Review & Giveaway- The Earth Painter e Book

When  a self-conscious young woman discovers the boy in drama class is actually the immortal who painted the world into being, she becomes the target of another painter who hates humanity. The Earth Painter is a Young Adult Supernatural Romance set in the small mill town of Chesnee, SC. It revolves around Holly Scruggs, who's family has just moved back to Chesnee after her dad lost his job along with pretty much everything they owned. Her image conscious parents correct her to the point of brokenness until she meets Theo. He is the artist responsible for all the beauty of the land and he thinks Holly is beautiful too. Together they will fight against Fritz, the water painter who hates humans and is hiding a secret under the high school.

As the debut novel from author Melissa Turner Lee- she has created the beginning of The Painter Series, which is exactly the type of book an anthor wants to be writing right now. This is  a 'paranormal romance", and scores with creating a page flipping read for those interested in the hot young adult genre (that isn't just for young adults).

My review:

I really enjoyed this e book- one of the things about the paranormal romance genre- is that you aren't exactly sure what's going to happen. There isn't this predictable, run of the mill formula that you can predict from the onset. While reading "The Earth Painter'- I really had no idea where it was going- the author paints, so to speak this interesting story that isn't far-fetched or completely dismissible which is part of the appeal. You're taken to a small town anywhere USA to meet characters that are identifiable and interesting. The main characters Holly and Theo aren't what you'd expect- but yet the setting is something we can all relate to- high school.


You haven't read a story like this before- so forget what you think you know about the 'Twilight' bar that has been set for paranormal romance. This is completely different, and something that you are sure to enjoy. I highly recommend it for the teen in your life, or anyone for that matter!

Since this is a giveaway available in e book format only, you might want to make sure that you have access to Kindle on your smart phone or have another kind of e reader. Enjoy!

Connect: Connect with the author on her Facebook page, or on Goodreads.
Buy It: Download yourself a copy on Amazon.
Win It: One lucky reader can win their own e book download! All you have to do is tell me a) Your favorite paranormal romance book, OR if you haven't read one yet- why you would like to try this genre. That's it!

(1) Extra entry for liking Melissa Turner Lee's Facebook page and commenting on her wall that Cherry Blossoms The Blog sent you.

Total of two entries per person. Please leave you email address in the comments, thanks! Giveaway ends on December 11th. Winner chosen by random.org.

"Hang'n In"

We went under an extreme heat advisory yesterday that will be in effect till Monday! Our humidity is out of site and our heat index is supposed to reach 111 to 113 !!!!

I guess there's more than one way to cool off a baby huh?

After humpteen years of trying to grow Holly Hocks I finally succeeded! I got my first blooms yesterday! I took a few pictures of different blooms around the yard and made a collage.........

I loaned out a few of the books I'd read recently so they were not in the last post. I wanted to add them though because they were really good. This book " New Orleans Legacy" by author Alexandra Ripley was wonderful!
She was the author chosen by Margaret Michell's estate to write "Scarlett", the GWTW sequel.

I am also enjoying Karen White's writing. I read this book " Lost Hours " set in Savannah on a horse farm! It is really good!

Another Karen White book, "The House On Tradd Street". It too was an excellent read and I have the sequel, " The Girl on Legare Street" in my TBR stack . These two are set in Charleston!

I am curently reading this book, " Creeker, A Womans Journey", by author Linda Scott DeRosier. Linda's account of growing up in Appalachia ( Two Mile Creek, Kentucky) is turning out to be a wonderful and revealing read!

This is the TBR stack I'm working from. There are all kinds of books here inclucding a couple of Pulitzer's.

Someone sent me this pic in a e-mail. I thought it was so cute, I wanted to share it! I don't text, I don't know how to text and DO NOT intend to learn! HA!

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE! STAY COOL AND READ A GOOD BOOK!