I’m very pleased today to welcome The BBNYA Semi-Finalist Spotlight Tour for Karyne Norton’s Blood of the Stars! This book has made it to the semi-finals, so you know there’s something good going on–but before getting to this Spotlight, let’s start with a word about BBNYA.
BBNYA:
BBNYA is a yearly competition where book bloggers from all over the world read and score books written by indie authors, ending with 15 (17 in 2025) finalists and one overall winner.
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Book Details:
Title: Blood of the Stars by Karyne Norton
Series: The Half-Light Chronicles, Book 1
Genre: Epic Fantasy
Age Category: Adult
Format: Hardcover/Paperback/Ebook/Audiobook
Length: 696 Pages
Publication Date: March 18, 2024
About the Book:
Harnessing the power in her blood could turn the tides of war—if it doesn’t destroy her first.
It’s been fourteen years since Prince Gaeren lost Aeliana, the childhood friend he’d sworn to protect. Haunted by the unfulfilled promise, he searches for a way to bring her home. But with threats against the kingdom from both a rebel faction in the south and Mayvus, a power-hungry priestess in the east, he only has time to follow one last clue across the seas.
Kidnapped as a child, Aeliana is desperate to be rid of the chaotic magic in her blood, magic her captors use to ravage the land. When she’s found by Gaeren’s rebel enemies, she joins their fight to rescue her mother from Mayvus, but her unwieldy power only serves to attract Mayvus’ attention. Aeliana must learn to control her magic before they reach her mother, or risk becoming the weapon Mayvus needs to take complete control of the kingdom.
Blood of the Stars is the first book in an epic fantasy series full of magic, intrigue, found family, reluctant royalty, & descendants of Stars on the brink of war.
Book Links:
Amazon Canada ~ Amazon US ~ Amazon UK ~ Goodreads ~ The Story Graph
About the Authors:
Karyne Norton hasn’t found the key to time travel, immortality, or infinite lives, so she’s taking a break from nursing and photography to focus on raising four human beings while writing epic fantasy and science fiction. Her debut novel, Blood of the Stars was a semi-finalist in SPFBO 10 as well as the Debut, Fantasy, and Readers’ Choice categories for the Realm Awards.
When she’s not writing, she’s reading, which is why she’s also the host of the Finding Fantasy Reads podcast, where she and her brother narrate a new short story every week from a variety of fantasy authors.
My thanks to The Book Bloggers’ Novel of the Year Award for the invitation to participate in this tour and the materials they provided.
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Thanks so much for sharing about my book!
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My pleasure!