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City of Hope and Ruin - Book Tour, Review and Giveaway

8/4/2016

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City of Hope and Ruin ​
by Kit Campbell and Siri Paulson
GENRE: Fantasy (with LGBTQ romance)

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​Every night the monsters hunt.

A city that is the whole world: Theosophy and her companions in the City militia do their best to protect the civilians from the monsters, but they keep crawling from the Rift and there’s nowhere to run. Theosophy knows she’ll die fighting. It’s the best kind of death she’s seen, and at least she can save lives in the meantime.

They say the Scarred carve you up while you’re still alive.

A village in the shadow of a forest: Refugees from the border whisper about the oncoming Scarred, but Briony can’t convince her brother to relocate his children to safety. Briony will do anything to protect them. She owes them that much, even if it means turning to forbidden magic.

When Theosophy and Briony accidentally make contact across the boundaries of their worlds, they realize that solutions might finally be within reach. A world beyond the City would give Theosophy’s people an escape, and the City’s warriors could help Briony protect her family from the Scarred. Each woman sees in the other a strength she lacks—and maybe something more.

All they need to do is find a way across the dimensions to each other before their enemies close in.

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​Briony edged out from behind the tree, shuffling slowly backward, making sure she hadn’t attracted anything’s attention. There was another crack. She took refuge behind a sizeable bush as a large group of something moved out of the dark and mist. Briony put one hand on Poes to calm him and pulled him closer. Poes’s light coat sometimes made him painfully obvious.

As the group got closer, Briony could tell they were human. She narrowed her eyes, keeping hold of Poes. People, this deep in the forest? Hardly anyone came in here, especially not this deep. Her mother had made sure she and Jael knew the forest’s ways, but their land backed up to it and Briony needed it for her medicinal draughts. Most people in Westenaedre avoided it unless absolutely necessary.

There was something unnatural about their movements. As they got closer, Briony could make out their features through the gathering dusk. Her breath caught in her throat. People they were, yes, but their faces were covered by some sort of horrific mask that hid their features and gave them insect-like appearances. Tubes twisted from the masks into metallic canisters on their backs. Now she could hear their breathing as well, rough and much too loud. Every whispered tale from the refugees flitted through her head. The Scarred. But they shouldn’t—couldn’t—be here. They were still at the border.

What did it mean that they weren’t?
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 This was a really awesome and totally absorbing read! I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of reading it!The storyline is absolutely original, starting with action that carries on throughout the whole fast-paced book. The characters were incredibly complex with realistic emotions that caused my heart to flutter. The mystery and intrigue of figuring out how the two worlds are connected had me hanging on every word and pondering all the small details. With absolutely brilliant writing, intricate details and quite a few plot twists, I found myself completely unable to put this amazing book down! Some of the creatures described were so awesome I found myself grinning in delight with the perfect visualization of details put into them. I don't want to give away any spoilers, but let's just say I won't look at an innocent deer the same way again! Overall, I completely enjoyed this action packed, intriguing and  sweet love story! Definitely one of the best books I've read this year! I would definitely recommend this book to anybody and everybody- even if this isn't quite your genre! However, even though it made it more enjoyable for me, there is some explicit language peppered in so I wouldn't recommend it to a middle grade reader. â€‹
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​It is a little known fact that Kit was raised in the wild by a marauding gang of octopuses. It wasn't until she was 25 that she was discovered by a traveling National Geographic scientist and brought back to civilization. This is sometimes apparent in the way that she attempts to escape through tubes when startled.

Her transition to normalcy has been slow, but scientists predict that she will have mastered basics such as fork use sometime in the next year. More complex skills, such as proper grocery store etiquette, may be forever outside her reach.

Kit can be found cavorting about the web at her blog (http://landsquidattack.wordpress.com) or website (http://kitcampbellbooks.com), on Pinterest (https://www.pinterest.com/campbell1091/), and even occasionally on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/KitCampbell).



Siri Paulson writes all over the fantasy and science fiction spectrum, including (so far) secondary-world fantasy, urban fantasy, steampunk, Gothic, historical paranormal, and YA with spaceships. She is also the chief editor at Turtleduck Press (http://turtleduckpress.com/). Siri grew up in Alberta, Canada, but now lives in an old house in Toronto. By day, she edits non-fiction for the government. Her other current passion is contra dance, a social/folk dance done to live Celtic and roots music. Her favourite places in the world are the Canadian Rocky Mountains and a little valley in Norway.

Siri's short fiction and the anthologies she has edited can be found on Turtleduck Press, at http://turtleduckpress.com/wordpress/2010/11/30/who-is-siri-paulson/ . She blogs at https://siripaulson.wordpress.com/ and tweets at http://twitter.com/Siri_Paulson.


                           Multi-region buy link for ebook: http://authl.it/B01DYSR7QE
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37 Comments
Goddess Fish Promotion link
8/4/2016 04:53:12 am

Thanks for hosting!

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clojo9372
8/4/2016 07:07:00 am

Thank you for your honest and thorough review! This looks like a book I would really like! :)

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Kit Campbell link
8/4/2016 08:04:45 am

Thanks for the review, and I'm so glad you liked the book! :D

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Victoria
8/4/2016 12:20:33 pm

Fantastic review!! I'm even more excited to check this one out now..thanks for sharing :)

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momjane
8/4/2016 01:22:14 pm

Really great review. I loved the excerpt.

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Becky RIchardson
8/4/2016 02:09:31 pm

Really enjoyed the excerpt.

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Tarissa link
8/4/2016 04:07:35 pm

Question for the author. Since you like contra dance, do you have other Celtic interests, or do you have any Celtic heritage?

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Siri Paulson link
8/4/2016 10:04:15 pm

I love Celtic music and have been to Ireland, but no, I don't have any Celtic in my background -- just in my soul!

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Kit Campbell link
8/5/2016 11:19:00 am

I, on the other hand, (as perhaps indicated by the last name) have lots of Celtic ancestry! My family is active with our local clan members and do a bunch to promote Scottish heritage here.

Debra Holloway
8/5/2016 01:21:01 am

I would like to know what inspired this author to begin to write, and then choose writing book rather than articles, or blogging.

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Kit Campbell link
8/5/2016 11:22:02 am

My mother wrote when I was younger, which I think was a major influence for me, though I soon turned to modifying my favorite stories or making new ones with my favorite characters on my own.

Also, both Siri and I blog, and I've been blogging since, uh, 1997, maybe? Before blogging was really a thing. Back then I just had a mailstring that I spammed occasionally. But there's something very satisfying about writing fiction, creating worlds and characters and seeing a story to completion. I have done more academic writing (my degree is in engineering, actually) and it's not as much fun.

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Siri Paulson link
8/6/2016 03:25:59 pm

I don't know where it came from -- I've been making up stories all my life. Before I was old enough to write them down, I used to act them out with my dolls and Lego figures, or draw pictures to illustrate them. Like Kit, many of my early stories were variations on ones I had read.

I enjoy blogging, too -- anything from telling stories about my travels to writing movie reviews. But fiction is where I find a need that's fulfilled.

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Lisa Brown
8/5/2016 03:45:21 am

Congrats on the tour and thanks for the chance to win :)

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Stephanie
8/5/2016 02:57:57 pm

Sounds like a unique book.

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Nikolina
8/6/2016 12:19:54 pm

The book sounds very intriguing, looking forward to reading it!

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Paige Chandler
8/9/2016 04:43:43 pm

I love a good fantasy romance. Thank you so much.

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Paige Chandler
8/11/2016 04:50:55 pm

I can't wait to meet these creatures. Thank you for your good works.

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michele soyer
8/15/2016 10:19:06 am

The review is very informative.. I have never read any books by this author but I will give this one a try...

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Paige Chandler
8/15/2016 06:53:38 pm

Excellent excerpt. Thank you

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Paige Chandler
8/24/2016 04:16:00 pm

Can't wait to meet Briony. Thank you

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Lisa Brown
8/27/2016 07:53:44 am

Hope the tour is gong great for you and your book :)

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Lisa Brown
8/30/2016 10:44:14 am

Love the cover, enticing :)

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Paige Chandler
8/30/2016 01:27:04 pm

Congratulations on the tour. Thanks you

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Paige Chandler
8/31/2016 05:11:53 pm

I love monsters and hidden cities. Thank you

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Betul E.
9/7/2016 09:03:37 am

WOW very unique cover, love it!!

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Paige Chandler
9/9/2016 12:35:18 pm

I love anything with Forbidden Magic.

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angelina ocampo
9/10/2016 06:02:02 am

sounds like a great book. Looking forward in reading it!

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Alexandra A
9/14/2016 01:46:44 am

LOVE the cover!

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Lisa Brown
9/16/2016 07:37:51 am

Hope the tour is going great for you :)

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Nikolina
9/28/2016 07:57:13 am

Shared on Twitter to help spread the word, have a great day!

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Kathy Davis
9/28/2016 06:10:07 pm

I love the book cover! It looks just like it came off my Pinterest pages. :)

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Bridgett Wilbur
9/29/2016 09:19:03 am

I just love the cover.

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Christy Caldwell
9/29/2016 07:19:05 pm

I enjoyed the excerpt and your review.
Sounds like a really great book.

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Lisa Brown
9/30/2016 07:49:39 am

i hope the tour was great for you :)

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Christy Maurer
9/30/2016 03:32:28 pm

This is such a great review! It must be very good!

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Sarah L
9/30/2016 06:47:48 pm

How many hours a day do you write?
Thanks for the contest.

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Renee Rousseau
9/30/2016 08:29:55 pm

Here's to HOPE and no RUIN on your new release! Congrats!

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