Elizabeth Scott Week and GIVEAWAY

I *adore* Elizabeth Scott

She is one of my absolute favourite comfort read authors. I have often wondered what it is about her books that are so appealing to me. Here's some reasons why she's awesome:

She writes authentically for teens. She captures the teen voice so well and is never derivative or preachy. Her books are not bogged down by extended metaphors or "lessons". She's seamless and subtle in her approach.

Reading her books are such an effortless experience (okay ~ so maybe Living Dead Girl and Grace are a bit harrowing). I know I can sink and relax. Her prose is uncomplicated and breezy. She's funny ~ often snappy dialogue and gorgeous insights to different personality types.

She's diverse (which is making this list hard to do as some of her books are hilarious but others are tender and serious... moving on...) She can be nostalgic, whimsical, intense, heart-broken, funny, startling and ache-y. All of her books are unique to each other. She does not use a formula or have a signature pattern ~ it's refreshing and astonishing (I do not know many authors who showcase this same diversity with such ease and finesse)

Her books hold-up to the re-read test (you know when you read a book and love it but then on the re-read it's decidedly not so awesome?). In fact, I have lost count of the number of times I have picked up certain books of hers off my shelf and curled up and sought out my favourite passages ~ often ending up re-reading the whole book.

Her BOYS. Okay ~ SWOON. Gosh ~ my top literary crush list is peppered with Scott boys. Some of them win over my heart with just a few adept lines when they are introduced. She does not cheat when creating her love interests by making them the standard HOT boy. They are nuanced and not perfect and not OMG dazzling to look at ~ but much hotter in my mind than other characters who authors make look perfect.

There is probably more I could say. But you don't need an essay to tell that I love her :)

Really, I just love sinking into her books. Good good times ~ and a little bundle of her books have made it onto my favourites shelf for different reasons. My top 3 so far are:

STEALING HEAVEN is my absolute favourite of hers

It's gorgeous and swoon-y and ache-y and pretty much just entirely perfect. 

If you love contemporary YA you should ABSOLUTELY read it.

So here's your chance :)

Open internationally via The Book Depository

I am giving away one copy of my fave Elizabeth Scott book 'Stealing Heaven'

Open one week (until the end of May)
~ fill in the form below :)

Elizabeth Scott's Bibliography (As I Wake will be out Sept 2011)

German edition of Stealing Heaven :D