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Showing posts with label Elizabeth Reyes. Show all posts
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Jan 22, 2012

Author Interview: Elizabeth Reyes (Moreno Brothers Series)

January 22, 2012 0 Comments




Hey everyone! I'm here again with another blog tour! We have Ms. Elizabeth Reyes in my blog today. She's very gracious to accept this interview. And now let's get to know more about the author of 'The Moreno Brothers Series'






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  • Can you tell us something about yourself that we don't know yet? 
I was this close to becoming a court interpreter. I’d taken all the online classes studied and passed the first part of the test. (there are three parts) I then began to study for the second part at the same time I started doing rewrites of Forever Mine. (for fun) When I decided to publish I put my studying aside to concentrate on marketing my book and write the second one. Best decision I’ve made to date. =)     


  • When did you realize you waned to write a book?
I decided I wanted to write a book when I was in high school and I started to. I decided I wanted to finish said book when I was able to quit my job and be a stay home mom, MANY years later.
 


  • What did you do to get your books published?
 I just inquired with others in my critique site who had done it and followed their lead. Unlike many, I’ve never queried an agent or a publisher. At my age I just didn’t have the patience to wait.  

  • What is the hardest part of being an author?  
Self doubt. As much work as I put into something and finally feel it is ready there will always be that little question in the back of my head when I’m getting ready to publish. “Is it good enough? Is it really ready?”
 

  • Where do you get the inspiration to give life to your characters? 
The story usually just comes to me. The type of personality that is going to handle the characters in the story comes from a mixture of a lot of things. People I know, characters on television, a movie books I’ve read. I like to mesh different personality traits to create a certain character and make them unique.
 

And now the fun part.


  • When the word hunk is uttered who is the first person that comes to mind?
 My husband of course Ha! Okay now that he’s not listening Channing Tatum is one of my favorites. He so represents the mixture of intensity I often try to get across on papyer with their hunkiness. Yes I realize I just made up a word. I’m looking to coin the phrase Intense hunkiness. Lol
 

  • What is your all time favorite movie? 
I have many but I’d have to say Grease. I can watch that over and over and over. Danny Zucko is the ultimate high school alpha. *sigh* I didn’t do it on purpose but when I look at the cover of Forever Mine now it often reminds me of Grease. =)


  • Who is a HOT celebrity you would want to marry?
  Hypothetically, right? Being that I’m already married to the most wonderful man in the world… blah blah blah. Did I mention Channing? lol


  • If you are going to Heaven who is the one person you’d take with you? 
This one seriously my husband. <3

If you are going to Hell who is the one person you’d take with you?
Once again, My hubby, oh yeah he’s coming with me!  

And the final question


  • What is next for Ms. Elizabeth Reyes?
I’m currently working on my next series 5th Street. About a group of young aspiring boxers out of Los Angeles who one by one will meet their match outside the ring. But this year will also see spin offs from The Moreno Brother series as well as a few stand alones.

 Thank you Ms. Elizabeth Reyes for doing this interview. It was really fun! And I gotta say that I loved your books!

If you wanna see my review on the first book just click this link:
Forever Mine (The Moreno Brothers 1) Book Review


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January 2nd
Simply Ali
(Will Promo the Series)


January 2nd
Fangtastic Books
(Promo)

January 3d
A Book Lovers Review
(Will be interviewing Alex, Eric and Romero about Sal. Fun!)

January 4th
Just Judy's Jumble's
(BIG feature interviews entire "cast" of series on her virtual talk show).

January 9th
Roxanne's Realm
(Promo)

January 10th
JeansBookReadNReview
(Interview, Promo, entire series review)

January 13th
Tamara Rose Blodgett's blog
(Author interview )

January 14th
Kay Dee Royal
(Author interview)

January 19th
Sarah Ballance
(Author Interview)

January 21st
Cocktails and Books
(Promo)

January 22nd
Journey With Books
(Author interview & Series review)

January 22nd
Mila Ramo's Blob
(Promo)

January 24th
For The Love of Reading
(Author interview, review of ABM)

January 26th
A Tale of Many Rivers
(Character interview, up close and personal with Sofie)

January 29th
Book Briefs
(Review of series)

January 30th
Reader Girls
(Promo)

January 31st
The Ultimate Fan Blog
(Interview Promo)

Jan 15, 2012

Book Review: Forever Mine (The Moreno Brothers Book 1) by Elizabeth Reyes

January 15, 2012 0 Comments
Forever Mine (The Moreno Brothers #1)




Author: Elizabeth Reyes
Edition Language: English
Original Title: Forever Mine
Series: The Moreno Brothers #1
Published: September 6th 2010
ASIN:     B00427ZI2C





Book Blurb:

Seventeen-year old Sarah’s life is turned upside down when her single mom is sent to jail. She’s forced to move, leaving behind everything she’s ever known, including her best friend Sydney. Lost and bitter in a new school, her one goal is to save money and move back home. Then she meets Angel Moreno. 

Enigmatic but gorgeous, Angel is almost too good to be true. Except for one thing, his archaic belief that guys and girls can never be “just friends”. The problem? Sarah’s best friend Sydney is not a girl. 

With their unexpected romance intensifying to places neither ever experienced, how long can Sarah keep Angel in the dark about the guy waiting for her back home?


My Thoughts:

Forever Mine is the first installment of The Moreno Brothers Series by Elizabeth Reyes. 

This is a very nice story that deals with the fierce emotion of a first love. Elizabeth Reyes wrote a well paced romance about two teenagers who fell in love for the first time. And as first love goes, it's explosive and intense because it's the first time you feel it, you tend to do things clumsily and Ms. Elizabeth Reyes caught that emotion and wrote it well for the readers.

Angel and Sarah have an amazing chemistry together and you'd feel it as you read it. They were nice and very effective as a couple although they frustrated me. The plot was also nicely done, it was really simple when you think about it. Sarah left Angel in the dark about Sydney being a boy, though some readers questions why Sarah couldn't just tell Angel the truth but I think it's due to Angel's intense possessiveness and her youth. She didn't know how to deal with her dilemma and when she did it's too late.

I actually enjoyed reading this book because besides the main characters there are other characters inside this book that made things more interesting. Intense characters like Angel just gets to me. Although, there are some typos that bothered me, the angst and the chemistry of Angel and Sarah made up for it.

This is one series I'm sure I'll be following.



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