Sorteo (Giveaway!) de Una Noche Oscura en París de Page Morgan!!

Hello guys! Buenos días!

Today I'm having my first bilingual post in the blog!

When Page Morgan contacted me to see if I'd be interested to host a giveaway for my Spanish followers for a copy of her first book, The Beautiful And The Cursed, that has finally come out in Spanish, I was super excited to say YES! Not only I loved the book when I read it, but the Spanish edition is gorgeous!

Here you can see a photo of my friend Gema posing with her copy of Noche Oscura en Paris!



Hoy es mi primera entrada bilingüe en el blog!

Cuando Page Morgan se puso en contacto conmigo para ver si me gustaría tener un sorteo en mi blog para una edición en español del primer libro de su trilogía, Noche Oscura En París, por supuesto dije que sí! No sólo me encantó el libro cuando lo leí, sino que además la edición española es preciosa!

Aquí podéis ver a mi amiga Gema con su copia de Noche Oscura En París!

But before we get to the rafflecopter giveaway, let me tell you a bit more about the book and the author!

Pero antes de que lleguemos a la parte del sorteo rafflecopter, dejadme que os presente el libro y a la autora!

Noche Oscura En París de Page Morgan

Una serie de extrañas desapariciones sacuden París y sólo dos hermanas tendrán la clave para esclarecer el misterio...

Las hermanas Ingrid y Gabby y su madre, Charlotte, han decidido dejar Inglaterra para abrir una galería de arte en París, y planean trasladarse a la mansión en la que el hermano gemelo de Ingrid está viviendo desde hace meses. Cuando llegan a la dirección indicada se encuentran ante una abadía centenaría y decrépita y descubren que su dueño ha desaparecido. Según les cuenta Luc, el atractivo mayordomo, la de su hermano es la última de una serie de extrañas desapariciones que han conmocionado a la ciudad de París. Lo mejor, les advierte, de que nunca salgan de casa después de la puesta de sol. Pero las tres mujeres no tardarán en ponerse a investigar por su cuenta...

 Soy Page Morgan, la autora de Noche Oscura En París, una novela juvenil sobre dos hermanas que, en su misión de encontrar a su hermano desaparecido, descubren un mundo oculto de gargolas y demonios en la ciudad de París.

Vivo en Nueva Inglaterra con mi marido y nuestros tres hijos. Acepto regalos virtuales de café, chocolate y cupcakes.









 And finally! The giveaway!! Page wants to share a signed copy of Noche Oscura En París for one of my blog followers or any of you that stumble upon it! I must confess I'd prefer if it went to someone that does read Spanish, but it's fair game to anyone! Of course, open INTERNATIONAL!


Y por fin, ¡el sorteo! Page quiere compartir con todos vosotros una copia de Noche Oscura En París, para un seguidor de mi blog or cualquiera que se encuentre con mi blog! Debo confesar que preferiría que fuera para alguien que lea en español, pero está abierto para cualquiera! Y por supuesto, INTERNACIONAL!!


 

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Mark This Book Monday: The Beautiful And The Cursed by Page Morgan!!

As the next and last entry on this week's Mark This Book Monday I have a book that was highly recommended by Alyssa from The Eater of Books and that is her 2 of 2 great recommendations to me so far.

It is also finally a book to be counted towards my 2014 TBR Pile challenge, that is one I haven't been doing too well this year! I really need to switch gears a bit and once I have my NG ratio up to 80% focus more on this one!

The Beautiful and the Cursed by Page Morgan

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


The Beautiful & the Cursed was a book that I had seen around and felt quite curious about, but thought that it'd be too much romance so I had postponed checking it out. But that changed when I read Alyssa's review for it on her blog, and after that I went and bought it for my Kindle and started reading it right away. And boy am I glad that I did!

This book is historical fiction through and through with a strong gothic romance atmosphere and plenty of fantasy/paranormal elements here and there. As soon as I started reading I knew that I was in love with the writing and the dark and creepy feel of the book as well as with the historical setting.

The book starts with Ingrid arriving in Paris with her mother and her sister to a place that his brother had found for them, where their mother could finally start the art gallery she had wanted to work on for a long time. After an incident that the high society of London won't forget easily and that has ruined Ingrid's good standing there, Paris feels like a fresh start for them. But everything changes right on arrival, when they discover that Grayson is not there to welcome them, or anywhere to be found.

Something I really liked is that none of the ladies in this family are the ones to wait for things to be solved. The mother starts using whatever friends and influence she might have to try and find out what happened and involve the police. And Ingrid and Gabby start trying to find out by visiting bookstores trying to follow Grayson movements leading to his disappearance. And they stumble upon so much more than they could have ever imagined!

Demons walking the Paris streets and snatching girls, gargoyles that protect assigned humans and an organization of humans that fight against the demons and have an agreement of sorts to work with the gargoyles. All of that is more or less dumped on Ingrid and she even has to face a demon or two and finds herself falling for Luc, the gargoyle that is her protector. Gabby gets herself in plenty of trouble cause she's so fierce and headstrong, but she proves that she can hold her own.

The romance is present and it is quite a fantastic kind of romance... even if at first I wasn't entirely sure how it had changed from curiousity and protectiveness to attraction and amazing chemistry, but I quickly forgot about that and was swept away by Ingrid and Luc's forbidden romance! I also really enjoyed Gabby's banter and fiery romance with one of the Alliance members. Each one of the romances were so fitting to how different the sisters are.

The plot was paced slowly but surely, you kept on wanting to turn the pages but never felt like rushing through them because this is one book to be savoured! I loved the writing and the characters and there were hints and pieces of the bigger picture scattered all over the pages. I wasn't really expecting some of the revelations we got by the end of the book, but in the end everything made sense and was open enough to what's to come in the next book(s). I wasn't very happy about what Luc decided to do by the end, even if I could understand his choice... still is painful and horrible and even opens a door to possible love triangle and I don't like it!

A fantastic read for sure, well deserving of 4 to 4.5 stars and now I cannot wait for book 2!



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