Blurb:
Well-trained soldier or genetically engineered monster?
Junco Coot can’t even remember her trip off Earth; she was too busy being morphed into her new avian body. But reality hits her hard when she wakes up to find her new life is not what she expected. Not even close.
Tier is on trial for treason, the avian president wants her dead, her new military team is hostile, her body is being taken over by an illicit AI, and her only friend is a ten-year old throwaway boy.
In most places the avian Fledge ritual would be nothing more than mass murder, but here in the capital city of Amelia, it’s called growing up. Junco has two choices: fight to the death to prove her worth, or get sent back to Earth in the hands of her enemies.
In a foreign culture and surrounded by people she can’t trust or count on, Junco must find a way to save herself and Tier without losing her immortal soul in the process.
CONTENT WARNING - Just like CLUTCH, Book Two has lots of bad language and extreme violence. You've been warned. This series is NOT YOUNG ADULT.
My thoughts:
When approached to do an honest review of this series as a part of this tour, I couldn't resist!! There have been so many good things said about the author's writing style that I knew I would instantly fall in love with her. Now with that said, I absolutely love how the author started this book right where the last book, Clutch, left off. This makes reading the series a little easier for me since I didn't have to reread some of the "flashback" stuff that happened in Clutch. That might be a little off putting for some that choose to read the series out of order, but this IS a series that needs to be read in order, in my opinion. The vulnerability of the main character is more pronounced in this book, making me love her even more. I loved this fast paced, twist and turn riddled, fantasy/sci-fi/dystopian book!! I really can't wait to see what happens in Flight :)
AUTHOR BIO:
J. A. Huss never took a creative writing class in her life. Some would say it shows. Others might cut her some slack. She did however, get educated and graduated from Colorado State University with a B.S. in Equine Science. She had grand dreams of getting a Ph.D. but while she loves science, she hated academia and settled for a M.S. in Forensic Toxicology from the University of Florida.
She went on to write science curriculum for homeschoolers and now runs a successful home business that creates and offers online science unit studies. When she’s not writing science curriculum or fiction, she works as a farm inspector, traveling the Eastern Plains of Colorado in variety of environmentally friendly vehicles that never have four-wheel drive, so when she gets stuck in the mud in said vehicles, she has to beg for assistance from anyone who will help her. She is not bitter about that at all. She’s always packing heat and she is owned by two donkeys, five dogs, more chickens and ducks than she can count, and of course, the real filthy animals, her kids. The I Am Just Junco series was born after falling in love with the ugliest part of Colorado and the Rural Republic is based on the area of the state she currently resides in, minus the mutants, of course.
LINKS:
Website: http://www.iamjustjunco.com/
Blog: http://jahuss.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Junco-Coot/258034560979553
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6446815.J_A_Huss
YouTube Trailer - CLUTCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz0PWDGoTJY
YouTube Trailer - FLEDGE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_LYS0N1OAY
Tour Schedule:
11/28 Michelle's Paranormal Vault of Books
11/28 Krystal's Enchanting Reads
11/28 Sharing Links and Wisdom
11/29 The Avid Reader
11/30 The Cover by Brittany
11/30 The Insane Writings of a Crazed Writer
12/3 Simply Infatuated
12/4 My Cozie Corner
12/10 Book & Movie Dimension a Blog
12/11 Bookworm Babblings
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She went on to write science curriculum for homeschoolers and now runs a successful home business that creates and offers online science unit studies. When she’s not writing science curriculum or fiction, she works as a farm inspector, traveling the Eastern Plains of Colorado in variety of environmentally friendly vehicles that never have four-wheel drive, so when she gets stuck in the mud in said vehicles, she has to beg for assistance from anyone who will help her. She is not bitter about that at all. She’s always packing heat and she is owned by two donkeys, five dogs, more chickens and ducks than she can count, and of course, the real filthy animals, her kids. The I Am Just Junco series was born after falling in love with the ugliest part of Colorado and the Rural Republic is based on the area of the state she currently resides in, minus the mutants, of course.
LINKS:
Website: http://www.iamjustjunco.com/
Blog: http://jahuss.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Junco-Coot/258034560979553
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6446815.J_A_Huss
YouTube Trailer - CLUTCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz0PWDGoTJY
YouTube Trailer - FLEDGE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_LYS0N1OAY
Tour Schedule:
11/28 Michelle's Paranormal Vault of Books
11/28 Krystal's Enchanting Reads
11/28 Sharing Links and Wisdom
11/29 The Avid Reader
11/30 The Cover by Brittany
11/30 The Insane Writings of a Crazed Writer
12/3 Simply Infatuated
12/4 My Cozie Corner
12/10 Book & Movie Dimension a Blog
12/11 Bookworm Babblings
Thank you for your review, Brittany! I really appreciate it and I'm glad you're enjoying the series. :)
ReplyDeleteJulie