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Review: Touch of Frost by Jennifer Estep

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Touch of Frost by Jennifer Estep Publication Date: July 26th, 2011 Published By: Kensington Publishing Corporation Paperback, 350 Pages Source: Received from publishing company for honest review for blog tour Summary: "My name is Gwen Frost, and I go to Mythos Academy — a school of myths, magic and warrior whiz kids, where even the lowliest geek knows how to chop off somebody's head with a sword and Logan Quinn, the hottest Spartan guy in school, also happens to be the deadliest. But lately, things have been weird, even for Mythos. First, mean girl Jasmine Ashton was murdered in the Library of Antiquities. Then, someone stole the Bowl of Tears, a magical artifact that can be used to bring about the second Chaos War. You know, death, destruction and lots of other bad, bad things. Freaky stuff like this goes on all the time at Mythos, but I'm determined to find out who killed Jasmine and why—especially since I should have been the one who died. . ." Review: ****...

Author Interview: Jennifer Estep (Touch of Frost)

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As part of the blog tour for the upcoming Touch of Frost by Jennifer Estep, I got to ask Jennifer a few questions for the blog. Please welcome Jennifer! *** Greetings and salutations! First of all, I want to thank Sherry for having me on the blog today. Thanks so much, Sherry! Flipping Pages for All Ages: Describe yourself in five words OR Use the letters of your first name to describe yourself. Jennifer Estep: Sassy, sarcastic, sugar-addict, bookaholic, geek FPfAA: How does writing for young adults differ from writing for adults? Jennifer: It’s definitely been a fun challenge for me to write a young adult series with my Mythos Academy books. My adult books are pretty dark and gritty so it was nice to write something a little lighter, but that still has a lot of action, magic, and danger in it. Plus, there are so many elements that go into writing YA – capturing your heroine’s journey, finding her voice, showing her growing up, world building, even developing a romance....