Hey everyone! I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the blog tour LIFE AND DEATH PARADE by Eliza Wass!
I have an excerpt to share with you today! And make sure to enter the giveaway below!
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One year ago, Kitty's boyfriend Nikki Bramley visited a psychic who told him he had no future. Now, he's dead.
With the Bramley family grieving in separate corners of their home, Kitty sets out to find the psychic who read Nikki his fate. Instead she finds Roan, an enigmatic boy posing as a medium who belongs to the Life and Death Parade--a group of supposed charlatans that explore, and exploit, the thin veil between this world and the next. A group whose members include the psychic... and Kitty's late mother.
Desperate to learn more about the group and their connection to Nikki, Kitty convinces Roan to return to the Bramley house with her and secures a position for him within the household. Roan quickly ingratiates himself with the Bramleys, and soon enough it seems like everyone is ready to move on. Kitty, however, increasingly suspects Roan knows more about Nikki than he's letting on. And when they finally locate the Life and Death Parade, and the psychic who made that fateful prophecy to Nikki, Kitty uncovers a secret about Roan that changes everything.
From rising star Eliza Wass comes a sophisticated, mesmerizing meditation on the depths of grief and the magic of faith. After all, it only works if you believe it.
Now on to the excerpt!
I
started carting Mum’s book around with me, studying the saints, thinking about
what I’d ask for, if I had the faith to ask for anything. I was perusing it one
wet afternoon in the library when Roan caught my eye.
He
was sitting in Nikki’s chair, with his feet crossed over Nikki’s footrest--just
the way Nikki sat--like some insidious form of chameleon. Macklin was on a
chair just beside him, and Holiday was on her belly on the floor, wearing five
or six necklaces in homage to her leader.
“Do
you know what would be really nice right now?” Roan said. “A cup of English
tea. Macklin would you get some for me. Holiday can help.”
Macklin
was the last person I ever expected to see taking orders but he shut his book
and stood up, stretching.
“Macklin.”
I stiffened. “You don’t have to do what he says. “Macklin rubbed the back of
his neck. “Don’t you want tea?” He helped Holiday up, and they both went off together.
I sat
up, itchy under my skin. “I don’t understand why everyone does everything you
want.”
“And
why they don’t do the same for you?” He turned the page of an illustrated copy
of Dante’s Inferno. “Because you
never ask for it. You as for nothing, so that’s what you get.” He scanned the drawing,
then met my eyes. “You could have everything you want if you would just ask.”
I
glared at him. “I want t know where this bloody group is.”
“They
should be here soon.” He looked out the window, as if it might be written in
the sky. “But that’s not what you really want, is it?” He elbowed himself up.
“I
want you to leave.”
He
scoffed. “You don’t like me.”
“Oh,
I absolutely adore you. I just don’t trust you.”
He
sighed, ran his fingers through his lank hair. “Ask. Ask for anything you
want.”
“All
right, then.” My lungs expanded on a breath. My voice was stone cold. “I want
Nikki back.”
About Eliza:
Eliza Wass is an author, journalist and the wife of the late musician
Alan Wass. Her debut novel, The Cresswell Plot, was published in 2016 to
critical acclaim by Disney-Hyperion. She has contributed articles to The
Guardian, Grazia, NME, Shortlist and THE FALL.
Her second book with Disney-Hyperion, The Life and Death Parade, will
be published in June 2018.
Giveaway Details:
3 winners will receive a finished copy of THE LIFE AND DEATH PARADE,US
Only.
Tour Schedule:
Week One:
6/18/2018- A Dream Within A Dream- Review
6/19/2018- Here's
to Happy Endings- Review
6/20/2018- Lisa
Loves Literature- Review
6/21/2018- Novel
Novice- Guest Post
6/22/2018- Tales of the Ravenous Reader- Excerpt
Week Two:
6/25/2018- Two
Chicks on Books- Review
6/26/2018- Savings
in Seconds- Review
6/27/2018- Such A
Novel Idea- Review
6/28/2018- BookHounds YA- Interview
6/29/2018- Book-Keeping- Review
Sounds spooky and intriguing. Thanks.
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