Blog Tour: Anna Dressed in Blood + Giveaway!

Let's Welcome Kendare Blake to Flippin' Fabulous - A Reader's Record.  She is the debut author of Anna Dressed in Blood!  To read my FABULOUS review of Anna Dressed in Blood |Click Here!| 


I was lucky enough to be able to ask Kendare a few questions about *ghosts* so read on to find out what she had to say AND for how to have your chance at winning a Kindle3 WiFi.

1.      [1] Do you believe ghost exist in our world or are they purely fiction for you?  Any encounters or experiences that add to your thoughts? I believe that ghosts exist. Why not? You can’t exactly disprove it, and I know lots of friends of friends who have had at least one weird experience. I don’t know why they would exist though, and if I think about it long enough, it becomes sort of depressing. I tend to believe a thing if enough people have seen it, and they don’t seem nuts. But then, look how long those jerks fooled everyone with that house in Amityville.

2.     [2]  If you believe they exist, have you ever encountered one?  If you don't believe they exist, why do you think they call to such a powerful part of the human psyche? I have had no encounters. Maybe someday. Fingers crossed. No wait. A friend and I were walking down a road once and saw a graveyard extremely close to the road. We thought it was disrespectful, to build the road so close. But when we went back the next day, we couldn’t find it. I’m pretty sure we just got turned around though.

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[3] What would you most want to ask a ghost if you came face to face with one? That would depend on the ghost. If they are amiable, then I would be amiable. Just have a nice conversation. But are they full of attitude? Are they trying to kill me? Covered in flour and shaking chains? Because that’s just rude. I feel like I’d probably waste a lot of time with small talk. I should probably remember to ask what the afterlife is like. Or what dying is like. This just got morbid!

Read on for a fun and fabulous chance at winning a Kindle3 WiFi complete in a Anna Dressed in Blood skin and loaded with a copy of Anna Dressed in Blood.  

Who is about to take on Anna next?  Each day during the first week, a new ghost fighter will be introduced and invited, by Anna herself, to come to Thunder Bay and try to defeat Anna.  Follow the tour for the next three weeks to find out who the other ghost hunters are, which of them accept Anna's challenge and who among the five is the one who will enter Anna's house on the last day of the tour! 

The Contest:

Contestants must find who is about to take on Anna next?  Each day during the first week, a new ghost fighter will be introduced and invited, by Anna herself, to come to Thunder Bay and try to defeat Anna.  Follow the tour for the remaining two weeks to find out which ghost hunters accept Anna's challenge and who among the five is the one who will enter Anna's house on the last day of the tour! Open US/Canada

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For extra points in the  meantime, you can gain one extra point (+1) a day by tweeting the following: 





"Who will make it to Thunder Bay?  Join the contest to best Anna and win an Anna Dressed in Blood Kindle!  Follow #ADIBtour @KendareBlake"  

Totally Fab Right?!

The Tour:

Monday, September 12th - Rachel, Parajunkee
Tuesday, September 13th - Stacey, A Reader's Record
Wednesday, September 14th - Alyssa, Teens Read and Write
Thursday, September 15th - Heather, Buried In Books
Friday, September 16th - Jenny, Supernatural Snark
Monday, September 19th - Melissa, I Swim For Oceans
Tuesday, September 20th - Tawni, The Book Worms
Wednesday, September 21st - Alice, Alice Marvels
Thursday, September 22nd - Julie, That's Swell
Friday, September 23rd - Angela, The Reading Angel
Monday, September 26th - Julia, Rex Robot Reviews
Tuesday, September 27th - Ashley, Smash Attack Reads!
Wednesday, September 28th - Britta, I Like These Books
Thursday, September 29th - We Fancy Books

Friday, September 30th - Kristi, The Story Siren


About Anna Dressed in Blood + Author Kendare Blake:

Just your average boy-meets-girl, girl-kills-people story…
Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead.
So did his father before him, until his gruesome murder by a ghost he sought tokill. Now, armed with his father’s mysterious and deadly athame, Cas travels thecountry with his kitchen-witch mother and their spirit-sniffing cat. Together theyfollow legends and local lore, trying to keep up with the murderous dead—keepingpesky things like the future and friends at bay.
When they arrive in a new town in search of a ghost the locals call Anna Dressedin Blood, Cas doesn’t expect anything outside of the ordinary: move, hunt, kill.What he finds instead is a girl entangled in curses and rage, a ghost like he’snever faced before. She still wears the dress she wore on the day of her brutalmurder in 1958: once white, but now stained red and dripping blood. Since herdeath, Anna has killed any and every person who has dared to step into thedeserted Victorian she used to call home.
And she, for whatever reason, spares his life.

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Kendare Blake lives and writes in Washington state, with cats and a husband who critique the work. Her first literary novel, Sleepwalk Society, recently won a 2011 Indie Excellence Award for crossover fiction. Her second novel, Anna Dressed in Blood, is YA horror, and will be released August 30, 2011, with a sequel to follow in 2012.

Thank You to Kendare Blake and Kismet Book Touring!

Full Contest Rules |Here|

Review: Anna Dressed in Blood

Anna Dressed in Blood
Kendra Blake
Release Date: August 30, 2011
Publisher: Tor Teen
Young Adult, Hardcover, 316 pages
Source: Kismet Book Tours + Publisher
Overall: Flippin Fabulous!
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Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead.So did his father before him, until he was gruesomely murdered by a ghost he sought to kill. Now, armed with his father's mysterious and deadly athame, Cas travels the country with his kitchen-witch mother and their spirit-sniffing cat. Together they follow legends and local lore, trying to keep up with the murderous dead—keeping pesky things like the future and friends at bay.
When they arrive in a new town in search of a ghost the locals call Anna Dressed in Blood, Cas doesn't expect anything outside of the ordinary: track, hunt, kill. What he finds instead is a girl entangled in curses and rage, a ghost like he's never faced before. She still wears the dress she wore on the day of her brutal murder in 1958: once white, now stained red and dripping with blood. Since her death, Anna has killed any and every person who has dared to step into the deserted Victorian she used to call home.
But she, for whatever reason, spares Cas's life.   Via Goodreads

My Thoughts:


Non-stop action.  Love.  Vengeance.  Ghosts and things that go bite in the night.  Anna Dressed in blood is a brilliantly painted tale of Cas a ghost hunter, Anna a revengeful ghost with a story, and everything that made them who they are.  Anna Dressed in Blood is a story that fully embodies everyone in the tale and will amaze you with its descriptive detail.

I can't remember the last time when I read a book with a protagonist like Cas.  His whole persona was a perfect mixture of witty and strong with a slightly vulnerable edge.  Usually when I come across male main characters their voice isn't very believable or they are beyond cocky with a head bigger than their body.  It was nice following a kick-butt character like Cas around.  His opening scene had me giggling then immediately gasping.  I was able to see what kind of potential Cas held all the while seeing who he really was. I think it is safe to say if I were a ghost I definitely wouldn't want to cross paths with Cas, I might just be heart broken to have finally found someone to listen to me then take me out just as quick.

Anna, our other main character albeit a ghost, was a little more complicated than Cas.  While her intentions were as clear as day there was still a part of her, a reviving quality, that made her not the monster I expected her to be.  Not to mention, she isn't what Cas fully expected either.  He knows who she is, knows what she does, yet there is that quality about her that makes it impossible to look away.  She is a mystery worth solving and worth risking.


Anna and Cas aren't the only characters that built their story.  Our secondary cast of characters all had their moments and their purpose. Thomas.  Carmel.  Morfan.  Cas' mom.  Cas' dad.  Will.  Mike.  They all played a part and had a story of their own which added to the tightly woven threads that brought Anna and Cas together.  Some were likable and others not so much.  The back story of Cas' parents also built this story up and shed light onto the story of what drove Cas, where his passion came from.

Kendare Blake told a fabulously brillant story of love and friendship paired with the chilling truths of loss and revenge.  I can't forget to mention the witty tone of humor that Kendare Blake laced throughout Anna's story that had me giggling even in the most stressful of times.  


If you want to try your hands at a hauntingly creepy tale I suggest you pick up Anna Dressed in Blood.  It is definitely a book worth reading even if it is slightly out of your comfort zone and slightly on the horrific side. It truly is unputadownable and completely re-readable.  


Don't forget to check out my Anna Dressed in Blood Blog Tour post on Tuesday, September 13 to find out more about Anna and have your chance of winning a Kindle3 WiFi complete with Anna Dressed in Blood skin and book.