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Friday, March 30, 2012

Crista McHugh 'A Soul for Trouble' review + giveaway

***Make sure to read the full review and enter for your chance to win a paperback or ebook copy of A Soul for Trouble.***

A Soul for Trouble by Crista McHugh
Expected publication: April 3rd 2012 by Create Space
ISBN13: 978146815874

Synopsis:
When you are a witch named Trouble, Chaos follows. Arden Lesstymine (know to everyone as Trouble) likes attention as much as the next girl, but this is getting ridiculous. When an insane stranger is murdered at the inn where she works, Trouble becomes the next Soulbearer for the disembodied god of chaos. Loku. Yes, it comes with the ability to channel the god’s limitless power, but at the cost of her sanity-literally. Now she has a sexy but cynical knight claiming to be her protector, a prince trying to seduce her to his cause (and his bed), and a snarky chaos god who offers a play-by-play commentary on it all, whether she wants to hear it or not. To make matter worse, a necromancer wants to capture the soul of Loku for his own dark purposes, and the only way he can get it is by killing her first.

When you are the only blonde-haired, blue-eyed person in town you know you are going to draw attention to yourself, not always good attention, but attention none the less. Add the ability to use magic into the mix and you know why you have the nickname Trouble. Arden works for her uncle at his inn, not by choice but by honor to the family, unfortunately Arden gets to serve the riff-raff at the inn that no one else wants to deal with. Who knew helping one old man would change her life forever? Shortly after helping an insane old man he is killed and Arden becomes the new Soulbearer of the chaos god Loku. This information is given to Arden after she woken outside the village by Devarius Tel’brien, Knight of Gravaria (Dev for short). Dev informs Arden that he is the sworn protector of the Soulbearer.

While Dev is trying to get Arden to Gravaria to give her the proper magical training, they have a few run-ins with the Necromancer. Arden chooses to ignore Dev and fight back, which is not a good thing to so, since using magic is punishable by death. Instead Arden ends up saving the Third prince Kell, who wishes to save Arden. Kell tries his hardest to woo Arden into his bed, which doesn’t go exactly as he planned. Arden blows off almost every attempt Kell makes at her. During all of this Dev starts to show signs of jealousy, but he keeps shrugging off his feelings for Arden since he is her sworn protector.

I had a lot of fun reading this book, the characters are likable in their own ways but at times I wanted to reach in and smack Arden around a few times. I’ve wanted to yell at Dev for being such a stubborn jerk and Kell I wanted to give a good swift kick in the rear for just being Kell. Loku if it was possible I’d want to hang out with and talk to for a while, since he reminds me of a certain spirit that lives in a skull that hangs out with a wizard from Chicago. If you are looking for a fantasy book with a little romance, I suggest giving this one a chance and adding it to your library. I’m already looking forward to the next book A Soul for Chaos to come out at the end of the year. It will be interesting to see how life fairs for Arden and Dev once they are in Gravaria.

4.5/5
~DD~

***GIVEAWAY***
Crista was kind enough to offer up one print or ebook copy of her latest hit novel to a lucky commenter below. This giveaway is open to EVERYONE so make sure to list the following in the comments below:

1. Your Email Address
2. A theme for Crista's book is order vs chaos. Do you like the predictable, or a little spontaneity from time to time?
3. Do you follow the blog? If so get double entries!

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12 comments:

  1. mbast06@yahoo.com of MaryLBast@gmail.com
    Spontaneity from time to time is a whole lot more fun than the boring old predictable...
    I do follow the blog. :)

    Looks like a very cool story, can't wait to read it!

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  2. I am all about order - it makes me feel comfortable :)
    A Soul for Trouble sounds very interesting, I would love to read it.
    Thanks for the giveaway!

    I am a follower.

    franalokas (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  3. a little spontaneity form time to time of course. besides being predictable all the time is kind of boring, don't you think?

    i'm a follower :)

    smile_1773@yahoo.com

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  4. I love spontaneity in witch books. It keeps the heroine on her toes and gives us, the readers a bit of a chuckle now and then. As a Pagan, I always enjoy a good witch story.

    I follow you on e-mail and GFC NoraA

    NoraAdrienne(at)gmail(dot)com

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  5. The book does sound like fun to read. I do enjoy spontaneity. I am a follower.
    debby236 at gmail dot com

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  6. i do like being surprised by books.. i think thats fun!!

    alainala at hotmail dot ca

    ( i follow!!)

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  7. I had a great time reading this, I broke out laughing at times, I even had Tim looking at me like I was crazy...until I read the part to him and he laughed too.

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  8. Very fun review. I like a little spontaneity.

    I follow the blog. Thanks for the giveaway.

    bn100candg(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  9. i like a little bit of sponaneity. And I follow your blog
    scrtsbpal at yahoo dot com

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  10. Ooh, I like a little spontaneity, or maybe even a lot every now and again. It's healthy to be kept on your toes every now and then!

    I'm a GFC follower.
    beckyhjohnson79 at yahoo . com . au

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  11. I need spontaneity from time to time to shake things up a bit;)
    I am a new follower=D
    Lethea
    Luvdaylilies at bellsouth dot net

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  12. This contest is now closed! Thank you every for taking the time to enter and don't worry more fun coming up soon!

    Winner: sienny

    And another big thank to Crista for offering up this sweet prize! :)

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