Blog Tour + #Giveaway: Twisted Sisters - The Orion Circle, Book #2 by Kimber Leigh Wheaton @Cymberle #Review of Book 1 & 2

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Excerpt:

I sense movement, and in the next moment Tracy throws herself at the barrier, a screaming, howling banshee. She fights against the magic barring her. Static electricity sparks through the room, zooming around, visible in the darkness. I push Kacie behind me as the manic ghost continues her relentless assault on the barrier. A deafening boom reverberates through the room, followed by a wave of energy. I push Kacie down, falling on top of her to shield her from the ghost's wrath. Pain lances up my back like thousands of cat claws, making me cry out both in shock and pain. I glance back-Samson and Delilah hiss their displeasure at Tracy, their claws digging into my back.

The claws retract when I yell at them, and all the other pain surfaces. Ignoring the throbbing in my ribs, I roll to my side to free Kacie, sending the cats leaping away. Tracy lets out one last anguished wail before slumping and falling to the floor. My familiars circle her prone body, mouths open, scenting the air. The heaviness in the air lessens, but I continue to take in shallow breaths to keep from aggravating the pain. I watch Tracy, searching for… well not signs of life, but existence? Her form flickers like an old movie, and I wonder if she'll just wink out of existence.

"Is she…" Blake trails off, pushing himself up on his elbows. "That was quite a blast. You both okay?"

"Yeah," Kacie says, rubbing her head. "Where's Mr. Kincaid?"

"Out here," Mr. Kincaid says from the hall. "I got out just before the explosion."

"Logan…" Kacie pulls on my arm while pointing at Tracy's prone form. "I've never seen, I mean, she can't…"

"Her spirit would've disappeared if she was destroyed." I try to struggle to my feet but give up, sagging back down. Kacie leans against me, and I wrap my arms around her.

Blake eyes us. "You two are not okay."

"When Tracy forced the barrier, she released a lot of psychic energy," I say, resting my cheek on Kacie's head.

"It drained all of us, not just her," Kacie adds.

"I feel fine," Blake says stretching his arms over his head.

"Yeah, why is that?" I ask, unable to hide the genuine surprise from my voice.

"Rebecca will be thrilled," Kacie says.

Blake raises his brows. "Why, she like stamina?"

Kacie giggles. "Get your mind out of the gutter, Blake. She likes researching puzzles."

"Oh, no. I ain't no one's guinea pig."

Tracy's spirit releases a soft sigh, like a light exhale of breath… if ghosts could breathe. She floats to her feet as though controlled by invisible strings. Still solid, her dark eyes scan the room. A smile crosses her face when she realizes that she made it through the psychic barrier. All I can do is stare at the ghost and wonder what that mysterious smile means. Maybe she's as drained as we are. Kacie squeezes my hand, her aura flickering from exhaustion. I meet her gaze. Evade and stall for time to recover-I try to send the message to her in my expression.

"Now that you're in here, love," Blake says, gesturing at the room. "Care to share why you wanted in so bad?"

Tracy blushes at Blake's obvious flirting. I had no idea a spirit could blush, even one who appears as human as she does. I mean, it takes blood to blush, right? More manipulation? She glides to one of the beds and reaches out to it. Her hand goes straight through. When she tries again, she lets out a frustrated growl as her hand once again passes through the mattress.

"I can't touch anything?" she says, her words sounding more like a question than a statement.

One moment she's by the bed and the next she appears inches from Blake's face. He doesn't flinch, which I have to admit is rather impressive. I'm pretty sure even I'd have reacted to her sudden appearance.

"Are you really a werewolf?" she asks, leaning so close they'd touch were she human.

"Yep." Blake manages a blank face as the ghost circles him.

"Shift for me."

"It ain't a full moon, love," he says, shrugging his shoulders. I'm well aware that Blake can shift whenever he wants. He's a born alpha werewolf, not a bite victim. Blake's features take on a look of complete innocence. Damn but he can rival Kacie and Daniel in the acting department. "Why're you deflecting attention from that bed? What's under that mattress?"

"Nothing," she says, backing away, shaking her head furiously.

"Now we both know that ain't the truth." Blake saunters over to the bed and lifts the mattress.

"No!"

"Now what have we here?" Blake tosses a small book to me.

I open the book and flip through the pages. "It's a journal."

"It's mine!" Tracy howls, making a grab for the book. But her hand passes through. She may have enough power left to look almost human, but not enough to manipulate physical objects.

Kacie takes the book, hugging it to her chest. "This is very private, but it could also be what's keeping you from moving on."

Tracy's form flickers and sinks to the floor. She returns to an ethereal, misty spirit, and I can't help but notice how much lighter she is now than before. Swirling white and light gray misty energy compose her figure, a sure sign that she's close to acceptance of her fate.

"I'll talk, but just to you," she says, pointing at Kacie.

"No," I say, unwilling to leave Kacie alone with this dangerous adversary.

"Of course," Kacie says, directing a glare at me.

Twisted Sisters

The Orion Circle, Book 2

Kimber Leigh Wheaton

YA Urban Fantasy/Mystery

Sea Dragon Press

October 27, 2015

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It's a child's toy-what could go wrong?

While playing with a spirit board, two sorority sisters summon the vindictive spirits of three women brutally murdered by a psychopath. Join Logan, Kacie, and the rest of the Orion Circle as they delve into the disturbing events of the past to find the key to freeing the spirits.

But this isn't any ordinary haunting.  These ghosts were banished before, and now they have returned more powerful than anyone could have imagined. Anger breeds hatred and hatred leads to darkness-these phantoms are on the verge of losing their last spark of humanity and becoming completely lost to the shadows.

Can Logan and Kacie convince the tortured souls to embrace the light and move on, or will the spirits succumb to the hypnotic pull of evil, leading to an eternity of torment and suffering?

My Review – Twisted Sisters:

I received a free copy of the book from the author for my honest opinion.

Unlike others I didn’t have to wait for the second book of The Orion Circle Twisted Sisters to come out. I got to read both books back to back. I was very lucky to have been able to read the first book Tortured Souls and then the second book Twisted Sisters. But on the other hand I do wish I would have read Tortured Souls way before I did. But that is water under the bridge as they say at least I got to read it.

I loved reading about Kacie and Logan in Tortured Souls and am very glad to see them back in Twisted Sisters along with all of their friends as well as a few new friends from The Orion Circle.

In Twisted Sisters we have these two sorority sisters who buy an Ouija board. What harm can it cause? It is a child’s toy right? Well not for these two. When they get the board and long with their refreshments for their little party of two it ends up being more than just the two of them at their little party. When they call upon the spirit world they open up a portal for three sisters that were killed in the house around forty years ago. The sisters have been banished before but they are stuck in the between world like on another plane. They are really upset about what happened to them when they died and have not forgiven anyone for their deaths which in a way you can’t blame them. So the sisters want revenge for what happen to them and they want someone to pay and they don’t care who it is.

While everyone in The Orion Circle are trying to figure out how to help the sisters and get them to move on. Kacie and Logan have a little trouble in paradise which also includes Logan’s best friend Daniel. Logan sees Kacie and Daniel doing that he can’t believe his eyes. He sees them in a compromising position that just breaks his heart. He can’t believe that they would do this to him. So instead of waiting to confront them and find out what is going on he just walks out ignores it or tries too. But he is so hurt he can’t ignore it and he lets it over take him and almost cost him his life when goes to investigate what is going on at the sorority house.

The circle has a hard time with these sisters trying to convince them to cross over. Can they help the sisters come to terms with what happened to them so that they can cross over and live in peace? Will Kacie and Logan be able to fix what their miss understanding and patch things up between the two of them? Will their love for one another be strong enough to overcome this obstacle? Pick up your copy of Twisted Sisters to find out. You will in no way regret it.

I would like to say that I am so glad that I got to read both Tortured Souls and Twisted Sisters and can’t wait to read more about Kacie and Logan’s story as well as find out more about the other characters in The Orion Circle. This has been an amazing ride for me one that I am so glad that I took and can’t wait for more. Kimber knows how to put words on paper so that you can see them playing out like a movie inside your head. I plan on checking out more of this author’s works. Thanks for a great story.

Tortured Souls

The Orion Circle, Book 1

Kimber Leigh Wheaton

YA Urban Fantasy/Mystery

Sea Dragon Press

June 28, 2014

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2015 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards ~ Silver Medal for Young Adult Mystery/Horror | 2014 Rising Star & Best Cover at the BTS Book Reviews Red Carpet Awards

Sometimes Rest in Peace isn't an option...

Kacie Ramsey sees ghosts—and it's ruining her life. Her mother left, her father blames her, and no matter how hard she tries, she can't keep the ghosts away. Now a new power has emerged. Nightly visions of grisly murders and a relentless predator draw her to the brink of insanity.

When the phantom appears at a party, Kacie's longtime crush, Logan, saves her. He invites her to join the Orion Circle, a group of supernatural hunters with chapters in schools all over the country. Through the Circle, Kacie learns to embrace her spiritual powers, and for the first time in her life she feels in control rather than a victim.

But the Foxblood Demon will not give up so easily. A demented serial killer in life who trapped the souls of the thirteen children he murdered, imprisoning them within the walls of his mansion. Now in death, he plots his return while drawing power from the pure souls of the children. He recognizes something in Kacie he's never seen before—a medium powerful enough to provide a vessel for his tainted soul.

Kacie can't ignore the tortured souls of the children crying out to her every night. With Logan at her side, she will fight the Foxblood Demon. But can they banish this powerful phantom, or will Kacie lose not only her body, but her eternal soul to the monster.

My Review – Tortured Souls:

I received a free copy of the book from the author for my honest opinion.

Kacie is a fifteen year who can see, hear and talk to ghost. She has lived with this ability for as long as she can remember. She keeps all of this knowledge to herself though and never talks to anyone about it. She tried talking to her parents about it when she was a little girl and her mother left and her father blamed her. Kacie’s father dealt with her mother’s leaving in a bottle but at least he stuck around and tried to an extent to take care of Kacie and her older brother Gavin. Kacie never saw or talked to her mother since but her brother Gavin talked to her sometimes but she never seemed to what to talk to Kacie which broke her little heart so much that she ended up hating her or that is what she told herself. But I don’t think she ever really hated her deep down. She was only trying to cover up the hurt.

After her mother left Kacie learned real quick like to keep her mouth shut about the fact that she could talk to ghost. She tried to ignore the ghost and pretend they didn’t exist and she knew if she tried to tell anyone they wouldn’t believe her anyway and would probably send her away to an institution somewhere and she didn’t want any part of that. So she kept her mouth shut and pretended everything was just hunky dory.

Until one day she was at a party and there was a ghost behind her but she wouldn’t turn around and acknowledge it. She hoped if she just ignored it; it would eventually go away and leave her alone. But that probably ended up being the luckiest day of her life because the crush of her life Logan came up to her and asked her straight out or well just confirming that she could see the ghost or knew that it was behind her.

That day changed Kacie’s life for the better for more than one reason. She started hanging out with Logan and she found out she wasn’t crazy after all that there were other people like her that has special powers too. She now had someone that she could talk to about what was going on in her life and about the ghost and demons. She found out more about herself and how to stop this demon that had been following her around in her dreams.

Logan introduced her to this secret club at their high school called The Orion Circle. The Orion Circle was a group of people that had special abilities like Logan and Kacie. She also found out that there were different chapters at other schools all over the country as well kids and adults too. The Orion Circle helped people whose homes, hotels, motels or inns were haunted by trying to help the ghost move on. They investigated some real hauntings and a few hoaxes too. They met some good ghost and some evil ones as well.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading Tortured Souls. I loved all the characters. Some were bad*ass and some were just a barrel of laughs who kept you on the edge of your seat waiting to see what they were going to do or say next. I think Kacie held herself well with all that she had been through with her mom leaving her when she was a little girl and having to live with the ghost and demons all by her little old self. In my opinion she was one tough cookie. I mean how many kids could go through what she has and turned out to be the good hearted soul that she is?

Who or what do all these ghost and demons want with Kacie? You really want to know? Want me to tell you? Well I can’t actually do that now can I? That would spoil the whole book for you and you wouldn’t enjoy it or have anything to look forward too. So if you want to know more then you are just going to have to go and get your hands on your own copy. I am quite sure Kimber would greatly appreciate it very much and besides you will get a good story to boot. One that you will fall in love with right from the very beginning. So what are you waiting for? Go get your copy now. We would really like to hear what you think about Tortured Souls. I can’t wait to get started on the next book Twisted Sisters.

About the Author

Kimber Leigh Wheaton is a bestselling YA author with a soft spot for sweet romance. In addition to writing, she works as an editor for two publishers, as well as select indie authors. She is married to her soul mate, has a teenage son, and shares her home with three dogs and lots of dragons. Kimber Leigh is addicted to romance, video games, superheroes, villains, and chocolate-not necessarily in that order. (If she has to choose, she'll take a chocolate covered superhero!) Winner of the 2014 Rising Star Award at the BTS Red Carpet Awards in NOLA & a Silver Medal for YA Mystery/Horror in the 2015 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards.

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