Sanctum: Malachi's Journal Entries and Giveaway

Hello readers.  You may have remembered that I read and loved Sanctum by Sarah Fine. So I'm so thrilled that Sarah invited The Readers Den to be part of this awesome event for Sanctum.  We get to read TEN Journal Entries from Malachi! He's one of my favorite male fictional characters.  I drooled and swooned over him during my entire read, so I'm so excited to get more insight into his mind. Be sure to scroll down for a list of the other participating blogs to get the other journal entries, and remember to fill in the rafflecopter for a chance to win Sanctum along with some awesome swag!

Book Description: "My plan: Get into the city. Get Nadia. Find a way out. Simple."

A week ago, seventeen-year-old Lela Santos’s best friend, Nadia, killed herself. Today, thanks to a farewell ritual gone awry, Lela is standing in paradise, looking upon a vast gated city in the distance – hell. No one willingly walks through the Suicide Gates, into a place smothered in darkness and infested with depraved creatures. But Lela isn’t just anyone – she’s determined to save her best friend’s soul, even if it means sacrificing her eternal afterlife.

As Lela struggles to find Nadia, she’s captured by the Guards, enormous, not-quite-human creatures that patrol the dark city’s endless streets. Their all-too human leader, Malachi, is unlike them in every way except one: his deadly efficiency. When he meets Lela, Malachi forms his own plan: get her out of the city, even if it means she must leave Nadia behind. Malachi knows something Lela doesn’t – the dark city isn’t the worst place Lela could end up, and he will stop at nothing to keep her from that fate.

 

A quote from SANCTUM:  

"Malachi’s quarters had no windows, no decorations. His room was just like everything else about him—nothing unnecessary, nothing wasted. His narrow cot rested in a corner, right next to something that looked like a hat rack. He walked straight to it and hung his bloody, stained armor over it. A small desk stood across from the rack, but the only things that sat upon it were a fountain pen and a single book, like some kind of journal. Neatly stacked in a corner rose a tower of identical books as tall as I was. A lot of journals."

 

If you want to get to know someone, reading his journal is the way to do it (though you should probably ask permission first). Malachi is no exception: his journals contain his thoughts, hopes, fears, plans, and adventures during his time in the dark city. Starting today, excerpts will post regularly throughout the publication of the Guards of the Shadowlands series at www.guardsoftheshadowlands.tumblr.com, but to get things started, you can read excerpts from Malachi's first ten days as a Guard NOW. And you can enter to win one of ten SANCTUM swag packs, which include an exclusive bonus scene from Malachi's point-of-view!  

Now here is DAY TWO from Malachi's Journal:

Day 2: Philip has hair the color of muddy straw and a deep, slow way of speaking. The problem: I don't understand a word he's saying. He makes reassuring gestures, but there are knives strapped around his thighs and a baton at his belt. I tried to take both from him, but it turns out he's faster than the enormous Guards I took down before. I probably shouldn't have attacked him. It made him spill the soup he brought me, and it is now puddled on the floor. I am so hungry that I'm ready to lick what remains of it from the stones. I will never be strong enough to escape if I don't eat. 

Bio: Sarah Fine was born on the West Coast, raised in the Midwest, and is now firmly entrenched on the East Coast, where she lives with her husband and two children. When she's not writing, she's working as a child psychologist. No, she is not psychoanalyzing you right now.

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Journal Schedule:

December 6th:                                                                 
Day 1: Lili's Reflections                Day 7: Paperback Princess
Day 2: The Readers Den               Day 8: Collections
Day 3: Rainy Day Ramblings          December 7th:
Day 4: Ivy Book Bindings               Day 9: Love of Books
Day 5: The Nocturnal Library        December 14th:
Day 6: Bookitty Blog                     Day 10: My Guilty Obsession


Now here's the good part.   We have graciously been provided a copy of Sanctum to giveaway which includes swag and a bonus POV from Malachi!! Yay! Each site has their own giveaway so be sure and visit them all.  You must be 14 years of age or older to enter the giveaway.  The giveaway is INTERNATIONAL so fill out the rafflecopter below for a chance to win!

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