Sour (Bitten #2) by Uzuri M. Wilkerson-Review, Guest Post and Giveaway

Sour
The Bitten #2
by Uzuri M. Wilkerson
Genre: paranormal,romance, erotic, vampires
Release Date: November 17, 2013

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Sharing blood with a vampire can be exhilarating. You experience a high like no other. You feel invincible. The encounter changes your world.

It can also be deadly.

After a traumatic incident with the rogue vampire Milo, Celia agrees to let Victor taste her. They enter into a bond like no other. When their connection allows her to witness things that she wouldn’t normally see, Celia begins to doubt her decision to share his blood. Victor has never seen Celia’s uncanny gift in another human, prompting him to search for a way to harness her abilities. In the meantime, Celia finds herself watching her back for dangerous vampires hungry for her scent; her cousin’s arrival in town begs many questions; a badly-injured newborn vampire and a pushy new coworker cause her to question her relationship with Victor.

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Talk about starting out with a bang………….. Sour begins with Celia being summoned by Milo, the rogue vampire who had taken blood from her in Sweet, (book one in this series), and the result of said summoning is not a pleasant one. And, once Victor discovers what has transpired, he vows to do everything in his power to keep Celia safe. When Celia agrees, finally, to exchange blood with Victor in order to erase Milo’s powers over her, the results are astounding. To everyone. Blood exchanges allow both parties to stay connected to each other, but no one expected Celia to demonstrate the kind of power that keeps growing stronger.

After a trip to her aunt’s house, she discovers that her cousin has unexpectedly come home and something is definitely up with him, which causes her some concern. Add the fact that her pushy new coworker is nosing around, AND, top all of that off with questions she has about her mother and you have quite an interesting mix of events presenting themselves. Poor Celia just does not seem to be able to catch a break, but that’s just the kind of thing that keeps a reader reading…………

Sour is a great follow up to Sweet. I absolutely love Celia. She’s tough and quirky and vulnerable all at the same time. And, even though she loves Victor, she’s not completely “enthralled” with him. They have their relationship ups and downs, which adds texture to the story. Not only do we get to see our old friends, and enemies, but she also introduces a new species or two, and some new characters. And I love the way she introduced them. They’re eased into the story in a way that doesn’t make it feel forced, rather it just continues the storyline. There is a lot going on in this book, but it was easy to keep up. All in all, a great read and I can’t wait for the next one. I just hope she doesn’t make me wait too long………….. 😉

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Reviewed by Vickie M.

Writer’s Block
by Uzuri M. Wilkerson

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It is rather timely that I am writing a post about writer’s block, as I am currently afflicted by this maddening nuisance. There just always seems to be a point where I have been writing and writing and then suddenly… nothing. I stare at the screen, willing inspiration. Everyone has experienced this—from the avid blogger to the high school teenager.

For me, the most recent bout came when I was working on book four of my Bitten series. It’s an adult paranormal series that follows a young woman as she navigates her relationship with her vampire boyfriend and figures out why and how her mysterious abilities are surfacing. I had so much fun writing the first one that I wanted to continue with the characters. Unfortunately, by the time I made it to book four, I found I didn’t know where to go next.

It is easy to see why some of my favorite TV shows could go astray in later seasons. You come up with this great, exciting premise that, regrettably, has to be sustained when you have an audience. My favorite example of a show that gets it right is Breaking Bad. Admittedly, I got onto that bandwagon extremely late but I will still count myself as a fanatic. It had such tight, impressive writing that they obviously knew where they were going from very early on.

So, my dilemma was clear. I did not want a rambling series, one where we followed the main characters to baby showers and weddings and shopping. That’s boring. I needed to have an endgame.

The first time this became an actual notion for me (this endgame business) was with the show LOST. I was a ravenous fan in the beginning but toward the middle there… it was losing its appeal. The show runners admitted publicly that they needed an endgame. Forward motion is always the right direction for any plot, serial or not. Now, whether you agreed with their endgame or not is another discussion. (Not)

So I sat down and figured out my conclusion. Once I realized where I wanted my characters to end up, I then was able to focus on the events leading up to that conclusion. It was kind of freeing, to be honest, having an endgame. Of course, I still suffer from a block or two now and then, but it isn’t as drastic as before.

Now… to keep myself from another nuisance: procrastination (I’ve checked Facebook at least three times while typing this missive).

Uzuri is offering an ecopy of SWEET and an ecopy of SOUR to two (2) lucky commenters at The Reading Cafe. 2 winners will each received an ecopy of both books in Uzuri’s BITTEN series.

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5. Giveaway runs from February 9-12, 2014