Hi friends, today we have fun new tour sign ups!
We are celebrating the upcoming release of By the Blood of Rowans by Xan van Rooyen with a release day tour and we’d love your help! This will be a one-day tour and it will take place on September 28th, 2021 (aka its release day).
In this lush, queer YA fantasy for fans of Anna-Marie McLemore and Maggie Stiefvater, the Sheehy witches are the most feared and detested family on the island of Inisliath, and none more so than Rowan. As a deathwalker, Rowan ferries island souls to the Otherworld, but when the magic on the island starts to seep away from the other founding families, everyone blames the Sheehys—especially when islanders start dying.
Make sure you read the full synopsis below & to sign up if you are interested. We cannot wait to tour this amazing book with you!
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Tour Details:
– We are looking for 10+ bookstagrammers who’d like to feature the book in their feeds on September 28th.
– This is open Internationally and hosts selected will receive a digital copy of By the Blood of Rowans!
Here’s more about the book:
By the Blood of Rowans by Xan van Rooyen
Published by Skolion on September 28, 2021
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult
Pages: 340
Format: eBook, Paperback
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The Sheehy witches are the most feared and detested family on the island of Inisliath, and none more so than Rowan.
As a deathwalker, Rowan ferries island souls to the Otherworld, experiencing their deaths and carrying their memories like ghosts within him. It's a fated role he accepts even as it inexorably destroys him.
When the magic on the island starts to seep away from the other founding families, everyone blames the Sheehys—especially when islanders start dying.
Ash is sick of their father's fists and constantly having to apologize for who they are. Life on Inisliath might be the fresh start Ash and their mum need, and meeting soft-spoken, curly-haired Rowan feels like the ray of sunshine Ash has desperately needed—but everything goes sideways when Ash's mum becomes lead detective on a series of ritualistic murders allegedly tied to island magic, and Ash's family history.
The islanders are convinced Rowan is guilty, but Ash refuses to believe it. When Ash does some investigating of their own, they discover Rowan is far more likely to be the next victim. With time running out to save Rowan, Ash will have to choose between a life free of their father or the boy they’re starting to love. Meanwhile Rowan will have to decide just how much he's willing to sacrifice to save his family from the darkness about to be unleashed on the island.
CW: death, murder, suicidal thoughts, physical child abuse (off page).
**** SIGN UPS NOW CLOSED****
***Hosts selected will receive a confirmation email a few days after we close sign ups. Please remember that signing up does not guarantee you a spot in the tour since copies are very limited but we always consider small and big accounts that LOVE to read/review the books we tour & engage with the community. If we cannot include you on this tour, we encourage you to keep signing up!***
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About Xan van Rooyen
I'm a genderqueer non-binary author with a penchant for the dark and strange. I primarily write SFF but enjoy literary writing as well. (Pronouns she or they)
When not writing, I teach music at an international school, climb, eat anything involving peanut butter, and serve the whims of my shiba inu.
I've also published stories and novels as Suzanne van Rooyen and you can find those on the link under 'influences' in my profile.