powers come at a cost. The girls are bound to serve the Fates, and
their first mission sends them back in time to Marie Antoinette’s Paris and
eventually, into the chaos and war of the French Revolution.
Julia Corona and her best friend Angie are Daughters of
Fate, destined to travel through time to battle the creatures of Mythos. It
takes three Daughters to keep the creatures at bay, but when they discover the
third Daughter is Kaitlyn, the bullying bad girl who tried to steal Angie’s
boyfriend, suddenly a world ruled by demons doesn’t sounds so bad.
Julia is ready to kiss the magic goodbye until she meets
Ethan, an intense young man who seems to know Julia better than she knows
herself. Before she gets a chance to solve the mystery, the creatures of Mythos
strike in Revolutionary France. The Daughters of Fate must set aside their
differences and band together with Ethan to travel back in time. They have to
stop the creatures, but someone close to them will betray them, making their
task nearly impossible. The history books are changing, and it may already be
too late.
Diana Paz writes
books about magic, adventure, and romance. She was born in Costa Rica, grew up
on Miami Beach, moved to Los Angeles in high school, and went to college in San
Diego. Basically, she’s a beach bum. Diana graduated from California State University,
San Marcos with a Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts. She loves old movies, epic
fantasy, all kinds of music, and heading to the beach with a good book.
Preferably sipping a highly sweetened iced coffee.
Welcome, Diana! How
did you come up with the idea for Timespell?
The idea came when I thought up a scene about a pair
of time-crossed lovers, and the scene wouldn’t leave my thoughts. I wrote it
down, and from there everything started falling into place. The idea of two best
friends, completely excited about having magic so they could travel through
time to fulfill their destiny, only to realize they can only keep their power
if they join with the most evil girl in school? That was too much fun not to
write.
I just finished the book, Diana, and those time-crossed lovers won't leave my thoughts either! Do
any of the characters personalities resemble your own, or people you know?
Even though I created the main characters as their
own people, I can’t help but infuse pieces of myself, and the experiences I’ve
had, in every character I write. Because of this, I would say that I can relate
to each of them.
That's probably why they felt so real, so original and distinctive to me. Your characters blew me away. The
main characters in Timespell have the
ability to time travel. If you could time travel, would you go into the past or
into the future?
Oh, that’s so tough… as much as I adore history, I’m
too curious for my own good, and I would choose the future.
Gosh, I've been sitting here at my computer trying to figure out how I would answer that question myself and I still don't know. It is a tough one. Okay, so like I said above, Timespell begs for a sequel. Is
Timespell a stand-alone novel or is it planned as part of a series?
Timespell can definitely be read on its own, but I wrote it
with the idea of a series in mind. I’m currently working on the next book, in
which the girls will be sent on a mission back in time to the Caribbean during
the golden age of piracy. I’m thrilled to be joining Julia, Angie, and Kaitlyn
in another adventure, especially one involving sword fights and treasure.
Hooray! You've made my day. I will be watching for that sequel. Thank you, Diana, for introducing us to your novel today.
Be sure to check out this excerpt from TIMESPELL and also enter the eBook GIVEAWAY below!
TIMESPELL excerpt
Julia
Julia didn’t know whether she was running from Brian or
toward Ethan. Maybe it was both. She couldn’t get her head straight, and slowed
to a stop in the dim corridor.
Yellowed wall sconces struggled to give light. The
flowery carpet and glossy wood walls seemed to go on forever. How far had she
gone? Did it matter? She wanted as much space between her and the ballroom as
she could get before Ethan found her. She had no doubt that his protector
antennae would send him her way.
The mark on her arm grew warm and she rubbed it. That
must be him. Should she try to find him and get this inevitable meeting over
with? It wasn’t as if she could wait in this spot forever.
She pushed herself off the wall, wondering which way to
go. The long hallway stretched like a mirror image in either direction. She
shivered, deciding to go left. This whole ship reminded her a little too much
of the Titanic. Her stomach tightened as she headed toward one of the openings
that might be stairs or might be a lounge. Or might be where some eighteenth
century ghost waits for stupid girls who wander ships alone.
She glanced behind her as she gnawed on her lip, unable
to help the tremor of fear in her chest. Everything she had ever heard about
the steamship Queen Mary raced through her mind; that it was bigger and faster
than the Titanic had been, that it had crossed the Atlantic over a thousand
times before retiring... that almost seventy people died onboard. Wasn’t this
ship supposed to be haunted? Where is the
ballroom? I want to go back!
A figure appeared at the end of the corridor. She tripped
backward, banging her head against the wall.
He stepped into the gloomy yellow light and she exhaled
in relief. It was only Ethan. His eyes remained darkened by shadows, a mess of
black hair falling into them.
She swallowed beneath the intensity of his stare as he
moved closer.
Thank you SO much for this fantastic review, Laura! I couldn't be happier that you liked Timespell so much. I have just finished a rough draft of the sequel and I can hardly wait to have it polished up and sent out into the world--I hope you like it just as much as you liked the first book!! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for participating in my blog tour!!
xo
Di
Thank you for the opportunity to participate, Diana! Congrats on your published novel!
DeleteI'm super excited about this book. I love the author interviews you post!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Tracy, for stopping by for the interview and giveaway!
DeleteLo, guess what...I won the giveaway! Now I get to choose my three titles from the publisher. What do you recommend?
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