I am super excited to be helping to kick off the Dead Over Heels blog tour! I'm partially through the book right now and loving it! I'm ecstatic to share a special excerpt with you AND a special giveaway! Here's some details on the book.
Title: Dead Over Heels
Author: Alison Kemper
Release: September 9, 2013
Publisher: Entangled Teen
Pages: 269
Cole is still staring at me. “Sleet,” he says simply and moves in my direction.
I nod dumbly, my face too numb for talking. If I open my mouth, I’m sure I’ll start weeping. Cole somehow manages to wedge himself closer on the narrow rock ledge. Without a word, we wrap our arms around each other. He drops his face into the top of my hood, while I tuck my head in his shoulder. We do all this wordlessly, instinctively, knowing there’s no time for awkwardness or polite gestures. We simply need to minimize the parts of our bodies exposed to the freezing rain.
“It’s like a monsoon,” he says in my ear. “A sleet monsoon.” The freezing rain blows sideways. Cole shifts, repositioning his face somewhere between my ear and shoulder, trying to protect his face.
“I’m sorry I made you lose your hat!” I say over the spatter of a billion flecks of falling ice.
He shrugs. “This is more fun than wearing a hat. It would’ve taken me another two days to work up the nerve to touch you again.”
I can’t decide whether to laugh or cry. “You make the best of every situation, don’t you? I can’t believe you’re flirting with me in a zombie-apocalypse sleet storm.”
“God almighty,” he says, “I don’t think I’ve ever been this cold. I’d give anything for a decent coat.”
“I hear you. If I ever get out of this mess, I’m buying nothing but fleece-lined clothing for the rest of my life.” I shiver in the semidarkness. “Fleece-lined pants, fleece socks…”
“Fleece underwear?”
Is he thinking about my underwear? Embarrassed, I try to change the subject. “And I’ll eat soup all day long.”
“Mmmm…soup…what kind?”
“Something hearty. Potato and bacon.”
“Oh, yeah,” he agrees. “Bacon.”
Bacon usually distracts boys from thoughts of underwear. “And hot cocoa,” I tell him. “I’ll drink the hell out of some hot cocoa. Like a gallon of it.”
We sit in silence for a full minute.
“Those things are all gone, aren’t they?” My voice breaks. “S-soup and hot cocoa and showers and TV? And even more important things. My friends back home. My relatives. Hell, maybe we’ll get to Glenview and my parents will be dead also.”
Soon, Cole will be gone, too. Alone. On his own in this crazy forest.
This time, the tears come and I can’t fight them any longer. I’m tired of fighting them. I’m scared and hungry and completely exhausted.
“I’m so sorry,” I whimper. “I don’t mean to cry.”
His lips move against my temple. “Shh. Go on. I got you.”
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Wasn't that awesome? I know I loved it! Wanna see what this book is all about? Read on!Synopsis:
Glenview, North Carolina. Also known―at least to sixteen-year-old Ava Pegg―as the Land of Incredibly Boring Vacations. What exactly were her parents thinking when they bought a summer home here? Then the cute-but-really-annoying boy next door shows up at her place in a panic…hollering something about flesh-eating zombies attacking the town.
At first, Ava’s certain that Cole spent a little too much time with his head in the moonshine barrel. But when someone―or something―rotted and terrifying emerges from behind the woodpile, Ava realizes this is no hooch hallucination. The undead are walking in Glenview, and they are hungry. Panicked, Ava and Cole flee into the national forest. No supplies, no weapons. Just two teenagers who don’t even like each other fighting for their lives. But that’s the funny thing about the Zombpocalypse. You never know when you’ll meet your undead end. Or when you’ll fall dead over heels for a boy…
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Author Bio:
Alison Kemper grew up in
South Florida, the only girl on a street with eleven boys. She spent most of
her childhood paddling a canoe through neighborhood canals and looking for
adventure. She usually found it. Sometimes the police were involved. And large
dogs. And one time, a very territorial snake. Now that she’s grown up, she
lives in North Carolina and writes books. The books often include girls having
adventures. With boys. Cute boys. And cute dogs too. But no cute snakes. Never
cute snakes.
Her debut novel, Donna
of the Dead, will be published by Entangled Teen
in 2014 and followed by two companion books in the series. She
loves to meet new people and talk books, so send her a friend request or
connect with her on Twitter and Instagram.
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Thank you so much for hosting this teaser and both of the giveaways! I really appreciate it! :)
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DeleteI really want to read this Serie!!! Thanks for the chance ;)
ReplyDeleteAnswering the question, I do not know, I think the main thing would be to forget my life before the apocalypse and become a survivor?
DeleteOh gracious. Anyone who knows me would probably say I'd never survive but I think I'd thrive because I'd be absolutely off-the-rails ruthless. Great question!
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