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Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge: A Crash of Fate Blog Tour

August 16, 2019 By Heather 1 Comment

Title: STAR WARS GALAXY’S EDGE: A CRASH OF FATE

Author: Zoraida Córdova

Pub. Date: August 6, 2019

Publisher: Disney Lucasfilm Press

Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook

Pages: 352

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, Audible, B&N

Izzy and Jules were best friends until Izzy’s family abruptly left Batuu when she was six. But now she’s back, and Jules, the boy who never left, is unsure what to make of her. While on the run from vengeful smugglers and an angry pirate, Jules and Izzy will come to terms with who they are, and what they mean to each other.

About Zoraida:

Zoraida Córdova is the award-winning author of the Brooklyn Brujas series and The Vicious Deep trilogy. Her short fiction has appeared in the New York Times bestselling anthology Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View, and Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women and Witchcraft. She is the co-editor of Vampires Never Get Old, a YA anthology forthcoming from Imprint/Macmillan in fall 2020.  Her upcoming YA novels include Star Wars: A Crash of Fate (Disney/LucasFilm 2019) and Incendiary, book 1 in the Hollow Crown duology (Disney/Hyperion 2020). Zoraida was born in Ecuador and raised in Queens, New York. When she isn’t working on her next novel, she’s planning her next adventure.

Photo credit: Sarah Younger

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Author Interview

Tell us how you came to know and love Star Wars.


Star Wars has always been part of my life. The movies always seemed to be there in the background. My brother (five years my junior) used to reenact the fight over the sarlacc pit where Luke is like, “Jabba, this is your last chance. Free us or die.” When we were little, my mom’s co-worker gifted us a ton of Star Wars toys, many of which I still have. We used to watch and rewind (YAY VHS TAPES) and play the movies again and again. So, simply put: I’ve always loved Star Wars. It keeps reinventing itself for a new generation. As the world expands, so does our understanding of it. With each iteration, I find something to fall in love with.


What world do readers find themselves in during this installment?


We are on the planet Batuu. Specifically Black Spire Outpost. It’s the only place where Star Wars fans can go and physically visit. Black Spire Outpost is a lawless place. It’s run by criminals. It’s a place where people are passing through, or hiding, or trying to make a new life. It’s a place that is built upon ancient ruins and petrified trees. The past and present co-exist. My favorite part about writing A Crash of Fate was figuring out who the locals where. What are their allegiances? Why have they decided to stay there and call it home? Who are the ones that are passing through? With the First Order displaying their colors in broad daylight, what happens to those who are hiding from the law? It is a complete world, and my characters Izzy and Jules are right in the thick of it.

Who are Izzy & Jules and why are we rooting for their love story?

Izzy is an aspiring smuggler and Jules is a starry-eyed farmboy. My inspiration was Before Sunrise, where a couple falls in love in a day. Adding the usual Star Wars shenanigans and a series of unfortunate mishaps, plus the backdrop of the First Order and Resistance on the planet, and you’ve got the BEST AND WORST time to realize you’re still in love with your best friend whom you haven’t seen in 13 years.

For Izzy and Jules, I took some loose inspiration from Han Solo and Luke Skywalker. I hope that parts of their spirit lives on in these characters. Han’s reluctant golden heart and Luke’s kindness. Even though they haven’t seen each over in over a standard decade, and even though they’ve changed a lot, Izzy and Jules want the same thing: a place to belong. The galaxy is always in turmoil. There are always going to be good guys and bad guys. So their journey is the not just delivering a parcel (no questions asked) their journey is making the decision to choose each other in a time when there is no guarantee that there is going to be a bright tomorrow.


What’s your favorite writing treat?

I don’t snack when I write because I like to give myself complete lunch and dinner breaks. That helps me have time in between my sprints. I do drink coffee and tea the entire day. 

Who are your authors of choice and what are your all time favorite reads?


My auto-buy authors are: Dhonielle Clayton, Tessa Gratton, Natalie C. Parker, Claudia Gray, Holly Black, Leigh Bardugo, V.E. Schwab, Justina Ireland, Julie Murphy, Sierra Simone, Sarah MacLean. There are so many I can just keep going forever. 


Some of my favorite books in the last couple of years have been: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo, Done Dirt Cheap by Sarah Nicole Lemon, Don’t Date Rosa Santosby Nina Moreno, Sinner by Sierra Simone, The Wicked King by Holly Black, Lost Stars by Claudia Gray, and They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera. 

Thank you for having me on the blog! 

Giveaway Details: 

3 winners will receive a finished copy of STAR WARS GALAXY’S EDGE: A CRASH OF FATE, US Only.

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Tour Schedule:

Week One:

8/5/2019- Kait Plus Books– Excerpt

8/5/2019- Careful of Books– Spotlight

8/6/2019- Country Road Reviews– Excerpt

8/6/2019- Lifestyle Of Me– Review

8/7/2019- Character Madness and Musings– Interview

8/7/2019- Moonlight Rendezvous– Review

8/8/2019- The BookWorm Drinketh– Excerpt

8/8/2019- A Bookish Dream– Review

8/9/2019- Do You Dog-ear?– Review

8/9/2019- Dani Reviews Things– Excerpt

Week Two:

8/12/2019- Eli to the nth– Review

8/12/2019- What A Nerd Girl Says– Review

8/13/2019- Jena Brown Writes– Review

8/13/2019- A Dream Within A Dream– Excerpt

8/14/2019- Two Chicks on Books– Interview

8/14/2019- Wishful Endings– Review

8/15/2019- FyreKatz Blog– Review

8/15/2019- Novel Novice– Excerpt

8/16/2019- Little Red Reads– Interview

8/16/2019- Book-Keeping– Review

Bookstagram Tour Schedule:

Week One:

8/5/2019- moonlight_rendezvous– Review

8/6/2019- whatanerdgirlsays– Review

8/7/2019- tawney_goodtwin– Review

8/8/2019- wishfulendings– Review

8/9/2019- adreamindream– Review

Week Two:

8/12/2019- Jena Brown Writes– Review

8/13/2019- dwantstoread– Review

8/14/2019- GRgenius– Spotlight

8/15/2019- A Bookish Dream– Review

8/16/2019- Novel Novice– Review

BEA Children’s Book Box Reveal and Giveaway

June 6, 2013 By Heather Leave a Comment

Here are the fun picture book and easy reader titles Heather picked up from Book Expo America 2013. She’ll be adding all of her new books on Goodreads later this week if you want the break down.
 Head on over to Fire and Ice for the YA, adult BEA book box edition tomorrow.

Benotripia Blog Tour- Middle Grade Book Review and Giveaway

September 18, 2012 By Heather Leave a Comment

Benotripia: The Rescue
by McKenzie Wagner
Paperback, 136 pages
Expected Publication Date: September 11, 2012
by Cedar Fort
ISBN: 1462110142
Book source: Netgalley
4 1/2 Stars
Summary from Goodreads: When her mother—the ruler of Benotripia—goes missing, Roseabelle knows she’ll need the help of her best friends and their combined powers to survive the perilous journey ahead of her, rescue her mother, and save Benotripia! Written by a young author, this exciting adventure story pulls you into a true fantasy world. A suspenseful and addicting read!
Cathy’s Review: Roseabelle lives a fairly normal life, she goes to her school, or training to use her talents with her personal trainer Shelby, she has a couple of best friends, Jessicana and Astro, and her mom, Danette is the queen of their country, Benotripia. Life couldn’t be better, until one afternoon when Shelby disappears for the afternoon, Roseabelle is sent home and discovers that her mom has been kidnapped by another country. She, Jessicana and Astro must journey to that other country, Darvonia, and rescue Danette before it’s too late. On the way they will have many adventures and there will be peril and treachery. Will the three young friends make it?

This was a really cute book. I thought that it was well written, the author is only 11, I think that if she can write this well and show this much imagination at this age, we all better watch out, because she’s going to be writing some amazing stuff. The story was easy to follow, I thought it was engaging and I’m a mom, can’t wait to find out what my own 11 year-old thinks of it! 

Content: clean
About the author: McKenzie Wagner is eleven years of age and has adored reading since she was four years old. Her love of books inspired her to write a book of her own and she completed the first book of “The Magic Wall Series”, “The Magic Meadow and the Golden Locket” at the early age seven and the second book “The Blue Lagoon and the Magic Coin” shortly thereafter. She wishes to obtain an English degree and teach elementary school and continue in her pursuit of her love of writing and is already working to obtain college credits towards her degree. She currently resides in Utah, with her mom, dad, grandma, and her eight-year-old brother, Ty.
Find out more about author McKenzie Wagner: Goodreads/ facebook
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