The Mark of Noba Blog Tour + Review

The Mark of Noba

Written by G.L. Tomas

Genre: Young Adult/Fantasy/Science Fiction

Publisher: Rebellious Valkyrie Press

Release Date: August 12, 2015

Pages: 334

Source: Provided for Blog Tour

Places to Get this Book: Amazon Barnes and Noble Book Depository

Recommended Age: 12 and up!

Summary:

Sterling Wayfairer has one goal for his senior year: make his mark. He’s been slipping into the background his whole high school career—distracted by his mother’s mental health, unsettled by the vivid dreams that haunt him at night, and overshadowed by the athletic accomplishments of his popular best friends. But this year is going to be different. He’s going to break a few rules, have some fun, and maybe even work up the nerve to ask his crush out on a date.

But things don’t go exactly as planned. Students are disappearing, Sterling starts losing time, and it all seems to center around Tetra, a girl no one else seems to notice but him. When he finally tracks her down for answers, they aren’t what he expects: He and Tetra hail from a world called Noba, and they’re being hunted by a Naga, a malevolent shapeshifter that’s marked them for destruction.

Tetra and Sterling have distinct abilities that can help them fight back, but their power depends heavily on the strength of their bond, a connection that transcends friendship, transcends romance. Years apart have left their bond weak. Jumpstarting it will require Sterling to open his heart and his mind and put his full trust in the mysterious Tetra.

If he doesn’t, neither of them will survive.

Review:

I received this book for The Mark of Noba blog tour.

I didn't really know what to expect from this but the cover is pretty cool. I like how they are drawn and not real people. I also like how the girl is in front of the boy and not hidden in the background.

This is also a story that doesn't waste too much time on the backstory and it just pulls you in. The world-building was done well. The young people who populate the world, Geo, are no different than real life people and the world is similar. Sterling is a young adult hero that there aren't many of. He's a regular teenage guy and has regular problems.

Then we have the character, Tetra. She also isn't the typical young adult heroine. She is a little patronizing towards Sterling and maddening at times. She's also a girl on a mission and Sterling is her responsibility.

Overall, this was a pretty good book and I recommend it.

4 out of 5 Crowns

Top Ten Tuesday || Top Ten Books I'd Love to see as a Movie or TV Show

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by The Broke and the Bookish that other bloggers are welcome to join in, to create Top Ten lists on varying topics. This week it's Rewind Week so I am doing Tip Ten Books I'd Love to See as a Movie or TV Show

I love this topic and I have some very good ideas for this. In fact, it was a problem to narrow it down. But here are ten books that I want to see as a movie or tv show.  

1 The Young Elites by Marie Lu

The Young Elites should totally be made into a movie. Some of the scenes even played out like a movie in my head as I was reading the book. I would love to see how they would show Adelina's powers on the screen. 

2 The Remnant Chronicles by Mary E. Pearson

The Remnant Chronicles are a fantastic book series. I think that this one would work perfectly as a tv series.  I love the banter, the characters and the plot. I would love to see how the whole thing would be done on the screen. They could film it where they filmed movies like The Hobbit. [In wide open spaces].

3 Stitching Snow by R.C. Lewis

Stitching Snow is one of my favorite retelling books and I would love it if it was adapted to be a movie.  

4  Throne of Glass 

I just started this series and have only finished the first book but it is such a wonderful book. I believe that these could be movies. I even have a small fancast for this. I would like to have Claire Holt as Caelena and Jeremy Irvine as Chaol. I don't know for Dorian yet. 

5 The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

The Lunar Chronicles would make a perfect TV show. I only hope that they would be able to cast this perfectly and won't mess anything up.  Arden Cho should definitely be Cinder. Just saying. 

6 Keeper of the Lost Cities 

I love this series. It is a middle grade series that would work perfectly as a TV show. Ugh, I need it. 

7 Shatter Me 

Shatter Me is something that should be a movie. It is a very popular series and I am surprised it hasn't been optioned for a movie yet. 

8 The Falling Kingdoms Series by Morgan Rhodes

When I finished this series, all I could think about was, "This would be an amazing tv show for people who don't want to watch Game of Thrones as it is a little too explicit for them." Well, there you go. I would like this to be a tv series. I would be so happy if it became one. 

9 Crossing the Line 

This is an action packed book that is kind of like a female James Bond so I think it would be wonderful as a movie. 

10 A Drop of Night 

This is a horror/thriller type YA book and I think it would be amazing if it was turned into a movie. And it doesn't have romance so that's a plus. 

11 Starflight 

Starflight is a new favorite of mine. It is set in space and has a wonderful cast of characters and I think it would do well as a movie. 

12 The Falconer by Elizabeth May

The Falconer is an amazing book and would do well as either a movie or a tv show. There is a lot of action and sweet romance that would appeal to many.