Today I’m excited to participate in the Bookstagram & Creative Tour for Love / Luck by Samantha MacKenzie hosted by MTMC Tours! This is the first book in Magic of the Vampire, a YA Urban Fantasy Paranormal Romance saga about secrets and lies, magic and power, vampires and temptation, life… and death.
Now read on below for a review, character aesthetics, plus two International giveaways!
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Love / Luck by Samantha MacKenzie
Series: Magic of the Vampire #1
on January 7, 2020
Genres: YA, Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy
Pages: 266
Format: Paperback, Kindle
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Source: MTMC Tours, Author
I received this book for free from MTMC Tours, Author in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
Riley Quinn loves her quirky great-grandmother, but her superstitions are seriously irritating. Grams may believe in lucky silver jewelry and beautiful demons who hunt humans in the night, but Riley knows it’s all nonsense.
Until Seth Callaghan arrives in town.
Riley’s best friend, sexy surfer Finn O’Brien, begs her to ignore the new guy. Grams demands she stay away. Yet Riley is magnetically drawn to the sweet seduction of Seth’s charms.
But all is not what it seems. Soon, Riley finds herself swept up in a supernatural world beyond her understanding.
Secrets and lies.
Magic and power.
Vampires and temptation.
Life… and death.As danger swirls around her, Riley’s loved ones fight to protect her from the darkness closing in—but only Riley can decide her fate. Torn between love and lust, loyalty and destiny, Riley’s survival isn’t guaranteed when she’s hunted by the devil himself.
What to expect from Love / Luck ?
This is my second vampire book in this year and I cannot be happier about it! Love/ Luck is the first book in the Magic of the Vampire saga and I will say it is off to a great start. Meet Riley, a teenager that lives with her grandmother in sunny Byron Bay, Australia ever since her mother died back when she was 12 years old. She loves her grandmother, but sometimes her superstitious and eccentric behavior goes a bit too far. However it is because of her that she gets to meet her best friend Finn, a super incredibly sweet guy that somehow shares the same luck when it comes to superstitious relatives.
The story starts with Riley and Sunny going to their first day of their last year of high school and they immediately notice new beautiful strangers in town. We quickly find out that they are vampires. Riley is immediately warned not to get too close to them, but how can she when they all appear to be nice, specially Seth, her new classmate?And let me say that Seth is so sweet, I think he has to be one of the friendliest vampires I’ve read, he immediately wanted to be friends with Riley despite everything.
Love/Luck is fast paced and entertaining from beginning to end. When I first started reading it, I was expecting a book only about vampires, but then I was pleasently surprised when vampire slayers,demons and even witches/mages came into the picture. I was also thrilled about the bits of history behind this vampire story, love the origins and the theory on how they were created! Also, in this world vampires can walk on daylight without suffering harm and I thought it was refreshing to read.
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Character Aesthetics
Today I decided to share character aesthetics of Riley, Seth and Finn. The images that I chose represent some of the items that they liked or places mentioned in Love/Luck. I had a lot of fun doing them, so without farther ado, here they are!!
First, we have Riley! I used the cover as one of the images since those are the silver earings she uses all the time, plus a book about vampires for when she started investigating about Seth:
Talking about Seth, our mysterious and surprisingly sweet vampire, these are some of the images that I think best represent him. I chose the moon because vampires favor the night even though in this world they can walk during daylight. And an image of what could possibly be his house:
And last but not least, Finn! Our vampire slayer and an incredibly charming friend of Riley. In his spare time he likes to surf, however his main job is being on the lookout for possibly dangerous vampires:
INTL Tour-wide Blog Giveaway!
Enter the rafflecopter below to win digital copies of Love/Luck & the prequel novelette Pure/Evil! This is open internationally & it ends on March 6th, 2021 at 11:59pm EST.
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INTL Tour-wide Instagram Giveaway!
Head over to my Instagram account where you can enter to win:
– Paperback copies of Love/Luck and the prequel novelette Pure/Evil! (One winner)
– And 3 runners-up get ebooks of both titles!
This is open internationally & it ends on March 6th, 2021 at 11:59pm EST.
Tour Schedule:
February 22
@thereaderandthechef – Bookstagram + Book Blog
February 23
@chloes.readingcorner – Bookstagram
February 24
@paperfury – Boostagram + Book Blog
February 25
@shewritesaboutbooks – Bookstagram
February 26
@fiction.fox – Bookstagram
February 27
@pavlinamich – Bookstagram + Book Blog
February 28
@bladed_books – Bookstagram
March 1
@foksha_1996 – Bookstagram + Book Blog
March 2
@the.magicalpages – Bookstagram
March 3
@bookishly_tiff – Bookstagram
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Love / Luck is an amazing read, loved your review!! And let me say those character aesthetics are *chef’s kiss* ❤❤❤