**P.S this post was supposed to go up on Saturday but blogger failed me yet again with its poor abilities in putting up scheduled posts on time so here it is, a day later. :( **
Hi guys!I am so excited to be a part of the Chantress blog tour,hosted by Shane@ItchingForBooks.
Hi guys!I am so excited to be a part of the Chantress blog tour,hosted by Shane@ItchingForBooks.
For my stop I've got an awesome guest post from the author on worldbuilding and of course,a giveaway as well.You can check out the rest of the tour stops here.
About Chantress :
Lucy’s Chantress magic will make her the most powerful — and most hunted — girl in England.
“Sing, and the darkness will find you.” This warning has haunted fifteen-year-old Lucy ever since she was eight and shipwrecked on a lonely island. Lucy’s guardian, Norrie, has lots of rules, but the most important is that Lucy must never sing. Not ever. Now it is 1667, Lucy is fifteen, and on All Hallows’ Eve, Lucy hears a tantalizing melody on the wind. She can’t help but sing — and she is swept into darkness.
When she awakes in England, Lucy hears powerful men discussing Chantresses — women who can sing magic into the world. They are hunting her, but she escapes and finds sanctuary with the Invisible College, an organization plotting to overthrow the nefarious Lord Protector. The only person powerful enough to bring about his downfall is a Chantress. And Lucy is the last one in England.
Lucy struggles to master the song-spells and harness her power, but the Lord Protector is moving quickly. And her feelings for Nat, an Invisible College apprentice and scientist who deeply distrusts her magic, only add to her confusion…
Time is running out, and the fate of England hangs in the balance in this entrancing novel that is atmospheric and lyrical, dangerous and romantic.
“Sing, and the darkness will find you.” This warning has haunted fifteen-year-old Lucy ever since she was eight and shipwrecked on a lonely island. Lucy’s guardian, Norrie, has lots of rules, but the most important is that Lucy must never sing. Not ever. Now it is 1667, Lucy is fifteen, and on All Hallows’ Eve, Lucy hears a tantalizing melody on the wind. She can’t help but sing — and she is swept into darkness.
When she awakes in England, Lucy hears powerful men discussing Chantresses — women who can sing magic into the world. They are hunting her, but she escapes and finds sanctuary with the Invisible College, an organization plotting to overthrow the nefarious Lord Protector. The only person powerful enough to bring about his downfall is a Chantress. And Lucy is the last one in England.
Lucy struggles to master the song-spells and harness her power, but the Lord Protector is moving quickly. And her feelings for Nat, an Invisible College apprentice and scientist who deeply distrusts her magic, only add to her confusion…
Time is running out, and the fate of England hangs in the balance in this entrancing novel that is atmospheric and lyrical, dangerous and romantic.
Release date: May 7th 2013
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Purchase: Amazon
About the author :
Amy Butler Greenfield was a
grad student in history when she gave into temptation and became a writer. Since then, she has become an award-winning author.
Born
in Philadelphia, Amy grew up in the Adirondack Mountains and later
studied history at Williams College, the University of
Wisconsin-Madison, and Oxford. She now lives with her family in England,
where she writes, bakes double-dark-chocolate cake, and plots mischief.
Book Trailer :
Born in Philadelphia, Amy grew up in the Adirondack Mountains and later studied history at Williams College, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Oxford. She now lives with her family in England, where she writes, bakes double-dark-chocolate cake, and plots mischief.
Book Trailer :
Amy's world building guest post :
Chantress
is the story of a girl who sings magic in a world that forbids it—and
finds herself in the middle of a life-and-death struggle for the future
of her country. Its setting is an unusual one, based on a time and
place that stole my heart long ago: London in the 1600s.
The
London part is easily understood. After all, I’m far from the first to
fall for that ancient and endlessly fascinating city. But why the
1600s? Compared with the popular Tudor and Victorian periods, the
seventeenth century languishes, almost a forgotten era in fiction.
And yet it’s one of the most gloriously intriguing centuries ever.
Mind
you, I didn’t always see it that way. For a long time, the 1600s just
meant Pilgrims and Puritans to me—worthy but not hugely engaging. But
the century came alive for me when I read The Witch of Blackbird Pond,
set in Connecticut in the 1680s How could I not be interested in a
time and place that had witch hunts and seafaring and spirited,
rule-breaking girls?
It
was only when I came to study history in England, however, that I
really fell in love with the 1600s. What an extraordinary—and
dangerous—time to be alive! Terrorists almost blew up Parliament and
the King. Civil War raged. The first coffeehouses were springing up,
and chocolate and tea were brand new. Alchemists abounded. Scientists
were working out the mysteries of the universe. And the women—oh, the
women! They were spies and playwrights and actresses and artists and
travelers. They had nerves of steel. They were women of wit and
laughter and fire.
Chantress’s
London is based on this world. It’s a London of twisty streets and
half-timbered houses and secret passageways beneath great mansions.
Just like the real 1660s London, it has clockmakers, apothecaries,
engravers, street criers, alley brats, and dapper aristocrats.
Some of the great landmarks of London are there, too, including the River Thames and the Tower of London and its ravens.
But there is one truly vital distinction between this London and the real one: In Chantress, there is magic.
In Chantress’s
world, the King and his Court really are blown up—and a cruel Protector
uses magic to seize control of England. Using terrifying creatures
called the Shadowgrims, he holds the kingdom hostage. He destroys all
magic-workers who might have a chance of defeating him, except one—a
girl who’s been hidden out of his reach. A girl who doesn’t even know
she’s a Chantress… until she sings.
If you read Chantress,
it’s my wish that you’ll slip as easily into this world as I did. I’d
love to have you experience the danger and romance and mystery of its
streets—to shiver when the fog rolls in, to feel a surge of fear when a
Shadowgrim draws close. And when the book ends, I’m hoping a small
piece of seventeenth-century London might just have a hold on your
heart, too.
GiVeaWaY!!
Every tour stop on the Chantress blog tour comes with a giveaway!!!And mine's no different.Use the rafflecopter below to enter.
