Today, Reviews and Interviews is a book blurb blitz tour stop for the YA paranormal romance novel The Book of Phinn by Frank Anjakos.
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Blurb:
Hey,
Phinn here.
Phinn here.
I’m
an Angel. A 16-year-old immortal. You don’t know me. You’ve never seen me. Unless
you’re a dead teenager and you’ve been good and live in Southern California
(narrows it down, huh?). If that’s the case, we’ve probably met. See, I take
the souls of good kids to Heaven, but I’m not allowed to interact with the
living…which makes high school, being on the soccer team and writing for the
school newspaper a little difficult. As an angel, I play by the rules.
an Angel. A 16-year-old immortal. You don’t know me. You’ve never seen me. Unless
you’re a dead teenager and you’ve been good and live in Southern California
(narrows it down, huh?). If that’s the case, we’ve probably met. See, I take
the souls of good kids to Heaven, but I’m not allowed to interact with the
living…which makes high school, being on the soccer team and writing for the
school newspaper a little difficult. As an angel, I play by the rules.
My
“arch-frenemy” Iszn, the demon who takes the bad kids to Hell, breaks
all the rules…which is why he’s one of the most popular kids in school. Iszn’s
hobbies are football, human girls, football, torturing me, football and evil….did
I mention football?
“arch-frenemy” Iszn, the demon who takes the bad kids to Hell, breaks
all the rules…which is why he’s one of the most popular kids in school. Iszn’s
hobbies are football, human girls, football, torturing me, football and evil….did
I mention football?
Anyway,
as an Angel I try not to have any direct contact with humans…well, that is
until I met this girl. Actually, until she met me…it’s kind of complicated. That’s
one of the reasons I write my blog…to let you guys in on a world you probably
didn’t even know existed…until it’s too late, anyway.
as an Angel I try not to have any direct contact with humans…well, that is
until I met this girl. Actually, until she met me…it’s kind of complicated. That’s
one of the reasons I write my blog…to let you guys in on a world you probably
didn’t even know existed…until it’s too late, anyway.
But
this world does exist, and it’s about to get complicated. There are some deaths
we can’t explain and only Iszn and I seem to want to get to the bottom of them.
It’s going to cost us…a lot, but we can’t let it go.
this world does exist, and it’s about to get complicated. There are some deaths
we can’t explain and only Iszn and I seem to want to get to the bottom of them.
It’s going to cost us…a lot, but we can’t let it go.
So
ya, enjoy the blog…comment if you want. I read all the comments and try to
respond. And don’t let Iszn freak you out…to my knowledge, he’s never
actually eaten anyone’s face.
ya, enjoy the blog…comment if you want. I read all the comments and try to
respond. And don’t let Iszn freak you out…to my knowledge, he’s never
actually eaten anyone’s face.
Cya
inside š
inside š
Excerpt:
Ok,
letās clear up a few things.
letās clear up a few things.
In most
ways, Iszn and I arenāt the same. I mean we come from seriously different
places and we have completely different jobs and ideas on what weāre supposed
to be doing.
ways, Iszn and I arenāt the same. I mean we come from seriously different
places and we have completely different jobs and ideas on what weāre supposed
to be doing.
Iszn
kisses humans. I donāt. Thereās a reason I donāt, though. The breath of an
Angel has an effect on people.
kisses humans. I donāt. Thereās a reason I donāt, though. The breath of an
Angel has an effect on people.
You
know how in vampire movies sometimes a vampire will bite someone and theyāll be
all āooohhhā¦ahhhā¦ā and theyāll get all squishy and stuff, instead of like
screaming and slapping the guy and yelling āWhat are you doing? That hurts!ā
know how in vampire movies sometimes a vampire will bite someone and theyāll be
all āooohhhā¦ahhhā¦ā and theyāll get all squishy and stuff, instead of like
screaming and slapping the guy and yelling āWhat are you doing? That hurts!ā
Well,
thatās what an Angelās breath does to humans. It gives them the āswoon.ā Thatās
what we call it when a human gets squishy with Angel breath.
thatās what an Angelās breath does to humans. It gives them the āswoon.ā Thatās
what we call it when a human gets squishy with Angel breath.
Now,
Iszn, on the other handā¦when he breathes on a human, they get the ācharm.ā Itās
darker and more serious than the swoon. When a human gets charmed, theyāll
basically do anything the demon tells them to. Theyāre kind of owned. At least
until it wears off.
Iszn, on the other handā¦when he breathes on a human, they get the ācharm.ā Itās
darker and more serious than the swoon. When a human gets charmed, theyāll
basically do anything the demon tells them to. Theyāre kind of owned. At least
until it wears off.
Obviously,
a swoon isnāt as bad as a charm. But I still think itās wrong. Itās just not
right to make someone feel somethingā¦anythingā¦that they donāt, simply because
you can.
a swoon isnāt as bad as a charm. But I still think itās wrong. Itās just not
right to make someone feel somethingā¦anythingā¦that they donāt, simply because
you can.
Iszn
doesnāt agree. Iszn is a big fan of āI can do it, so thereās no reason I
shouldnāt.ā
doesnāt agree. Iszn is a big fan of āI can do it, so thereās no reason I
shouldnāt.ā
Thereās
another thing, too. Iszn is the most popular guy in school. Heās captain of the
football team. Heās smart. Heās funny. Heās good looking, like only an Immortal
can be. SOOOO, he has many many groupiesā¦both guys and girls. They follow him
around because he is impressive asā¦wellā¦as Hell. Thereās no other way to put
it.
another thing, too. Iszn is the most popular guy in school. Heās captain of the
football team. Heās smart. Heās funny. Heās good looking, like only an Immortal
can be. SOOOO, he has many many groupiesā¦both guys and girls. They follow him
around because he is impressive asā¦wellā¦as Hell. Thereās no other way to put
it.
I
suspect that he charms some of them, but I canāt prove it, and he wonāt admit
it to me. And quite honestly, I donāt even want to know.
suspect that he charms some of them, but I canāt prove it, and he wonāt admit
it to me. And quite honestly, I donāt even want to know.
But
there it is.
there it is.
So, Iām
not rushing into kissing Ashley. I could never be sure she was kissing me
because she likes me. Iād never swoon her. I think she does like me, though.
And I know I like her.
not rushing into kissing Ashley. I could never be sure she was kissing me
because she likes me. Iād never swoon her. I think she does like me, though.
And I know I like her.
If she
couldnāt see meā¦if none of this was happening, then Iād eventually move on. As
an Angel Iām master of my feelings, so Iād enjoy the falling in love, suffer
over the fact that it could never be, and then let it go. Iāve done it beforeā¦I
could do it again.
couldnāt see meā¦if none of this was happening, then Iād eventually move on. As
an Angel Iām master of my feelings, so Iād enjoy the falling in love, suffer
over the fact that it could never be, and then let it go. Iāve done it beforeā¦I
could do it again.
But for
whatever reason, I donāt have to. She does see me, and for the first time since
the dawn of time, someone that I like, likes me back.
whatever reason, I donāt have to. She does see me, and for the first time since
the dawn of time, someone that I like, likes me back.
Do you
know how weird that is for me? 100% weird.
know how weird that is for me? 100% weird.
So you
can understand why I donāt want to screw this up. You can understand how big a
deal this is for me. You can understand why I lay in bed at night and wonder
why all this is going on. And I think you can understand why Iām not taking
Isznās advice.
can understand why I donāt want to screw this up. You can understand how big a
deal this is for me. You can understand why I lay in bed at night and wonder
why all this is going on. And I think you can understand why Iām not taking
Isznās advice.
Author information:
Frank Anjakos lives in the Wild West, where he avoids writing
about anything Western. Upon graduation from college in Michigan he was
unwilling to get a real job, and so went to law school at the University of
Arizona, where he studied listlessly, overcome by the desert heat, and obtained
a law degree in the usual amount of time. After recovering from the stifling
law school style of writing, he returned to his true passion, fictionā¦both
writing and living it. Coerced by his son Finn, he turned away from adult
science fiction and began writing childrenās books. Now, if he could just get
his son to actually read one.
about anything Western. Upon graduation from college in Michigan he was
unwilling to get a real job, and so went to law school at the University of
Arizona, where he studied listlessly, overcome by the desert heat, and obtained
a law degree in the usual amount of time. After recovering from the stifling
law school style of writing, he returned to his true passion, fictionā¦both
writing and living it. Coerced by his son Finn, he turned away from adult
science fiction and began writing childrenās books. Now, if he could just get
his son to actually read one.
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