Hello, fellow bookworms. It’s Day 3 of 🎃 31 Days of Halloween 🎃 my version of #Blogtober. Today I’m taking part in a Blog Tour: Shadow-Stained by Rachel Hobbs. Shadow-Stained is her debut novel, a dark fantasy story about ancient artefacts, deadly deals, and survival. Perfect for a Halloween read! My thanks to Dave @The Write Reads On Tour for organising the blog tour.
Keep reading to find out more about this debut novel and its author. Don’t forget to use the purchase links below to immerse yourself in this dark fantasy today.
But first…
What’s Shadow-Stained about?
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Title: Shadow-Stained by Rachel Hobbs Series: Stones of Power #1
on 14 April 2020
Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Urban, Urban Fantasy
No. of Pages: 360
For her, it’s her late grandma’s legacy. For him, the mother of all black arts spoils, granting one demon the power of a God. Immortality.
When occult-magnet Ruby falls victim to Demon Lord Drayvex’s viperous allure, she loses a sentient dark relic to his light fingers and appetite for power. Like calls to like. But when Drayvex himself loses the relic to a traitor to the throne, Ruby coerces him – the tyrant king with a soft spot for humanity – into helping her save her pokey old world village from becoming a ground zero of mass demonic carnage.
Both invested in reclaiming the relic, the one thing Ruby and Drayvex agree on is that it’s in the wrong hands. Co-existing in a precarious arrangement between predator and prey, to save the planet they both love for different reasons, they must become a formidable double-team in the face of an apocalyptic takeover. Now, the fate of both human and demon alike rests with a killer that walks between worlds, and a woman with a curse in her bloodline.
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Sounds exciting, doesn’t it!
Keep reading to find out more about Rachel Hobbs. But first, I’d like to share the information about the Stones of Power series with you.
Stones of Power series by Rachel Hobbs
- Shadow-Stained (Stones of Power #1) (2020)
- Soul-Strung (Stones of Power #2) (expected November 2021)
Amazon
I was given the opportunity to read Shadow-Stained and share my thoughts about the story as part of this tour. However, as I’m now only reviewing audiobooks due to my health, I haven’t read it myself. *sigh* 😥
Now finally as promised, here’s the bio and social media links for Rachel Hobbs.
About Rachel Hobbs
Rachel Hobbs lives in soggy South West Wales, where she hibernates with her bearded dragon and her husband. By day she is a dental nurse at a small local practice. By night, she writes.
Her debut novel SHADOW-STAINED is the first in a dark fantasy series for adults, inspired by her dark and peculiar experiences with narcolepsy and parasomnia. She's since subjugated her demons and writes under the tenuous guise that they work for her.
Fuelled by an unhealthy amount of coffee, she writes about hard-boiled monsters with soft centres and things that go bump in the night.
Thank you for stopping by and taking the time to read my blog tour: Shadow-Stained spotlight post. Although I haven’t shared a review with you, I want to say that it has received numerous glowing reviews from other tour participants. Have you read it yet? Drop me a comment below.
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Bye for now,
Flora x
Great post, I’m sorry you are unable to read it because of health reasons, I hope it gets made into an audiobook for you to read soon!
Thanks Ellie