We’re about to enter the final round of our 2016 DABWAHA Tournament! It’s Nalini Singh’s Shards of Hope battling against Susanna Kearsley’s A Desperate Fortune! Both polls were so close, with both books edging out their competition by a mere eleven and nine votes, respectively.
The championship will take place 10am ET to 10pm ET tomorrow, 4 April 2016.
It’s been a crazy ride with I’m sure a lot of bracket upsets. I’d prefer not to talk about mine unless you want to hear a good and thorough griping for a good twenty minutes. But luckily for everyone who is in the same boat as I am, there are amazing and wonderful Random Bracket prizes still to be won, including the Wooden Spoon prize for the worst overall bracket – a fine, fine prize to be sure.
So get your clicking fingers ready as a paranormal romance takes on a good, ol’ fashioned time-slippage!
I discovered both of these authors thanks to DABWAHA of years gone by. I voted long and hard for Susanna before I had read a single book based on her comparison to Mary Stewart and that she was a fellow Canadian. I love all of Nalini’s universes (Psy is my favourite). I will be thinking long and hard about where to cast my vote tomorrow and may just hope that the two come out in a tie.
@Alison: Agreed on adoration for Susanna and Mary Stewart. And Canadians, generally.
I haven’t read any Susanna Kearsley-but if she is anything like Mary Stewart-I AM IN!! Thanks for the tip Alison and Anne!
My vote would have to be for SK as a fellow Canadian–got to keep these things in the family–but I loved Shards of Hope and the Psy books in general, too.
My bracket in both the regular and Second Chance tourneys are shot to hell, but I am happy that both of these books made it to the final. I should have voted with my heart this year :).
I couldn’t play this year – the registration page didn’t work on my iPhone/iPad so I have been voting based on cover art and my favourite books and authors. Quite liberating!
Also, Monday is Susanna’s wedding anniversary, per her FB page. I am striving to help her win DABWAHA 2016 as an anniversary present from her fans!
Really hope the polls close on time this go around. The Final Four poll closed 30 minutes late and skewed the totals (though the same books still won at 10:30 that won at 10 pm).
This is probably going to be a really dumb question, but is the third place prize in the championship round better than the second place prize?