Friday, December 14, 2012

Cover Reveal: Dear Cassie by Lisa Burnstein

Happy Friday Everyone! 

Today I am delighted to participate in the cover reveal of Dear Cassie by Lisa Burstein. 
This is the companion novel to a book I enjoyed called Pretty Amy
I happy to also share an except of Dear Cassie with you!
Synopsis:
What if the last place you should fall in love is the first place that you do?
You’d think getting sent to Turning Pines Wilderness Camp for a month-long rehabilitation “retreat” and being forced to re-live it in this journal would be the worst thing that’s ever happened to me.
You’d be wrong.
There’s the reason I was sent to Turning Pines in the first place: I got arrested. On prom night. With my two best friends, who I haven’t talked to since and probably never will again. And then there’s the real reason I was sent here. The thing I can’t talk about with the guy I can’t even think about. 
What if the moment you’ve closed yourself off is the moment you start to break open?
But there’s this guy here. Ben. And the more I swear he won’t—he can’t—the deeper under my skin he’s getting. After the thing that happened, I promised I’d never fall for another boy’s lies.
And yet I can’t help but wonder…what if?

An Excellent Exclusive Excerpt
We kept walking on the lake trail, the bullfrogs croaking. There was also a humming in my ears from the nicotine.
 It could only be from the nicotine. It had nothing to do with being outside, at night, alone with Ben. It had nothing to do with Ben coming to the cabin and taking me instead of Nez and it definitely had nothing to do with the stars above us shining like they were the sky’s tiara. 
I stopped on the trail and looked up, taking them in, when all of a sudden bright colored lights exploded in the sky—fireworks, one after another, on top of each other, huge kaleidoscopes of light, like sparkling rainbow spiders.
“How did you know?” I asked, my voice going softer, like if I talked too loudly they would stop. It was so beautiful, after weeks of so much ugly. 
Ben turned to look at me, the colored lights in the sky turning his skin pink, blue, green. “I’m magic.” He shrugged.
I geared up to tell him to fuck off, because that was some corny-ass shit, but then I realized that he really kind of was. In that moment he was able to actually make me forget being me.
 “I would try to kiss you,” he said, “but I’m afraid you’d kick me in the balls.”
“I probably would.” I laughed, the sky filling with noisy color like paint launching from a giant popcorn popper. “But like I said, it wouldn’t be about you.”
“I guess I’ll have to figure out how to make it about me,” he said, taking off his boots and socks and standing. “Come on.”
“There is no way I am getting near that water again,” I said.
“I’ll make sure nothing happens to you,” he said, holding his hand out to help me up.
            I looked at his palm, open, waiting, just wanting to hold mine. For once, I didn’t think about anything except that there was a cute, sweet, smart-ass boy standing in front of me with his hand out.
I pulled off my boots and socks and took it.  
We stood at the lakeshore, our hands still clasped, the water licking our feet, fireworks decorating the sky.
I turned to him. He was looking up, his mouth open in wonder like he was trying to swallow the moment.
It was definitely one worth keeping.
And now. The moment you have all been waiting for. 
The cover! 
About the Author:
Lisa Burstein is a tea seller by day and a writer by night. She received her MFA in Fiction from the Inland Northwest Center for Writers at Eastern Washington University. She lives in Portland, OR, with her very patient husband, a neurotic dog and two cats. Dear Cassie is her second novel.

My Reaction

I love the green background of a grassy field and the use of words coming from a diary blended into the cover. 

Thanks for reading!


11 comments:

  1. What a lovely cover. Thanks for sharing the excerpt, sounds like a fab read. :-)

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  2. I love this cover, it looks so warm and inviting somehow! The words all over it are definitely a nice touch. I really enjoyed the excerpt too.
    Adding to my tbr. Thanks, Rachel!

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  3. Oh I really enjoyed Pretty Amy, so can't wait for this companion novel, the cover is so pretty too, I like the diary entry at the front! Thanks for sharing the cover and lovely excerpt with us too! :)

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  4. I really, really like this cover! It's one of Entangled's better covers I reckon. I am all over the background writing going across the image like that. :)

    Thanks for sharing!

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  5. Oh wow, that cover is beautiful. Thanks for sharing, Rachel. :)

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  6. Wow, that's a gorgeous cover (in a subtle fashion, though). The excerpt is great and I really like the sound of this one. Thanks for sharing, Rachel darling!

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  7. Oh I read Pretty Amy and Cassie was trouble. I am anxious to check this out. I know it won't be light and fluffy for sure!

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  8. Thanks for sharing this, Rachel! I really like the cover and the laidback vibes I get from looking at it! The use of the words from the diary is really creative too - different from other covers I've seen!

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  9. Ooh, this is lovely! Part of me would like to see it without all the writing because I bet the photo is gorgeous on its own, but it still appeals to me! Thanks for bringing this book to my attention, Rach!

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