A Month of Treats! Interview with author Sarah Beth Durst & a giveaway

It's week two of a Month of Treats, co-hosted with my friend Julie from My 5 Monkey's!

It's VAMPIRE WEEK! Julie had part one of our interview with Drink, Slay, Love author Sarah Beth Durst. Today I have part two and a vampire themed giveaway! I am dying to read this one. Vampires and heart stabbing, sparkly unicorns!! WIN!

Pearl is a sixteen-year-old vampire, fond of blood, allergic to sunlight, and mostly evil... until the night a sparkly unicorn stabs her through the heart with his horn. Oops.

Her family thinks she was attacked by a vampire hunter (because, obviously, unicorns don't exist). They're shocked she survived. They're even more shocked when Pearl discovers she can now withstand the sun. But they quickly find a way to make use of her new talent. The Vampire King of New England has chosen Pearl's family to host his feast. If Pearl enrolls in high school, she can make lots of human friends and lure them to the king's feast -- as the entrees.

The only problem? Pearl's starting to feel the twinges of a conscience. How can she serve up her new friends -- especially the cute guy who makes her fangs ache -- to be slaughtered? Then again, she's definitely dead if she lets down her family. What's a sunlight-loving vamp to do? 

(YA, Simon & Schuster)

Welcome to For What It's Worth Sarah!

Karen: What is your best, worst or funniest costume you've ever worn?
Sara: I used to agonize over what to be every year. Yet one year, I inexplicably ended up decorating a large box and going as a robot. This would have been fine, except that I tried to trick-or-treat with the big kids, followed them into the woods, and got wedged in between branches.

K: It's the end of the world. Who would you prefer to battle against? Witches, zombies, werewolves, vampires or ghosts?

S: Ghosts. Being noncorporeal, they would be unable to pick up weaponry and also be remarkably ineffectual at martial arts. I'd just put in ear plugs to block out the boo-ing.

K: What paranormal creature would you want on your side during the battle?

S: Witches, because they could exorcize the ghosts. Besides, vampires and werewolves would be far too likely to eat me if they felt peckish.

K: What is your favorite thing about Halloween and the fall season?

S: Cliched as it sounds, I love the leaves. I love the delicate mixture of colors on a single leaf, and I love to see hillsides painted in broad brush strokes of red, gold, and orange.

Karen: I live in FL now and fall is the one thing I miss the most. 

K: Are you dressing up this year. Do you decorate and go all out for the holiday?

S: Some years, I wear wings. Some years, a tail. I think this year will be a wings year. I need more practice flying. :)

Thanks so much for interviewing me!

Karen: Thank you for joining Julie and I for our Month of Treats celebration! Great answers :-)

Sarah Beth Durst is the author of young adult novels Drink, Slay, Love, Enchanted Ivy, and Ice from Simon & Schuster, as well as middle grade novels Into the Wildand Out of the Wild from Penguin Young Readers. She has twice been a finalist for SFWA's Andre Norton Award, for both Ice and Into the Wild.

Find Sarah: Website, Blog, Twitter, Facebook If you only have time to look at one thing read Sarah's FAQ's on her contact page! I was dying laughing...

Buy Drink, Slay, Love! Amazon

**GIVEAWAY TIME**

Enter using the Rafflecopter form below!

Winner chooses from the following selection of vampire books:

Drink, Slay, Love by Sarah Beth Durst (YA)
Bloodlines by Richelle Mead (YA)
Bring on the Night by Jeri Smith-Ready (Adult UF)
One Grave at a Time by Jeaniene Frost (Adult PNR)

Giveaway ends 10/30 All Month of Treats winners announced on 10/31!

Enter the ghost week giveaway HERE