Welcome to my stop on
the Book Tour, presented by Silver Dagger Book
Tours, for Petals by Laurisa White
Reyes. Please leave a comment or
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Luck!
Petals
by Laurisa White Reyes
Skyrocket Press
Genre: YA Contemporary
On
Christmas Eve, a horrific car accident leaves Carly Perez without a mom. After
a year of surgeries and counseling, Carly’s life is nearly back to
normal—except for the monsters—vague, twisted images from the accident that
plague her dreams. When her father insists on spending their first Christmas
alone in Guatemala with a slew of relatives Carly has never met, she is far
from thrilled, but she reluctantly boards the plane anyway.
That’s
where she first spots the man with the scarred face. She could swear she has
seen him before. But when? Where?
In
Reu, the Guatemalan town where her father grew up, Carly meets Miguel, her
attractive step-cousin, and thinks maybe vacation won’t be a total waste after
all. Though she is drawn to him, Carly’s past holds her back—memories that
refuse to be forgotten, and a secret about the accident that remains buried in
her subconscious. And everywhere she turns, the man with the scarred face is
there, driving that unwelcome secret to the surface.
IN SIXTY SECONDS, MY MOM WILL BE DEAD.We’re driving up Cuddy Valley Road, the two of us, a wrapped gift box on my lap. It’s rectangular, maybe fifteen inches tall, in red foil paper with a white bow on top. We were lucky to find the drug store still open on Christmas Eve.Mom is pleased. She’s humming along with the radio, which is playing a lively fifties holiday song. Her thumbs tap out the tune on the steering wheel. Her car keys sway in the ignition, jingling like bells.Outside, the sky is dark. Through the storm, the road ahead looks like a long tunnel.Snow is falling.It happens so fast there is no time to react. Bright lights hurtle toward us on our side of the road. Mom’s arms brace against the wheel. She thrusts her foot against the brake, but the road is slick with ice. Our car swerves.I hear a car horn blaring. I hear the crunch of metal, the pop of shattering glass. A powerful force shoves me against the car door as everything suddenly whirls in the wrong direction.I feel pain. I scream.And then it’s over.When I blink open my eyes, everything is white.
The author is running this tour alongside her fundraiser for Casa de
Sion, an orphanage/charity in Guatemala, which is where the book is set. She is
donating $1.00 for every book sold and also $1.00 for every review of Petals
posted on Amazon or Goodreads throughout the month of November to Casa de Sion.
Her goal is to raise $200. More specific details can be found here:
What can
$200 do?
...feed a
mother and child for six months
...buy
shoes for 15+ children
...educate
a child for 1/2 a year
...and
more!
Laurisa White Reyes is the author of
the 2016 Spark Award winning novel The Storytellers, as well as The
Celestine Chronicles and The Crystal Keeper series. She lives in
Southern California where she teaches English at College of the Canyons.
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