Falling Angels Saga by E.Van Lowe Blog Tour and Giveaway

Heaven Sent
Falling Angels Saga Book Three
By E Van Lowe

Genre: Paranormal YA

What Does It All Mean?

Readers who devoured Boyfriend From Hell and Earth Angel will be captivated by the third book in the Falling Angels Saga.

As summer break for Glendale Union high begins, heartsick Megan awaits Guy's return while struggling to control her emerging abilities.  Love is in the air, but can the new loves in Megan, Maudrina, Suze and Aunt' Jaz's life be trusted? Nothing is what it seems.  Meanwhile, the Satanists are set to hatch their most diabolical scheme ever, and if it comes to pass, Satan may finally win out.

Megan has precious little time to unravel the cryptic message hidden in the riddle she received at the end of Earth Angel. If she doesn’t, the life of someone most dear to her will be lost forever, and Megan may yet find herself living in HELL.

Excerpt: http://evanlowe.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Sneak_Peek_-_Heaven_Sent2.

My Thoughts on Heaven Sent:

I love E. Van Lowe's writing, his style is fun, engaging, easy to read, and largely character driven. He has a way of writing strong, witty female protagonists that have just enough flaws in them that they seem real. Considering Mr. Lowe is in fact a mister, this never fails to impress me. 

The Falling Angels Saga has definitely been one of my favorite YA angel series. I love that Lowe has been able to write about fallen angels in an original way. The humor in these books are part of what have made them my favorite. Megan is such a sarcastic character, which I love. While she has plenty of overly angsty moments Lowe balances these out by keeping other characters around her that will call her out on that crap. Just when you want to start telling her to suck it up another character does it for you. Maudrina's character has really grown and is given more of a chance to shine in Heaven Sent and I really grew to love her and her quiet strength. I was pleasantly surprised to see her step up and be so strong. 

I've really enjoyed The Falling Angels Saga so far and even though Heaven Sent didn't dissapoint me it wasn't my favorite of the three. I think mostly I was seriously missing Guy, as is poor Megan. I did however enjoy the introduction of a few new characters and a serious twist I barely saw coming. I'm looking forward to finding out what these new characters will bring to Megan's overall story.    

Alright Mr. Lowe you've gotten me hooked for sure and now I'm anxiously awaiting the next book!

    Earth Angel

Falling Angels Book Two
E Van Lowe

Genre: Paranormal YA

Heaven Can Wait!

Just because Megan Barnett recently defeated Satan, has a fantastic new best friend, and has won the love of deliciously handsome, Guy Matson, doesn’t mean her troubles are over.  Far from it.  For Megan doesn’t realize it, but in her possession is a powerful weapon, a weapon sought after by both angels and demons and everything in between.  They will do ANYTHING to get it.

In E. Van Lowe’s humorous, romantic and thrilling sequel to Boyfriend From Hell, Megan winds up in a gripping life or death battle to save herself, the boy she loves, and all of mankind from unthinkable evil.

Megan Barnett has recently defeated Satan, found a fantastic new best friend, and has won the heart of deliciously handsome, Guy Matson.  But that doesn’t mean her troubles are over.  Far from it.  For Megan doesn’t realize that she is in possession of a powerful paranormal weapon, a weapon sought after by both angels, demons and everything in between.  

In E. Van Lowe’s romantic yet thrilling sequel to Boyfriend From Hell, Megan finds herself in a gripping life or death battle to save the boy she loves, and all of mankind from unthinkable evil.


Paperback   Kindle 

Excerpt:
http://evanlowe.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Earth_Angel_4_Chapters_11-16-2012.pdf

Click here for my thoughts on Earth Angel

Boyfriend from Hell
Falling Angels Saga Book One
By E Van Lowe

Genre: Paranormal YA

Aww, Hell No!
Fifteen year-old Megan Barnett and her single mom, Suze, have a special relationship—they are friends, close friends, who do almost everything together.
“But come on, guys, she’s my mother… Can I really tell her that while we’re snuggled up on the sofa watching Spider Man Three, I’m secretly undressing James Franco with my eyes?  Of course not…”
The special bond takes a turn for the worse when Suze decides to start dating again.  She hasn’t had a man in her life since Megan’s father left ten years ago.  
Enter two mysterious young men, Megan’s new classmate, sinfully attractive bad boy, Guy Matson, and the dangerously handsome art dealer, Armando.  Before long Megan and Suze both wind up in steamy relationships.  But neither of the handsome guys is quite what he seems.  In fact, one of them is Satan, with his sights set on a new bride.  Megan has precious little time to figure out how to stop him.  If she doesn’t, either Megan or Suze are quite literally going to HELL. 

www.whitewhiskerbooks.com  Paperback     Kindle

Book Trailer: http://youtu.be/39hI9rmwI5A 

Excerpt:

http://evanlowe.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Boyfriend-From-Hell-FREEBIE.pdf

Click here for my thoughts on Boyfriend From Hell

About The Author

E. Van Lowe is an author, television writer,

screen-writer, playwright and producer who

has worked on such TV shows as "The Cosby

Show," "Even Stevens," and "Homeboys In

Outer Space." He has been nominated for

both an Emmy and an Academy Award. His

first YA Paranormal novel, "Never Slow

Dance With A Zombie," was a selection of

The Scholastic Book Club, and a nominee for

an American Library Association Award.

His Best Selling novels, “Boyfriend From

Hell” and “Earth Angel,” are the first two

books in the Falling Angels Saga. “The

Zombie Always Knocks Twice” is the first

book in his Hollyweird series.

E lives in Beverly Hills California with his

spouse, a werewolf, several zombies and a

fairy godmother who grants him wishes from time-to-time.

www.evanlowe.com

http://vanlowe.blogspot.com/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/E-Van-Lowe/152364748167154

E. Van Lowe Cyber Monday Giveaway

Heaven Sent

Falling Angels Saga Book Three

By E Van Lowe

Genre: Paranormal YA

What Does It All Mean?

Readers who devoured Boyfriend From Hell

and Earth Angel will be captivated by the

third book in the Falling Angels Saga.

As summer break for Glendale Union high

begins, heartsick Megan awaits Guy's return

while struggling to control her emerging

abilities. Love is in the air, but can the new

loves in Megan, Maudrina, Suze and Aunt'

Jaz's life be trusted? Nothing is what it

seems. Meanwhile, the Satanists are set to hatch their most diabolical scheme

ever, and if it comes to pass, Satan may finally win out.

Megan has precious little time to unravel the cryptic message hidden in the riddle

she received at the end of Earth Angel. If she doesn’t, the life of someone most

dear to her will be lost forever, and Megan may yet find herself living in HELL.

Excerpt:  

http://evanlowe.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Sneak_Peek_-_Heaven_Sent2.pdf

 

Earth Angel

Falling Angels Book Two

E Van Lowe

Genre: Paranormal YA

Heaven Can Wait!

Just because Megan Barnett recently

defeated Satan, has a fantastic new best

friend, and has won the love of deliciously

handsome, Guy Matson, doesn’t mean her

troubles are over. Far from it. For Megan

doesn’t realize it, but in her possession is

a powerful weapon, a weapon sought after

by both angels and demons and

everything in between. They will do

ANYTHING to get it.

In E. Van Lowe’s humorous, romantic

and thrilling sequel to Boyfriend From

Hell, Megan winds up in a gripping life or death battle to save herself, the boy she

loves, and all of mankind from unthinkable evil.

Megan Barnett has recently defeated Satan, found a fantastic new best friend,

and has won the heart of deliciously handsome, Guy Matson. But that doesn’t

mean her troubles are over. Far from it. For Megan doesn’t realize that she is

in possession of a powerful paranormal weapon, a weapon sought after by both

angels, demons and everything in between.

In E. Van Lowe’s romantic yet thrilling sequel to Boyfriend From Hell, Megan

finds herself in a gripping life or death battle to save the boy she loves, and all of

mankind from unthinkable evil.

Paperback Kindle

Excerpt:

http://evanlowe.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Earth_Angel_4_Chapters_11-

16-2012.pdf

Boyfriend from Hell

Falling Angels Saga Book One

By E Van Lowe

Genre: Paranormal YA

Aww, Hell No!

Fifteen year-old Megan Barnett and her

single mom, Suze, have a special

relationship—they are friends, close

friends, who do almost everything

together.

“But come on, guys, she’s my mother…

Can I really tell her that while we’re

snuggled up on the sofa watching Spider

Man Three, I’m secretly undressing

James Franco with my eyes? Of course

not…”

The special bond takes a turn for the worse when Suze decides to start dating

again. She hasn’t had a man in her life since Megan’s father left ten years ago.

Enter two mysterious young men, Megan’s new classmate, sinfully attractive bad

boy, Guy Matson, and the dangerously handsome art dealer, Armando. Before

long Megan and Suze both wind up in steamy relationships. But neither of the

handsome guys is quite what he seems. In fact, one of them is Satan, with his

sights set on a new bride. Megan has precious little time to figure out how to stop

him. If she doesn’t, either Megan or Suze are quite literally going to HELL.

www.whitewhiskerbooks.com Paperback

Book Trailer: http://youtu.be/39hI9rmwI5A

Excerpt:

http://evanlowe.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Boyfriend-From-Hell-

FREEBIE.pdf

About The Author

E. Van Lowe is an author, television writer,
screen-writer, playwright and producer who
has worked on such TV shows as "The
Cosby Show," "Even Stevens,"
and "Homeboys In Outer Space." He has
been nominated for both an Emmy and an
Academy Award. His first YA Paranormal
novel, "Never Slow Dance With A Zombie,"
was a selection of The Scholastic Book Club,
and a nominee for an American Library
Association Award. His Best Selling
novels, “Boyfriend From Hell” and “Earth
Angel,” are the first two books in the Falling
Angels Saga. “The Zombie Always Knocks
Twice” is the first book in his Hollyweird
series.

E lives in Beverly Hills California with his
spouse, a werewolf, several zombies and a fairy godmother who grants him wishes
from time-to-time.

www.evanlowe.com

http://vanlowe.blogspot.com/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/E-Van-Lowe/152364748167154

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Blog Tour:The Zombie Always Knocks Twice Review and Giveaway

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The Zombie Always Knocks Twice
E. Van Lowe
Hollyweird #1

Genre: YA Paranormal
Publisher: Imajin
Cover Artist: Ryan Doan

Kindle ebook: 978-1-926997-74-2
Trade paperback: 978-1-926997-81-0
Page Count: 177 pages

Book Description:

Hollywood California, Swimming pools,
movie stars… and now the risen dead

Hollywood can be a difficult place to grow
up, especially if you’re Kristine Golden, a
fifteen-year-old necromancer with a sworn duty to lay the risen dead back to rest
and no desire to be in the movie business.

When handsome deadie Alex Romero swaggers into her life, Kris must keep her
promise, despite her growing feelings for him. If that’s not enough to give a girl
a headache, a murderous zombie comes knocking at Kris’ door, rocking her world
and threatening her family.

Can Kris solve the mystery of the rampaging zombie before someone else winds
up dead? Or will the walking dead take over Hollywood and turn it into…
Hollyweird?

Excerpt

The man coming up the block toward us in the hooded sweatshirt stopped directly in our
path, about ten feet away. The hood dropped revealing his face. The hair on the left side of his
head had been shaved off revealing tiny bits of bony white scalp. Huge staples held his crooked
jaw in place. There was a large indentation in his forehead from some sort of blunt force impact.
His left eye was covered with a milky, white cataract, and the right drooped unnaturally into his
cheek.
My breath caught yet again. Standing before us was a zombie.
‘LEAVE US ALONE!” the zombie screeched. Then he took off on a dead run and
plowed into Alex with the impact a freight train.
Just great, I thought. Hollyweird—where the dead come out to play.
Zombies aren’t what the movies make them out to be—slow moving, brain dead,
brain suckers. They’re the result of a raising gone bad. They can be strong, and fast, and very
dangerous. Also, a bite from a zombie won’t make you a member of the living dead, although
I’m sure it must hurt like hell.
The one that plowed into Alex was almost six feet tall and about seventeen years old. He
hit Alex with inhuman force, propelling him backward. They slammed into a parked car that
seemed to explode on impact. The twisting metal and shattering glass sounded like a horrible
automobile accident. The car was totaled, and Alex was embedded into the passenger side, like a
toy soldier into a wad of Play Doh.
“Oh, God!” I screamed.
Alex’s eyes were closed. He wasn’t moving… but the zombie was. He peeled himself
away from Alex and the wreckage.
“Zombie!” I called at the top of my lungs. “I command you to tell me who raised you
and what you are doing here.”
The zombie faced me, a puzzled look on his distorted face. It dawned on me he hadn’t
known I was a necromancer until then—not that it made a difference. He wasn’t bound to me so
he didn’t have to answer my questions. I was bluffing.
“LEAVE US ALONE!” He screamed in response. He started for me and a wave of fear
rippled my gut.
“I command you to stay back!” I called, but my voice was cracking, my words lacked
conviction. I took a few shaky steps backward. The zombie continued toward me.
Just then the sound of twisting metal snagged both our attention. Alex’s eyes were open,
and he was separating himself from the wreckage. He shed the automobile with the ease of a
snake shedding an old skin. He began advancing on the zombie.
“What’s going on down there?” We all looked up and saw three men, all Johnny do-
gooders, running up the block in our direction.
“Leave her alone,” one of them called.
The zombie looked from the advancing men to Alex and me.
“Hhhhh!” Hot breath hissed angrily at us. Then he took off past us like a deer, bounding
up the block. By the time the men reached us he was nowhere in sight.
“You ok?” one of them asked.
“Yes. He… attacked us?”
“What the heck happened here?” Another of the men asked. He was staring at the
twisted pile of metal that used to be a Buick.

Before I could open my mouth, Alex launched into an explanation. “My girl and I were
out for a stroll, and he was taking a sledge hammer to that car when we happened upon him.
Guess it was some kind of vendetta. And when he saw us he decided to add us to the list.” The
lie flowed from his lips effortlessly.
“Hey, aren’t you on that TV show?” the third man asked.
Alex smiled. “The Beloved. Yes. You watch it?”
“No, but my girlfriend does. She can’t get enough of you vampire guys.”
Any suspicions the men may have had about our presence on the street or Alex molesting
me immediately vanished. Alex was a bona fide Hollywood star. I guess they thought all stars
were boy scouts. Where have they been?
Several minutes and three autographs later the men were gone, and Alex and I were
walking back to the party.
“You told that lie like you do it all the time,” I said.
“I’m a dead person among the living. I do do it all the time.”
That wasn’t what I was talking about, but I didn’t push it. He seemed annoyed. I guess
being attacked by a zombie wasn’t an everyday occurrence for him either.
“If it makes you feel any better, I memorized the car’s plate number. I’ll take care of the
damage,” he said, his words softening.
“Thanks. That does make me feel better.” I wanted to hold my tongue, but I couldn’t.
“So, you have any enemies who’d want to send a zombie after you?”
“I don’t have any enemies. I’m a lover not a fighter.” The annoyance was back.
“Maybe you loved the wrong woman.”
“I’m dead. I can’t love any woman,” he replied. The words were seething with anger or
pain. I couldn’t tell which.
“He said ‘leave us alone.’ Who’s us?” I asked.
“I don’t know!”
He was getting agitated again so I dropped the subject. But not without noting there was
more to Alex than he was telling me. A vindictive zombie had been set loose in Hollywood.
It was something I needed to look into along with the deadie from the diner. My, my, I was
suddenly a very busy girl.

About the Author:

E. Van Lowe is an author, television writer, screen-
writer, playwright and producer who has worked on
such TV shows as "The Cosby Show," "Even Stevens,"
and "Homeboys In Outer Space." He has been
nominated for both an Emmy and an Academy Award.
His first YA Paranormal novel, "Never Slow Dance
With A Zombie," was a selection of The Scholastic
Book Club, and a nominee for an American Library
Association Award. His Best Selling
novels, “Boyfriend From Hell” and “Earth Angel,” are
the first two books in the Falling Angels Saga. “The
Zombie Always Knocks Twice” is the first book in his
Hollyweird series.

E lives in Beverly Hills California with his spouse, a werewolf, several zombies
and a fairy godmother who grants him wishes from time-to-time.

http://evanlowe.com

http://vanlowe.blogspot.com/

@evanlowe

http://www.facebook.com/author.e.vanlowe


Writing About A Gifted Child

If you are a fan of paranormal stories, one thing I’m sure you enjoy is reading about how our
heroes and heroines deal with their paranormal gifts. This is also true for me. In exploring
the relationship between Kris, the protagonist in The Zombie Always Knocks Twice, and her
ungifted sister, Anne Marie, I delve into my own past.

I grew up in a gifted household. No, not me. Definitely not me. I am about as ungifted as they
come. However, my older brother was gifted with an ability in mathematics. As kids, while I
was busy outdoors playing and getting into as much trouble as I could find, my brother was at
home working on equations. By the age of twelve he had already gone through all the algebra
and geometry books my parents could find and was delving into calculus.

I remembered all the attention my brother got. It didn’t bother me. I thought he was weird. I
mean, what twelve year-old doesn’t want to play? Yet in writing my new book, I wondered
how Kris’ gift might affect her sister. A single gifted child in a normal family can have an effect
on the entire family. That is the underlying premise of The Zombie Always Knocks Twice.
Of course, Kris has all sorts of other problems like a rampaging zombie, a girl who was raised
from the dead and wonders if she was murdered, not to mention a budding romance with a new
deadie.

For me, however, the key to the book is exploring my own reality. It’s what I love most about
writing paranormal. I get to explore my normal in an abnormal way.





My Review:

For me E. Van Lowe is one of those authors that never fails to entertain. His writing is easy to read and fast paced. His characters are quirky and fun, the plots unique and suspenseful. The Zombie Always Knocks Twice reads like a paranormal Veronica Mars which is one of my all time favorites, and I can see this being  an amazing tv series if done right.

I love the way Lowe works family dynamics into a zombie book, of all things. Kris and her dad seemed to have such a great relationship until her sister Anne Marie showed up after running away and being gone for two years. Not only does her sister come back but all of the sudden Kris's gift is needed more than it has been, and with Anne Marie is quick to point out to dear old dad that Kris's gift is endangering everyone's life. Gee, thanks sis. Now let's just throw a little more at an already stressed Kris and give her a hot dead guy that needs her help as well.

If you're already a fan of Lowe's books I think you'll be glad to know that this series is starting out just as great as his others. If you haven't read Lowe yet and you like paranormal stories then you should definitely check out this book and his others. I can't wait to see what Kris gets into in the next book.