Within Ash and Stardust by Chani Lynn Feener - Book Tour + Giveaway
Within Ash and Stardust
Chani Lynn Feener
(The Xenith Trilogy #3)
Published by: Swoon Reads
Publication date: July 16th 2019
Genres: Science Fiction, Young Adult
Chani Lynn Feener
(The Xenith Trilogy #3)
Published by: Swoon Reads
Publication date: July 16th 2019
Genres: Science Fiction, Young Adult
Having gone from kidnapped faux princess to the legitimate heir to an intergalactic throne, an impulsive, sarcastic teen must take charge of her own destiny in this epic YA novel.
On Earth, Delaney is a normal teenager who recently graduated high school with a fantastic best friend and a loving boyfriend.
But Delaney isn’t on Earth. She’s on Xenith, a war-torn planet half a galaxy away. Originally mistaken for an alien princess, Delaney has gone from kidnapped imposter to the recognized heir to an alien throne. Oh, and she’s engaged to the prince of an enemy nation whose ruthless father is on the warpath.
Torn between two planets, two fates, and two loves, Delaney is finally ready to choose her own destiny in Within Ash and Stardust, the stunning conclusion to Chani Lynn Feener’s Xenith Trilogy.
Excerpt
“My job,” he
protested, “ensured you ended up on this planet a second time.”
“No.” She shook her head and stepped toward him, frowning
when he immediately retreated. “You were supposed to keep me alive, and you did
that. You were supposed to help avert a war. And you did that. Anything that
came after, Olena screwing up, Trystan figuring it out, the Rex taking over…you
had nothing to do with any of it. It’s on them, Ruckus. Anything that isn’t
here”—she waved a finger between his chest and hers—“is on someone else.”
He angled his head. “What does that even mean?”
“It means I was there, too, remember? I know you only did
what you thought you had to. We didn’t really have any other options.”
“But…” He searched her face. “You’re angry?”
“Yes.” She was. That couldn’t be helped right now.
Because he hadn’t been up-front with her. Maybe if he had,
nothing would have changed. Probably wouldn’t have, in fact. At the time,
getting Uprisen was her best bet at avoiding more assassination attempts. It
hadn’t worked, but that wasn’t his fault, either.
“Is that something we’re going to talk about?” he asked when
she didn’t elaborate.
“You couldn’t have known how it was all going to go,” she
said again. “From now on, promise you won’t leave anything out, no matter how
unimportant or obsolete you think it could be. I need one hundred percent
honest, Ruckus, at all times. Always.”
There was more to say, but she’d meant it before. They
didn’t really have time for it, and neither of them were exactly in the right
state of mind. He looked like he’d been awake for months, and when she saw her
reflection, she didn’t look much better.
He eased his body as close to hers as he could, so that she
could feel the heat of him. He had to be careful not to touch her with his
hands, or let her still-goo-covered hair touch him, but that small bit of space
somehow didn’t matter. The corner of his mouth turned up in a somewhat sad, yet
reassuring smile.
“Always.”
Author Bio:
Chani Lynn Feener has wanted to be a writer since the age of ten during fifth grade story time. She majored in Creative Writing at Johnson State College in Vermont, and graduated in 2012. To pay her bills, she has worked many odd jobs, including, but not limited to, telemarketing, order picking in a warehouse, and filling ink cartridges. When she isn’t writing, she’s binging TV shows, drawing, or frequenting zoos/aquariums. Chani is also the author of teen paranormal series, the Underworld Saga, originally written under the penname Tempest C. Avery. She currently resides in Connecticut, but lives on Goodreads.com.
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