Great Reviews!!!!

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read!, June 29, 2012 By Beth "Mom to Billy & Jake" (Florida) - See all my reviews This review is from: Men of the Cave (Symbol of Hope Series) (Kindle Edition) I finished Men of the Cave today by the pool and it is definately a must read! Great description and action throughout. I loved Kasey and Dion and can't wait to see what comes next! 5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, somebody brings something refreshingly new to this genre, June 29, 2012 By Pearl - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Men of the Cave (Symbol of Hope Series) (Kindle Edition) I debated between giving this book 4 or 5 stars, mainly because there were a few things I would have liked the author to expand on, however, this is a series, so I opted for 5 stars knowing that most of my questions and concerns were likely to be addressed in the upcoming books. This was a very refreshing read, the story was different from most of the other books in this genre. She involved a little of some of the most intriguing mysteries throughout history and of the universe, and spun it in a way as to be the envy of Arachne herself (of course we all know how she ended up). Lately I've been coming across a lot of disappointing reads, books that promise to take an old idea and spin it in a new direction and fail miserably. This book made no such promises but it still succeeded spectacularly. The only mistakes I could find were a few editing mistakes, but that seems to be a common problem amongst the Kindle version of books so I won't hold that against it. All in all, I can't wait for the next books to find out where the author is going to take the story line.   http://www.amazon.com/Cave-Symbol-Hope-Series-ebook/product-reviews/B0083LTJ8W/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

Michelle wrote:

Michelle wrote: "I have only read the few chapters in the preview, but i am hooked!! Its (for me) kinda slow starter but once u hit chap. 3 i was like "o ya whats next"! lol.
I love the brothers and how they co-exest with the regular humans. I was disipointed when i got to the last page of the prewiew it was just getting to the jucie parts, so i am going out to buy it.


Hi Michelle,

Thank you for your comment. I'm thrilled you’re hooked! I would love to read your comments once you're done with the book.

Here's to happy reading,
Marisette

201 likes on Facecbook!

Yea! Men of the Cave has received 201 likes on Facecbook! 266 people have entered to win a copy of Men of the Cave, on Goodreads! 53 people have marked it to read! I am utterly humbled by all the wide spread support and enthusiasm for the book.

More Great News:
The Goodreads group Addicted to YA, has just sent out it's list of possible books the group should read for the month of July, Men of the Cave is on that list. Please go on to the link below to vote for the book. Voting ends June 30th: http://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/67510-what-series-book-should-we-read-for-july

I've been picked as Goodreads Teen Romance August featured Author to review! There will be a Q & A and discussion on Men of the Cave. I'm so excited can't wait.
Here's the link to the group: http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/64137-teen-romance

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Thank you to everyone who is helping make Men of the Cave a success!
Marisette Burgess

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The Goodreads group Addicted to YA has listed, Men of the Cave, as one of the possible books the group should read for July. If you would like Addicted to YA to read Men of the Cave, then please vote for the book. Voting ends June 30th!
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Fan Fiction, what are your thoughts?

My mother recently sent me this article from the Wall Street Journal on Fan Fiction. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303734204577464411825970488.html?mod=WSJ_topics_obama The weird World of Fan Fiction.


  I found the article intriguing enough to blog about it. Fan Fiction is where fans of a book, movie, or TV series take those lovable characters and re-create them into a different world, scenario, or storyline. An entire website exists with millions of stories people have written based off their favorite characters. www.Fanfiction.com


   I think this is hysterical, as a teacher I have been doing fan fiction with the kids and didn't even realize it. Every year I teach my favorite subject fairy tales, folk tales, and fables. The kids of course have to re-write a favorite fairy tale or folk tale into a different and creative storyline. It's an amazing way to teach creative writing by changing the setting, voices, plot, and conflict/ solution from a familiar story.


   The article informs that some authors do not support fan fiction. They feel people are stealing what is theirs.


     Personally, I cannot agree. I think it's great! As a writer myself, I know what it is to be a daydreamer. Often after I finish a book where I have fallen in love with the characters I dream up different storylines, or situations in my head with those same people. It’s a way to fill the void that is left after you finish the book and don’t have those characters in your life anymore. Nobody wants to say goodbye to their favorite characters. Therefore, we keep them fresh with new scenes in our heads. Some folks are writing down those scenes, and sharing them with others. More power to them.


    If it were me, I would be honored  if someone fell in love with the characters in my books so much that they wanted to to use them in their story.


  I'm curious to know what your thoughts and opinions are on fan fiction. Post your comments here:


http://online.wsj.com/video/fan-fiction-breaks-into-the-mainstream/2B44DB88-FA6A-4639-B641-0E862AC34E09.html?KEYWORDS=ALEXANDRA+ALTER

Thanks to the Howl at the Moon group for a great night, and thanks to all my teaching co-workers for coming out to support my reading. You guys are the best!

Last Red Eye Howl? (8 photos)

Men of the Cave, Marisette Burgess

I will be Howling! Stop by to say hi!

    I will be reading a passage from my book, Men of the Cave, at a writer's jam called Howl at the Moon. Stop by if you are looking for a night of music, local literature read by the authors, and fun!
And if you haven't grab a copy of the book yet, I will have copies available for purchase.
Details: June 21st, 7:00pm, Finz Red Eye Café is located at the Fish House Art Gallery
4290 S.E. Salerno Road in Port Salerno, FL.
http://twofins.typepad.com/serena_schreiber/howl.htm

Writers Jam Award-winning and emerging local writers present flash fiction, poetry, comedy and more.
Back to the root of the written word, spoken for entertainment and community.		Third Thursdays of every month, 7:00pm at Finz Red Eye Café in Stuart, Florida
The sailboats sway in the marina behind us while the barkeep keeps our glasses full. Life is good in South Florida.		Finz Red Eye Café is located at the Fish House Art Gallery 4290 S.E. Salerno Road in Port Salerno.

Write, write, write...I love doing this!

Spent my day writing Symbol of Hope yesterday , 5 chapters in! Today I'll work on revising Jar of Pandora. Getting my first feedback's from my trusted readers, so far so good. Some even like it better than Men of the Cave :)

Goodreads will giveaway 4 Books!

Book Giveaway For Men of the Cave

Men of the Cave
byMarisette Burgess (Goodreads Author)

Release date: May 15, 2012

Raised by unorthodox parents, Kasey Reese, 18, has always struggled to be invisible, to not be noticed, to avoid conflict. Running from a recently bro…more

[close] Raised by unorthodox parents, Kasey Reese, 18, has always struggled to be invisible, to not be noticed, to avoid conflict. Running from a recently broken relationship, Kasey flees to
Spain on a scholarship, to restore the comfort she finds in anonymity. Destiny, however, has other plans for her – a life threatening, life altering journey into the supernatural when she meets the men of the cave.

Kasey is introduced to Dion Kleon, a twenty-year-old actor who woos her with his alluring charm. Reluctant to start any kind of romantic fling on her trip, she takes it slow. After witnessing an unexplainable event Dion is obligated to reveal the hidden truths of Earth and the forbidden secrets of his family to Kasey. As she struggles to accept these new revelations, Kasey does what she does best, evades Dion.

Her curiosity into his secretive world is too great. When they discover that
she is a direct descendant of Pandora, she is bound to his world in ways they
cannot imagine. Destiny now places Kasey in a more bizarre world than she
ever fathomed, with an uncertain future. Kasey has no idea that her odyssey is about to begin.
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Giveaway dates: Jun 12-Jul 31, 2012

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@MarisetteBurges YA not my top genre, but this is captivating. SO tired of vampires - you have made a huge contribution to YA fantasy.

Superpower question

Kids/Teens Book Club— Favorite Superpower - what's yours?                                     

"I'm the Author of Men of the Cave. In the book, I have seven brothers all with one superpower each: speed, power to heal others, ability to see the pa...moreI'm the Author of Men of the Cave. In the book, I have seven brothers all with one superpower each: speed, power to heal others, ability to see the past, present, and future, ability to communicate with animals, the ability to leave your body and take on spirit form, and telekinesis. Out of those powers, I would choose telekinesis because my closet is always a mess (Like Dion's room, it's bad) and I would love to be able to sit back and clean it with my mind.

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Book Giveaway For Men of the Cave

Men of the Cave
byMarisette Burgess (Goodreads Author)

Release date: May 15, 2012

Raised by unorthodox parents, Kasey Reese, 18, has always struggled to be invisible, to not be noticed, to avoid conflict. Running from a recently bro…more

[close] Raised by unorthodox parents, Kasey Reese, 18, has always struggled to be invisible, to not be noticed, to avoid conflict. Running from a recently broken relationship, Kasey flees to
Spain on a scholarship, to restore the comfort she finds in anonymity. Destiny, however, has other plans for her – a life threatening, life altering journey into the supernatural when she meets the men of the cave.

Kasey is introduced to Dion Kleon, a twenty-year-old actor who woos her with his alluring charm. Reluctant to start any kind of romantic fling on her trip, she takes it slow. After witnessing an unexplainable event Dion is obligated to reveal the hidden truths of Earth and the forbidden secrets of his family to Kasey. As she struggles to accept these new revelations, Kasey does what she does best, evades Dion.

Her curiosity into his secretive world is too great. When they discover that
she is a direct descendant of Pandora, she is bound to his world in ways they
cannot imagine. Destiny now places Kasey in a more bizarre world than she
ever fathomed, with an uncertain future. Kasey has no idea that her odyssey is about to begin.
[close]

Enter to win

Giveaway dates: Jun 12-Jul 31, 2012

4 copies available,

Countries available: US, CA, and GB more

Countries available:
US, CA, GB, and AU

read on goodreads

Closed to entries in:48 days and 19:10:32

I'm the Featured Author for August

I've been picked as Goodreads Teen Romance August featured Author to review! There will be a Q & A and discussion on Men of the Cave. I'm so excited can't wait.

Here's the link to the group: http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/64137-teen-romance

Goodreads Review by Erika

Men of the Cave
byMarisette Burgess (Goodreads Author)

Erika's review

Jun 09, 12

bookshelves: 2012-releases, may-2012, four-stars, read-in-2012, reviewed, summer-reading-challenge, mythology

Recommended to Erika by: The author

Recommended for: Young Adults

Read from June 06 to 09, 2012

I received this book from the author in e-pub. format.

I'm so glad I read this book. It was unique and once I started reading it I couldn't stop.

Kasey is spending the school year in Spain so that she can avoid her relationship with Teal, her ex-fiance. While in Spain Kasey meets Dion, an immortal with the ability to run extremely fast. It seems that Fate has brought them together because no matter what happens Kasey and Dion always find a way to make everything right between them.

So this book was good, really good. I don't think I normally read books like this because I've been trying to think of a similar book to this but so far I have yet to come up with another book.

The only reason this book didn't get five stars was for only two reasons. In the beginning of the book there is a lot of Spanish and I'm probably not the only person out there that doesn't understand Spanish. I chose to take French instead of Spanish so during the parts in the beginning when almost everyone was speaking Spanish I was kind of lost. But I didn't stay that way for long. After maybe a paragraph or two I could figure out what the person had said before so it wasn't all that bad. My other problem with the book was how Dion acted/talked. As I said before I loved all the characters but the way Dion spoke and acted was strange. I get that he's supposed to be really old because he's immortal but he didn't even try to sound like he was from this century. He was really formal and he sort of acted like a goody two-shoes. The only time he didn't was when he was fighting Sam and defending Kasey.

The good thing is that the good parts of the book far outweighed the parts that I didn't care for. I liked all the Kleon brothers, yes even the "evil" ones. And I really liked Kasey's brother Nolan even though I only got to know him through Kasey's phone calls with him. And how could I forget the lovely family Kasey was staying with? I loved those characters too. I also really enjoyed the story. I really want to know how Kasey is related to Pandora and how the Kleon brothers are going to deal with Sam and James. I also liked how there wasn't really a love triangle and I sort of hope that it stays that way but I feel like there might be a love triangle between Kasey, Dion, and Teal.

Can't wait until the next book!

Top Twenty Best Books Published in May 2012

Thank you for all those votes! Men of the Cave is now in the top twenty Best Books published in May 2012! Yea!

Best books published in May 2012!

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Pam Anderson Connor I just finished Man of the Cave and loved it...I'm in Germany right now and totally bummed, I can't download the next 2 books until I get home! Marisette, these better end the way I want them too :) lol...really enjoying, thanks.