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Showing posts with label E. Van Lowe. Show all posts
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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Blog Tour: Character Interview with Meghan + 2 Giveaways


Introducing... Megan!


Boyfriend from Hell
Book 1 in the Falling Angels series
The Blurb

Fifteen year-old Megan Barnett and her single mom, Suze, have a special relationship—they are friends, close friends, who do almost everything together.

“But come on, guys, she’s my mother… Can I really tell her that while we’re snuggled up on the sofa watching Spider Man Three, I’m secretly undressing James Franco with my eyes? Of course not…”

The special bond takes a turn for the worse when Suze decides to start dating again. She hasn’t had a man in her life since Megan’s father left ten years ago.

Enter two mysterious young men, Megan’s new classmate, sinfully attractive bad boy, Guy Matson, and the dangerously handsome art dealer, Armando. Before long Megan and Suze both wind up in steamy relationships.

But neither of the handsome pair is quite what he seems. In fact, one of them is Satan, with his sights set on a new bride. Megan has precious little time to figure out how to stop him. If she doesn’t, either Megan or Suze are quite literally going to HELL.



And


Earth Angel
Second book in the Falling Angels series
The Blurb

Heaven Can Wait!

Just because Megan Barnett recently defeated Satan, has a fantastic new best friend, and has won the love of deliciously handsome, Guy Matson, doesn’t mean her troubles are over.  Far from it.  For Megan doesn’t realize it, but in her possession is a powerful weapon, a weapon sought after by both angels and demons and everything in between.  They will do ANYTHING to get it.

In E. Van Lowe’s humorous, romantic and thrilling sequel to Boyfriend From Hell, Megan winds up in a gripping life or death battle to save herself, the boy she loves, and all of mankind from unthinkable evil.

Megan Barnett has recently defeated Satan, found a fantastic new best friend, and has won the heart of deliciously handsome, Guy Matson.  But that doesn’t mean her troubles are over.  Far from it.  For Megan doesn’t realize that she is in possession of a powerful paranormal weapon, a weapon sought after by both angels, demons and everything in between.  


In E. Van Lowe’s romantic yet thrilling sequel to Boyfriend From Hell, Megan finds herself in a gripping life or death battle to save the boy she loves, and all of mankind from unthinkable evil.

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Megan enters the room and sits across from me. She smiles nervously.

Hi Megan, thanks for coming to the blog today!

It’s a pleasure being here. I’m a bit nervous. I’ve never done an interview before. Well, I was once interviewed by the school paper, before the state championships as one of the Mathletes, but Tran did most of the talking… okay, he did all of the talking.

Lol! Ok, for starters, tell me a little about yourself, say, in 5 words.

Far from perfect…loyal friend.

One positive, one negative - good choice! Haha. I've read a little about you from your E's novels. Tell me, how do you feel knowing that people around the world are reading about you, your inner thoughts, and about those secret moments you share with Guy?

No one likes people in their heads, especially when they’re thinking selfish thoughts. I have to admit, though, I’ve grown a lot since Boyfriend From Hell, so I don’t mind people in my head as much. However, when it comes to you witnessing my secret moments with Guy, all I can say is Embarrassing!

Haha, yeah! I remember the first few times you saw him. Not a very nice introduction, huh?XD Have you ever, um, consulted Guy about those embarrassing moments before? What were his views? Cute? Clumsy?

Talking about the locker incident from Boyfriend From Hell would be too embarrassing. Still. I’m sure we’d laugh about it, but I’m not ready to bring up the embarrassing stuff yet. Guess I’m not that mature ;-)

Talking about Guy, what was your first impression of him?

I think I said this in Boyfriend From Hell. Cute but arrogant.

Hmm, quite a nice male combination, don't you think? Haha, anyway, what do you like to do in your spare time? Besides being with Guy..

I also love hanging out with my friend Maudrina. And I love trivia. I seriously can’t help myself. I am a bottomless pit of useless information. Like, did you know in Disney World’s It’s A Small World there are over three hundred costumed dolls? I know, who need to know all this useless stuff… Me!

Yeah, I remember the one about your poster friend, Albert Einstein. I still can't believe you gave him a pet name, Al! Lol! Too funny. Anyway, when it was just the two of you, what do you and your mom do normally? Other than shopping for antiques?

We used to do a lot of fun things: movies, art openings, concerts; she took me to a Hannah Montana concert once when I was small and pretended to like it. We enjoyed going to all the outdoor festivals in and around Glendale, like The Chocolate Affair. We used to have crafts night when I was younger, but I am not good with my hands, and after several craft failures Suze eventually let me off the hook.

Hahaha. Even if it were failures, those events you went to with her sounds really fun. I don't really have THAT close a relationship with my own mom, so I don't have all those bonding sessions with her. Tell me, what do you talk to her about?

Our relationship is unusual because we were more than mother and daughter, we really were friends. Back then we talked about everything: school, TV, my friends, juicy gossip. Anything you’d talk with a friend about. Well, almost anything… She’s still my mom. I definitely cannot tell her when I’m undressing James Franco with my eyes—or anyone for that matter. I never thought of what we did as bonding sessions. We were just friends. I miss it.

I'm a little curious.. Why didn't you tell your mom how you felt about her getting a boyfriend at the start? It could've spared you all the drama that ensued?

I know. I could have saved myself a lot of heartache. I should have told her. I wanted to tell her, but I didn’t want to seem selfish. It’s like your best friend wants to date Bobby Booger-Eater. You don’t like Booby Booger-Eater because eating boogers is like gross. But your friend is so happy when she talks about him, and you don’t want to spoil her happiness. So you say nothing. As it turns out, the way I handled it was even more selfish.

Nah, the decisions you made then were based on good intentions, it's just the result wasn't ideal, is all. Before you met Guy, you weren't such a rebellious teen, right? Haha, what gave you the courage to start ditching school and stuff?

Hold up! I never ditched school—not even on Ditch Day. If you read Earth Angel you may remember I left school early, but I didn’t ditch. As for the rest of your question, what can I say, bad boys bring out the rebel in me ;-)

Looking at his influence on you, I wouldn't say it's good, but I can clearly see that you both have such real feelings for each other. What do you two normally do together, anyway?

I know this is going to sound boring and unromantic, but mostly we talk. We can talk for hours and it’ll seem like minutes. We talk about everything: school, college, TV, games, what it’s like being an angel. He’s a great listener. And an excellent kisser.

Nono, talking's cool. I like the calm and just being together's nice. With all the crazy stuff going on, I guess you'd find normalcy a blessing, huh? Haha, there's so much going on in your life now. Looking back, would you have called your life boring?

Considering all the recent drama with Satan, angels, demons and Satanists—yes. It was definitely boring.

What was the most memorable moment in life?

My most memorable moment in life is when we rushed my mother to the hospital. You may remember it in Boyfriend From Hell. I have had a lot of memorable moments in life, but thinking my mother might die takes the prize.

What about most memorable moment with Guy?

The most memorable moment with Guy was when he kissed me when we were in hell. Do you remember that? You can read about it in Earth Angel. Of all our many kisses, I will remember that one for the rest of my life.

Rapid fire questions:

1) Favourite food? Anything chocolate.

2) Favourite movie? Titanic.

3) Favourite song? It keeps changing. Right now it’s Party Rock by LMFAO

4) Favourite season? Spring time. It’s romantic.

5) Favourite person in the world? My Mom, Suze. My favorite angel—Guy, of course.

Haha, ok any parting words to those good readers out there?

Yes. Don’t just read my interview, read all about me in Boyfriend From Hell and Earth Angel, the first two books in the Falling Angels Saga. To learn more about these books visit http://evanlowe.com/.

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Giveaway Time!

E's generously giving away an ecopy of BOYFRIEND FROM HELL and EARTH ANGEL to one lucky winner here on ABS! And the US giveaway for the tour is 2 signed sets of Boyfriend from Hell and Earth Angel to 2 lucky winners! Fill in the Rafflecopter form below to enter to win the ecopies and the fill in THIS FORM (also embedded below Rafflecopter form) to enter to win the signed sets of both books.

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Review: Boyfriend from Hell by E. Van Lowe


Published Date: September 10th, 2010
Finished Date: Did Not Finish

Publisher: White Whisker Books
Format: eCopy for Tour

Series: Falling Angels #1
My Rating: 1/5

Blurb from Goodreads:
Fifteen year-old Megan Barnett and her single mom, Suze, have a special relationship—they are friends, close friends, who do almost everything together.

“But come on, guys, she’s my mother… Can I really tell her that while we’re snuggled up on the sofa watching Spider Man Three, I’m secretly undressing James Franco with my eyes? Of course not…”

The special bond takes a turn for the worse when Suze decides to start dating again. She hasn’t had a man in her life since Megan’s father left ten years ago.

Enter two mysterious young men, Megan’s new classmate, sinfully attractive bad boy, Guy Matson, and the dangerously handsome art dealer, Armando. Before long Megan and Suze both wind up in steamy relationships.

But neither of the handsome pair is quite what he seems. In fact, one of them is Satan, with his sights set on a new bride. Megan has precious little time to figure out how to stop him. If she doesn’t, either Megan or Suze are quite literally going to HELL.

My Review

I ditched the book. Couldn't stand the male protagonist and the heroine. I don't even want to rate it.

The heroine was a bad friend and an even worse daughter who lies to her only kin - her mother. Her mother who only wanted another chance at love, which her daughter pretended to approve, but secretly backstabs her and her dates, and tries at every turn to ruin what her mother tries so hard achieve. It's nauseating. And when her two friends finally acts on their feelings for each other and are obviously way head over heels for each other, she says she's fine and wishes them luck, but inside she bitches about it, saying her friend is naggy (your friend just wanted to gush about her feelings, and you can't even listen?), and later on starts to develop a tinge of jealousy.

The hero? No better. He uses his influence over heroine to convince her to ditch school, play truant, and steal the school's letter to her mother informing mother about her recent rebellious behaviours. He is overly haughty, arrogant, and full of himself. I really couldn't stomach it any further.


And are all jocks really IQ-challenged? Cause there's that stereotype heavily enphasized here.

But there were a few redeemable qualities that I've noticed. For example is Lowe's phrasings.

"It was Sunday afternoon. The next day. We were seated at the food court in the Glendale mall, digesting my problem along with a double order of curly fries."

It was cool. And there was this one part that was super awesome. I loved how Guy could recite poetic lines but didn't come off as cheesy. Example:

"There can only be one hero,” he crooned softly, and he touched my hand.

Another jolt. No, bigger. Because of Guy’s touch, an electrical storm was raging inside me.

“Yeah.” The word fell from my lips, a soft tremor. Get a grip, Megan! This is what you’ve been waiting for.

“And to the victor goes the spoils. Right?”

Huh? What does that mean? He leaned in.

“Right?” he repeated, his breath on my face.

“Yes… Right.”

I guess he could be romantic if he wanted to. And badass. Sexy, smart. Just from a little poetry. Haha, yep, so there were good stuff, but the bad overrode the good, so.:/

Pity really - so much potential...

My Rating

Monday, November 28, 2011

Earth Angel's Cyber Monday Giveaway Blitz!


 The Earth Angel's Cyber Monday Giveaway Blitz is here! And the prizes are awesome, so read on to the last full stop of this post, cause first, let's do some introductions first!

The man behind those great books:

E. Van Lowe!
About E.

E Van Lowe was born in the Bronx a long time ago, back in the days when children were supposed to be seen and not heard. Fortunately for E, his parents allowed him to speak freely. Unfortunately for his parents and older brother, E had a lot to say. He was speaking quite freely until one day, while his mother was trying to watch her “stories” (which is code for soap operas), she suggested that instead of speaking freely, he write all his important thoughts down. E wrote down many important thoughts, such as: crayons melt when you leave them on the radiator, or toy soldiers melt when you drop them in the muffin batter before mom puts it in the oven. His brother thought he was weird, but E was only ten years old at the time. What did he expect, Shakespeare? E liked writing things down so much, he decided that when he grew up, he was going to become a professional writer.

As a teenager, E tried very hard to be popular. One of the things he tried was hanging out with the “bad” kids. He encouraged them to write their thoughts down, as well. They explained that if they wrote down their thoughts it could be used as evidence in a court of law, and encouraged E to move on. But E kept writing down his important thoughts.

E wrote many short stories and poems all through high school and college. He entered them in writing contests, but the contest people didn’t think they were important enough. E was not discouraged. He kept writing.

When E graduated from Lehman College in the Bronx, he moved to Los Angeles. There he enrolled in the Masters In Professional Writing Program at the University of Southern California. It worked! While a student at USC, E sold his first short story to a romance magazine. His brother thought that was the weirdest thing ever. E didn’t care. He had become a professional writer. E told his brother quite eloquently, “nah, nah, nah!” and continued writing.

E has gone on to write for many award winning TV shows including: The Cosby Show, and Even Stevens. He also co-wrote the Academy Award nominated short film, Cadillac Dreams. Never Slow Dance With A Zombie was his first teen novel.  Boyfriend From Hell is the first in the Falling Angels Saga.  The second novel in the saga, Earth Angel, will be coming out soon.  It seems E still has lots of important, and weird, thoughts to share with readers.

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And his books:

Boyfriend from Hell
The Blurb

Fifteen year-old Megan Barnett and her single mom, Suze, have a special relationship—they are friends, close friends, who do almost everything together.

“But come on, guys, she’s my mother… Can I really tell her that while we’re snuggled up on the sofa watching Spider Man Three, I’m secretly undressing James Franco with my eyes? Of course not…”

The special bond takes a turn for the worse when Suze decides to start dating again. She hasn’t had a man in her life since Megan’s father left ten years ago.

Enter two mysterious young men, Megan’s new classmate, sinfully attractive bad boy, Guy Matson, and the dangerously handsome art dealer, Armando. Before long Megan and Suze both wind up in steamy relationships.

But neither of the handsome pair is quite what he seems. In fact, one of them is Satan, with his sights set on a new bride. Megan has precious little time to figure out how to stop him. If she doesn’t, either Megan or Suze are quite literally going to HELL.



and Earth Angel
Book 2 in the Fallen Angels series
The Blurb

Heaven Can Wait!

Just because Megan Barnett recently defeated Satan, has a fantastic new best friend, and has won the love of deliciously handsome, Guy Matson, doesn’t mean her troubles are over.  Far from it.  For Megan doesn’t realize it, but in her possession is a powerful weapon, a weapon sought after by both angels and demons and everything in between.  They will do ANYTHING to get it.

In E. Van Lowe’s humorous, romantic and thrilling sequel to Boyfriend From Hell, Megan winds up in a gripping life or death battle to save herself, the boy she loves, and all of mankind from unthinkable evil.

Megan Barnett has recently defeated Satan, found a fantastic new best friend, and has won the heart of deliciously handsome, Guy Matson.  But that doesn’t mean her troubles are over.  Far from it.  For Megan doesn’t realize that she is in possession of a powerful paranormal weapon, a weapon sought after by both angels, demons and everything in between.  


In E. Van Lowe’s romantic yet thrilling sequel to Boyfriend From Hell, Megan finds herself in a gripping life or death battle to save the boy she loves, and all of mankind from unthinkable evil.

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They redid the covers, and now, don't you think they both look AWESOME?

Lol, ok, now for the real fun.

GIVEAWAY DETAILS

E Van Lowe’s Earth Angel Cyber Monday Giveaway

Open to US Shipping Only

The Prize pack contains:

Signed copies of both Boyfriend from Hell and Earth Angel

Bath and Body Works Winter Candy Apple Gift Set

Special Delivery! This adorable striped mini mailbox holds travel-sizes of Shower Gel, Body Lotion and Fragrance Mist (3 oz. each) in Bath and Body Works holiday Winter Candy Apple scent!

BBW exclusive Winter Candy Apple is a mouth watering blend of crisp apple, candied orange and rich cinnamon spice

Includes a gift tag on the mailbox's red flag

Tin mailbox is a fun, reusable container
Over $20 Value


Fuzzy Black Winter Hat

Purple and Black Striped Fuzzy Gloves

Purple and Black Striped Slipper Socks

Bewitching Witch Hat Mini Notebook

Bewitching Book Tours Broom Pen

Jennifer Scales Novel by Mary Janice Davidson




Sounds awesome? Then all you need to do is fill in the Google Docs form below, and you're all good to go!




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Cyp's Abbreviation Dictionary

DNF = Did Not Finish
HEA = Happily Ever After
PNR = Paranormal Romance
UF = Urban Fantasy
YA = Young Adult

Erotica Reference

BDSM = Bondage/Discipline, Dominant/Submissive, Sadism/Masochism
f/f = female/female
m/f = male/female
m/m = male/male

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