{"id":21160,"date":"2022-12-17T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/?p=21160"},"modified":"2022-12-16T16:48:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T21:48:27","slug":"blog-tour-the-lords-of-night-by-j-c-cervantes-excerpt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/blog-tour-the-lords-of-night-by-j-c-cervantes-excerpt\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Tour: The Lords of Night by J.C. Cervantes (Excerpt!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ubb-blog-tour-banner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockstarbooktours.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/the-lords-of-night-tour-banner.png\" alt=\"Blog Tour: The Lords of Night by J.C. Cervantes (Excerpt!)\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happy Saturday and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for THE LORDS OF NIGHT by J.C. Cervantes! I&#8217;m so excited because today I have an excerpt of the book to share with you! This book is truly amazing and I&#8217;m so excited to for you to find out more about it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/December-2022-Dividers.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/December-2022-Dividers.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/December-2022-Dividers-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/December-2022-Dividers-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/the-lords-of-night-cover.png\" alt=\"Blog Tour: The Lords of Night by J.C. Cervantes (Excerpt!)\" title=\"Blog Tour: The Lords of Night by J.C. Cervantes (Excerpt!)\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignleft\"><strong>The Lords of Night<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/authors\/j-c-cervantes\/\">J.C. Cervantes<\/a> <br><strong>Series:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/series\/shadow-bruja\/\">Shadow Bruja #1<\/a> <br><strong>Published on<\/strong>  October 4, 2022 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/publishers\/rick-riordan-presents\/\">Rick Riordan Presents<\/a> <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/fantasy\/\">Fantasy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/middle-grade\/\">Middle Grade<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/mythology\/\">Mythology<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/retellings\/\">Retellings<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 320 <br><strong>Add to <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/60382877-the-lords-of-night\" target=\"_blank\">Goodreads<\/a> <br><strong>Author Links:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/jccervantes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jencerv\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jennifercervanteswriter\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/16948228.J_C_Cervantes\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/authorjcervantes\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Instagram<\/a> <br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p>Fourteen-year-old Renata Santiago is the most powerful godborn of them all, a bruja with a unique combination of DNA. The Mexica blood from her dad's side gives her the ability to manipulate shadows. Her mom Pacific, a Maya goddess, gifted her a magical rope that controls time, and Ren recently used it to save a few gods from getting stuck forever in 1987. She brought them back to the present, but her BFF Ah Puch, the once fearsome god of death, darkness, and destruction, is now a teenager with no divine powers.<br \/>\nRen is also a girl with ordinary hopes and dreams. She wishes, for example, that her blog about alien sightings would garner more respect. She's always been absolutely convinced that there's a connection between aliens and the Maya civilization. Plenty of online haters feel differently, and they call her a fake, a liar, and a loser.<br \/>\nWhen Ren receives an email about an alien sighting in Kansas, she thinks it may support her theory. She also suspects that the cinco--five renegade godborns--are up to no good. Soon she finds herself embroiled in a quest to prevent the troublemakers from awakening the nine Aztec Lords of Night. Problem is, none of Ren's friends are available to help her hunt down the cinco and the dangerous gods they are resurrecting. Ren has no choice but to team up with two strangers recruited by Ah Puch: Edison, a teen hybrid demon, and Montero, an eleven-year-old Aztec hunter. Succeeding in this quest will prove that Ren is no fake, liar, or loser. But it isn't just another challenge. It could well be an impossible one that leaves Ren questioning her very existence.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2022-12-17T11:00:00+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"\\nHappy Saturday and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for THE LORDS OF NIGHT by J.C. Cervantes! I'm so excited because today I have an excerpt of the book to share with you! 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She didn\u2019t know how her shadow magic worked, or even where it came from. Only that it was there, deep in her blood and bones, and maybe even deeper than that.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But to understand everything, it\u2019s important to go all the way back to the <em>sort of <\/em>beginning.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It started like this.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There she was, all cuddled up on her bed with her weighted blanket, reading a book about Maya gods and magic and curses and some overly dramatic kid named Zane Obispo. She didn\u2019t want the story to end, but it was inevitable. The end always comes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ren was just about to close the book when the last words on the last page started to glow a greenish gold. She blinked over and over, thinking\u2014hoping\u2014she could pretend the iridescent glow wasn\u2019t really there. No such luck.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Someday when you least expect it, the magic will call to you. <\/em>Then, like the need for breath, Ren had a sudden urge to say the words out loud. \u201cThe magic will call to me . . .\u201d At first nothing happened. But then, four minutes and fifteen sighs later, a familiar tune being played on viola rushed from the kitchen, down the hall, and under Ren\u2019s closed bedroom door.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ren\u2019s heart ballooned so big and so fast she thought it was entirely possible it might explode. This wasn\u2019t just any song\u2014it was her dad\u2019s favorite, and he had written it especially for her. But that was impossible! He had died six years earlier and been buried with his beloved instrument.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jagged stripes of lightning flashed outside. Anyone paying half attention would have thought an electrical storm was approaching. They weren\u2019t unusual in Galveston, Texas. Something indeed was approaching.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The music grew faster, louder, more urgent. Ren was sure now. The melody was definitely coming from her father\u2019s viola, the one that creaked when he played it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In that first moment of panic, Ren wondered if she could take the words back, unsay them. <em>Maybe if I repeat them backward . . . <\/em>she thought just as another blinding white light flashed across the night sky.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then came the scratching on the pitched roof. Her mind immediately conjured the image of a corpse trying to claw its way out of a wood coffin. Not that she would know firsthand what that looked like, but she had, regrettably, watched too many zombie movies in her thirteen years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ren knew the drill. She had practiced for this exact moment. She threw off her blanket, swung her legs over the side of the bed, and tugged on her red cowboy boots.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just as she opened her bedroom door, her abuelo appeared in the hall. His gray hair was sticking up all over like a storm cloud. \u201cIt\u2019s happening.\u201d His low voice carried a strange tone that sent a shudder down Ren\u2019s spine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>There will come a day when your shadow magic is discovered<\/em>, her abuelo had told her. <em>On that day you will have to leave. To run. To hide.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ren felt sick. Had she done this? Just by saying those words? <em>But it\u2019s just a book. <\/em>A book still in her grasp.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ren was breathing heavily now. \u201cDo you hear Pap\u00e1\u2019s music, too? It\u2019s my song!\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abuelo shook his head, his eyes roving the ceiling. \u201cMira,\u201d he whispered, \u201cwe are going to get in the car very quietly just like we\u2019ve practiced. \u00bfMe escuchas? And we are going to follow the music. Your music.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was no time for arguing or explaining, no time to grab her laptop with her alien blog articles or even change out of her spaceship-patterned pajamas before her grandpa nudged her into the garage and into the car.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The music got even louder.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of using the remote control, Abuelo manually opened the garage door, slowly, carefully\u2014each inch a lifetime. Lighting flashed again. A terrible growl clung to the night air.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rain began to plummet from the sky as her grandfather slipped inside the car. He pulled the little Honda out gradually, checking the side mirrors every two seconds.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAbuelo . . .\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cShh . . .\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was the dead of night. There was no traffic, no people, no life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rain came harder. The lightning flashed so bright it could\u2019ve blinded the sun.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTell me which way the music wants you to go.\u201d Abuelo wiped his forehead with the back of his hand.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ren hesitated, not trusting herself with something so big. What if she picked wrong? But no way would her dad let her down when she was running for her life. She took a deep breath, tuning her ears to the instrument playing so clearly. \u201cTurn right.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abuelo hooked a hard right, not bothering to slow down at the stop sign. \u201cI know you can\u2019t control the shadows yet.\u201d He pulled in a long, ragged breath. \u201cBut that will change.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your power will grow.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut where am I supposed to hide? And for how long?\u201d Ren thought these were excellent questions since their drills had never covered this part.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Thlunk! <\/em>Dark glossy wings spread across the length of the windshield.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ren screamed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abuelo slammed the brakes. The Honda skidded and spun one hundred and eighty degrees, flinging the winged creature into the air.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What was that? Ren wondered. A huge bird? A massive bat? She white-knuckled the dashboard.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou must stay calm,\u201d Abuelo said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Calm?! <\/em>He wanted her to stay calm? How could she? Except that they both knew what could happen if she didn\u2019t. Stress usually sent her into one of her absence seizures, and the last thing she needed right now was to pass out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTurn left,\u201d she commanded.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abuelo pressed his foot to the pedal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A terrible snarl reverberated across the night.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Don\u2019t look. Don\u2019t look. Don\u2019t look<\/em>, she told herself. The moonlit bay came into view. Ren realized what was happening. \u201cThe music\u2014Papa\u2019s leading us to the water.\u201d This was definitely not going to turn out okay.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOf course,\u201d Abuelo whispered. \u201cCan you try to bring the shadows now? To slow down those . . . creatures?\u201d <em>\u00bfEn serio? I can barely breathe! <\/em>But Ren clenched her hands into fists anyway, because what choice did she have? She closed her eyes and focused, nearly popping a blood vessel in her forehead. It was no use.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Less than a minute later, Ren and her grandfather had bolted from the car and were rushing down a dock. The rain had slowed to a sprinkle, but the black wings . . .Ren could sense them drawing closer. The music was rising, growing louder with every step she took.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suddenly, the melody stopped, forcing Ren to a grinding halt, too. She looked down at a dinghy knocking against the pier. She knew the answer before she asked the question. And all she could think was <em>This is a dreadful escape vessel! Couldn\u2019t I have a yacht instead?&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u00bfEso es todo?\u201d Abuelo wrinkled his nose.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ren nodded as tears pricked her eyes. \u201cThere aren\u2019t even any oars.\u201d Or a blanket, or food. Or water. She tried not to think of everything that could go wrong\u2014things worse than no food. Things like massive sharks with massive teeth and massive appetites. <em>Why did I have to go and watch Shark Week?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe magic will guide you.\u201d Abuelo\u2019s voice shook. \u201cAnd wherever this boat takes you, you must always remember\u2014\u201d \u201cThat I come from an ancient line of the most powerful shadow brujxs&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>that have ever lived,\u201d Ren finished, wishing she believed that was enough to keep her safe.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou must go, Renata.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She stepped into the boat awkwardly. She could do this. She <em>had <\/em>to do this.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was another growl, deep and hungry. Then, out of nowhere, came a dark hideous fury of claws and wings and shiny black eyes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ren instinctively threw her arms over her head. There was an explosion of shadow. A thick web covered the moaning beasts, trapping them in midair. Ren could feel power pulsing in her fingertips like electricity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The creatures thrashed inside the net of shadow, wailing with rage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cVery impressive,\u201d Abuelo said, managing a proud smile. \u201cI don\u2019t want to leave you, Abuelo!\u201d Ren cried.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was a rushed good-bye, a last embrace, a wet cheek. A promise to reunite.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The boat was swept out of the bay and into the sea as if magic hands were guiding it. A new sheet of shadow hovered protectively over the dinghy, making Ren invisible. She tugged her pajama hood over her head and pulled her knees into her chest, hugging herself and the book. <em>Don\u2019t think about the sharks. <\/em>Her heart beat faster. <em>Or those terrible monsters. <\/em>Her pulse started racing. <em>Or where I\u2019m going. <\/em>Her pulse was definitely off the charts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>No. Not now. No stress. Not now.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I need to stay awake. I need to\u2014&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The world went black.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The boat slipped across the water, in the direction of Renata Santiago\u2019s destiny. And although her body was in it, her mind wasn\u2019t. It escaped to a place of splendor, with pink and purple and silver skies. A jade crown on a silken pillow. This wasn\u2019t a dream\u2014it was a memory hiding in her heart.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A memory she didn\u2019t know and wouldn\u2019t recall until more than a year later.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/December-2022-Dividers.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/December-2022-Dividers.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/December-2022-Dividers-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/December-2022-Dividers-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/About-the-Author-Winter-2022.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/About-the-Author-Winter-2022.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/About-the-Author-Winter-2022-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/About-the-Author-Winter-2022-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ubb-about-author\"><h3>About J.C. Cervantes<\/h3><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/jc-cervantes-350x350.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignleft ubb-about-author-photo\"><p>J.C. is a New York Times best-selling author of books for children and young adults. Her books have appeared on national lists, including the American Booksellers Association New Voices, Barnes and Noble\u2019s Best Young Reader Books, as well as Amazon\u2019s Best Books of the Month. She has earned multiple awards and recognitions, including the New Mexico Book Award, the Zia Book Award, and most recently the 2021 New Mexico Land of Enchantment Readers\u2019 Choice Award.<\/p>\n<p>She currently resides in the Land of Enchantment with her family, three spoiled dogs, and a lifetime collection of books. But she keeps part of her heart in Southern California, where she was born and raised. When she isn\u2019t writing she is haunting bookstores and searching for magic in all corners of the world.<\/p>\n<p>Her work is represented by Holly Root at Root Literary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ubb-author-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jccervantes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jencerv\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jennifercervanteswriter\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/16948228.J_C_Cervantes\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/authorjcervantes\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Instagram<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/December-2022-Dividers.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/December-2022-Dividers.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/December-2022-Dividers-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/December-2022-Dividers-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Follow-the-Blog-Tour-Winter-2022.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Follow-the-Blog-Tour-Winter-2022.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Follow-the-Blog-Tour-Winter-2022-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Follow-the-Blog-Tour-Winter-2022-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jazzybookreviews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Dream Within A Dream<\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/meetcuteromancebooks\/\" target=\"_blank\">meetcute romance books<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/yabookscentral.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YA Books Central<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/themommaspot.home.blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Momma Spot<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/t\/ZTRjUmE5S\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wandering Witch Reads<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/yabooknerd.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YA Book Nerd<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eyerollingdemigod.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eye-Rolling Demigod&#8217;s Book Blog<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/booksaremagictoo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Books Are Magic Too<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jacleomik33\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">jacleomik33<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/thebookwyrmsden.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Bookwyrm&#8217;s Den<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/nonbinaryknight-reads.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nonbinary Knight Reads<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ohyouread\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oh You Read<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/abackwardsstory.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Backwards Story<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/travelersguidetobooks?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Traveler&#8217;s Guide to Books<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/jeff_of_allmedia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jeff of All Media<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/GryffindorBookishNerd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gryffindor Bookish Nerd<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/themoonphoenix788811600.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Moon Phoenix<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/cheriecolyer.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blog. 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Have you added it to your tbr yet? Let me know in the comments and have a splendiferous day!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Winter-2022-Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Winter-2022-Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Winter-2022-Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Winter-2022-Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Winter-2022-Kait-Plus-Books-Signature.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Saturday and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for THE LORDS OF NIGHT by J.C. 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This book is truly amazing and I&#8217;m so excited to for you to find out more about it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[484,1001],"tags":[537,4439,651,4445,462,538,4446,4444],"reading-challenges":[],"class_list":["post-21160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-tours","category-excerpt","tag-blog-tour","tag-december-2022","tag-excerpt","tag-j-c-cervantes","tag-kait-plus-books","tag-rockstar-book-tours","tag-shadow-bruja","tag-the-lords-of-night","book-author-j-c-cervantes","book-series-shadow-bruja","book-publisher-rick-riordan-presents","book-genre-fantasy","book-genre-middle-grade","book-genre-mythology","book-genre-retellings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/The-Lords-of-Night-Featured-Image.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21160"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21167,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21160\/revisions\/21167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21160"},{"taxonomy":"reading-challenges","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-challenges?post=21160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}