|| THE BLOOD RACE || BLOG TOUR TIME!!

Hi, everyone!! Guess what?? It's blog tour time!! First of all, i wanna say i'm so excited and grateful for this oportunity both to get an ARC of The Blood Race by K.A. Emmons and to review it. The book has been released today!! AUGUST 1ST 2017!! SO AMAZING!

He’s spent his life running from who he is. She’s been trying to escape her past for 100 years… 

Born with unexplainable abilities he struggles to control, college student Ion tries desperately to integrate into his new school and finally put his dark past behind him. But after making a serious enemy, which leads to an accidental rendezvous with the mysterious old man next door— and his hauntingly beautiful but troubled young protégée Hawk, Ion realizes his life will never be normal again.

Late one evening, Hawk drags him by the hand into a closet-turned-rabbit-hole to an extra dimension, and Ion finds himself stumbling involuntarily into a secret society of training for “anomalies,” teenagers with a special set of abilities. Just like him.

As they train to become Protectors of future Earth, battling each other as well as their own demons, both Ion and Hawk begin to realize that they are far more alike than they realized. Unsettlingly so.

When the Dimension is shaken by an unthinkable betrayal, will an ancient prophecy bring Hawk and Ion together—or will a deadly threat hidden in plain sight cost them both their powers… and their lives?

*basically me saying how much i adored this book*

As every reader ever, i was slightly scared to read this book, personally because it's not the genre i tend to read. My fears soon vanished when i read the prologue, of course, because Kate blew my mind in those very first pages. I think every good writer has to hook the reader and grasp him/her tightly so that this one can't walk away. And Kate did it. Perfectly. From the first chapters, she seemed to say: "Come here. Hush. I have a story to tell you and, trust me, you wanna know this." And she was right, because i defintiely did. And everybody should.

The plot was SO freaking original!!! I enjoyred it so much!! I loved how Kate revealed things little by little. I could feel the secrecy and it drove me crazy. I was so curious and intrigued all the time, and she revealed things slowly so that i'd remain hooked. I loved that. Then, when all my previous questions had been answered, new ones had popped up. I cherished that a lot, because that's how every good book should be.

I fell in love with the characters sinde day one. Firstly, they were different from the usual clichés and their mysteries and personalities made me root for them since the first moment. Also, i loved how human the characters were. I felt a real connection with them and their humanity was so freaking real to me, the reader.

The worldbuilding was fantastic. The characters were mind-blowing. I loved the plot and the plot twists and the WRITING. And, well, everything. I ADORED THIS BOOK, ´peeps!!

YOU. HAVE. TO. READ. IT.

I think i'm kind of repeating myself here. 'Cause that's what i do when i love a book. I run out of adjectives and ways to say how much i liked it and begin to say things again. Because it's wonderful - it's wodnerful - it's wonderful.

*DUUUHH*

SO. Reason number one is, of course, because of the plot. It's not only unique and original and MIND-BLOWING, but also perfectly planned and written. As i said before, Kate has planned this novel wonderfully and reveals things just when it's necessary. The entire boo is fantastic. The plot itself drove me mad and made me wanna read faster in an unnatural speed i unfortunately don't posses -- yet. The themes this story touches are deep and realistic, which symbolizes the entire purpose of reading. There's plenty of action and i loved all of it !!!!

My first thought after finishing The Blood Race: I. NEED. MOOOORREEE!!!

My second thought: This was beautiful. This was great. I wanna do it again.

*HAWK AND ION*

*ABOUT THE CHARACTERS THAT MOVED MY HEART*

Heroes don't have to be super cool warriors that never fail and are total badasses, you know? Of course, the characters in The Blood Race are super cool warriors i loved from the bottom of my heart,, but they're also unnervingly HUMAN.

And, guess what? Tha counts for 1000000000000.

There are two protagonists: Ion and Hawn.

Ion was so REALISTIC to me!! I thought about what i'd do if i were in that situation, and it turned out i'd be doing exactly the same thing. I'd react the same way and think similarly. And it was human. He was not just a guy who went through some things and reacted in a way that made it impossible for me to feel identified with him. Nope. All the opposite, in fact. He was so HUMAN and i could see his heart and mind reflected in his actions. It didn't only take the writing to get me to like him, but Ion himself stole my heart.

Hawk was so WONDERFUL. I really liked Hawk because she was such a DEEP AND WELL-BUILT CHARACTER. There was sp much depth in her and i kept knowing her. I feel like i know her so well (thanks, Kate! You're a freaking genius!).

Yeah, there are supernatural characters in The Blood Race, but they honestly couldn't be more human and real to the reader. That is worth gold, peeps. Real gold.

K.A. Emmons is a fantastic writer.

That's it.

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Do you want me to justify my statement? Seriously? Trust me here, there's no need for me to do such a thing. But.... if you really wanna know more...

Her writing had everything the book -- and the story -- needed. Sometimes it's not about us writers, but about the story itself. And she got it. The writing was poetic, touching, efficient, deep, intriguing, filled with suspense, beautiful, adorned with precious metaphors and accurate when action, feelings or plot twists came about.

Oh, the plot twists! Kate, if you're reading this, i want you to know you did play with my heart, girl. A LOT.

*CAN I PLEASE GO LIVE THERE?*

There are clearly people who are meant to write fantasy. People who are constantly plotting story ideas of stranger worlds and cunning adventures. Stories that most people would find odd and therefore think: "how did you come up with this stuff?!".

Kate is definitely one of those people. I don't know her, of course, but i know enough to tell.

The worldbuilding in The Blood Race was gorgeous. I wanna live there!!!! I want to go to that place!! PLEASEEEE?! Isn't there a secret ticket you can give me?! Pretty please?

When she’s not hermiting away in her colorfully-painted home office writing her next science fiction, passionate story-teller and adventurer Kate Emmons is probably on the road for a surf or hiking trip, listening to vinyls, or going for a power run. Emmons lives in the often-snowy hills of rugged Vermont with her husband and dog named Rocket.

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