Giveaway is canceled.... :(

I couldn't get enough entries.
I don't have enough follows.
The book releases Sept 27.
I have no idea how to pick a random winner (and started thinking that I would pick the person that lives closest to Chicago).
Postal shipping cost more than $5
How do you do give aways if you don't have money to pay for shipping?
My dad sure won't pay it. Sorry. I should probobly wait till my blog is big enough to do giveaways.
Please comment this post with advice on how to do do giveaways without having all these problems.
I am very new at the blog stuff (but not new a reviewing book.)
I wish I could give my book to some one who wants  it. I have my own copy, so this one's an extra. I wish it didn't cost so much for shipping. I'm supposed to be making money, not throwing it away (quoting my money obsessed dad. I need a real job, he says)
This atemp has been a sad, sad failure. I am sorry if I got your hopes up. Thanks for the follow anyways. I will continue doing my reviews and probably skip giveaways for now.


UPDATE: I found someone I actually know to give it to. (She didn't get a copy because she didn't go to the pre pub event like I did) I gave it to her dad and brother last night, so I don't have an extra copy anymore. Sorry, people! If ya wanna read it, it comes out Sept 27 in hardcover.
~Haley G

Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Lani Taylor

Author: Lani Taylor

Genera: Supernatural Fantasy

Subjects: Magic, wishes, angels, demons, chimaeras

Length: 420 pgs.

“Once upon a time, an angel and devil fell in love. It did not end well.

Around the world black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who crept through a slit in the sky.

In a dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grows dangerously low.

And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherworldly war.

Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbook with monsters that may or may not be real; she's prone to disappearing on "errands;" she speaks many languages not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That's one question that haunts her that she is about to find out.”

-Back cover of ARC

My Rating: 3 Stars

My review: When I first read this, I was very confused. Blue hair, weird names of characters, some of the phases. I almost thought I was read a parallel universe dystopia. I will clear things up for you before you read it. Karou is going to an art school in the Czech Republic. Zuzanna is her friend there. Karou was raised by the wish monger chimaera Brimstone. He collects teeth, so she goes out to get them. The confusion is why I give it only 3 stars. It just wasn’t my taste in fantasy.

There are angels in this book. They aren’t the romantic kind really, but they appear more later on when it get interesting.

This book is pretty funny in some parts. The life drawing scene is one example. Quotes throughout the book.

If you want to read something very different from YA paranormal romance, you may want to check out this book. It is well written once you understand what is going on. :)

Art Review:

Let’s just say I like the ARC cover better than the hardcover’s cover.

~Haley G