Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Blurbs for POINTE + a Giveaway! [Contest Now CLOSED]

UPDATE, Aug. 15:

The winner of the giveaway is Alyssa Hatmaker! Congratulations, Alyssa—your books are on their way to you. And thank you so much to everyone who entered the giveaway!

So, yesterday was a pretty great day.

Got my ARCs. Yeah. These guys.


(Still finding it hard to stop staring at and/or petting them. I know you get it.)

Now that my ARCs exist, I want to share the very kind words two of my favorite authors had to say about POINTE! Their novels—their debut novels, in particular—have been such an inspiration to me, and in addition to being insanely talented writers, they happen to be two of the coolest, nicest ladies on the Internet. Here's what they had to say about my book:

"A brave and resonant debut that is as captivating as it is heartbreaking. Brandy Colbert has given us a portrait of life after trauma that is skillfully rendered, raw, and unflinching. This novel haunts me." 
—Nina LaCour, author of Hold Still

"POINTE is an impressively written and affecting portrait of loss and self-forgiveness. Brandy Colbert's debut is beautiful, sharp and memorable."
—Courtney Summers, author of Cracked Up to Be

Flattered doesn't even begin to describe how I feel about these blurbs. Surreal seems like a good starting point.

And because I am so excited about receiving my galleys, I'm giving away a signed copy of POINTE to a reader, along with one copy each of Courtney and Nina's debuts. These are two of my favorite books of all time, and I think everyone needs to read them. Want to know a little more about them? Click on the Goodreads links above the covers!



To win all three books, comment on this blog post (any comment will do, even just a hello) and leave your name and email in the Rafflecopter widget below. Giveaway is open from Wednesday, July 31 through August 14, 12:00 a.m. Pacific Time. A winner will be chosen that day and announced here on Thursday, August 15. Sorry, but this giveaway is only open to those 13 years of age or older with a U.S. or Canadian mailing address. (I hope to do an international giveaway in the future!)
a Rafflecopter giveaway
And if you want to learn more about POINTE, see below:




Theo is better now.

She's eating again, dating guys who are almost appropriate, and well on her way to becoming an elite ballet dancer. But when her oldest friend, Donovan, returns home after spending four long years with his kidnapper, Theo starts reliving memories about his abduction—and his abductor.

Donovan isn't talking about what happened, and even though Theo knows she didn't do anything wrong, telling the truth would put everything she's been living for at risk. But keeping quiet might be worse.

You can add POINTE to your Goodreads shelves here!

37 comments:

  1. Hey Brandy! Congrats on your books!! Your rafflecopter widget is not set up properly. It says 0/0 entries. You need to put in an option to except entries. Go back to rafflecopter site and add put in your own option then put in what you need from contestants. Hope that helps. Would love to enter :( Lisa @Silverlight00 Paranormal & Urban Fantasy Reviews

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    1. Thank you so much, Lisa! It should be fixed now, but either way, this counts as an entry. I appreciate it!

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  2. I hope you get the widget fixed soon! As a former ballerina, I'm definitely hoping to win this one.

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    1. Yay, thanks, Liviana! It should be fixed now. :)

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  3. JKSRHGIEHLKNLGSRKTNLJGKLNGMOGR!

    ARCARCARCARCARCARCARC!

    Brandiiiiiiiiiii! I can't wait to read your book! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

    As you know, I read more fantasy/paranormal than contemporary. I've been reading a lot more contemporary lately, but nothing with ballerinas:\ The Brokenhearted (10/13) is a book with ballerinas! I'll be reading that one, and yours!

    You know my situation with Penguin. Hopefully, they shine some light one me ;)

    THANK YOU FOR THE GIVEAWAY! Good luck, everyone!

    (Rafflecopter worked for me - I was entry #1)

    Alyssa @ The Eater of Books!

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  4. They all look so good and at going on my TBR pile! Can't wait to read them! :)

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  5. Congrats on the blurbs - I LOVE both of those ladies books, so I'm sure I will love yours as well. I always love dance books, since I've been a dancer since I was 4 :)

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  6. Thank you for the giveaway! Your cover is amazing, and congratulations on everything! Thanks again.

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  7. The book looks and sounds absolutely awesome! I cannot wait to read it! :)

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  8. Ooh, this book looks like it's right up my alley. I love books with dance it it and sadly there aren't as many out there.

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  9. All of these look like books my students would just love. :)

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  10. Ooh, POINTE looks really good, as well as both of the others. :)

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  11. Congrats on the blurbs! Nina and Courtney are both so wonderful and their endorsements are pretty flipping special!

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  12. POINTE sounds like my kind of read! i love the cover too.

    -michelle santiago

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  13. Brandy, I am sooo excited for you!!! I'm definitely entering this contest. I cannot wait to read this book. :D

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  14. Pointe sounds really good! I added it to my to-read shelf.

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  15. Ooh sounds interesting :) I love new books

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  16. Pointe has such a cool looking cover. :)

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  17. Love the cover. Can't wait to read it.

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  18. Congratulations on receiving your ARCs Brandy!

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  19. Pointe looks fabulous!!! I danced ballet for 15 years and almost got my degree in Dance. Before knees surgeries sidelined me. I cannot wait to read Pointe!

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  20. Um, is your agent allowed to enter? (Please say yes, please say yes.)

    @tina_wexler

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  21. This book looks so good...and the cover is gorgeous! :)

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  22. Gaaaaaaaaaah, I've wanted to read your book ever since I heard about it LAST YEAR. I even featured it in a Cover Love post (http://shelversanon.blogspot.com/2013/07/cover-love-33.html). Can't WAIT to read it!

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  23. Yay! Blurbs and ARCs for POINTE? I am SO SO SO excited!!! :)

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  24. Awesome! The cover looks great.

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  25. Oh, I love the cover! I'm SO excited for this book!

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  26. It must be so exciting to open that box!

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  27. Love the cover. Can't wait to read it. And yes, I completely understand what it must have felt like to open that box.

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  28. Congrats on receiving your ARCs! I'm loving the cover. :)

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  29. Huge huge huge congrats!! SO freaking excited for POINTE, and congrats on getting two of my absolute favorite favorite authors to blurb it!

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  30. POINTE sounds absolutely wonderful! Congrats, the cover rocks! :)

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  31. Hey! Congrats, and I hope you're having a wonderful day!

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  32. All three of these look absolutely amazing! Definitely adding them to my TBR list. :)

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