Blog Tour: Entombed In Glass

 Hello all! Welcome back to my blog, for today’s tour post for the novel Entombed in Glass by Stacey Rourke. This is the second book in the Unfortunate Soul Chronicles series which is a YA Fantasy! I read and reviewed book one: Rise of the Sea Witch also as part of the tour, which you can find my spoiler-free Goodreads review for here:  https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2352396089?book_show_action=false 

Book details:

Entombed in Glass
by Stacey Rourke
(Unfortunate Soul Chronicles, #2)
Publication date: March 29th 2018
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult

Synopsis:

Mirror, mirror on the wall.
What’s behind that fated call?
He’s the seer of present, future, and past,
Yet remains a nameless face entombed in glass.

Raised as a servant in the underwater kingdom of Atlantica, Alastor worked his way up to a regal member of the Royal Guard. Only as a decorated soldier did he stand a chance of winning the hand of the woman he’s loved since childhood … Poseidon’s only daughter, Princess Vanessa. But, when the war against humans rages, dark magics are evoked to give the mermen a fighting chance. Temporarily granted legs, they charge from the sea into a doomed battle.

Doing the bidding of his masters as a trusted pawn,
The claims of his loyalty couldn’t be more wrong.

Waking on land, with bodies all around, Alastor’s lone goal becomes returning to the ocean and the only life he’s ever known. A plan that is quickly diverted when Hades, Lord of the Underworld, appears with a twisted agenda all his own. Cast to a land far from the lapping comforts of home, Alastor’s sole companion is a troubled misfit named Sterling that soon comes to depend on him. Trained to be a hero, how far is Alastor willing to go to return to the woman he loves? And can he live with the sacrifices he’s forced to make?

Each day he schemes to break free from their thrall,
and honor a self-made vow … to kill them all.

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38095618-entombed-in-glass

Purchase:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079KXT95P 

AUTHOR BIO:

RONE Award Winner for Best YA Paranormal Work of 2012 for Embrace, a Gryphon Series Novel
Young Adult and Teen Reader voted Author of the Year 2012
Turning Pages Magazine Winner for Best YA book of 2013 & Best Teen Book of 2013
Readers’ Favorite Silver Medal Winner for Crane 2015

Stacey Rourke is the author of the award winning YA Gryphon Series, the chillingly suspenseful Legends Saga, and the romantic comedy Reel Romance Series. She lives in Michigan with her husband, two beautiful daughters, and two giant dogs. She loves to travel, has an unhealthy shoe addiction, and considers herself blessed to make a career out of talking to the imaginary people that live in her head.

Author links:

http://staceyrourke.com/

https://www.facebook.com/staceyrourkeauthor/

https://twitter.com/rourkewrites

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5309409.Stacey_Rourke 

REVIEW: Entombed in Glass follows on from the events of Rise of the Sea Witch but following a different character called Alastor. He used to have a deep crush towards Vanessa/Ursula but now is trapped in the world where humans are and not under the sea where he is originally from. Alastor and his new companion Sterling must battle the elements and push past threats from Hades to return back home before they both meet certain death. Although the dialogue and pacing were strong throughout, I did struggle a little with character connection. I would have liked to have seen more underwater setting as this was predominately featured in Rise of the Sea Witch. However, this was also a quick fast-paced and thrilling read that had a good conclusion. Whoever designed the covers for this series has done a fabulous job, they are stunning and show up really well on my iPad, which I use as a digital reading device.

Giveaway: Closing date for entries is April 8th 2018!

Tour-wide giveaway (INTL)

• A Decoupaged basket filled with surprise goodies! Inside, the lucky winner will find FIVE signed paperbacks from Stacey and various authors, and TEN different swag items!

If you would like to enter the giveaway, here is the link: https://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/0a59996f22/

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

Alice x