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Posted on February 14, 2018 by Dani☆Touch My Spine Book Reviews☆
Blog Tour: The Shadow Girl by Misty Mount
Genre: YA/ Fantasy/ Coming of Age
Publication Date: December 28, 2017
Synopsis:
Blackness. Nothingness. It was in the shape of a giant, hazy shadow, enveloping me, swallowing me, and digesting me into the unknown. It was my biggest fear and my ultimate fate.
Shy, thirteen-year-old Zylia has always known she was different. Most teenagers feel unnoticed and unseen, but for Zylia, it’s something much worse. She’s disappearing from this world and doesn’t know how to stop it. At times, she’s not sure she wants to. Until she stumbles across a family mystery surrounding the disappearance of her great-aunt Angelica years earlier. During her quest to unravel the mystery, Zylia discovers she’s able to cross the boundary and enter the “in between” world. Now, it’s up to Zylia to save herself before she’s trapped “in between” forever.
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Excerpt #1
I did my best to fight and claw my way back to the life I once knew, but panic had taken over and colors were swirling and fading all around me. It was all turning into a great cloud of blackness, just like the one I had seen in my dream. The looming cloud of nothingness I had feared for so long was finally grabbing me, wiping my world dark and blank.
The darkness was thick and intense, an inky void that stretched to eternity in every direction. Eventually my panic burnt itself out and I simply stayed there in the dark, feeling as if someone had drained my adrenal glands. I was no longer responding to the dark with fear, but acceptance. In fact, curiosity was beginning to take over.
The longer I let myself stare into it, the less dark it appeared. After some time, I realized that it was all different shades of murky black and foggy gray overlapping and undulating, just out of focus. I blinked mentally and suddenly she was there, standing above me with concern etched in sooty-colored lines on her monochromatic face.”
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Review: Just WOW! This was such an amazing story that was filled with intensity and really touched on important issues that many of us face like low self-esteem, anxiety, loneliness and just feeling completely invisible. I could relate to Zylia in so many ways and my heart was doing flip flops because the author was able to describe her emotions so well. I was stunned at the descriptions in this book and found myself totally captivated by the storyline.
I rooted for Zylia and I turned pages as fast as possible to see the outcome. The Shadow Girl by Misty Mount was truly breathtaking and one of the most incredible books I have ever read! In so many ways, I was Zylia and I would recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a coming of the age masterpiece. Thank you so much Reads & Reels Blog Tours & Misty Mount for this amazing work of art!
About the Author
Misty Mount has written since age five and was first published at fourteen. By day she’s a caregiver, wife, and mother to a young son but during the quiet hours of night she becomes a novelist. She resides in Wichita, Kansas.
Giveaway: 1 print and 2 digital copies of The Shadow Girl by Misty Mount
*Print copy is available to North American residents only.
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Hey everyone! I'm Dani and I am a free spirited bibliophile!💖 I love meeting new people and being a part of this community. I have met the best people in the world being a book blogger and love them as family.😍 Here's some words that describe who I am in a nutshell: Book Nerd Girl, Custom-Made, Hippie Chick, Empath, Open Minded, Spiritual(but doesn't push), A Random Rambler, Loves Humor, Pansexual, Poly, Animal Lover, Book Molester, Life Coach, Psychology Major, Dyslexic That Was Self Taught With Books, Inspiring Author, Loves Others to a Fault!💖😍 The only thing I ask for on this blog is respect! Craziness and dirty joking welcome.💯 Discrimination and disrespectful comments can hit their asses with the door!💯📌📝
Aww, thanks so much Dani!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ So sweet!
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Thanks so much, Misty for this opportunity! I love your writing style! Your book was absolutely fantastic and I can’t wait to read what you come up with next!💯📚😍😗🤗
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Great review Dani! So glad you loved it 🙂 Thanks again for hosting 🙂
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Yay! It was so AWESOME! Thank you, girl and no problem!😄
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Glad to see Misty Mount is alive and well. 🙂
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Y’all are a trip! I had to let the author know what y’all meant about the alive and well thing and about Pete’s story with unique names. Hehehe😂
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Haha I hope she saw the funny side of it ! but most probably thinks we’re all bonkers. I will never forget Dalton Kipper 😀 😀
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She was totally cool! She said, “Lol, I know my name sounds like a porn star name and everyone thinks it’s a pen name and it’s not! Haha!” She’s cool she was just totally confused and had no idea what was going on!😂😂 How about Nick Gorgeous?!
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Nope, Dalton Kipper will always be my true love, and no-one can t are his place 🤣🤣
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Awwww!!!!😍 How romantic!😘😉
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🤣🤣🤣❤️
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Also.. we ARE Bonkers! Hahaha
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True that 🤪
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Hehehe!😍 xoxo
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Yay! Misty Mount is back! And ‘Zylia’ too. Great names, and a nice book cover. 🙂 x
Best wishes, Pete.
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Hehehe! Yep the actual Misty is alive and well!😄 You are such a trip about the unique and different names, Pete!😂😂
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I like the book cover as well! It went perfect with the story!🤗😘
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Wow.. Loved your review.. What have you done with your blog. It looks fabulous. I felt I was in a dreamland. Girl, I loved it… Great imagination great execution… Wow
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I’m so glad you like my new look of my blog, beautiful lady! Thanks so much, sweetheart! This book was fantastic!😍📚💯
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I just received.. Will read it soon once I am okay
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Are you okay?!! What’s wrong sweetheart? I am looking forward to hearing your thoughts pn the story!😄💯📚
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Down with the flu. Better today but weak and irritable. So kind of resting and not doing anything. Headache is a bit of a problem too.
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I’m so sorry girl! I hope you get some rest and feel better very soon! Much love to you and your family! You are in my thoughts and prayers.
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I had already added this book to my to read list when I saw it starting to appear on both your’s and Didi’s blog. I read Didi’s review for it yesterday and that already raised my interest in it more. Now after reading your post for it, my expectations are going through the roof. Really want to read this very soon now…if only I could find some more time Ugh..
So glad you enjoyed this one so much, and loved your post for it. This was another awesome read Dani 😘 And your blog looks better and better every day: great job ❤️❤️😘😘
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Thanks so much, Michel! Whenever you get a chance to get to this book. I really think you will like it and be able to relate a lot to the story! You are so awesome! Thanks for brightening my day!💯📚😍
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I have the day off tomorrow and I am going to do some shopping (and probably come home with way too much stuff again lol). So I might even go on the lookout for this book. It really does seem like an amazing read, and something that I would really enjoy.
Your very welcome sweetheart.😘❤️ You bring that light every day..never forget that 😊😊
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Sounds like a great time!😍 It was an awesome read!😘 xoxo
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Thank you so much. I had fun today…bought way too much stuff of course 😂😂😂
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I’m looking forward to checking out this book as I’ve seen a few positive reviews already and I think that Zylia will be a very relatable character!
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AWESOME! She is such a relatable character and this story was so awesome! Can’t wait to hear your thoughts on the story when you get a chance to check it out!😁💯📚
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Sounds fantastic! Awesome review, Dani! 😀
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Thanks so much, Lashaan!😍 I loved this book! Xoxoxo
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Interesting. Coming of age would be the furthest from my mind looking at the cover, I’d guess more of something creepy. Definitely wasn’t expecting a young character and the actual storyline.
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They say not to judge a book by its cover, my friend!😍 Well it definitely did have some chilling and intense parts to it as well! I definitely LOVED it though, Carrie! I hope you are doing well, my friend!😍
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I never quite pick up that lesson though. LOL
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Great review! This is spot on! Oh, and happy valentines to you! muah 🙂
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Thanks so much, Love! Happy belated Valentine’s Day to you, sweetheart!😍
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Thank you! 🙂
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This book rocked!😍
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Amazing! So glad to be on this tour with you, too.
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Thanks so much, Jay! I LOVED your book as well and it made me ugly cry!!! I’m glad to be on this tour with you as well!😍
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Thank you! I didn’t realize you had read it… you snuck up me there! 🙂
Misty’s books is fantastic. We can all identify with Zylia at some point… can’t wait to see where she goes next.
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I was actually workiǹg on your review and saw your notification!
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Oh my! (Runs and hides… lol)
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You have nothing to worry about! Lol! It’s up and posted!😄💙📚
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Going to look, oh… thank you!
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I just un-followed and re-followed you. For some reason, your posts weren’t showing up in my Reader feed, so I would only catch them on other social media. Hopefully they show now. If not, I’ll have to switch so it emails me. I just thought you weren’t posting a lot! Yikes.
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No worries!😍 WordPress has been so glitchy lately!😵
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