Thursday, May 30, 2013

The Faerie Tale Prince Blog Fest

Rachel Morgan, Author of the Creepy Hollow series came up with a great Blog fest in order to celebrate the release of the second novel in the Creepy Hollow series, THE FAERIE PRINCE. That's why we get to tell everyone who your fave fairy tale prince/hero is and why.


SO, fairy tale princes and heroes... that's tough... even more so, being Romanian. If it comes down to my Romanian herritage, my hero comes from a poem and it's named Hyperion or The Evening Star. Hyperion falls in love with an emperor's daughter, Cătălina, and leaves his place on the sky to ask to ask his father to make him mortal, as the emperor's daughter had asked, so they can be together. But while he's gone, Cătălina falls in love with a boy in the palace and forgets about Hyperion who's willing to give immortality up for her.
Hyperion is a true prince/hero because of the moral values he shows in spite of being hurt by Cătălina. This rather sad, but beautiful poem was written by Mihai Eminescu and it is one of my favourites.

It's only fit to mention Ryn from The Creepy Hollow series after this sad story because he has his own sad story and a strong personality. And he's dark-haired! (just like I like it! - please, don't question my preferences!)

In movies, Tv shows and animees, I love a diversity of heroes: Mr Darcy from Pride and Prejudice,
Damon Salvatore from The Vampire Diaries,
Dean from Supernatural,
 

In books, my heroes would be: Adrian Ivashkov from The Vampire Academy and Bloodlines,
Jace Wayland, Alec Lightwood and Magnus from The Mortal instruments series,
Patch in Hush, Hush series
The Beast from The Beauty and the Beast
Hercules

And... Rachel says:

It's release day for The Faerie Prince, the second novel in the Creepy Hollow series! Woohoo! If you're keen to read it, you can find it at the following places online:



Guardian trainee Violet Fairdale is just weeks away from one of the most important occasions of her life: graduation. After messing up big time by bringing a human into the fae realm, Vi needs to step up her game and forget about Nate if she hopes to graduate as the top guardian of her year. Everything would be fine if she wasn’t forced to partner with Ryn, her ex-friend, ex-enemy, current ‘sort of friend’. They might be trying to patch up their relationship, but does she really want to spend a week undercover with him for their final assignment? On top of that, the possibly insane Unseelie Prince is still on the loose, free to ‘collect’ as many specially talented faeries as he can find—and Vi is still at the top of his list. Add in faerie queens, enchanted storms, complicated not-just-friends feelings, and a murder within the Guild itself, and graduation is about to become the least of Vi’s problems.



In celebration, The Faerie Guardian is on sale for a limited time!


**GIVEAWAY**

There will be a giveaway running from now until the end of the blog tour (Sun 9 June). A giveaway where FOUR people could win something! The prizes are a signed copy of The Faerie Prince (or The Faerie Guardian, should the winner prefer that), an Amazon gift card, a mini book pendant and necklace, and a Creepy Hollow pin badge. Check out the pic below!
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16 comments:

  1. Hercules was a great show, watched all of that and Xena. Enjoy Supernatural too.

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    1. I grew up with those Tv shows. And Supernatural is one of my fav now.

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  2. Aw, that is a sad story about Hyperion...
    You have some fabulous heroes on this list. I'm with you on Mr Darcy and Damon Salvatore!

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    1. Who could not love them?

      And sometimes the sad stories are there for a reason. odd enough, this poem about Hyperion is the only poem I loved from the high school Romanian curriculum, though I love poetry.

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  3. Poor Hyperion. :( It sounds like he deserved better!

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    1. It's a life lesson, maybe. He did deserve better but he knew to give up gracefully and accept the facts for what they were. Giving up is generally not an option for me, so I can appreciate this in others. ;)

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  4. I used to love the old TV version of Beauty and the Beast! I wathced it with my mom. Good memories... :)

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    1. It was one of my favs too. I'd watched it with my sisters.

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  5. Damon and Dean are excellent hero choices. Thanks for the variety.

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    1. Thanks for stopping by. variety is important. ;)

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  6. Thank you for talking about that poem! I'm going to have to go immerse myself in Mihai Eminescu's poetry because it sounds lovely.

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    1. A great poem. And Mihai Eminescu is consedered the greatest Romanian poet, so it's worth reading it.

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  7. So many great heroes! Congrats to Rachel!

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  8. Great choices and lots of diversity! I wish I'd thought of some of these :)

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  9. Damon is pretty awesome. I like that you branched out :) Good picks.

    Big congrats again to Rachel :)

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