Did I Notice Your Book?

Today I'm happily participating in the DINYB blogfest. Here's the skinny on what it's about:

Post about a book you’ve noticed. You can choose a book that you’ve read, something you saw on a blog or social media site, Goodreads, or a sales website. Anything that caught your eye because of a great cover, blurb or reviews, but DON’T tell the author that their book has been noticed. Instead, shout out on social media sites, and encourage others to do the same, until the author finds his/her book.

Leave a blog comment at Ninja Captain Alex’s BLOG or Ciara Knight’s BLOG when the author finds their book.

Only two rules:
1) You can’t post about your own book.
2) The book shouldn’t be on the New York Times or USA Today bestseller list.
This is your chance to shout out about a book that might not have been noticed by others.

Simple, right? Maybe, but there are so many amazing books out there! Anyway, I selected Jeffrey Beesler's, Spell of Entrapment (Mages of Trava) for my DINYB.

Why? First, the blurb smacks of all things I love:

(Via Amazon product page): When a knight, Sir Patrew of Trava, infiltrates sorceress Embekah Mare’s home, a magical backlash renders her unconscious. She awakens to discover a spell of entrapment binding them both inside the manor’s walls. Now forced to live with him after twenty years of solitude and exile, she must navigate her way through alternating feelings of distrust and attraction.

As the weeks pass with no end in sight of the hex, a shape-shifting spirit arrives inside the magical barrier’s walls to target Embekah specifically. When she seeks out Patrew’s help against this new threat, she uncovers a secret in his past that could very well destroy her future. With the help of her trusty toad Halscrad, Embekah must see through the deceit and find something long lost to her.

But not everything is as it seems. With lies all around her, Embekah finds the truth to be more elusive than the freedom right outside her manor. Can she survive long enough to figure out what’s real and what isn’t?

Sounds like an incredibly tense and fun read, full of magical shenanigans. Yes please! And the reviews really back up that impression: 

"This book is just amazing. Full of sorcery, witty quips, and turns at every corner. I don't normally finish a book so fast but I just couldn't stop turning the pages (or rather, tapping the screen) on this one. I don't want to post any quotes from the book for fear of giving something away. Every paragraph seems to have it's own unexpected twist." Nathan, Amazon.

"... twists and turns kept me guessing at every moment, so my loyalty to the other characters shifted back and forth as I read. But I always rooted for Embekah. Such a wonderful character; developed so well, she had real depth to her."Anastasia, Goodreads.

Basically, I was convinced enough to buy my copy. Just a little ways in, and I can already tell I'm not going to be disappointed.

You can find Jeffrey at:

Goodreads

Blog

Twitter

If you know him, you can let him know someone has selected his book. (But let him try to figure out who. :-) If you don't know him, I highly recommend you get to. He's truly one of the bright spots in the blog-writing community, and you won't find a more approachable and friendly guy.

Are you doing KINYB? Who did you choose? Leave links in the comments, because I'd love to discover some new reads!

~EJW~