Day Twelve - All About Rival + Giveaway

Book Profile

Name - Rival ( Goodreads )

Author - Sara Bennett Wealer ( Profile )

Release Date - 15th February 2011

Genre - Contemporary Realistic

RIVAL is a high-stakes duet between two between two high school seniors--once friends, now enemies--who are preparing to go up against each other in a major singing competition. To Brooke, winning means escaping the in-crowd for life as a professional musician. Kathryn, meanwhile, sees victory as the key to a much-needed college scholarship. As the big day nears, each girl must face her fears about the future, her scars from the past, and the fact that the person she hates most might just be the best friend she ever had.

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Author Insight on Rival

You can find out how to pre-order RIVAL HERE

And here’s a wonderful review of the book—my first on GoodReads! [link HERE ] It’s from Princess Bookie, and here’s a snippet:

“I loved the different perspectives from each girl. And how both girls made me feel as though I was experiencing life in their shoes. The flashbacks were awesome. It told the story perfectly. The plot of best friends who realized the truth and were left to deal with the aftermath of what went down was remarkable. Rival had an enjoyable voice and left me wanting to read more from Wealer. Since it wasn't a book purely based on romance, it had just the right sparkle of romance dabbled into it.

Overall: Really enjoyed it. One you should definitely read this year.”

Finally, Lisa’s asked for a little more insight into the characters in RIVAL. Well, take a look at the video below. I didn’t create it, I stumbled upon it on YouTube and like to think that, if Brooke and Kathryn ever reunited, they’d perform a piece like this. It’s the “Flower Duet” from Lakme—a perfect blending of high and low voices, and I love how these two young singers present it with grace and confidence. This, to me, is the better side of rivalry—the better side of Brooke and Kathryn.


[Embed video] HERE

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Giveaway Time!!!

Sara has kindly offered ONE (1) Pre-order of Rival. Unfortunately this giveaway won't be international BUT we can't have it all can we? ( except for all you lucky things living in the US of the A :P)

Official Rules - will be disqualified if you don't follow exactly ( not even kidding guys, I'm fed up already with people who can't follow instructions)



- US/CAN ONLY
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- Extra Entries are optional ( although they are nice :P

Badass Bookie xx