3volve Book Blitz and Giveaway! REVIEW Shadow of Loss

 This is my stop during the book blitz for 3volve by Josefina Gutierrez. This book blitz is organized by Lola's Blog Tours. The book blitz runs from 6 till 12 July, you can view the complete blitz schedule on the website of Lola’s Blog Tours. This blitz features 3volve and another book by this author: The Shadow of Loss. Both books can be read as standalones although the characters from The Shadow of Loss make a small cameo appearance in 3volve. 

 3volve By Josefina Gutierrez Genre: Realistic Fiction, Contemporary Romance, Multicultural Age category: 

New Adult Release Date: July 14, 2015

From author Josefina Gutierrez, of “The Shadow of Loss”, comes a new New-Adult contemporary love story. I thought my life began when I graduated high school and moved far, far away—okay three hours away. But I was wrong. My life didn’t start until it almost ended. I’m Cristal Escobedo, twenty-two years old and a former wild child who favors tequila far too much. But that all changed when life happened, and I ended up being responsible for my younger brothers. To top it all off, I think I’m falling in love with my best friend—dammit. This is my not-so-happy story of how I grew up and got my shit together. My story isn’t filled with a bunch of pretty analogies or hyperboles. The people are real, the hurt is deep, and the love is complicated. People are flawed in the ways that matter; it’s what makes us human.

“Do you feel like you’re missing something?” Charlie asks with a stern voice, but underneath I can sense his gentle nudge.

I shrug, “My phone.”

“You were supposed to meet my assistant, because she scheduled a meeting with a job prospect.” He drops a stack of papers on my coffee table.

“Yes! See I remember that…I was just going.” I claw at the inside of my palms nervously, “I needed my phone first, gosh where is that thing anyway—” I trail off laughing awkwardly.

“Looking like that,” he points at my ketchup stained Atreyu shirt, with a mixture of amusement and disbelief. I knew I should have looked at my shirt closer, the smell test is never a sure thing.

“Well obviously not. Hello! Who do you take me for? I was going to change.” I backtrack from the living room.

Charlie counters me, walking towards me with his stern face. “So you didn’t forget about the meeting then?”

“Of course not! I am totally prepared,” I say bumping into the wall.

“Good,” he repositions me, turning me around, “because I would hate it if you were lying to me right now.”

“Good?” I question him, slowly walk to my room. He only says ‘good’ when he’s already onto me. Shit, he’s on to me! He’s going to see scruffy-face guy—then I’m going to get a lecture about my poor choices in men. Ugh. Now he’s going to give me a disappointed long face, with a ‘good’ to top it all off.

“So you didn’t get plastered last night?” Charlie asks. I can sense him trying extra hard to smell me from where he’s standing. I knew coffee was a good idea!

“Of course not!” I stop in front of my door, blocking it.

“Good.” He swats at me to move and I nudge over a bit.

I turn around exasperated. I can’t keep this up. “Okay, fine. I lied. I’m lying! I totally forgot about the stupid meeting, with your stupid assistant, about the stupid job,” I roll my eyes. “Alright, that’s not fair of me. Your assistant isn’t stupid,” I say moving to block the door again.

“Uh huh,” he says, reaching for the door handle. But I smack his hand.

“You know my room is such a mess. You know me. I can get dressed faster than you can say…”

“Good,” we both say together.

“Yes! See I know you,” I smile—but he isn’t having any of it. I open the door slightly trying to nudge myself in without letting on too much, but Charlie barges on through as if he owns the place, which sure he found the place for us, but I still pay rent.

I ready my defense, hoping to calm him down, when I notice scruffy guy isn’t in the bed anymore. Huh. Where the heck did he go? Oh, well, who cares, at least he’s gone.

“Why do you look so surprised? It’s not like your room has ever been clean. Get dressed we don’t have much time,” he rummages through my closet. Finally deciding on my nice blue suit, throwing it in my direction.

The author Josefina Gutierrez really sweeps the reader in this book and gives the reader time to grasp what is really going on in the main character's life. The characters in the book are in depth and the reader walks away from this story knowing the emotional trauma that the main character experienced in her lifetime. Not only that, but the reader feels compelled to continue reading this story until the end. I stayed up late nights to finish this book and I am so glad that I did! 

I recommend this book to all avid readers! I rate this book five stars!

* I was given this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are mine and I was not compensated for them.

You can find 3volve on Goodreads You can buy 3volve here: - Amazon The Shadows of Loss By Josefina Gutierrez  

Genre: Realistic Fiction, Multicultural, Romance  

Age category: Young Adult 

Evelyn Gonzalez keeps losing people, which is always hard, but has she lost something much more? Has she lost her soul? Evelyn has a nervous breakdown and is institutionalized, after months of sorrow and pain she is thrust back into the world. The world of teenage angst and Calculus. Can she trust people again? Especially after hurtful assumptions and judgments made her miss her junior year of high school. Evelyn is just trying to heal what she lost and graduate from high school.

You can find Shadow of Loss on Goodreads You can buy Shadow of Loss here: - Amazon - Barnes & Noble - Kobo  

Josefina Gutierrez is a Young Adult eBook author, who resides in San Antonio. Josefina writes Young Adult Multicultural, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy literature in her free time when she’s not embarking on adventures with her son and gnomes Fitzgerald and Bartholomew. Her current projects in the works are a Fantasy dystopian series, a Mystery-Thriller eBook, and New-Adult Contemporary Romance. 

You can find and contact Josefina here: 

- Website - Facebook - Goodreads - Pinterest

There is a tour wide giveaway for the book blitz of 3volve. These are the prizes you can win:

- 2 amazon gift cards of 20$

- A designed box including: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, a signed paperback of The shadow of Loss by Josefina Gutierrez, 2 Bookmarks, Silk decorative flowers, Photo frame and a Notebook Potpourri bag (US Only)

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