VLAD WEEK WINNERS!

MINION PACK WINNERS:

Twitter: @sashamutt, @BookieMonster, @AlxChristeneOMV.

Blogger: Rev. CMOT TMPV, throuthehaze.

MINION HOODIE WINNER:

Angel Young

WIN ELEVENTH GRADE BURNS!

Hey everyone,

I want to thank you all for hanging out with me during VLAD WEEK. We have one very special gift left to giveaway, an autographed copy of Eleventh Grade Burns! However, since we are only giving away ONE copy of the book on the blog we figured why stop there why not just give you the whole first chapter as a special holiday treat!

How to win the book:

You have until MIDNIGHT to leave as many comments on this blog post that you can /and/or/ as many @'s that you can get to @DevynBurton on Twitter. One winner will be randomly selected and announced at 12:30 AM, December 26th!

Don't worry if your comment does not show up on the blog right away, they all have to be approved!

CHAPTER ONE:

A SLAYER'S RESOLVE

The vampire spun around, a wild, unhinged look in his eye. He lunged forward but the slayer skillfully dodged his blow, delivering a hard roundhouse kick to the creature's throat. The vampire fell to the ground, coughing, choking on its own blood. The slayer could have killed the beast a half hour ago. But this wasn't just about ridding the world of another abomination (though that was definitely the end goal). It was about a slayer needing to release some pent up hostility and cleanse himself of all of his clouded thoughts.

Thoughts that were now perfectly clear.

These bloodsucking things could not be trusted. Not even when they donned the mask of a relatively normal teenager. Not even when they claimed to be your friend. Especially when they used their insidious powers to gain your trust and get you to reveal secrets that even those closest to you didn't know. Especially when their name was Vladimir Tod.

Joss was done playing games. With Vlad's face planted firmly in the forefront of his imagination, he slipped the silver-tipped wooden stake from his backpack and approached the vampire on the ground with an eager step. He whispered, "For you, Cecile" and thrust the stake forward, before the beast could draw a single breath. Blood—hot, slick, so deep red that it seemed black in the light of the moon—poured out over his hands. The nameless vampire fell still.

Joss straightened his shoulders, triumphant.

From his backpack, he withdrew a cell phone and hit number two on speed dial. When the voice at the other end answered, he said, "This is Joss. I need a clean-up on the ocean side of Russian Gulch State Park. The target is secure. Am I cleared to move on to my next objective?"

When the voice on the other end answered in the affirmative, Joss hung up the phone. There was no need to continue the conversation. Small talk didn't matter.

All that mattered was that he was going back to Bathory.

And this time, he would walk away with no regrets.

(C) Heather Brewer

XO

Devyn

Are you cold? Need a hoodie?

For some of you it's horribly cold outside, since we do not all have type O blood at our fingertips we are forced to wear the very stylish minion hoodie.

There are very few minion hoodies available and the most loyal minions win them through contests and when they have the chance to meet Auntie Heather in person--even then not everyone has one. I don't even have one myself and I voiced Vlad--it's an honor to own one like I said! ;)

So this is what we are going to do...

We are going to introduce you to Shawn, he is a minion who owns a hoodie.

Isn't it pretty?

Oh look he has a copy of BURNS as well!

What would you do for one?

The hoodie, that is.

Well... I can't give you one.

HAHAHA.

Oh wait, Hold on--I just received an e-mail.

Auntie Heather said one lucky minion will win a hoodie on my blog--TODAY, CHRISTMAS EVE!

All you have to do is leave me a comment telling me why you LOVE the Vlad series, if you would like to do this over twitter you can do so at @DevynBurton!

I can only wonder what Vlad and Heather will be giving us tomorrow! :)=

XO

Devyn

P.S. Winners will be announced December 26th at 12:01 AM!

Eleventh Grade Burns TEASER!

Today we have an awesome gift for you, Minions!

A sneak peak of Eleventh Grade Burns!

CAN YOU HANDEL IT?

Auntie Heather and I offer you THE FIRST THREE LINES OF ELEVENTH GRADE BURNS!

The vampire spun around, a wild, unhinged look in his eye. He lunged forward but the slayer skillfully dodged his blow, delivering a hard roundhouse kick to the creature's throat. The vampire fell to the ground, coughing, choking on its own blood.

I'm so excited, what about YOU?

XO

Devyn

WIN - Minion Pack!

I told you all I would be back!

Today Heather and I bring you a GIFT.

Five of you will have a chance to win this gift.

If you follow Heathers twitter you had the chance to catch a glimpse of the new window clings.

Like myself many of YOU asked yourselves 'HOW DO I GET ONE?!'

Well you get a window cling HERE TODAY ONLY.

Not only will you win a window cling, along with it you will win a pieces of bling and some temporary tattoos!

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on this post with your e-mail address or @ your e-mail to me (@devynburton) on Twitter.

XO

Devyn

VLAD WEEK!

Hello Minions of Heather Brewer (or Auntie Heather, as you all fondly call her),

My name is Devyn-I don't expect you to know me but many of you have heard my voice (more on this later), I would like to welcome you all to my blog The Faerie Drink Review. I blog about books, write and tweet--and of course I'm a Minion! :)=

You all have been gathered here for a very special event, I have known Heather since before her first book was released into the world and into your hands. Since then I have kept in contact with her and I'd like to think we have a nice little friendship, then again don't we all.

The holidays are such a 'cute' time filled with cookies, jolly old fat men and candy canes. If you have taken a look at my blog layout while all of that is all fun and cheery I decided (with help from Heather) your holiday season this year needed to to be as hot as fire and BURN and contain some BLOOD.

Something that annoys me is having to WAIT. I know you guys are waiting in anticipation for the newest installment of the Vlad series and for now the anticipation will continue to GROW, I'm a horrible Minion, I know.

I really just wanted to welcome you all to VLAD WEEK on The Faerie Drink review--and trust me you will want to stick around the next few days who knows what will be released or what contests will appear.

Ohh, and another thing--if you ever had the chance to watch the Tenth Grade Bleeds trailer you've heard my voice. I had the chance to play the role of our favorite vampire Vladimir Tod... well his voice.

We received tons of feedback about the book trailer - "i luv his voice =D", "EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!" & the infamous YouTube slander "gay." I'm not sure about you but I don't think that trailer looks too happy. ;)

Doesn't it feel like we have known eachother forever now? For now I will let my voice haunt you and I'll see you all tomorrow,

XO

Devyn

P.S. The savvy Minion may find a clue hidden in this letter... just sayin'. <3

P.P.S. Special thanks to Minion Shawn for the photo--more of him later this week!

Gaga Gossip?!

The time has arrived.

My favorite TV Show will meet my favorite artist.

Gaga on GG.

Next week...Lady GaGa...and even more scandalous scenes from the #OM3. Don't miss it.

XOXO