Blog Tour: Meet Me In The Strange

Hello readers! Today is my blog tour post for the novella Meet Me In The Strange by Leander Watts. This post will include a review (spoiler-free) as well as the opportunity to enter into the giveaway running and purchase links so if you are interested, you can grab yourself a copy. This is a YA Science Fiction novella and was kindly sent the ARC for review for being part of the promotional tour. Let’s get started!

Book details:

Meet Me in the Strange
by Leander Watts
Publication date: March 27th 2018
Genres: Science Fiction, Young Adult

Synopsis:

From the author of Beautiful City of the Dead and Stonecutter comes a dreamy, atmospheric coming of age story that will appeal to readers of all ages.

Davi tries to help a new friend, Anna Z, escape a cruel and controlling brother, and the teens end up running away to follow the tour of their rock idol, the otherworldly Django Conn. The story is set in a weird and wonderful retro-futuristic city of glam-girls and glister-boys and a strange phenomenon that Anna Z calls the “Alien Drift.”

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36319417-meet-me-in-the-strange?ac=1&from_search=true

Purchase:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Meet-Me-in-the-Strange-ebook/dp/B075SXRX4L/

B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/meet-me-in-the-strange-leander-watts/1127065818?ean=9781946154156#/

AUTHOR BIO:

An avid musician, Leander Watts has played and sung for decades in a wide variety of bands. His interests range from garage rock to skronky jazz, from baroque organ to Appalachian gospel. The first rock concert he attended was David Bowie on the Diamond Dogs tour in 1974. He teaches writing and literature at the State University of New York at Geneseo (his alma mater). Leander Watts is the author of Stonecutter, Wild Ride to Heaven, Ten Thousand Charms, and Beautiful City of the Dead.

Author links:

http://zigguratlounge.blogspot.ca/

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/179805.Leander_Watts

REVIEW: Meet Me In The Strange was definitely an interesting YA novella, the length was short, so that was good for me to read on a very busy day in particular (same day as this post is uploaded). The novella is told from Davi’s point of view as he goes to a concert for the artist Django Conn and locks eyes with a strange girl that he later finds out is called Anna Z. She has a burning secret of her own regarding her past family life and doesn’t want to be found by her brother. Together, they make plans to run away and follow their idol Django across his supposed final tour. The futuristic city makes for the sci-fi setting with the Alien Drift being a curious plot twist. The pacing was fast but does make it ideal for a short novella that is completely standalone.

Giveaway: This closes for entries on April 19th 2018!

Tour-wide giveaway

• $25 Amazon gift card

For the chance to win an Amazon gift card to spend on whatever you like, head over to this link to enter: http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/d04251232356/

That concludes this post, a massive thank you to the team at Xpresso as well as the author Leander for letting me be a part of the tour. See you all soon with a new post!

Alice x