BLOG TOUR STOP~ STRANGE IN SKIN TRILOGY BY SARA ZOOK

Title – Strange In Skin

Series – Strange In Skin – Book #1

Author – Sara V. Zook

Genre – Paranormal, Fantasy

Publication Date – July 24, 2012

Publisher – Imagine Press

Cover Artist – Brenda Grate

BOOK BLURB From the moment Anna James meets the strange prisoner Emry Logan, she becomes instantly obsessed and will stop at nothing to try to get another interaction with him. But going against her family and church aren’t without consequence. She is deemed a traitor as she quickly realizes that there’s more to Emry’s past than just murder. He has a special ability that is far from human that he only shares with her. Feeling this magical connection, Anna has to free her beautiful inmate so that they can be together finally, but someone else knows about Emry’s secret and wants Anna to stop digging for answers as she finds herself in the midst of a modern day witch hunt. The life of an innocent pastor’s kid suddenly is turned upside down in a war between good and evil as Anna begins to wonder which people in her life are on the side of good, and is she one of them.

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Wow! This book didn't give anything away.

Anna has live the same old day to day life and never noticed anything out of place. This all changes though the day she visit the jail. She finds herself entranced in a prisoner, Emry Logan. The only thing she knows is she cant let him go.

Emry found himself in jail after he reported his best friend's death. He doesn't know exactly what happened because he blacked out. Anna doesn't believe he could have done it. Little does she know there is a lot going on in her town and family that she has no idea about.

Strange in Skin completely left me guessing. I really didn't see some things coming when they did. Most books I can guess the next move, but in this book even to the end I was left guessing. I absolutely love this book. At times I did wish it would speed up a bit, but the story is amazing. I cannot wait to read the next book!

4 stars from Alyssa

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Title – Evadere

Series – Strange In Skin – Book #2

Author – Sara V. Zook

Genre – Paranormal, Fantasy

Publication Date – December 18, 2012

Publisher – Imagine Press

Cover Artist – Brenda Grate

BLURB When Anna becomes separated from Emry, she has no other choice but to explore the foreign world of Evadere on her own. She soon discovers that it is tainted from a stirring turmoil among the people. Evadere has been a place of respite and escape from the difficulties of Earth for Anna and Emry, but alone on Evadere, Anna is pulled into the stirrings of an uprising between the Scaves and the ones who force them to live as scavengers. Anna is determined not to let the fear and attempts on her life stop her from finding her way back to Emry. But Anna is shocked when she discovers who Emry really is, the forces of evil supporting him and how the temptations in paradise have been misleading them both. It will take all the strength and determination Anna and Emry possess to survive Evadere, even as the killing starts ...

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Ok, I must say that was way better than the last book!

Of course, we already know there is more to Emry than meets the eye. The question is: how much more? Will it be good or will it be bad?

Anna is lost. She has to find her way without Emry. Will Evadere be more than she can handle? Will Anna push through, or will she finally see that she has reached her breaking point?

I don't know what Zook was thinking when she wrote these books, but her mind was definitely in the zone. I am captivated by this story. The last one was slower for me because I am a dialog whore. There just wasn't enough of that in the first book, but this book had way more action and dialog to keep me on the edge of my bed.... ok well pillow since I should be asleep while reading this. :) This book and the first being told from Anna's point of view worked out amazingly. I do however wish to have heard some of Emry's point of view. (Even though his character was a complete idiot this book) I am psyched to read the next book now. I guess it may have to wait until I wake up though!

4.5 stars from Alyssa

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Title – Solace

Series – Strange In Skin – Book #3

Author – Sara V. Zook

Genre – Paranormal, Fantasy

Publication Date – September 29, 2013

Publisher – Planettopia Publishing

Cover Artist – Stephanie Fontecha

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Emry and Anna's love has always been forbidden. They've been hunted, seen those around them murdered and still don't know who to blame or who to trust. In a world where Anna is considered just a human, can peace be achieved between those inhabiting Evadere and those cast out and left for dead? They have to find out who is after them before it's too late, before one of the lives lost is their own, but are Emry's powers strong enough to save the one he loves? As their wedding day approaches, so does a war, and no one sees it coming.

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Review

I absolutely loved this book as much as the others. It was action packed and at the end it still left room where if the author wanted to extend the series they could. It did leave us off at a point where we aren't dying to continue their story though. I really hope the author gives me a little more to go off of though.

The story is still told from Anna's POV. We get to know Emry a lot more too. It is amazing how they both grow. The author did so amazing writing these books. I loved the adventure she took me on. Highly, highly recommended.
5 stars from Alyssa

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MEET SARA

Sara wrote her first book at age six. Of course, it was only a few pages, handwritten by a 6-year-old and was about kitty cats. As a child, some days she would be out venturing in the woods with her older brother and cousins, but sometimes would stay inside and create stories, write them down in a notebook and then pretend to publish them by typing them up on her mother's old typewriter. "I know, what a weird child I was." From then on out, Sara didn't want to be anything but a writer. When others would ask her classmates what they wanted to be when they grew up, some would say the usual things, singers, veterinarians, astronauts, but not Sara. Sara would say writer, and then she'd get a strange stare. Writer? What child says they want to be a writer?

Sara graduated from United High School in 2000, a small school out in the country where everyone knew each other from kindergarten up and could tell you every little detail about each other and still can. "It was a nice area to grow up, and I love going back."

In 2004, Sara graduated from the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown with a bachelor's in, you guessed it, creative writing. She had such a blast in college, met some of the greatest people that Sara still remains in close contact with along with her husband, Brad. They were married and had two children back to back, so while Sara was in "mommy land," her writing was put on the back-burner.

Sara started writing again in the summer of 2010, and after three months, 'Strange in Skin' became the product of her imagination. Sara had so much fun writing it, she couldn't stop. She would work all day and then stay up late at night typing up a few more chapters. She didn't want it to end, so Sara decided she would have to write more books to follow it. The main characters, Anna James and Emry Logan, were people Sara could relate to, that she loved to relate to. There's nothing quite like a sappy love story that's so good it sucks you in. You want them to be together. They have to be together and you can't stop reading until they are together. That with a little paranormal twist, and voila, a book is born.

Then Sara and Brad became proud parents once again. Sara is still in "mommy land" but also Strange in Skin fantasy land. The mix of both raising children and writing makes for some pretty entertaining days. Sara could write a million stories on her kids alone, especially the things that come out of their mouths that you're either so shocked they said or are so funny that you can't stop laughing.

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