Lost in Starlight Dream Cast!

Hey guys! Today, I am here to help Sherry Soule promote her new book, Lost in Starlight. To give us some idea about the book, Sherry will be sharing her dream cast! So without further ado, here she is with her choices for how she imagines her characters!

Dream Cast:

For my tough heroine, Sloane Masterson, I think this lovely and brilliant actress Lucy Hale (just imagine her with purple hair!) would be perfect.

Tough talking, girl reporter, Sloane is not your typical heroine. She’s a feisty, disarming, and a fiercely independent seventeen-year-old. But she’s not flawlessly beautiful, or super thin, or extremely intelligent like some YA protagonists. Sloane has very real and relatable body issues and insecurities like most teen girls do. She favors the dark-side in clothes and music, loves to watch scary movies, and likes hanging out in graveyards. She uses her wits to cover her emotional scars, and if you can break through her tough exterior, you’ll have a fearless, loyal friend for life.


For the part of the stoic and brooding, Hayden Lancaster, I think this dynamic actor would be great, Matt Lanter.

At first glance, it seems that eighteen-year-old Hayden has a detached, unemotional exterior, but what lies beneath is a kindhearted individual that will go out of their way to help a friend.  


For Sloane’s best friend, Viola Saks, this remarkable actress would be fantastic: Camilla Belle.

Outgoing and feisty, Viola’s a fun-loving spirit girl, who loves to read. Never lacking in optimism, Viola is frequently seen as a crusader for the rights of others and a defender of lost causes. Popularity makes no difference to her as long as she believes in the cause.


For Devin Greenspan, Editor of the school paper, I like this gifted actor best: Ed Westwick.

Devin has had a crush on Sloane for years and never gave the hope of one day hooking up with her. But when Hayden becomes her best friend, he feels threatened by the newcomer.


Only one actor comes to mind that could portray Hayden’s younger brother, Zach Lancaster, and it is actor, Paul Wesley.

Zach and his brother grew up in a close-knit family where outside friends are discouraged. So when Hayden becomes good friends with Sloane, Zach tries to sabotage the friendship and strongly opposes the relationship.



For Sloane’s good friends, Tanisha and Raymond, I like both of these talented actors: Erica Hubbard and Daniel Andrew Sharman:

Tanisha and Raymond are loyal friends that hang in Sloan’s crew. Tanisha dresses sort of Goth, and she’s really into Wicca and alternative bands. Raymond is more punk rock, and plays the role of the tortured musician to perfection.

The Book:

Title: Lost in Starlight

Author: Sherry Soule

Series: Starlight Saga #1

Publishing: June 26, 2014

Purchase: Amazon 

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High school reporter Sloane Masterson knows she has one helluva story when she witnesses hottie Hayden Lancaster bending forks with his mind.
Like any good journalist, Sloane sets out to uncover the truth, even if it includes a little stalking. When the superhuman feats start to pile up and the undeniable heat rises between them, Hayden has no choice but to reveal his secret: he’s an alien hybrid.
They’re as different as night and day—she’s a curvy, purple-haired, horror junkie and he’s a smoking hot, antisocial, brainiac—yet the intense fascination between them refuses to go away. Even at Hayden’s insistence that dating each other is “off limits” and crazy dangerous, their fiery attraction threatens to go supernova.
Now Sloane’s dealing with creepy government agents, über snobby extraterrestrials, and a psycho alien ex-girlfriend out for revenge. After a crash course on the rules of interstellar dating, Sloane must decide if their star-crossed romance is worth risking her own life....

The Author:

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Award-winning author, Sherry Soule writes thrilling tales of romance and suspense, often mingled with a dash of the mystical and a splash of trendy fashion.
Her published novels do not include any graphic sex, explicit violence, or excessive profanity, so that all of her novels can be read and enjoyed by both teens and adults .
Sherry currently lives with her family and one very spoiled black cat in California’s San Francisco Bay Area.

{Blog Tour} Dream Boy Dream Cast!

Hey guys! I am excited to be part of the blog tour for Dream Boy by Madelyn Rosenberg and Mary Crockett! Mary has been on the blog before (talking about Sherlock), so today, Madelyn will be sharing her dream cast with us! Let's see how she imagines her characters!

All actor photos are linked to their IMDB page, so you can, I don't know, stalk them better.

Dream Cast:

I always see things in pictures, so when I was looking for actors to fill out my dream cast, I was going more on physical appearance than acting ability.

For Will, I’m going with one of the Liams – either a slightly scruffy Liam James or a slightly scruffy Liam Aiken, and only because I can’t shave enough years off of James Franco.

Martin gets a Liam, too – Liam Hemsworth, though we’d have to golden him up just a bit.

For Annabelle, I’m going to go with Shailene Woodley, or possibly Homeland’s Morgan Saylor.

For Stephanie, a dark-haired Abigail Breslin

For Serena, a curly-haired Maia Mitchell

 and for Paolo, maybe Aramis Knight?

For Daniel, Nathan Keyes. (I love the pic on the first page of IMDB because it looks like he just woke up, which seems appropriate for Daniel.)

For Talon, I think I’m going to go with Kiernan Shipka, because while I don’t make it to movies much, I do get TV, and Kiernan has Attitude in spades. Picture her with black hair and an asymmetrical cut. Check out this clip. Talon, too, is familiar with psychotherapy and I’ll bet she’d practice it just like this:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVOwKgMkRxA

Mary did a dream cast awhile ago, and I think we overlap maybe once. If you want to check hers out, go here… http://marycrockett.com/2013/09/20/the-next-big-thing-dream-boy-edition/



Thank you, Madelyn, for sharing your dream cast with us! Check back soon for my review of Dream Boy!

The Book:

Title: Dream Boy

Authors: Mary Crockett and Madelyn Rosenberg

Publishing: July 1, 2014

Purchase: Amazon / Barnes & Noble

Annabelle Manning feels like she’s doing time at her high school in Chilton, Virginia. She has her friends at her lunchtime table of nobodies. What she doesn’t have are possibilities. Or a date for Homecoming. Things get more interesting at night, when she spends time with the boy of her dreams. But the blue-eyed boy with the fairytale smile is just that—a dream. Until the Friday afternoon he walks into her chemistry class. 

One of friends suspects he’s an alien. Another is pretty sure it’s all one big case of deja vu. While Annabelle doesn’t know what to think, she’s willing to believe that the charming Martin Zirkle may just be her dream come true. But as Annabelle discovers the truth behind dreams—where they come from and what they mean—she is forced to face a dark reality she had not expected. More than just Martin has arrived in Chilton. As Annabelle learns, if dreams can come true, so can nightmares.

The Authors:

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Madelyn: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads

Mary Crockett likes turtles, licorice, and the Yankees. Madelyn Rosenberg likes cats, avocados, and the Red Sox. Luckily they both like the weirdness of dreams (and each other) enough to write novels together. The friendship has survived 3 moves, 6 kids, and countless manuscript revisions. Madelyn (Canary in the Coal Mine) lives in Arlington, Virginia, just outside of D.C. Mary (A Theory of Everything: Poems) remains in the mountains near Salem, Virginia.

{Blog Tour} Solving for Ex Dream Cast!

Guys!! I am SUPER excited to be part of the blog tour for Solving for Ex. If you haven't noticed, I sort of LOVE this book. And I'm even more excited because I get to post the dream cast for the main characters in this book. I love dream casts, because I think it's so cool to see who the author envisions as her characters versus how you as a reader envisions them. So, here's Leigh Ann with her dream cast!

Dream Cast:

Hi Rachel Marie! Thank you so much for hosting me on your blog today to celebrate the release of Solving for Ex! I’m so happy you asked me to do a Dream Cast post, because I LOVE to write using pictures as inspiration. 

So here we go! 

I’ll introduce you to my main character first: Ashley. She’s one of those girls that has never thought she’s anything special to look at because she wasn’t popular, she was a math geek, and she has freckles. But in this book, the hottest boy at school is after her. Can you see why?

Meaghan Martin as Ashley

Next up! The boy-next-door, best friend crush. Brendan is one of those guys who has a particular type of hotness that some girls see and some girls might not be able to. What do you think???

David Henrie as Brendan

So that brings us to the hot new girl who tries to steal Brendan away. (Incidentally, I’m working on a followup book that’s all about her, that necessitates me writing about her without makeup. BIG difference.)

Victoria Justice as Sofia

And last but not least, Sofia’s twin brother, Vincent – the cutest boy at school, who wants nothing more than a date – and more – with Ashley. Every girl on two legs thinks he’s dreamy, and half the guys to boot. What do you think?

Lucas Till as Vincent

Thank YOU, Leigh Ann, for sharing your dream cast with us! What do you think of the characters? I will say, none of them really look like what I was thinking, but I love it. I never thought of David Henrie for Brendan, but it's actually perfect. And Lucas Till looks nothing like I was imagining Vincent, but I'm not complaining ;) For those of you who have already read Solving for Ex, who would you have cast as the characters?

Read my review of Solving for Ex here

The Book: 

Title: Solving for Ex

Author: Leigh Ann Kopans

Published: February 11, 2014

Purchase: Amazon / Barnes & Noble

1 crush on your best friend +

1 gorgeous, scheming new girl +

1 Mathletics competition =

1 big mess

SIMPLIFY.

Ashley Price doesn’t have much in life after being bullied so hard she had to leave her old school to live with her aunt and uncle in Pittsburgh. But the camera she borrowed from her best friend and secret crush Brendan, and her off the charts math abilities, make things a lot more bearable. Plus, since Brendan is the captain, making the school Mathletes team should be easy. 

But when gorgeous new girl Sofia rolls in and steals Brendan, Ashley's place on the team, and her fragile foothold on the Mansfield Park Prep social totem pole, it’s on. Sofia is everything Ashley left her old school to escape. The only thing Ashley didn’t count on is Sofia’s sexy twin brother Vincent.

Vincent is not only the hottest boy in school, he’s charming, sweet, and he’s got his eye on Ashley. He’s also not taking no for an answer. There's no real reason Ashley shouldn't like Vincent, but with the

battle lines being drawn between her and Sofia, Ashley’s not sure which side he’s on. Or which side she wants him to be on.

She does know Sofia is trouble with a capital T, and she’s determined to make Brendan see it.

SOLVING FOR EX is a YA contemporary romance that remixes Mansfield Park as Clueless meets Mean Girls in a crazy mix of high school society, mathletic competition, and teenage romance.

The Author:

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Raised on comic books and classic novels, Leigh Ann developed an early love of science fiction and literature.  As an adult, she rediscovered her love for not only reading, but also writing the types of fiction that enchanted her as a teen.  Solving for Ex was born of her love for Jane Austen’s classics, and how they taught her that love stories could be funny and wickedly smart.

Leigh Ann, her husband, and four children live in Columbus, Ohio. When she’s not immersed in the world of fiction, you can find her obsessing over the latest superhero movie or using her kids as an excuse to go out for ice cream (again.)

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Thanks for checking out my stop on this tour! Leigh Ann is a super cool person, and I love this book, so I hope you check it out!

{Blog Tour} If I Speak True Dream Cast!

Hey guys! Today, I am super excited to be part of the blog tour for If I Speak True. I think dream casts are so much fun, so I can't wait to see how Jessica imagined her characters while writing them. So here's Jessica with her dream cast for the Ambrosian side of the characters in If I Speak True!

Dream Cast:

Hi, guys! Today I get to introduce you to my Ambrosian “dream cast” for IF I SPEAK TRUE, and I am SO excited! :) First, I’d like to explain that I began writing/casting the characters a few years ago, and a lot of times the movies/shows I used for inspiration were also a few years old at that time, so while some of these people are still at the appropriate character age in real life, many are now technically older than their character counterparts. Still, I hope the photos speak for themselves, as their features and gestures are what inspired me to write them as they are. And now, without further ado… 

Rowan Rochfort:
a young Sean Faris

Sean Faris has been in quite a few things over the years, but the one that sold me was Forever Strong. If you haven’t seen this movie, I highly recommend it! Sadly, Dahlia doesn’t really get to see much of this sweet face for quite a while, but we do, so woo-hoo!

Hawthorne Rochfort:
Henry Cavill

I first saw Henry in Tristan and Isolde, then The Count of Monte Cristo. He has this sense of surety about him that can work in either a heroic or villainous way; not to mention a charming smile that, when used correctly, can probably get anyone to do whatever he wants. Which works well for Hawthorne, as Dahlia can’t exactly put her finger on how genuine he really is.

Tuberose:
Michelle Trachtenberg

Oh, that look. Change that bit of an upward curve of a smile into more of a glare, and that’s Tuberose’s signature icy cold stare. ;)

Queen Sage:
Vera Farmiga

Have you ever seen The Boy in the Striped Pajamas? Ugh. Vera is a wonderful, gorgeous actress. She is *the* perfect Queen Sage.

Briscoe Caddock:
a young James McAvoy

The perfect sidekick, protector, and friend. Yep. That’s Briscoe.

Daphne Caddock:

Brie Larson

Durian Blythe:

Ben Foster

I imagine Ben as Durian with tall, with broad shoulders & longer, bright red hair. If you’ve ever seen Ben, he can do a mean serious face. And that’s what Durian does most of the time, let me tell ya. ;)

And there ya have it! The main characters in Ambrosia for IF I SPEAK TRUE. If you’d like to see more photos that inspired me whilst writing this book, check out my board on Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/coffeelvnmom/if-i-speak-true-flora-1-available-12714/ Thanks for having me, Rachel! :)

Photo credits:

Sean Faris: Photo by Jesse Grant - © WireImage.com - Image courtesy WireImage.com

James McAvoy: Photo by Zdeneck Vavara - © 2003 - The Sci Fi Channel and Touchstone Television - All Rights Reserved

Brie Larson: Photo by Jeff Vespa - © 2012 Jeff Vespa - Image courtesy gettyimages.com

Ben Foster: Photo: Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images

And thank YOU, Jessica for sharing your inspiration and dream cast with us! And make sure to visit Chasm of Books for the Shaver side dreamcast! 

Read my review of If I Speak True here

The Book:

Title: If I Speak True

Author: Jessica L. Brooks

Series: Flora, #1

Published: January 27, 2014

Purchase: Amazon

Dahlia Kennedy's sixteenth birthday marks a decade of mysterious dahlias arriving and strange, lonely dreams of being in a forest. The only difference this birthday, however, is that for the first time, someone is there with her. And he's practically from a whole other era.

The more often Dahlia visits Rowan in his land of Ambrosia, the stronger their connection grows. But... is Ambrosia real? Is he real? What is going on between the two of them, exactly, and why does he insist that she keep it to herself?

As secrets usually go, however, it's only a matter of time before everything comes out. And when Dahlia finds out the truth of who Rowan is, who she is, and how he really feels -- it’s beyond anything she could have ever imagined.

The Author:

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Jessica L. Brooks resides with her husband of over sixteen years, three awesome daughters, and a plethora of pets in Central California, where fog, frost, triple-digit heat and various items of produce arrive bountifully, depending on the season. She has an affinity for both coffee and owls, and loves to connect with fellow readers and writers on most social networks like Goodreads, Twitter and Pinterest. You can also connect with her on her blog, Let Me Tell You A Story. 

Jessica shares reviews for her favorite books on Afterglow Book Reviews, spreads writing and author love for independently-published authors at Indie Ignites, and salutes all writers (no matter what stage in their writerly journey) at Operation Awesome.

IF I SPEAK TRUE, the first in the Flora series, will be available 1/27/14. PITY ISN'T AN OPTION (Cozenage, #1) is her debut novel.

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Thank you for checking out my stop on this blog tour! Jessica is such a wonderful person, and I am so glad I got the chance to be part of it. I hope you check out her book, and enjoy it :)

Check out the rest of the stops on the tour!

January 27^th – Kristalyn Thornock at The Sarcastic Palmtree (Release Day/DVD giveaway)
January 27^th – Cassandra at Cassandra Lost in Books (Release Day)
January 27^th – Meg at Book Groupies (Release Day)
January 28^th – Kaitlin at Reading is My Treasure (Review)
January 28^th – Lisa at Dizneeee's World of Books
January 29^th – Kathy at I Am A Reader, Not A Writer (Author Interview)
January 29^th – Cheyanne at Cheyanne Young (Author interview)
January 30^th – Eugenia at Chasm of Books (Author Interview and Review)
January 30^th – A. Kerr at Kerrific (Review)
January 31^st – Jenna (JL) at Avid Reader Musings (Writing Playlist)
January 31^st – Ella Johnson at Mymcbooks Blog (Spotlight/giveaway)
February 1^rd -Eugenia at Chasm of Books (Shaver dream cast)
February 3^rd – Heather Rosdol at Buried in Books (Review)
February 3^rd – Rachel at The NerdHerd Reads (Dream cast)
February 4^th – Penny at One Writer's Journey (Author Interview)
February 4^th – Dana at Dana Square (character interview)
February 5^th – Beverly at The Wormhole (Author interview and book promo spot)
February 5^th – Kaycee at My Crafty Zoo (Deleted scene and recipe)
February 6^th – Kimberly Lim at Kim's Reading Lounge (Review)
February 6^th – Dianne at Oops! I Read A Book Again (Review)
February 7^th – Janie Junebug at Women: We Shall Overcome (Guest Post)
February 7^th – Jodie at Books for Company (Lyrics written for If I Speak True)

February 7^th - Colleen at Cici's Theories (Plant meanings and their correlations to the characters)