Welcome to the next stop in the Brightest Kind of Darkness Official Blog Tour! I welcome you to my site today as much as I am honored to be part of the awesome lineup of bloggers for this amazing tour. I want to thank my Starbooks friend Dani and RLR Tours for letting me become part of this tour. And thanks to the very talented author of Brightest Kind of Darkness and Lucid--Ms. P.T. Michelle.
As part of the tour, I did a book review of the first book in the series, plus there is a giveaway somewhere in this post. Be sure to enter. Good luck and enjoy!
As part of the tour, I did a book review of the first book in the series, plus there is a giveaway somewhere in this post. Be sure to enter. Good luck and enjoy!
Author: P.T. Michelle
Published: June 27th 2011
Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal Romance
Summary:Nara Collins is an average sixteen-year-old, with one exception: every night she dreams the events of the following day. Due to an incident in her past, Nara avoids using her special gift to change fate…until she dreams a future she can’t ignore.After Nara prevents a bombing at Blue Ridge High, her ability to see the future starts to fade, while people at school are suddenly being injured at an unusually high rate.Grappling with her diminishing powers and the need to prevent another disaster, Nara meets Ethan Harris, a mysterious loner who seems to understand her better than anyone. Ethan and Nara forge an irresistible connection, but as their relationship heats up, so do her questions about his dark past.
To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
I didn't know what to expect when I started this book. All I know was that it is said to be good. Well... this book isn't just good. It's really good! The concept reminds me a bit about Final Destination since it deals with cheating death or fate. Have you seen the movies yet? Yeah? Well, I think this book is a bit similar to that, minus the gross and the super horrible deaths, and then add a big dose of romance. I know that lots of us are suckers for good love stories and this book has it! More than anything, Brightest Kind of Darkness deals with Fate with a capital F. It is a story about a girl named Inara who has this extraordinary gift of seeing her future through her dreams. But she sees only what will happen to her the next day after she dreamed of it. This actually gives advantage to her during exams and soccer games until she challenged fate and tried to change the outcome of one of her dreams. When she saw what would happen to her school when she dreamed about a bomb planted in one of the student's locker, she didn't hesitated to call 911 and report the attempted bombing. She knew that she has to do something about it to save the school and the students. But then, one attempt and everything changes. Still, Nara believes that she has this gift for a reason and so she tried to save everyone from those horrible things that were supposed to happen. Then she met Ethan and later she realized that her dreams began to disappear, and she suspects that maybe this mysterious loner has something to do with it.
Ethan. The swoon-worthy Ethan who--rumor says--was expelled from his last school by beating up a guy. But Nara strongly feels that Ethan is a good guy despite the bad rumors she heard at school. There is something about him and his past that he isn't telling anyone, and though Nara have doubts, she still feels that he's the only one she can trust. He's the only person who remained solid to her when her bestfriend couldn't even stand up for her. With their growing attraction to each other, their journey in defeating Fate begins and no one knows how things will end for both of them and for those people they mostly care about...
This book takes the reader to a journey that is both dark and thrilling. It kept me guessing the whole time! Sometimes it was frustrating when I cannot tell what's "really" happening, but then it's the reason why I was rooted in the first place. It made me even more excited to see what comes next and I found myself flipping the pages until I reached the end of the book. The mystery that surrounds Ethan is very suspenseful, and most of the times I just wanted to jump into the book and investigate it myself. The flow of the story is very well executed, and though I got irritated with Nara a lot, I'd say that the characters remained strong and effective thus making them likable.
With it's gripping storyline, beautiful plot, and interesting characters, this is surely a great start for a remarkable series. It was an exciting read, something you shouldn't want to miss.
My Rating:
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P.T. Michelle’s Brightest Kind of Darkness
Tour Schedule
September 24th
Confessions of a Bookaholic – Review (Lucid)
Nothing Better Than a Book – Review (BKoD)
Jelly Loves Books – Review (BKoD)
Deea’s Journal – Review (Lucid)
Some Like it Paranormal – Featured Post (Random Trivia about the BKoD series)
Beauty & the Bookshelf – Excerpt
The Bookish Babe – Guest Post + Review (Lucid)
Better Read Than Dead – Review (BKoD)
Hope, Faith & Books – Review (BKoD)
I’m a Book Shark – Featured Post (All about Parkour)
September 25th
The Bookish Brunette – Featured Post (Ethan & Nara character interview)
A Buckeye Girl Reads – Review (BKoD)
I Read Indie – Review (Lucid)
Readers Live A Thousand Lives – Review (BKoD)
Vendea’s Dream World of Books – Review (BKoD)
Seeing Night Reviews – Review (Lucid)
Fictional Distraction – Review (Lucid)
Creative Reads – Review (BKoD)
K-Books – Review (Lucid)
A Book Vacation – Featured Post (Ravens)
Stories of My Life – Excerpt
Winter Haven Books - Review (Lucid)
September 26th
Mundie Moms – Review (BKoD)
I Heart YA Books – Review (Lucid)
Serenity’s Lovely Reads – Review (Lucid)
Book Nerd – Review (BKoD)
Simply Infatuated – Review (BKoD) + Excerpt
Books Over Boys – Featured Post (Playlist)
Step Into Fiction – Review (Lucid)
Nomalicious Reads – Review (Lucid)
Reader’s Antidote – Review (BKoD)
Primrose Musings – Featured Post (BKoD: The Movie)
Panda Reads – Review (BKoD)
September 27th
Kindle Fever – Review (Lucid)
Always YA at Heart – Review (Lucid)
A Dream Within A Dream – Review (BKoD & Lucid)
Rampant Readers – Review (BKoD)
Book Briefs – Featured Post (Top 10: Little known facts about Nara)
Michelle Chew Writes – Review (BKoD)
Into the Hall of Books – Review (Lucid)
Book Passion for Life – Excerpt
Rhi Reading – Featured Post (Building a World)
Shortie Says – Featured Post (How Dreams Can Inspire…)
Jean BookNerd – Review (Lucid)
September 28th
Refracted Light Book Reviews – Featured Post (The RL girls discuss Ethan & Drystan)
Once Upon a Twilight – Review (BKoD)
Vamps and Stuff – Review (BKoD)
Young Adult BookReviews – Review (Lucid)
Sparkles and Lightning – Review (Lucid)
Books With Bite – Featured Post (Top 10: Little known facts about Ethan)
Little Hyuts – Review (Lucid)
Books 4 Juliet – Review (BKoD)
Rants ‘N Scribbles – Review (BKoD)
The YA Sisterhood – Excerpt
Random Acts of Books – Review (BKoD)
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OMG! this book was "dark and thrilling"? kyaaa! sounds awesome and I loved your review. It seems to be a great read! I have seen this book in many blogs and so far I have read good things about it. =P
Wonderful review my dear. Take care and I hope you are doing super awesome! <3333
kisses and hugs <3
Natalia <3