Welcome to Day 10
of The Gryphon Series Blog Tour! We here
at R&M are honored to be hosting the wonderful Stacey Roarke on our blog
once again! So, without further ado, we
have for your viewing pleasure a review of Sacrifice,
the latest novel in the series, an interview with Stacey, and some other fun
stuff!
Blurb for Sacrifice:
Celeste Garrett has
finally found a happy balance in her life as the Chosen One, thanks in large
part to a certain hunky Irishman. But if there’s any lesson she should heed
since receiving her calling it’s that everything can change in the blink of an
eye. Soon a terrible new threat, unlike anything she’s ever encountered, causes
her to make a gut-wrenching choice that will strip her of someone she holds
dear.As much as she’d like to have a pity party for one, there’s no time for that now because wedding bells are ringing in Gainesboro! In between dress fittings and rehearsal dinners Celeste will have to fend off attacking demons and leering pirates. As if the Dark Army wasn’t scary enough our heroine is faced with the horrifying trauma of attending a bachelorette party with her mom and watching Grams do Jello shots. Is a walk down the aisle even possible for a member of the Garrett family when the Dark Army is out to destroy them? More importantly, will the Dark Army Glee Club sing at the reception?
Raise your glass to the happy couple, and get ready for a wedding…Conduit-style.
Review:
I was waiting on
pins and needles for the release of this book.
When I heard that it was out for a limited time, I hurriedly snatched up
my copy and ran for my reading cave. Ask
my partner, I all but snarled at my family if they dared to bother me while I
was reading!
After all of the
anticipation I can honestly say I was
not disappointed. The Sidekick Chronicles set the scene for some of the action within
Sacrifice, but it sure as heck did
not prepare me for the decision that Celeste makes in regards to Caleb. I read through that particular scene over and
over again, tears in my eyes. And the
wedding of Gabe and Alaina, wowee, what a wedding! I would love to have been able to have a
wedding like that, well, like some of it.
Sacrifice takes you to new heights not seen before
in the series. There are new locations,
new villains, and while most of the characters we have already met in previous
novels, we see them in a different light.
I thoroughly enjoyed the novel.
It made me laugh, cry, and swoon, from one cover to the other. I recommend that you pick up this series and
get hooked like I am. Make sure to start with The Conduit, the book that began it all, followed by Embrace, The Sidekick Chronicles, and then for a final treat, Sacrifice. I cannot wait to see where the series will go
from here.
And let me just say
this, gnomes are icky and creepy, don’t believe me, then read Sacrifice and you understand!
Favorite Quote from
Sacrifice:
“When that liquid
touched his tongue everything would change.
He’d never know I lied to him. He’d
never know how much this hurt me. I
wanted to scream for him to stop. To
knock the cup from his hands before it was too late and get lost in his arms
forever. Instead I stood silent and
promised myself that somehow, someway we would be together again.”
Celeste, Sacrifice, A Gryphon Series Novel
Our interview with
Stacey:
R&M: We
must know: What book are you reading right now?
Stacey: Frostbite (Vampire
Academy #2)
R&M: Can
you tell us an interesting fact about you, your writing, or anything at
all? Or, is there anything in particular you want the readers to
know about you?
Stacey: An
interesting fact about anything at all? Mice can't throw up. That's why poison
works on them. Their bodies have no way to get rid of it. If readers get
nothing else from this interview they will remember mice can't throw up.
R&M: Is
there a special place in your home that you work at?
Stacey: If
I'm formatting or wearing my publisher hat I work in my office in the basement.
(It's not a dungeon I swear.) But if I'm writing or editing I have to be
comfy-aka on my bed.
R&M: Do
you have an interesting writing quirk? Maybe something that you have to do
while writing or something that you have to do before you start writing?
Stacey: Music.
I need songs that set the scene for me. That take me to the emotional place I
need to be in. I write a lot of Rowan's scenes to the Jace Everett song Bad
Things. Caleb often gets Tura'lu by the Bollox.
R&M: Are
the characters within The Gryphon Series based on anyone that you know in real
life?
Stacey: Kendall
is based on my daughter, who much like Keni is a creature that seems capable of
only love in its purest and most genuine form. Grams is based on both my
husband and my great grandmothers. Both were cool chicks that never let age
keep them from a good time. And Celeste, well she’s the “every girl” I hope
everyone that reads this series can relate to her in some way.
R&M: Which
one of the characters do you feel the biggest connection with and why?
Stacey: Celeste,
totally. Her and I speak sarcasm fluently.
R&M: What
can you tell us about the third full-length novel, Sacrifice, in The Gryphon
Series?
Stacey: Look
at you trying to get the dirt! Sneaky, sneaky! Well there will be a wedding, a
betrayal, and a gut wrenching loss all tied together with witty dialogue and
snappy one liners. That pretty much sums it up! Hah!
R&M: How
did you end up starting your own publishing company, Anchor Group?
Stacey: That
is a very long story. The abbreviated version is that I had been toying with
the idea of launching a publishing house for a while. Then one day the
opportunity quite literally fell in my lap. There were other authors—dear
friends of mine—that told me they believed in me and they would stand beside me
as I transitioned into this role. Had they not been there I probably would’ve
thrown my hands up and not even attempted it. But they had so much faith in me
that I jumped in with both feet. Best decision I ever made. To Christy Sloat,
Katherine Polillo and Melissa Ringsted I have to add; thank you ladies for
believing in me and for seeing me as the AG Cap’n when the idea still terrified
me.
R&M: If
you were to give another writer advice, what would be your #1 piece of advice?
Stacey: Read.
Any kind of books you can get your hands on in as many genres as possible! Only
through reading will you get the tools you need to be a great writer.
R&M: If
the world was coming to an end within the next 24 hours, what five things would
you HAVE to do before everything went boom?
Stacey: My
family, my friends, a bottle of rum and some deep belly laughs. I know that’s
only four, but really then I’d be good!
Fun Questions!
1. Favorite
Color? Blue
2. Favorite
Animal? Dogs
3. Favorite Book?
Mine of course! LOL
4. Favorite Drink?
Day time-sweet tea, evening-RUM
5. Favorite Day of
the Week? Saturday
6. Favorite
Holiday? Christmas
7. Polka Dots or
Stripes? Polka Dots
8. Cats or
Dogs? Again, dogs!
9. Favorite
Season? Summer
10. Favorite
Movie? Pirates of the Caribbean At World’s End
Stalker Links:
Buy Links:
Amazon- The Conduit
Barnes & Noble-The Conduit
Amazon- Embrace
Barnes & Noble-Embrace
Amazon- The Sidekick Chronicles
Barnes & Noble-The Sidekick Chronicles
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