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Today we are excited to welcome Gina Damico who is introducing her debut YA novel; CROAK (available on March 20th from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) about a teen who is sent to live in Croak, a town populated entirely by Grim Reapers.  Julia reviewed CROAK yesterday calling it, “a hysterical parody of YA boarding school genre.” Check out the giveaway below to win a CROAK Prize Pack & let us know your favorite thing about reapers or your favorite reaper book in the comments below.

ATUF: What inspired you to write a YA about Grim Reapers?

GD: The characters of Lex and Uncle Mort just sort of popped into my head one day. I liked the idea of a grim-reaper-in-training, and since her parents probably wouldn't approve of that, it only seemed fair for her to be trained by her wacky uncle. And then of course, I couldn't let her tackle this task all by her lonesome - there had to be more teenagers, each wackier than the last. And before I knew it, the town of Croak had been populated, and a story was born. I really had very little to do with it.

*This title will be released on March 20, 2012*

Title: Croak Author:  Gina Damico Series: Croak #1 Cover Art:  Veer & Carol Chu Genre: Paranormal YA Excerpt: Yes  Source: Netgalley Reviewed by: Julia Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Graphia; March 20, 2012 ISBN-10: 0547608322 ISBN-13: 978-0547608327   Sexual Content: Kissing. Rating: Excellent - Loved it! Buy it now & put this author on your watch list.

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It’s been awhile since we’ve had a cover show up on both the Best and Worst side of our wrap up, but the vibrant SOUL TRADE cover has divided opinions here at ATUF.  Over all, I’d say this is a darker than average crop of covers.  I don’t think I’ve ever wanted to use the adjective “creepy” so much in one post.