BLOG TOUR STOP~ FIRE AND SHADOW BY T.G. AYER
Genre: YA Urban Fantasy
Publication Date: 23 July 2013
Publisher: Infinite Ink
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Normal people sneak out to a party and have fun. Maya Rao ends the evening by incinerating the guy who attacks her.
Nik Lucas, sexy, new in town and totally forbidden, happens to walk in on her. Normal guys would run for the hills. Nik knows a whole lot more than he's telling.
Maya doesn't believe the gods are real, doesn't waste her time with mere mythology. But when gods, demons and hellhounds become the new normal and wielding fire becomes her new skill, she must decide what it is she really believes.
Can Maya accept that normal is something she will never be because it isn't normal to be...
The Hand of Kali.
Wow, do I love me some T.G. Ayer!?!?!
Seriously reading about Maya was pretty awesome. She is a girl that has been raised differently than other Indian girls, well not so strictly I guess. She also doesn't believe in the religion she has been told about her whole life. She isn't a popular girl and although at times it doesn't seem so great of a thing, for the most part she wants to remain the girl in the shadows.
Then there is Nik. He knows more about Maya then she even knows. He also has a few secrets that concern Maya. Romantically wise Maya has a hue crush, but she is only allowed to date Indian boys ;)
When all comes out in the open Maya realizes everyone in her lie must be crazy, right? Or aren't they? Her beliefs will be questioned. Her safety will be at risk? More than anything she must learn just how far she will go for those she loves.
As much as I love the author, I also love her work ;) The story captured me so quickly and yet I still don't want to let go. I feel like one of my kids when they are telling me they NEED more! It is told from third person, which most times I would loathe, however, it worked for this story. I think all of the scenes and characters really worked well together and cannot wait to read more!
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Maya stalked to the door and flung it open. She had every intention of shoving past him and getting the hell away. Joss would still be in the car so if she ran fast enough she’d get there before Byron.
Byron was ready for her.
Maya tried to run past him, but he slammed his palm into her chest. She stumbled backward, her hip hitting the basin with a solid thwack. Her body ached but her gaze remained on Byron. He kept his head down, looking at her out of the top of his eyes. Like a bull, readying himself to charge straight at her. She expected smoke to rise from his nose soon.
Byron closed the distance between them in the blink of an eye. His hand spread around her neck before Maya could move. Before she could think. Even before she realized there was nowhere to go. He lifted her by the throat, her feet dangling at least a foot off the floor. He was so strong, so frighteningly strong. His fingers dug deep.
I have been a writer from the time I was old enough to recognise that reading was a doorway into my imagination. Poetry was my first foray into the art of the written word. Books were my best friends, my escape, my haven. I am essentially a recluse but this part of my personality is impossible to practise given I have two teenage daughters, who are actually my friends, my tea-makers, my confidantes… I am blessed with a husband who has left me for golf. It’s a fair trade as I have left him for writing. We are both passionate supporters of each other's loves – it works wonderfully…
My heart is currently broken in two. One half resides in South Africa where my old roots still remain, and my heart still longs for the endless beaches and the smell of moist soil after a summer downpour. My love for Ma Afrika will never fade. The other half of me has been transplanted to the Land of the Long White Cloud. The land of the Taniwha, beautiful Maraes, and volcanoes. The land of green, pure beauty that truly inspires. And because I am so torn between these two lands – I shall forever remain cross-eyed.
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