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It is time for the second annual Kick Butt Characters Hop   hosted by Good Choice Reading   and  I Am A Reader, Not A Writer .  This hop runs from March 23rd through midnight on March 28th and has over one hundred and thirty blogs participating.  Find the complete list here . So what/who is a Kick-Butt Character in Young Adult books? Someone who can take of herself or himself. Think Katniss of The Hunger Games , Rose from Vampire Academy and Clary of The Mortal Instruments .  We are giving away one ebook copy of this book: Kiss of Fire (Imdalind, #1)  by Rebecca L. Ethington YA fantasy*Kindle edition Joclyn Despain has been marred by a brand on her skin. She doesn't know why the mark appeared on her neck, but she doesn't want anyone to see it, including her best friend Ryland, who knows everything else about her. The scar is the reason she hides herself behind baggy clothes, and won't let the idea of kissing Ryland enter her mind...

Greetings on this Friday. Welcome to our tour stop on the It Started With A Whisper Blog Tour presented by Goddess Fish Promotions . It Started With a Whisper by A. W. Hartoin YA fantasy*Paperback, 376 pages Published December 2nd 2012 Purchase:  Amazon Wishes are powerful things, if you belong to the MacClarity clan. You can ask Ernest for anything and he’ll make it come true, even though he’s been dead for nearly a hundred years. Puppy MacClarity doesn’t take the rumors about Ernest too seriously. But when he’s had enough of his teacher’s harassment, Puppy asks Ernest to take care of Miss Pritchett for him. Ernest does and family secrets start to surface like magic. During a summer filled with both fear and fun, Puppy begins to realize that Ernest isn’t the only special thing about his family, and their oddities aren’t just skin deep. Too bad he didn’t know sooner. Excerpt: Mom cut my hair at the beginning of every summer with a pair of rusty old clip...