Showing posts with label A.D. Starrling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label A.D. Starrling. Show all posts

Monday, January 12, 2015

Soul Meaning by A.D. Starling

Soul Meaning
by A.D. Starling

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Published: February 2014
Publisher: self
Genre: Action, Mystery, Paranormal, Thriller
ebook
Rating: 3.5

Seventeen series:
Soul Meaning
King's Crusade
Greene's Calling

From the award-winning series Seventeen comes a high-octane, action-packed twist on immortality. 'My name is Lucas Soul. Today, I died again. This is my fifteenth death in the last four hundred and fifty years.'

Soul is an outcast of the immortal societies. Born of a Bastian mother and a Crovir father, a half breed whose very existence is abhorred by the two races, he spends the first three hundred and fifty years of his life being chased and killed by the Hunters.

One fall night in Boston, the Hunt starts again, resulting in Soul’s fifteenth death and triggering a chain of events that sends him on the run with Reid Hasley, a former US Marine and his human business partner of ten years. From Paris to Prague, their search for answers will lead them deep into the immortal societies and bring them face to face with someone from Soul’s past. Shocking secrets are uncovered and fresh allies come to the fore as they attempt to put a stop to a new and terrifying threat to both immortals and humans.

Time is running out for Soul. Can he get to the truth before his seventeenth death, protect the ones he loves and prevent another immortal war?


My two-bits:

This story is filled with fighting action (guns and swords - katana). It is the introduction and start of a series that involve immortal beings. The immortals are not vampires which gives a refreshing take on another kind of paranormal creature.

I liked the friendship and light banter between the main character, Soul, and his business partner, Reid.

A bit of romance is included but not noticeable.

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* review copy courtesy of author

* added this to my Bookish Bingo challenge - square: Male POV

Saturday, January 10, 2015

Bookish Bingo Challenge: Winter

Bookish Bingo Challenge
Winter: January to March 2015
hosted by Great Imaginations (details)

Decided to join this bingo challenge again - third one.

It feels so satisfying being able to check off a square after completing a book.

The Rules:

Sign-ups close on January 15 here

Read read read!

-You may include one DNF.
-Remember, one square per book.
-Books do not have to be reviewed

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Books read:

Square - Pink Cover
The Vagabond Vicar by Charlotte Brentwood -my review

Square - Middle Grade
A Sudden Light by Garth Stein -my review

Square - Pink Cover
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty -my review

Square - LGBT QIA
Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley -my review

Square - Romance
Granted Wishes by Tanya Vought -my review

Square - White Cover
Funny Girl by Nick Hornby -my review

Square - Over 400 pages
The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber -my review

Square - 2015 Debut
The Secret of Pembrooke Park by Julie Klassen -my review

Square - 2014 Release I Missed
The Glass Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg -my review

Square - Pretty Dress Cover
New Uses for Old Boyfriends by Beth Kendrick -my review

Square - Blue Cover
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr -my review

Square - Super Powers
Miss Stoker - vampire hunter
The Clockwork Scarab by Colleen Gleason -my review

Square - Epistolary
The Golden Mean by Nick Bantock -my review

Square - Graphic Novel
Kill My Mother by Jules Feiffer -dnf

Square - Based on Mythology
Touch by Natalia Jaster -my review

Square - Fairy Tale Re-telling
Never by Shay Lynam -my review

Square - Start a Series
Tortured Souls (The Orion Circle #1) by Kimber Leigh Wheaton -my review

Square - Mental Illness
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven -my review

Square - Magical Realism
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami -my review

Square - Mystery or Thriller
Descent: A Novel by Tim Johnston -my review

Square - Gold Lettering
What I Know For Sure by Oprah Winfrey -my review

Square - PoC MC
The Borzoi Killings by Paul Batista -my review

Square - Male POV
Soul Meaning by A.D. Starling -my review

Monday, November 10, 2014

Giveaway: Winner's pick from the Seventeen series by A.D. Starrling

Soul Meaning
book 1
by A.D. Starrling
Amazon | Goodreads
B&N | Smashwords | iBooks | Kobo

From the award-winning series Seventeen comes a high-octane, action-packed twist on immortality. 'My name is Lucas Soul. Today, I died again. This is my fifteenth death in the last four hundred and fifty years.'

Soul is an outcast of the immortal societies. Born of a Bastian mother and a Crovir father, a half breed whose very existence is abhorred by the two races, he spends the first three hundred and fifty years of his life being chased and killed by the Hunters.

One fall night in Boston, the Hunt starts again, resulting in Soul’s fifteenth death and triggering a chain of events that sends him on the run with Reid Hasley, a former US Marine and his human business partner of ten years. From Paris to Prague, their search for answers will lead them deep into the immortal societies and bring them face to face with someone from Soul’s past. Shocking secrets are uncovered and fresh allies come to the fore as they attempt to put a stop to a new and terrifying threat to both immortals and humans.

Time is running out for Soul. Can he get to the truth before his seventeenth death, protect the ones he loves and prevent another immortal war?

If you like fast-paced, action-packed thriller books with a supernatural twist, download a sample or buy Soul Meaning now. A free short story is available for download from the author's website www.adstarrling.com

“James Bond meets Highlander = Fantastic. Soul Meaning, A.D. Starrling's debut novel, launches a high-octane paranormal thriller.” Bestselling & Award-Winning Science-Fiction Author Jade Kerrion

“Warning - Do not read if prone to seizures. Intense, non-stop action. Smart & well researched story-line. Villains and Heroes to love. This story is one to hit the immortal and classic spot on the bookshelves. It is so promising there is no where but up to go.” Cabin Goddess

“AD Starrling has written a high-octane debut to what looks like a great series. If you are a fan of the "Highlander" movies and TV shows, then "Soul Meaning" will definitely be a welcome treat.” The Kindle Book Review

˃˃˃ WINNER FANTASY CATEGORY NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2013

˃˃˃ FINALIST ADVENTURE CATEGORY NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2013

˃˃˃ FINALIST ACTION-ADVENTURE CATEGORY NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2013

˃˃˃ HONORABLE MENTION GENERAL FICTION HOLLYWOOD BOOK FESTIVAL 2013

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King's Crusade
book 2
by A.D. Starrling
Amazon | Goodreads

The perfect immortal warrior.
A set of stolen, priceless artifacts.
An ancient sect determined to bring about the downfall of human civilization.

The exciting, action-packed follow-up to Soul Meaning and the second installment in the supernatural thriller series, Seventeen.

When a team of scientists unearth scriptures older than the Dead Sea Scrolls in a cave in the Eastern Desert mountains in Egypt, a mystery lost to the tides of time is uncovered. Heading the expedition is Dimitri Reznak, the Head of the Crovir Immortal Culture & History Section. But the monumental discovery is spoiled by evidence of looting and half the priceless artifacts Reznak has been seeking for centuries have disappeared.

Alexa King is a covert agent for the Crovir First Council. When she is approached by her godfather for a mission that could help elucidate the enigma of her lost past, she finds herself delving into the dangerous and shadowy world of secret religious societies. Assigned by Reznak to assist her is Zachary Jackson, a gifted human and Harvard archaeology professor.

In their search for the missing artifacts, King and Jackson stumble upon the existence of a deadly sect whose origins are as mystifying as the relics they are searching for. From North Africa to the doors of Vatican City itself, they unveil a centuries-old plan that aims to shatter the very structure of civilized society.

With the help of Reznak and a group of unexpected allies, King and Jackson must stop the enemy and uncover the astonishing truth behind the missing artifacts and King’s own unearthly origins before all is lost.


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Greene's Calling
book 3
by A.D. Starrling
Amazon | Goodreads

An immortal healer.
An ancient legacy reborn.
A chain of cataclysmic events that threatens to change the fate of the world.

When a plane crashes in the Amazonian swamp where Conrad Greene is attempting to live out the rest of eternity, the jaded immortal who was once one of the Bastian First Council’s greatest assets stumbles across a conspiracy involving the recently elected president of the United States.

Caught in the middle of the intrigue is US Secret Service agent Laura Hartwell, the one immortal on Earth most likely to put a bullet through Greene’s skull.

Greene is coerced into returning to the life he had left behind by the leader of the Bastians and reluctantly agrees to assist the Americans in their investigation. As disturbing incidents start to unfold around the globe, Greene and a team of elite human and immortal agents must track down an elusive organization hell-bent on shifting the power balance of the world.

Can Greene stop the deadly countdown that threatens to alter the course of human history and regain the trust of the woman he loves?

The riveting and fast-paced third installment in the award-winning, supernatural thriller series Seventeen is finally here.


--~ Book Giveaway courtesy of promo ~--

ONE winner gets to pick the ebook version of one of the books in the Seventeen series which are listed above (Soul Meaning, King's Crusade, Greene's Calling).

Open to all.

Offer ends: November 23, 2014

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Saturday, October 25, 2014

Stacking the Shelves - 10.25.14

Stacking the Shelves
hosted by Tynga's Reviews (details)

Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

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Bought:

Illusions of Fate
by Kiersten White
-paranormal, YA
Amazon | Goodreads

In The Shadows
by Kiersten White
illustrated by Jim Di Bartolo
-fantasy, graphic novel, YA
Amazon | Goodreads

-----> Got this after peeking inside this book as Stephanie Perkins does some page flipping



For Review:

Inventing Madness
by J.G. Schwartz
-historical, magic
courtesy of publicity
Thanks Penny!
Amazon | Goodreads

Soul Meaning
by A.D. Starrling
-urban fantasy, thriller
courtesy of publicity
Thanks Kate!
Amazon | Goodreads

Jane Austen's First Love
by Syrie James
-jane austen, historical
-courtesy of book tour
Thanks Laurel Ann!
Amazon | Goodreads

Library:

Me Before You
by Jojo Moyes
-chick-lit
Amazon | Goodreads

They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose . . .

Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life—steady boyfriend, close family—who has never been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex–Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair bound after an accident. Will has always lived a huge life—big deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel—and now he’s pretty sure he cannot live the way he is.

Will is acerbic, moody, bossy—but Lou refuses to treat him with kid gloves, and soon his happiness means more to her than she expected. When she learns that Will has shocking plans of his own, she sets out to show him that life is still worth living.

A Love Story for this generation, Me Before You brings to life two people who couldn’t have less in common—a heartbreakingly romantic novel that asks, What do you do when making the person you love happy also means breaking your own heart?


-----> listening to the audio version and loving it!

Dreaming about getting soon:

Us
by David Nicholls
-contemporary romance
-on Man Booker Prize 2014 Longlist
Amazon | Goodreads

David Nicholls brings the wit and intelligence that graced his enormously popular New York Times bestseller, One Day, to a compellingly human, deftly funny new novel about what holds marriages and families together—and what happens, and what we learn about ourselves, when everything threatens to fall apart.

Douglas Petersen may be mild-mannered, but behind his reserve lies a sense of humor that, against all odds, seduces beautiful Connie into a second date . . . and eventually into marriage. Now, almost three decades after their relationship first blossomed in London, they live more or less happily in the suburbs with their moody seventeen year-old son, Albie. Then Connie tells him she thinks she wants a divorce.

The timing couldn’t be worse. Hoping to encourage her son’s artistic interests, Connie has planned a month-long tour of European capitals, a chance to experience the world’s greatest works of art as a family, and she can’t bring herself to cancel. And maybe going ahead with the original plan is for the best anyway? Douglas is privately convinced that this landmark trip will rekindle the romance in the marriage, and might even help him to bond with Albie.

Narrated from Douglas’s endearingly honest, slyly witty, and at times achingly optimistic point of view, Us is the story of a man trying to rescue his relationship with the woman he loves, and learning how to get closer to a son who’s always felt like a stranger. Us is a moving meditation on the demands of marriage and parenthood, the regrets of abandoning youth for middle age, and the intricate relationship between the heart and the head. And in David Nicholls’s gifted hands, Douglas’s odyssey brings Europe—from the streets of Amsterdam to the famed museums of Paris, from the cafés of Venice to the beaches of Barcelona—to vivid life just as he experiences a powerful awakening of his own. Will this summer be his last as a husband, or the moment when he turns his marriage, and maybe even his whole life, around?


OTHER things on my shelf: kinda book-related

Participating in my first Goodreads read-along...

The Bone Season ReadAlong
hosted by Goodreads Featured Author Group
details here
Amazon | Goodreads

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* some of these may be offered as giveaways within the next two months

* comment and TELL me what you have acquired for your shelves recently

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