A Dream Within A Dream

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September 20, 2013

Skeleton & Dust Blog Tour: Review + Giveaway

Welcome to my stop on the Skeleton & Dust blog tour! Today I have my review of the book to share with you and don't forget to scroll to the bottom of the post to enter the tour wide giveaway!

Skeleton & Dust (The Ferryman & The Flame #3.5)
Author: Rhiannon Paille

Genre: Fantasy
Release Date: October 1, 2013

Description:

In the First Era, before Kaliel and Krishani fell in love, Tor runs. He escapes the Land of Kings and the tyrannical Valtanyana. In the depths of Tempia he forges weapons-- The Flames-- strong enough to oppose the Kings he betrayed.

Aria, The Amethyst Flame, cannot touch the living or the dead and her kin are silent ghosts. Hidden in a cairn deep in the haunted forest, Aria becomes obsessed with the Ferryman, the only boy who can feel her touch.

Before Aria knows it, The Flames, The Ferryman and Tor are swept up in the first war against the Valtanyana.

Skeleton & Dust is a novella in the addicting fantasy series The Ferryman and The Flame. In this short story, we follow Aria - the Amethyst Flame - as she hides out in the forest and becomes increasingly obsessed with the Ferryman - the only person who can feel her touch. While this is happening, Tor has run from the Land of Kings and the Valtanyana. He finds his way into Tempia, where he makes The Flames - weapons strong enough to take down the Kings that he fled. Soon Aria, the Ferryman, Tor, and the Flames will all be caught up in the first war against the Vatanyana.

This is a high fantasy series that keeps getting better with each installment. The world building is fantastic with vivid imagery and detailed descriptions that have the reader easily sliding into the world the author created. The characters continue to be well formed with their own strengths, flaws, fears, and desires. I loved getting to know Aria and the Ferryman, along with the story behind Tor and the forging of The Flames. Although this was just a novella, it brought a great deal into focus from the rest of the series and gives the reader an added depth to the story line and the characters. The book was fast paced and flowed effortlessly - I easily was swept away in its pages and finished it in one sitting. Highly recommended for fans of the series as well as for fans of fantasy fiction.

Rhiannon is an up and coming Indie Author that writes Young Adult Fantasy books and some non fiction. She has a PhD in Metaphysical Science and Parapsychology. When she’s not writing books she’s reading minds, singing karaoke, burning dinner and sipping iced cappuccino despite her allergy to coffee. Some day she’d like to own a unicorn—as long as it doesn’t eat her. She's sold over 25,000 copies of her books worldwide.

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June 10, 2013

Book Blitz & Giveaway: Justice by Rhiannon Paille

Justice (The Ferryman and The Flame #2)
Author: Rhiannon Paille
Genre: YA Fantasy
Release Date: January 22, 2013

Buy Links: Amazon / Barnes and Noble

Description:

How far would you go to destroy yourself?

Krishani always knew he would have to go to the Lands of Men, but he never thought it would be like this. Enemies everywhere, an ancestor he can't respect, elders he can't trust, a curse he can't stop and friends he can't help but hate. Desperate to end the pain, he sets out on a quest to find the other Flames and face the enemy that took everything from him.

Krishani sighed and looked at the stars. The vastness of the lands stretched into a thousand tiny dots. The day had felt the longest since he left Avristar. He closed his eyes, getting lost in memories of Kaliel all over again, the softness of her smile and the shining greenness of her eyes.

Shivers ran up his spine. He would never let Kaliel go. She had entwined herself into his heart and it was her Flame that kept it beating day after day even when he had nothing left. He only fled Avristar because she told him to. If it had been up to him he would have had the axe of destruction fall on him, forcing his return to the Great Hall and leaving the Tavesins without a Ferryman, immortality or not.

He sighed and opened his eyes. Aulises stared at him, her green eyes full of innocence and curiosity. She looked away when he looked at her. He turned his back to her, but there were shuffles behind him, footsteps in the sand, a dress swishing around in the wind. He felt the log shift as she sat. He stole a glance in her direction. She focused on the fire, grief etched into her features. He thought she must have seen roughly sixteen summers, give or take a couple. Her tiny body made it hard to judge.

“I have no home,” she whispered.

Krishani gulped. He remembered the morning he had woken up with Kaliel in Nandaro. She said the same thing. Even with melancholy making the girl look distinctly unlike Kaliel, it was still a biting thought.

“I know the feeling.” He went rigid and watched the salamanders dancing in the flames. He tried to let his thoughts drift away from the girl and her similarities. As the silence ensued, he slipped back into the dark thoughts that kept him occupied every other moment of the day since the attack on Avristar. He loathed the idea of facing off with the Daed a second time. He needed to see the cold terror of the one who had taken her life. He shuddered unexpectedly and felt a hand on his leg. He glanced down, Aulises’s hand on his thigh.

Wild anger rushed into his body. He glanced at her, an apologetic and suggestive young girl with bright green eyes bored into him. It took no time at all to know what the girl wanted. He was disgusted and appalled. He ripped himself off the log and drew his sword.

“Harlot!” His eyes went wide and she turned fearful. Krishani held the sword at her throat, his entire body pulsing with debasement. “Look at me that way again and I won’t think twice about cutting your throat.” His voice was low and uneven. It hurt to get the words out.

Aulises scrambled backwards and fell in the sand. Her eyes flashed with the same murkiness as her family. “You like me,” she said with a sneer, her lips twisting into a devious smile.

Krishani stepped over the log, his lips turned up in disgust. He clenched the sword tighter and pushed it to her throat. “You’re a thief’s daughter. I feel nothing for you. I won’t hesitate to kill you.”

Aulises dipped her head back and let out a sob that sounded more like laughter. “End me. I have no family and nowhere to go.” She said it slowly, her bare neck exposed, the sword pointed at it.

Krishani froze, blinked, heat rushing into his extremities.

“Krishani!” Shimma called from the cabin. She ran across the sand, pausing when she was close enough to the girl. “What are you doing?” she asked, her eyes panicked.

Krishani hung his head. Deep down he knew he couldn’t kill her, not when she looked so much like Kaliel. It would be like ending her himself, and he could never do that. He blinked and pulled the sword away from Aulises’s throat. He fumbled with it and eventually shoved it back into the scabbard. Shimma knelt beside Aulises as she sat up.

“He looked like he needed comforting.” Aulises sounded meek again, nothing like the devious girl Krishani faced moments ago. He made a guttural noise with his nostrils and stalked towards the cabin.

“Keep her away from me.”

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June 6, 2013

Cover Reveal: Vulture (The Ferryman & The Flame #3) by Rhiannon Paille

Vulture (The Ferryman & The Flame #3)

Author: Rhiannon Paille

Genre: YA Fantasy

Expected Release Date: June 18, 2013

Cover Design by Mae I Design

Description:

How far would you go to betray everything you've ever known?

Kaliel didn't think second chances came with this much turmoil. Exiled from her home, surrounded by strangers and in love with a boy she barely recognizes, she can't take it. She has her best friend, a new mentor, and a chance to win the war against the Valtanyana, but it's all wrong. Desperate to salvage some semblance of her former life, she makes a deal that shatters everything.

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March 19, 2013

New Cover Reveal: Surrender and Justice by Rhiannon Paille

Surrender (The Ferryman & The Flame #1)

Author: Rhiannon Paille

Genre: YA Fantasy

Cover Design: Regina Wamba of Mae I Design

Exclusively on Amazon / Kindle

Description:

How far would you go to save everything you ever loved?

Kaliel was warned about her love for the Ferryman. One day he will marry the land and leave Avristar forever. She doesn't listen, and because of what she is-- a Flame-- one of nine apocalyptic weapons, she sparks a war. In a desperate attempt to save her home and her love, Kaliel tries to awaken Avred, not knowing she may have to make the ultimate sacrifice.

Justice (The Ferryman & The Flame #2)

Author: Rhiannon Paille

Genre: YA Fantasy

Cover Design: Regina Wamba of Mae I Design
Exclusively available at Amazon / Kindle

Description:

How far would you go to destroy yourself?

Krishani always knew he would have to go to the Lands of Men, but he never thought it would be like this. Enemies everywhere, an ancestor he can't respect, elders he can't trust, a curse he can't stop and friends he can't help but hate. Desperate to end the pain, he sets out on a quest to find the other Flames and face the enemy that took everything from him.

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Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4653530.Rhiannon_Paille