We’ve got a special treat today, Pretties! We were beyond thrilled when we were invited to participate in the blog tour for Cecelia Ahern’s smash hit, Flawed. We got to sit down and chat a bit with the main character, Celestine,, and we have an amazing giveaway to share with you. First, here’s the 411 on Flawed by Cecelia Ahern:
***About the Book***
Flawed by Cecelia Ahern Series: Flawed #1
Published by Feiwel & Friends on April 5, 2016
Genres: Dystopian
Pages: 368
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You will be punished…
Celestine North lives a perfect life. She’s a model daughter and sister, she’s well-liked by her classmates and teachers, and she’s dating the impossibly charming Art Crevan.
But then Celestine encounters a situation where she makes an instinctive decision. She breaks a rule and now faces life-changing repercussions. She could be imprisoned. She could be branded. She could be found flawed.
In her breathtaking young adult debut, bestselling author Cecelia Ahern depicts a society where perfection is paramount and flaws lead to punishment. And where one young woman decides to take a stand that could cost her everything.
***INTERVIEW***
No I don’t consider myself a rule breaker, I’m a bit of a goody two shoes when it comes to actual legal laws. I’d never break them. However when it comes to society’s rules, I think people should find their own path, we are all different, think differently and we should find our own ways of doing things, as long as we’re not hurting anybody else. Kindness is key. I think that our society has lost its compassion and instead of hardening our hearts to people who are different and creating division, empathy could bring us all together. Empathy can lead to compromise and understanding.
He was an old man who reminded me of my granddad. He was coughing, he needed help and the seats that were designated for him were being sat in by two non flawed. It simply wasn’t fair. It felt wrong. It hurt my heart, it frustrated and confused me. Why was nobody else reacting? Was the old man invisible? No person should ever be invisible. It was illogical. I saw a problem and knew the solution. Simple as that.
Never. It may have shattered my world but it was put together again the way it should be, and I am a better person for it.
I used to be their greatest supporter. I believed that their rules helped society, that what they were doing was a positive thing to protect our country from economic recession, and mayhem. But now I realise though they were trying to help us, the Guild were going about in the wrong way. They were addicted to their power, and they abused their power for their own gain. They went above their station and removed people who were threats; those who were not a threat to society but a threat to the Guild’s positions.
They are right. We are different to them.
We’ve made mistakes and have suffered for those mistakes and because of that, we’ve learned. As a result we are wiser, we have a clearer understanding of ourselves, we have evolved, and are stronger better versions of ourselves. To err is human. To be human is to be Flawed.
***About Cecelia Ahern***
Cecelia Ahern was born on September 30, 1981 in Dublin, Ireland. She is the daughter of the former Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. On 14th December 2009 it was announced that Cecelia had given birth to her first child with partner David Keoghan, a girl named Robin. She was secretly married on 11 June 2010 in County Kildare, Ireland. Her older sister, Georgina Ahern is married to Nicky Byrne of Irish pop group Westlife. Cecelia was a member of the Irish pop group Shimma who finished third in the Irish national for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2000. She attended Griffith College Dublin and obtained a degree in Journalism and Media Communications.
Cecelia Ahern wrote her first novel, PS. I Love You when she was twenty-one. It was published in 2004, the number 1 bestseller in Ireland for 19 weeks and sold in over forty countries. The book was adapted as a motion picture directed by Richard LaGravenese and starring Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler and released in 2007 in the United States.
Her second book, Where Rainbows End (US title: Love, Rosie or Rosie Dunne) won the German CORINE Award in 2005. She contributed with short stories to charity books and is also the co-creator and producer of the ABC comedy Samantha Who?.
Her other works include If You Could See Me Now (US title: A Silver Lining), A Place Called Here (US title: There’s No Place Like Here), Thanks for the Memories (US title: Desire Lines), and The Gift The Book of Tomorrow.
***GIVEAWAY***
(US/Canada only)
Good luck and don’t forget to check out the other stops on the blog tour for Flawed by Cecelia Ahern:
- April 5 – Nite Lite Book Reviews (US)
- April 5 – Two Chicks on Books (US)
- April 5 – Green Bean Teen Queen (US)
- April 5 – Luna’s Little Library (UK)
- April 5 – Writing.ie (Ireland)
- April 5 – Overflowing Library (UK)
- April 6 – Icey Books (US)
- April 6 – Supernatural Snark (US)
- April 6 – Paper Cuts Blog (US)
- April 6 – Serendipity Reviews (UK)
- April 6 – Bleach House Library (Ireland)
- April 6 – Bart’s Bookshelf (UK)
- April 7 – Forever Young Adult (US)
- April 7 – Bumbles and Fairytales (US)
- April 7 – Rainy Day Ramblings (US)
- April 7 – Swoony Boys Podcast (US)
- April 7 – A Daydreamer’s Thoughts (UK)
- April 7 – The Bibliomaniac (UK)
- April 7 – Kirstyes (UK)
- April 7 – Wrath Queen’s Books (UK)
I really love Defiance by C.J. Redwine. It’s really a dystopian/fantasy but Rachel + Logan are my OTP. 🙂
One of my favorite dystopian books is the entire Shatter Me series!
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld is my favorite.
Lovely blog! Lovely post of a wonderful author!
I enjoyed reading the Divergent series.
I love The Queen of the Tearling series by Erika Johansen!
So many good ones out there. Recently, I read the Legend series by Marie Lu, and it was incredible. Loved it!
W/out a doubt Battle Royale by Koushun Takami!!!
I’m a fan of the Divergent series.
I totally love The Legend by Marie Lu. June & Day feels. Ugggh.
Loved the Shatter Me and Legend trilogy. So swoon worthy.
I’m really excited about this book- the premise is really interesting to me! Modern Day Scarlet Letter of sorts. Hope I win!