LONG WAY DOWN HAS A RELEASE DATE!!!!!!!!

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!!  You guys!!!!!!  The end is near and I'm a big blubbering mess!  Krista and Becca just announced the release date for Long Way Down, the penultimate book in the Addicted series (you'll see why I say penultimate further down this post).

LONG WAY DOWN IS COMING NOVEMBER 20th, 2015!!!!

I wish I was more prepared for this (the announcement and the series coming to an end!)  As you can see, I have seriously been slacking on posting updates on this blog :(  My work and life has been eating up most, if not all, of my free time so I haven't been able to take a break and just blog for a bit.  Since I don't have anything created for this announcement, I am sharing this gorgeous graphic by Jae, my love.  She does such an amazing job with these edits and graphics!!

If you're a member of the Fizzle Force group on FB, you'll notice that this is the banner that Jae made for the group.

You can check out Krista & Becca's release date announcement on their blog.

You can also check out the first teaser quote released for Long Way Down by clicking HERE.

I'm so excited and nervous all at once!  I can't wait to read this book and get more Raisy, but I'm also so afraid of reaching the end!  I know I'll be one big ball of emotions and I'm already preparing for the (best) worst book hangover of my life!

But wait....

I'm a bit late on some other news...

Did you know that Krista & Becca are also writing an epilogue book!? 

YES.  Yes, they are.

Behold.

Some Kind of Perfect is the very final book in the Addicted series.  It is going to be released after Long Way Down and will tie up the entire series to give it a sense of closure.  This is going to be a full length novel told in many POVs.  Now, you don't have to read it.  But I highly recommend not skipping it if you've followed the Addicted series from beginning to end.

You can read more about this epilogue book at Krista & Becca's blog.  They'll give you a breakdown of what it's about and answer some questions.

This series has taken me on one hell of a journey and I've met so many wonderful people (Krista & Becca included) through my love for these books!  I hope to keep posting Addicted related stuff long after the series ends.  After all, we still have the Like Us series to look forward to!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RYKE MEADOWS!

this super hot super awesome graphic by none other than the wonderful Siiri!

 Our big bad wolf is celebrating his 26th birthday in the Addicted universe today!  We're celebrating Ryke's birthday the same way we did with Lily's and Rose's birthday this year.  If you're already a member of the Fizzle Force group on Facebook, then you have all the scoop on the giveaway and exclusive character interview!  The admins of the Fizzle Force group put together a string of questions and requested our lovelies (Krista & Becca) for their time to help put together this character interview.  As you may know, Krista & Becca are super busy finishing up Long Way Down, the last book in the Addicted Series, so we are FOREVER GRATEFUL to them for taking the time out of their busy schedule to help us!!

 
If you're not already a member, do not have a Facebook account, or if you do not wish to ever open up a Facebook account -- no worries!  Krista and Becca will be posting this exclusive character interview on their blog in about a month or so.  However, you do have to be a member of the Fizzle Force group on Facebook in order to participate in the exclusive giveaway.

But no sweat!  If you want more opportunities to win other prizes, Krista & Becca are also celebrating Ryke's birthday (of course!) and you can join in the fun by clicking on this link or on the image below!

graphic by Krista & Becca Ritchie

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RYKE!!

Lily & Rose Birthday Giveaway from Krista & Becca and Fuel the Fire One Week Challenge

Hey all!  If you missed all the birthday giveaway fun for Lily and Rose, there's still time to participate!  Check out Krista & Becca's blog and join us in celebrating Lily's birthday, which was August 1st:

graphic by Krista & Becca Ritchie

And Rose's birthday, which was August 5th:

graphic by Krista & Becca Ritchie

If you have a Tumblr account and follow the Addicted Series Daily blog by the lovely and wonderful Sue, you may have seen her announcement for the next upcoming challenge!  Next week from August 17th - 23rd, Addicted Series Daily is hosting a week long challenge to celebrate the release of Fuel the Fire!  Be sure to visit Addicted Series Daily blog or click on the image below for more details!!!

graphic by Sue

Also, in case you haven't heard, Fuel the Fire is now available on Audible!!!  Get your copy today and listen to Connor whispering French words in your ear.

You can find the rest of the Addicted series on Audible here ➜ http://adbl.co/1gX1Mz0

Last, but certainly not least, Addicted to You is now FREE!!!!!  So, if you're new to the series or have friends and family who want to start it but haven't yet, now is the perfect time!  They can get the first book the series free and Long Way Down, the final book in the series, is set to be released soon (release date still to be announced)!!

graphic by Krista & Becca Ritchie

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROSE CALLOWAY COBALT!

Fizzle Force's exquisite queen, Rose Calloway Cobalt, is celebrating her 26th birthday today in the Addicted universe!  If you saw the post for Lily's birthday celebration on August 1st, this is very much the same.

If you are already a member of the Fizzle Force group on Facebook (run by fans, not by Krista & Becca), you may have seen the exclusive giveaway  we've got going on there.  If not, CLICK HERE and go forth!  You can also click on the super fabulous graphic below (by the super talented Siiri ❤︎ ) and it will take you to the giveaway post.

*heart eyes*

As with Lily's birthday, there is also a Coballoway BONUS SCENE gifted to us, fans, from Krista & Becca!  (We can't thank Krista & Becca enough for taking time out of their super busy writing schedule to do this for us!!!  We are a spoiled bunch!)  Click on the link below to feast your heart out on some Coballoway hotness!

Rose Visits Cobalt Diamonds - Bonus Extra

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LILY CALLOWAY!

Today is a very important day in the Addicted world!  Today, we celebrate Lily Calloway's 24th birthday!!

If you're a member of the Fizzle Force Facebook group, we have an exclusive giveaway going on for some Addicted swag and if you click on THIS LINK, Krista & Becca put together a LiLo extra bonus material just for Lily's birthday!

Also, Amy from Calloway Books wrote a short fanfic in honor of Lily's birthday.  Go forth and read it!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our wonderful, adorkable, forever lovable, Lily!!

graphic by the very talented Jae

I can't get over how cool this graphic is by Jae!  Our dream cast for Lily with the wampa hat on!! *DIES*

Amour Amour, Infini, Connor on Twitter, Whatever It Takes in Hungarian, and More!

I know this blog is mainly to fangirl about the Addicted series and post updates about what's happening in the Addicted world, but I also like to spread the word about Krista & Becca Ritchie's other works of wonder.

I've talked about their standalone novel, Amour Amour, and you can read my review here.  I re-read it again recently and it still blows me away.  Thora's story is so inspirational and Krista & Becca have managed to pull me in to another realistic world where I can picture myself being friends with the characters.  Even the secondary characters are awesome and make you want to get to know more about them!  Which brings me to my next topic.  Amour Amour is going to have a companion novel!  Nope, it's not a sequel.  It's another standalone novel but set in the same Vegas, acrobatic world and tells the story of Luka Kotova from Amour Amour.  The title of this companion novel is Infini.

**Peep this super gorgeous cover!!!***

After having re-read Amour Amour, I'm even more excited to read Infini which sounds like a story of best friends turned lovers!!  One of my favorite tropes!!!  The release date is still to be announced but it will definitely release after Long Way Down.

Another of Krista & Becca's work of wonder is Whatever It Takes.  This isn't a novel (not yet, anyway.  Still keeping my fingers crossed for that to happen!); it's actually a web series.  This web series follows Willow and Garrison, who are secondary characters from the Addicted series.  Krista & Becca will be releasing chapters at a time on their website and you can catch up by clicking on this link or the image below.

 
Also, big huge thanks to Zephyrine for translating, you can now read the Hungarian version by visiting Hidden World Magazin!!  Chapter One and Chapter Two are now available in Hungarian for your reading pleasure!

 
Oooo! And I want to share this post with you!  It's so awesome I could cry!!  Kaina from These Flying Pages YA Book Review Blog has created a fantastic top 10 list of reasons why you need to read the Addicted series.  THANKS SO MUCH KAINA!  You've said some things that even I have a difficult time expressing and putting into words!  I am seriously fangirling over your fangirling!!

Okay!  So last Friday, we had another epic Twitter party!  And guess who decided to grace us with his presence?  None other than Connor (the King) Cobalt!  Yes, he is finally alive on Twitter all you die hard Coballoway fans!!  His username isn't the official one from the books (sadly, that username is still taken), but it's definitely him through and through!  Go forth and follow him, @_ConnorCobalt!!!  His first tweet is so him and his banter with Rose has me on cloud 9!

Last but not least, here's your last chance to enter Krista & Becca's Second Chance Giveaway!  You could win the entire Addicted series set signed by Krista & Becca.  That's 8 books total!

This is a giveaway you don't want to miss!!  That's all my news for today.  Till next time!

Twitter Party this Friday!

HEY FIZZLE FORCE!  Join us this Friday, July 10th, for another epic Twitter Party at 6PM EST.  The Twitter Party is in honor of Krista & Becca releasing part one in the Willow + Garrison web series, WHATEVER IT TAKES.

graphic by Jae

The twins and Addicted characters will be present!

If you have any specific questions about the web series or Garrison & Willow (a.k.a. Garlow), please tweet them to Krista & Becca as the character accounts won't be able to answer those kinds of questions.

We'll be giving away one signed character dreamcast poster (http://bit.ly/1HMTlSl) during the event!

To be entered, you just have to:

1.  Tweet the following message:
   
   'Get addicted to Whatever It Takes -- a character-driven story about love, family and self discovery! http://kbritchie.com/web-series.html', OR


2. Tweet your favorite line/quote from WIT, OR
3. Tweet a WIT teaser

Be sure to include ‪#‎Addicted2WIT‬ to all your tweets including the giveaway tweets!

If you are a member of Krista & Becca's Fizzle Force group on Facebook, you can view the announcement HERE.

If you're not yet a member, you can join the group by clicking on this link --> Krista & Becca Ritchie's Fizzle Force 

 FIZZLE OUT!!