Crossing the Barrier by Martine Lewis Genre Upper YA Coming of Age Contemporary Romance with a touch of Paranormal Published March 22nd, 2016 by BMJ Chanapi Press Crossing the Barrier will be FREE on Amazon from September 1st through September 5th over Labor Day weekend! Go pick up your copy TODAY: High school student Malakai Thomas, star wide receiver of the varsity team, collides with band member Lily Morgan on his way to football practice. As days go by, Malakai cannot get the petite clarinetist out of his head. Lily Morgan can feel everyone’s emotions. She loses her ability to shield herself against them the day Malakai runs into her. Now she must try to maintain her sanity in the emotional jungle that is high school, as well as deal with her growing feelings for Malakai. Can Malakai get over the social stigma and his own internal struggle to be with Lily? Is Lily’s secret too big to accept, even for him? |
Breaking the Mold (The Grey Eyes Series Book #2) by Martine Lewis Genre Upper YA Coming of Age Contemporary Romance with a touch of Paranormal Published September 20th, 2016 by BMJ Chanapi Press A girl stuck in her father's mold. Olivia Kendall looks forward to her senior year of high school. But her world is shaken when a new boy walks into school, a boy she cannot help but be drawn to. But her father's ideas for her life don't include Alex. A boy with a gift, desperate for a real home. Alex Parker begins his senior year in yet another school. The only person he looks forward to seeing again is Olivia Kendall, a girl he knew in second grade, a girl who never made fun of him. One touch, and he knows what he's suspected all along: there is something unearthly about their connection. Can the two stay together despite Alex's secret, despite a town that seems to conspire against them? |
About the Author
Her first written endeavor was a 200-page handwritten Duran Duran bandfiction which she wrote when she was eleven years old. Of all her written work, this is the only one she no longer has.
All throughout high school, Martine wrote more bandfictions and some original work, then she went to write fanfictions in the Star Wars, Buffy and Harry Potter universes. Her fanficiton in the Potterverse are mostly centered on characters of her own creation and can be found on fanfiction.net.
Following her viewing of Roswell on Netflix in 2012, Martine wrote book two and three of the Gray Eyes Series, then went on to create the Gray Eyes Series universe in which she has been playing ever since. She writes contemporary coming-of-age romance fiction (young adult/new adult) with a twist.
Martine is an avid reader and rollerskater. She loves sushi, hot chocolate on a cold day, and the beach. But what she loves above all else is to curl on her chair with her computer and write more stories for her readers.
Martine currently lives in Houston TX with her two cats.
J. Hooligan's Review
Although I wasn't instantly connecting with the book, it eventually grabbed me. My biggest issue was with its flow. It felt a little too wordy, making it harder for me to get emotionally attached in certain situations.
There are certain aspects about this story that I absolutely loved. I wish I could give some of the people giant shiny star stickers for how they handled a particular situation. It was great and I wish I could explain it, but spoilers. Just know that I actually put my kindle down and clapped.
There's some cheesy stuff, but it's nothing I couldn't handle. Besides, who doesn't like cheese? Crazy people!
One major thing that needs to be brought up... I was recently discussing with some of my friends how sports books do not contain POC, and this one is literally the only one I could think of - and I've read a number of them - where the players (especially the main characters) weren't all white. That gives this book a major plus.
...Also it's paranormal. That's my favorite genre!
I enjoyed this book and I am interested in continuing the series.
3.5 Platypires