Welcome to The Warrior Blog Tour. This is the last book of the Dante Walker Trilogy. It has been a fun ride and I am sad to see it end. I have already read The Warrior but I am going to post my review after the tour is over. So for now enjoy the book excerpt and giveaway below.
Book Title: The Warrior
Series: Dante Walker
Author: Victoria Scott
Genre: YA, Paranormal
Dante Walker is flippin’ awesome, and he knows it. His good looks, killer charm, and stellar confidence have made him one of Hell’s best—a soul collector. His job is simple: weed through humanity and label those round rears with a big red good or bad stamp. Old Saint Nick gets the good guys, and he gets the fun ones. Bag-and-tag.
Spinning around, I find Charlie standing against the bathroom doorframe. Here is the girl who will save us all. The girl destined to fight in this battle alongside Aspen and whose charity will usher in Trelvator—a hundred years of peace on earth. Blond hair spills over her shoulders, framing a heart-shaped face. Her skin is porcelain, her smile is bottled sunshine, and her body is sick in a good way. She is perfect.
She’s perfect because I made her that way, because I talked her into signing a contract in which she traded her soul for beauty. Even though I’ve fought to change the person I am, the person who did that to her, I’m still a demon at heart. Big Guy may be Lord of the Heavens, and I may have gold dragon wrapped around my ankle, marking me as a liberator, but inside, deep down, a demon growls.
Sometimes I still feel the old cuff around my ankle.
The one I wore as head collector.
Charlie wraps her arms around my waist, and her fingers clutch my back. My armor falls away in an instant, and I’m no longer what I was a moment before. Now I’m sharp eyes for watching her, and broad shoulders for easing her worries, and strong hands for holding her tight.
“Are you ready?” I whisper against the crown of her head.
“Yes,” she answers. “I’m excited.”
I doubt that’s entirely true. Cancer ate her Grams until nothing remained. Aspen, my first assignment as a liberator, gave her body and soul to Rector, to hell, so that I could escape with Charlie’s soul. Only after I surfaced from the mouth of Hades with what turned out to be my soul did we learn that Charlie and Aspen were the savior and soldier we needed to win the war. So, yeah, I think Charlie may not be as excited as she claims.
Then again, I’ve pulled out all the stops tonight. Dinner by candlelight, food made by my own hand, and me as company. Pow! Charlie’s mind may be filled with sorrow, but soon, it’ll be filled with the awesome that is Dante Walker planning a date. In a Hive. Of angels planning for war. But whatev. It’ll still be better than bacon, which is serious.
I tilt her head up and move my mouth close to hers. Then I speak so that our lips brush against each another. “I’m going to make you forget.”
“Forget?” she says, confusion lilting her voice.
“Yeah, I want you to be with me tonight. No thoughts of what lies outside these walls.”
Everywhere, sirens.
Humans who work for demons, who want to steal Charlie away.
“I can forget,” she answers. “If you hold onto me, I can do it.”
I wrap my hands around her cheeks and press my mouth to hers. Her head falls back, and she mimics the movements of my lips. The warmth of her, the feel of her tongue, washes over me. It makes my heart feel like a missile.
Her hands climb higher up my spine, over the dragon tattoo covering my back. Her chest grazes against me, and her hips connect with mine. For a moment, I contemplate killing the date idea and carrying her back to my bedroom. Yes, there is impending war. Yes, the girl I think of as a sister is in hell. But blood still burns through my body, and right now—always—it burns for Charlie.
“What are we having?” she mutters, breaking our kiss. “I guess I am hungry.”
“We’re about to have each other. Screw food.”
Author BioVictoria Scott is a teen fiction writer represented by Sara Crowe of the Harvey-Klinger Literary Agency. She’s the author of the FIRE & FLOOD series published by Scholastic, and the DANTE WALKER trilogy published by Entangled Teen. Her books have been bought and translated in eleven foreign markets including the UK, Turkey, China, Poland, Israel, Germany, Australia, Brazil, Taiwan, New Zealand, and the Netherlands.
lindalou
Oh my! Love the cover and the excerpt rocks!
Jennifer Bielman
The cover is pretty bomb!
Livia @ Butterfly-o-Meter Books
Waaaaaait a minute, this is YA? And they’re having each other? Well, I need to read more YA I’m thinking :))
Awesome excerpt, thanks for sharing!
Jennifer Bielman
Hahaha, I know, right!
Chene Sterckx
Oooh this one sounds like a good one! What a gorgeous cover and I loved the Excerpt 🙂
Chanzie @ Mean Who You Are.
Jennifer Bielman
The first two books were good!
Melliane
I love the cover, it sounds like a really interesting book. Thanks for sharing!
I’m following you on bloglovin!
Jennifer Bielman
Awesome, thanks
Jenea Whittington
Thanks for sharing the excerpt.
Braine TS
Curious about this, the only YA-MALE POV that I read and follow is Kenyon’s Chronicles of Nick, it looks like this is just as good
Jennifer Bielman
Very true, you rarely see YA with male POV. And Dante is effing amazing as an MC.
Bookworm Brandee
Man, I can’t wait to read this! 🙂
Jennifer Bielman
Wait until my review.
kimbacaffeinate
This sounds good of course I have book one in my tbr pile.
Jennifer Bielman
Book one is soooooooo good.
Mia Searles
Hey Jen!
I’ve been wanting to read this series since the first book came out, but never got around to it. Summer is right around the corner, so I think this will be a perfect series to check out. Can’t wait to read your review to see how you liked The Warrior. I’ll be stopping back soon. Entered the giveaway!
Mia @ The Muses Circle
Jennifer Bielman
The first book was the best one. Wait for my review of this one though.
Sharon ObsessionwithBooks
A great excerpt! I just finished this book and enjoyed it.
Jennifer Bielman
Awesome. It seems like most people like it.
Christy @ Love of Books
I read the first book and liked it, but still haven’t read the 2nd book. I hope there is a lot more Max though.
Jennifer Bielman
Honestly, the series does not get better.
Jaclyn Canada
I am waiting for the review. Thank you so much for the excerpt! Jaclyn @ JC’s Book Haven.
Jennifer Bielman
Yes, definitely wait.
Lily B
oh wow mm thank you for sharing 😀
Kelly Huffman
I love Dante – the other stories are fantastic and I know this one will be as well!
Olivia-Savannah
I also saw you posted a review of this and it does sound interesting. I am not sure it’s the type of thing I want to read, but you did make it sound very appealing :3
Jennifer Bielman
🙂 Thanks!