Welcome to the Wait for You series Read-Along, the 4th annual event hosted by Deity Island.
This read-along will run from September 26th-November 14th, just in time for the Fire in You release on November 28th.
For updates and to chat with other participants, join the Deity Island Read Alongs Facebook Group. There will a lot of fun things happening there!
Also, use #DarkElementsReadAlong to follow along on Twitter.
Reading Order:
- Week of Sept 26th: Wait for You (Cameron and Avery)
- Week of Oct 3rd: Trust in Me (Cameron's novella)
- Week of Oct 10th: Be With Me (Jase and Teresa)
- Week of Oct 17th: Believe in Me (Ollie and Brittany - Fifty First Times)
- Week of Oct 24th: Stay With Me (Jax and Calla)
- Week of Oct 31st: Fall With Me (Reece and Roxy)
- Week of Nov 7th: Dream of You (Colton and Abby - 1001 Dark Nights novella)
- Week of Nov 14th: Forever With You (Nick and Stephanie)
Rules:
- You can read each book at your own pace, it's totally up to you. Join in any time you like, too. You can read the physical books, ebooks, or even listen to the audiobooks. Above all else, I want this to be a fun time for all Wait for You series fans to revel in before the final book, Fire in You, comes out.
- In order to be eligible to win one of the prizes, you must SIGN UP for the Read-Along and participate as much as you can by answering the book questions that I will be posting each week pertaining to the book we read that week. Some questions will be trivia while others will be opinion/personal thoughts questions. I'll be picking winners based on whoever participates the most and/or gets the most questions right.
- The Question Forms will remain open up until the Read-Along ends as I know that we are all very busy people and might not have time to answer questions on a particular day or read at the same pace as the Read-Along suggests. The forms will close at MIDNIGHT on November 18th, exactly, so that I have time to tally up the results and pick a winner.
- Each form will have an area for you to post your thoughts on what we've read so far. I will pick some of my favorites and post them on the following week's post. I'll do my best to remain spoiler-free for those who haven't read that far yet. Or, if no one has anything to say, I'll post my thoughts on what we've read so far.
- If you have ANY questions or concerns, you can always leave a comment below or email me.
FYI: You DON'T need to have a blog in order to participate. When you sign up via the LINKY LIST (click on the little blue button that says "Add your link"), just type in your name, email, & either a GR, Twitter, Facebook, or whatever other account you have.
Prizes:
- One ebook of Fire in You (US & International)
- (2) Swag pack filled with JLA bookmarks (US & International)
- One Daemon Black magnetic bookmark from HappyHelloCo (US)
*More prizes may be added as the Read-Along goes on.*
Ready to read along?
Sign up below:
JLA just announced that she has inked a book deal for a new series from HarperCollins that will be published in 2018!
”NYT bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout’s MOONLIGHT SINS, the first in a new romantic suspense series, in which a young woman takes a caretaker job at the mansion of an infamous wealthy family known as “the Kennedys of the South” and finds herself pulled into a web of secrets, rumors–and murder, to Tessa Woodward at Avon, in a three-book deal, by Kevan Lyon at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency (World English)."
How exciting!!!!
Here's some more information about the series:
Some people believe that there are gateways to hell all around the world, tainting the land and cursing anyone who dares to build there. The de Vincent Mansion, home to one of the wealthiest and oldest families in America is rumored to be such a place. For all the riches and power in the world, the blue-blood family has been plagued with insanity, strange and unexpected deaths, odd disappearances, and even rumors of cold-blooded murder.
On the surface, the darkly handsome de Vincent brothers have only lived a life of extreme privilege. The three of them: Devlin, Gabriel, and Lucian attended the most prestigious private schools and colleges, drove only the fanciest and fastest cars, dated the most beautiful women from all around the world, and one day would control a vast and powerful fortune. Their wild and primitive ways rightfully earned them the nicknames of Devil, Demon, and Lucifer. Nicknames that appeared terrifyingly fitting, because beyond the lavish grounds of the de Vincent mansion, behind the marble columns and underneath the opulent quarters, it is said the home is haunted, and the secrets and sins of generations past fester, rotting the family from the inside out.
Where superstition runs rampant, it is rumored that those ghosts drove their mother to leap from the roof of their home on a stormy, summer night—the same night Madeline, their sister, disappeared, no one knows if she is dead or alive. All of this gives credence to the belief that there is something very evil that prowls the grounds there, but for the de Vincent family, their demons are very much flesh and blood.
These guys are bad.
And these guys are really, really good at being bad.
I don't know about you, but I'm very excited about this. JLA writes the best paranormal.
Hi, JLanders!!!
So sorry for being MIA. I really need to be better at updating this fansite and keeping all your JLA lovers informed. I'm working on it!
Anyways, if you haven't already seen, Fire in You (Wait for You #6), has gotten a cover makeover.
(Old)
(New)
What do you think?
Jen is self-publishing this final installment in the Wait for You series, so she heard that the readers wanted the cover to match the others in the series a bit more, and she delivered. Also, the release date was pushed back again to November 28th, which is a bummer, but it is what it is. The good news is that it give me plenty of time to plan the next Deity Island Readalong (details to come)!
Jen has a pre-order incentive going on right now as well, where if you pre-order and submit your receipt, you will get an exclusive scene that features POVs from all of the other couples in the series. Submit your proof here.
USA Today recently revealed the cover for one of JLA's upcoming new releases, Til Death, a romantic suspense novel that is set to release on Feb 28, 2017.
About the book:
In New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout’s gripping new novel, a young woman comes home to reclaim her life—even as a murderer plots to end it.
It’s been ten years since Sasha Keaton left her West Virginia hometown … since she escaped the twisted serial killer known as the Groom. Returning to help run her family inn means being whole again, except for one missing piece. The piece that falls into place when Sasha’s threatened—and FBI agent Cole Landis vows to protect her the way he couldn’t a decade ago.
First one woman disappears; then another, and all the while, disturbing calling cards are left for the sole survivor of the Groom’s reign of terror. Cole’s never forgiven himself for not being there when Sasha was taken, but he intends to make up for it now … because under the quirky sexiness Cole first fell for is a steely strength that only makes him love Sasha more.
But someone is watching. Waiting. And Sasha’s first mistake could be her last.
The highly anticipated second book in New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout’s Wicked Trilogy is available today! Be sure to grab your copy of TORN!
Torn between duty and survival, nothing can be the same.
Everything Ivy Morgan thought she knew has been turned on its head. After being betrayed and then nearly killed by the Prince of the Fae, she’s left bruised and devastated—and with an earth-shattering secret that she must keep at all costs. And if the Order finds out her secret, they’ll kill her.
Then there’s Ren Owens, the sexy, tattooed Elite member of the Order who has been sharing Ivy’s bed and claiming her heart. Their chemistry is smoking hot, but Ivy knows that Ren has always valued his duty to the Order above all else—he could never touch her if he knew the truth. That is, if he let her live at all. Yet how can she live with herself if she lies to him?
But as the Fae Prince begins to close in on Ivy, intent on permanently opening the gates to the Otherworld, Ivy is running out of options. If she doesn’t figure out who she can trust—and fast—it’s not only her heart that will be torn apart, but civilization itself.
"You need this book. You need this series. It's paranormal at its best. It's New Adult at its best...Can I give this book more than 5 stars? I would if I could." ~Valerie, Stuck in Books
EXCERPT:
I lifted my right hand, reaching for my iron stake out of instinct, even though I knew it would do no good against the prince.
“You shouldn’t do that.” His voice was deep with what reminded me of an English accent. “I know you want to, but it would be very, very unwise of you, Ivy.”
My hand twitched.
Creepy Prince smiled slightly. “Your friend has been very helpful.”
That got my hackles up. I slid my sunglasses onto my forehead and forced my tone to stay calm and level. “I’m sure she has. Speaking of Val, happen to know where I can find her?”
His lips curled in a semblance of a smile as he stepped closer. The prince was tall, taller than Ren, who was pushing six foot two. My entire back stiffened as I forced myself to hold my ground, even though every instinct demanded that I run and run super fast, because he had almost killed me once before. Correction. He would have definitely killed me if he hadn’t realized what I was and had, I guessed, healed me.
“I’ve been waiting for you,” he said, instead of answering my question, his pale blue eyes fixed on mine.
My hand curled into a useless fist. “That is extremely creepy to hear.”
That cold smile returned. “Why don’t we talk? There are seats across the way.”
“Yeah, that’s not going to happen.”
The slow smile increased but never reached his eyes. “Oh, I know it is.”
Fine hairs rose on my arms.
“What exactly can you do right now?” he said in the same coldly polite voice. “Refuse me?” Creepy Prince laughed, and it wasn’t a bad sound. Again, it was something that was just cold, as if he were mimicking what a human would do. “You can’t.”
“I can.” My palm itched to grab the thorn stake secured under my pant leg, but I held still. I might be reckless, but I wasn’t stupid.
“Really? I will have to beg to differ on that. You see, humans surround us. So many of them, and I have an extraordinary appetite.” His eyes appeared to glimmer as his gaze slithered from the top of my curly head down to my toes. “A rather impressive appetite for many, many things.”
“Okay. First off, ew.” My lip curled. “Secondly, I don’t want to hear about any of your appetites.”
One dark eyebrow rose. “Oh, but you should know that I could kill twenty of these humans in less than five seconds and feed on the rest, leaving them to believe that it was this little red-headed girl who murdered these innocent people.” His voice dropped even lower as he leaned in and icy air brushed my cheek. “You deny me this, those lives will be on your hands, little bird.”
Anger flushed hotly as my eyes met his. There wasn’t a single part of me that doubted anything he said. He had me. God, I hated to admit it, but he had me.
"Drama! Action! Romance! Twists! Torn had it all...Torn was a perfect continuation of the Wicked Saga." ~Kim, Kimberlyfaye Reads
Things are about to get Wicked in New Orleans…
Don’t miss the first title in the series, WICKED!
About Jennifer L. Armentrout:
#1 New York Times and #1 International Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing, she spends her time reading, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki.
Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her book Obsidian has been optioned for a major motion picture and her Covenant Series has been optioned for TV. Her young adult romantic suspense novel DON’T LOOK BACK was a 2014 nominated Best in Young Adult Fiction by YALSA.
She also writes Adult and New Adult contemporary and paranormal romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.
