Book Watch: Balthazar
Feb 09
Balthazar by Claudia Gray will be released in the U.S. on March 6, 2012 in hardcover and eBook formats.
It is currently available to pre-order online in both formats at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Published by HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins, the print edition is 384 pages.
Balthazar is a spinoff book in the Evernight series.
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There was no question that I’d be spotlighting Balthazar this week. Although I have an ARC I received through a trade and could potentially read it before release, Balthazar is still the book releasing the week of March 6th that I’m most anxious for.
I was devastated when I learned the Evernight series was coming to an end. So devastated, in fact, that Afterlife met the same fate as nearly all series ending books do for me – it remains unread. I actually read the first fifty or so pages, had to set it aside for review books but never found the strength to pick it back up.
But now that there’s this other book in the series, even though it is a spinoff, I am absolutely over the moon. Not only does its existence mean that will I be able to read Afterlife, but I love Balthazar and can’t wait to learn more about him.
According to the description Balthazar may find love, which makes me so unbelievably happy. He was one of my favorite characters and while I never wanted anything to happen between him and Bianca, I couldn’t be happier that he won’t be alone.
This spinoff sounds absolutely thrilling – a love story, a girl with psychic powers and a battle with an evil vampire – and if it truly is a story of “forbidden love and dark suspense” then there is no way I won’t fall in love with this book.
And while there are all sorts of amazing books releasing the week of the 6th, I definitely think Balthazar is the perfect book to watch this week.
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Places to Stalk
The author on TWITTER
The author’s fanpage on FACEBOOK
The author’s WEBSITE
The author’s BLOG
The series on FACEBOOK
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About the Book
Haunted by memories from his first days as a vampire, Balthazar has spent hundreds of years alone—without allies, without love. When he emerges from his isolation to help Skye Tierney, a human girl who once attended Evernight Academy, Balthazar has no idea how dangerous it will be. Skye’s psychic powers have caught the attention of Redgrave, the cruel master vampire responsible for murdering Balthazar and his family four centuries ago. Having learned of Skye’s powers and the remarkable effect her blood has on vampires, he plans to use her for his own evil purposes. As they stand together to fight the evil vampire, Balthazar realizes his lonely world could finally be changed by Skye…just as Redgrave realizes that he can destroy Balthazar once and for all by taking her for his own.
In a story filled with forbidden love and dark suspense, one of the most beloved characters in Claudia Gray’s New York Times bestselling Evernight series will captivate readers with his battle to overcome his past and follow his heart.
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Other Amazing Books to Watch
There are four other amazing and much anticipated books releasing on March 6th:
Soul Bound: A Blood Coven Novel by Mari Mancusi
Illuminate: A Gilded Wings Novel by Aimee Agresti
Embrace by Jessica Shirvington
Where It Began by Ann Redisch Stampler
This is for sure a fun book to read.
~freaking out~
Balthazar is like MINE!! and MINE alone!!!! I loved him I love him and will FOREVER love him!!!
He just rocked my world when I read Evernight! and I just HAD to HAVE the books!!!
The only books they got here were Afterlife and Stargazer when Hourglass came out T_T it didn’t come here…then Afterlife and still nothing T_T until finally like 3 months ago they came and I was OVER THE MOON!! but Afterlife is still waiting to be finished…I cannot bear the thought of Evernight ending…and I’ve heard so many mixed emotions about the ending *-* I’m scared!! but Balthazar is almost out and oh boy do I want to read it!!!
Cannot wait!! Cannot wait at all!!! Great book to be on the look out for!
No, you can’t have him! Okay, yes you can.
He is so awesome! And I can’t bear that thought either. I refuse to acknowledge it! Oh, I’ve listened to nothing about the ending. I hope it’s not torturous! Don’t scare me Alba! LOL 