I would like to welcome Kelbian Noel to The Avid Reader today. Thanks for stopping by Kelbian Noel. Please be sure and check out Kelbian Noel's novel Elemental and Guest Post "Witch Tales".
Book Title: Elemental
Series: The Elementals, Book 1
Author: Kelbian Noel
Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy
ASIN: B008MZ59Q0
Pages: 364
Word Count: 71279
Cover Artist: Kelbian Noel
BOOK DESCRIPTION
Elemental
Baltimore Land is a typical teenager whose parents embarrass her completely. She wants nothing to do with her family's beliefs and is convinced their silly rituals only exist to make her life miserable. All she wants is to be normal, but the fact that her parents are witches seriously messes with her social life.
She's doing alright, with a boyfriend who seems to like her just the way she is and an awesome best friend who is fascinated by her lifestyle, but she's not the most popular girl in her small Utah town. In fact, she's kind of the town freak.
When her boyfriend's ex tries to win him back, Baltimore's emotions get the best of her and she soon realizes her parents' beliefs aren't so silly after all--they're just the beginning.
PURCHASE
Elemental
GUEST POST
Elemental
WITCH TALES
Witches, with their pointed black hats and green faces. Their evil potions and hexes serve only chaos. They call upon gods to grant them wishes, they meet in groups to celebrate, chant and socialize with the likes of their own. You can’t become a witch by mistake. In many cases, initiation is required. What evil lies in the coven of these devil-like women?
Not anymore than your neighborhood church.
While writing this series, I quickly discovered the similarities between paganism and many other religions out there. The main thing that stood out was how each and every one of these religions relies on blind faith.
I didn’t grow up Wiccan but what I did learn in my youth didn’t stray too far from the same idea: If I ask a god to help me with something and believe in it fiercely enough, it will happen. Most of us have been taught that variation of belief at some point in our lives.
Why witches have been crucified and continue to be called out on their heathenism (a word which, by the way, is a compliment to some) is beyond me. I, for one, appreciate the things I’ve learned and am still discovering while writing this series.
Wiccan and other pagan religions are actually quite peaceful. They’re not built on threats or brainwashing and they don’t do “evil” things to people for the fun of it. To top it all off, a huge part of their doctrine is respecting and working with the earth. Who could go wrong with that?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
From a very young age, Kelbian loved to read. She found herself engulfed in novels by Janette Oke and L.M. Montgomery, but never seemed to find herself in the pages. At the age of 11 she declared she would write stories that had to do with her own experience, and be the youngest author in history. But life was full of baseball, homework, best friends and boys.
Decades later, having studied writing in college and pursued it as a career, Kelbian decided it was time to get back to her dream. She started writing again, joined a critique group and wrote two novels. Then in March 2011, along came Elemental. This time life's distractions couldn't shake the feeling that the world needed to hear Baltimore's story. At least those who would listen! A year later, Kelbian is excited to introduce Elemental to the world with hopes someone will love the story as much as she does.
Kelbian lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with her two children.
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2 comments:
Thank you so much for being a gracious host today :~) Hope you're having a wonderful Sunday!
Thanks for stopping by Kelbian. I am glad you did. I enjoyed hosting you on The Avid Reader.
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