I won't lie. The romance was pretty and the story wasn't too bad. What bothered me was the characters. Sarah was stupid not to tell Angel about Sydney in the first place. It seemed too dumb on her part to hold that back. And then Angel, bleh, has some serious issues. For one thing if some guy told me I wasn't allowed to hang with my guy friends I would've slapped him or dumped his ass.
The fact that Angel doesn't like how they are real close is ridiculous. And Sarah should stand up to Angel. If she wants to hang with Sydney, wants to talk to him 24/7 then she should. He's her friend. It was just ridiculous. Usually it's the way a story is written that bothers me, not the actual characters. But I can't for the life of me relate to these characters. I want to wallop them around the head.
I'm going to stick with what I said in my review of 'While It Lasts,' the third book in the Sea Breeze series. This is a 17+ YA book in my point of view. The sex gets more detailed in these last few books, and for people who don't like that sort of thing I'm warning you now.
I love this book, just like all of the others in this series. I remember when we first met Preston. His sex life and tool-worthiness gets worse as the books go on I think. I really liked this story, even though Cage is still my favorite bad-boy. These books have lots of cliches in them. For this book the cliche is the kid sister dating her brothers best friend.
It's a great book and I highly reccommend it to anyone who has read other books in this series or who loves some bad-boy craziness. Amanda is not my favorite character. Honestly, I think she's a little dull, but definitely brave for going after someone she knows is going to hurt her.
Preston is the same as always, just with a little less brain then some of the other guys and a lot more dark problems. He rocks, but still comes second to Cage in my opinion.
Definitely worth reading, people. You won't regret it.
I know the ones before this were definitely young adult, but this was a lot more explicit then those. I loved the story, and I think this may be my favorite out of all of the Sea Breeze books, but I will warn you readers that this book goes into detail a lot more. I don't think I'd even say that this is YA. If I were to rate it, I'd say it's a 17+ book due to the sex in the book.
The story was beautifully written, and I loved to see everything from Cage's point of view. I grew to love Cage. He is surprisingly humble when it comes to his self-worth. He might act like an arrogant, cocky bastard but he is anything but. He is so sweet to Eva. He is definitely better than Jax or Marcus.
Eva was a nice character too. She wasn't pitiful, which was nice because both Low and the girl from the first book seemed like pity characters. Nice enough, but you felt sorry for them a lot more than you actually liked them. Eva you do feel sorry for, but it's easier to relate. Most people have lost someone in their family that they were at least mildly close to.
Cage is still my favorite character, and I hope everyone else falls in love with him as much as I have. He is worth it. But I gotta say, nipple piercings don't do anything for me. If you read this story, then I can guarantee that you'll love it. As long as the sex parts don't bother you.
A song at the
beginning of the story. Well I wonder who on earth is going to sing in this
story now? Clues, oh clues, I love how writers can drop hints for us readers
from the first lines of a story. And someone does sing in this lovely story, Sing Me Home. It’s a beautiful story
filled with pain and loss and at the end of the day, it’s a story about
fighting to keep going.
I would recommend
reading this to everyone. The imagery is beautiful, using a wide variety of
fancy words without trying. The plot structure is sound and it keeps you
wanting to go back and read more. It was a very cute and prim story, which was
nice even in the story’s short length. Short but sweet, a lovely read.
Well done and good luck to your writing, Kate DeVantier!
"Outstanding - clever story, well written and descriptive that creates a curiosity that will have you anxiously turning the pages to discover the outcome. You won't want to set it down once you start. The author writes about young romance the way Taylor Swift sings about it." - from Lulu
I couldn't have said it better myself!
You can buy Sing Me Home by clicking here for the paperback copy or here for the eBook from the Lulu marketplace.
Sing Me Home
Product Details (Paperback)
Copyright: Kate DeVantier (Standard Copyright License)
Publisher: Kate DeVantier
Published: May 8, 2011
Language: English
Pages: 87
Binding: Perfect-bound Paperback
Interior Ink: Black & white
Weight: 0.71 lbs.
Dimensions (inches): 5.5 wide x 8.5 tall
Product Details (eBook)
Copyright: Kate DeVantier (Standard Copyright License)
I'm sure we've all heard the rumor of the End of the World, right? Depending on where you look it will say different dates for The End of the World. The one I'm sure everyone knows is the end Mayan calendar version. The 21st of December, 2012. Wait, isn't that today? Yes, yes it is.
Now instead of freaking out and going to the grocery store for bread and milk, why don't we talk about some really cool books that center around this particular date? Ah, now I have your attention. I said (wrote?) the magic word. Books.
Believe it or not, there is a whole children's-young adult series about the Mayan prophecy. And I have an interview with the author of that series. The Joshua Files is a five-book series that centers around the Mayan prophecy. Cool, right? Here's the synopsis and cover for the first book, Invisible City.
One Boy. One Deadly Prophecy. One Heart-Stopping Adventure.
Joshua's life was pretty cool - until his father was reported dead in an air crash in Mexico.
Was it simply a tragic accident? Why was the plane miles off course? Were there really UFOs in the sky at the time of the crash?
In the depths of the Mexican jungle, with a deadly international hit man on his trail, Josh must find the truth about an incredible, dangerous secret - and try to stay alive.
Click here to see my review of Invisible City. The last book in The Joshua Files came out on April 5th this year. And I gotta say, it was the perfect ending to the series. I'd tell you more but I don't want to ruin the surprise. Click here to view my review of Apocalypse Moon (the last book in the Joshua Files).
The ordering of the books in the series is as follows: Invisible City, Ice Shock, Zero Moment, Dark Parallel, Apocalypse Moon.
If that doesn't entice you to read these great adventure books, then let the author do it. Below is M.G. Harris's avatar from Goodreads, author bio, and finally the interview! Yay!
picture from Goodreads
Author bio (taken from Goodreads): M.G. Harris was born in Mexico City and raised in Manchester, England. She studied Biochemistry at St Catherine's College Oxford and stuck around for even more at St Cross College.
To this day she lives in Oxford. It's not an easy place to leave.
The first job M.G. Harris was ever aware of wanting to do, aged six, was to write children’s books. Then, aged eight and inspired by Doctor Who, she tried to make Wirrn slime with a friend’s Chemistry Set 4, discovered chemistry, and writing went out of the window.
But in 2004, a skiing accident changed everything...
Reader bio:
MG has recently become a semi-convert to Kindle, with frequent lapses into her collection of printed books for some much-appreciated re-reading.
Favourite living authors are Haruki Murakami, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Mario Vargas Llosa and Junot Diaz.
1.
What inspired you to write the Joshua files?
After seeing how many people were
reading 'The Da Vinci Code' around a pool at the Acapulco Princess hotel in
2004, I really fancied trying my hand a puzzle-driven thriller. "How hard
could it be?" I thought.
The first attempt was a techno thriller for adults
(now published as THE DESCENDANT). I went back to an idea I'd been interested
in since I was a teenager; the idea that our ancient civilizations could have
arcane, lost knowledge, perhaps from an alien source. As I was finished the
first draft of that book, I realized that there could be a teenage main
character in a linked story. There's a guy called David Stuart (now a Professor
at University of Austin , Texas) who was a teenager when he first started
deciphering Mayan glyphs with his archaeologist parents and their colleagues.
He kind of reminded me of a young Indiana Jones, which is the vibe I was going
for with Josh Garcia.
2.
Are the characters based on real people in your life?
Consciously and unconsciously, I think
they are. Benicio is consciously based on my very cool, sexy younger cousin
Oscar who is also a genius physics grad student. Carlos Montoyo is
unconsciously based on my own father, also called Carlos (you'd think I'd have
realized earlier, wouldn't you?!) I don't think Josh is based on anyone, except
perhaps my fantasy of what a Real Boy should be. Now that we've had Jamie play
him in a couple of videos, however, I do think of Josh as looking like Jamie
(he's been stopped by kids in Oxford who've asked him 'Are you Josh?'). I've
stopped short at asking Jamie to learn capoeira though!
3.
Which character do you feel most strongly to?
I have to feel everything from Josh's
point of view, because the story is written from that. I try not to identify
too much with other characters because Josh isn't particularly empathetic. If I
were to write pages and pages of Josh wondering how other people feel and why
they feel it, it would slow the pace down too much, as well as making Josh into
a different character. It's not that he doesn't care, but that he doesn't
really have the mindset to analyze other people. He'd never be a detective!
4.
Which book in the Joshua Files was most challenging?
The first and the last. Both had to be
substantially rewritten after the first draft. In the first, I was still
finding the style of the series. In the last, I had to make Josh grow up a bit
more, something that I'd been holding off doing. In previous books, I needed to
keep him young, fairly immature and making the kind of mistakes normal for that
age. In the last book he's no longer a reluctant hero - he fully embraces his
role in the 2012 plan, to the extent that he overrides other people's attempts
to keep him safely distant.
5.
How did you come up with the idea of a young teenage boy going on all of these
crazy adventures?
There's nothing original about that idea
- it is a staple of the adventure genre. I was trying, much like Anthony
Horowitz and Philip Pullman have also admitted, to write an adult novel that
children could read. When I was twelve I desperately wanted to read exciting
stories with complex plots, but featuring teenage heroes. Adventure stories
written for my age group seemed too simplistic. Robert Heinlein was writing
sci-fi books like that, but there wasn't much else in that vein. When I first
read "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" in a hotel room in
France in 1996, my first thought was "So other kids want to read complex thrillers
featuring kids, too!"
6.
Do you wish your life was more like Josh's?
Never. He's always in danger! Although I
wish I was as fit and strong as him, but that's just age.
7.
Is there any music that helped you develop your characters?
I hit upon the Green Day/Arctic Monkeys
theme very early on. In an earlier draft, Josh was in a band with Tyler, not a
capoeirista. I found that listening to songs like "Longview"
"Poprocks and Coke", to "Mardy Bum" and "From the Ritz
to the Rubble" actually reawakened feelings I hadn't had since I was a
teenager. So I used that to channel my inner teen. The jazz music theme
represents the older generation - the characters who are my age - Josh's
parents and Montoyo. I chose jazz because classical music would be less
accessible to Josh. It had to be something that slowly awakened Josh's adult
nature. At first, he doesn't like jazz much. Then he gets his Dad's iPod and
listens to Andres Garcia's music as a way to connect emotionally with his
missing father. I'll admit that in using jazz references, especially Miles
Davis (Blue in Green) and Tom Jobim (Wave) I'm very consciously emulating one
of my favorite authors, Haruki Murakami, whose novels and stories are famously
drenched in jazz and classical music references. If you know the music, it's
extremely evocative. I asked Joshua fans on facebook to pick the last song that
Josh listens to in the Muwan, when he's thinking about losing Tyler. I think
they picked a very apt track - "Wake Me Up When September Ends". In
the first draft of Invisible City there was a blog entry with that title, in
which Josh thought about his own dad.
8.
Why did you choose to write the books from Josh's point of view? Why no Carlos,
Tyler, or Ixchel?
Are you asking why Josh is the main
character? Or why I only write from his POV? If it's the former: because I'm
writing for teenagers. The first book was written for my 13-year old daughter.
Josh is the easiest one for us to identify with. Carlos is an adult, so right
there you've got an adult book. Kids don't want to know about the grand romance
he's having with Josh's Mum - that would creep most readers out! Tyler isn't in
the story enough - he's central to Josh's life, but it's not about him. Ixchel
could have been the central character, but she's from such a different
background to most of the readers that she'd be harder to identify with than
Josh. Mind you, I'd love it if someone wrote fan fiction from Ixchel's point of
view.
If you're asking why it's all from ONE
point of view - that's a stylistic decision I made early on, as well as the
present tense (or present historic, as it technically is). There are decisions
you make at the beginning, for whatever reason and you stick with them. I think
I was again, trying to consciously emulate a Haruki Murakami style of
narration. Reflective and emotional, but also rather detached. I thought that
would work for an intelligent, sensitive but often self-centered teenager like
Josh.
9.
Is there anything that you'd change now that you've completed the series?
No - I'm pretty happy with all five
books! I had great editorial guidance from three different editors - Elv Moody,
Polly Nolan and Clare Argar. The only thing I would have changed would have
been outside the books - I wanted them to be targeted at 11+. Yes, there's
nothing that a 9-year old shouldn't read in The Joshua Files, but the plots
were written to engage slightly older readers, say year 6 (5th grade) onwards.
I suspect the 9+ label may have put some older readers off, when booksellers
don't shelve the books in the teen section.
10.
Why did you base the stories around the Maya civilization?
If you want your first book deal, you
need to write something that can easily be identified with the author. As
Philip Pullman once put it - "Write what only you can write". I knew
there probably weren't many kids authors in the UK - maybe anywhere - who could
pull off an authentic-feeling Mexican vibe as well as all the Mayan stuff,
which I've been reading about since I was your age. And then there was the 2012
deadline looming - it felt like an obvious choice of subject matter for a
thriller that I'd write.
11.
Do you believe that the 21st of December is going to be the End of the World?
Not even a tiny bit.
12.
Who inspired you to write?
Reading Gabriel Garcia Marquez made me
feel that I shouldn't bother, because I'd never be as good as him. Reading Dan
Brown made he realize that I could have fun even if I couldn't get anywhere
near to GGM. Reading Haruki Murakami made me realize that I could bring an
interesting narrative style to a very traditional adventure story. Watching
Indiana Jones made me realize that I wanted more stories like that.
13.
When did you first decide you were going to be a writer?
First time, when I was six and first
learned to read. But I knew I wasn't ready - too many other things to be into -
science, making movies. Reading "The Da Vinci Code" in 2004 made me
believe that I finally was ready. Breaking my leg at the end of that same year
forced me to face up to it!
14.
What advice do you have for aspiring writers?
Read. Read. Read.
15.
Are there any books you have planned for the future?
I have an adventure-travel novel about
telepathic teenagers and the rights and wrong of using extraordinary power.
That might be a series, or maybe a standalone. I'm working on a longer novel,
probably for adults but with youngish characters. It's an occult thriller, but
also basically about the corruption of a soul, and the struggle between good
and evil. I enjoy stories about the descent into corruption, like "The
Godfather". I guess I'm fascinated about what makes people turn 'to the
dark side' and what makes similar people choose to be good.
This lovely picture was taken when M.G. Harris visited my old school years ago. I'm the moody one who can't seem to smile in the top right-hand corner. She came to my old school for the release of Ice Shock, the second book in the Joshua Files.
The book trailer for Invisible City
You can buy any of her books at Amazon (books listed at the bottom of the page), Barnes and Noble, and other stores.
I guess we will see what happens! Happy end-of-the-world to you! And thank you M.G. Harris for allowing me to interview!
“Everyone trusted me back then. Good old, dependable Diana. Which is why most people didn’t notice at first.”
I know what your thinking. A cover reveal? Sweet! And another giveaway? Ahhhhhh! I love giveaways! Who doesn't? The chance to win free stuff can give some people pretty big highs. Giveaways totally rock.
Usually I have the giveaway fairly close to the top of my post, but since this is a cover reveal as well, the giveaway is going to be near the bottom. Don't let that discourage you, it means there's going to be lots of exciting stuff in front of the giveaway! Namely, the big and exciting cover reveal.
Now what is The Obvious Game? What is it about? Look at the synopsis below:
"Your shirt is yellow."
"Your eyes are blue."
"You have to stop running away from your problems."
"You're too skinny."
Fifteen-year-old Diana Keller accidentally begins teaching The Obvious Game to new kid Jesse on his sixteenth birthday. As their relationship deepens, Diana avoids Jesse's past with her own secrets -- which she'll protect at any cost.
Praise for The Obvious Game:
“I couldn’t put down The
Obvious Game. Arens perfectly captures the hunger, pain and uncertainty of
adolescence.” -- Ann Napolitano, author of A GOOD HARD LOOK and WITHIN ARM'S REACH
"THE OBVIOUS GAME is a
fearless, honest, and intense look into the psychology of anorexia. The
characters—especially Diana--are so natural and emotionally authentic that
you’ll find yourself yelling at the page even as you’re compelled to turn
it." -- Coert Voorhees, author of LUCKY FOOLS and THE BROTHERS TORRES
"Let’s be clear about
one thing: there’s nothing obvious about The Obvious Game. Arens has written a
moving, sometimes heart-breaking story about one girl’s attempt to control the
uncontrollable. You can’t help but relate to Diana and her struggles as you
delve into this gem of a novel." -- Risa Green, author of THE SECRET SOCIETY OF
THE PINK CRYSTAL BALL
I suspect that all of that information should have enticed you to want to read the book. I know it definitely sounds up my alley. The Obvious Game by Rita Arens is going to be published on February 7th 2013 by Inkspell Publishing. Full book information below:
To be available at all major
online outlets: Amazon, B&N, The Book Depository
If you pre-order The Obvious Game by Rita Arens on the Inkspell
Publishing Website now then you can get a 30% discount on both the eBook and the paperback.
About The Author:
Rita Arens is the author of The Obvious Game and the editor of the
award-winning parenting anthology Sleep
Is for the Weak. She writes the popular blog Surrender, Dorothy (www.surrenderdorothyblog.com) and lives in Kansas City
with her husband and daughter. The
Obvious Game is her first young adult novel. She is at work on a second.
Do you want to get a copy of The Obvious Game before anyone else? Win a print copy or e-book copy of The Obvious Game. Contest open only to US, UK and Canadian residents. Enter below!
You may have noticed the I <3 Dante Walker badge, I Want More D-Dub Badge or the V Mafia badge or the countdown to The Collector, by Victoria Scott. You can see them again below:
And the count-down widget is in my sidebar. Needless to say, this book sounds HOT! HOT! HOT! HOTT with a double 't.'
Let's start off with the giveaway. Everything in the picture is included. Here is what you can win:
He makes good girls...bad. Dante Walker is flippin’ awesome, and he knows it. His good looks, killer charm, and stellar confidence has made him one of hell’s best—a soul collector. His job is simple, weed through humanity and label those round rears with a big red good or bad stamp. Old Saint Nick gets the good guys, and he gets the fun ones. Bag-and-tag.
Sealing souls is nothing personal. Dante’s an equal opportunity collector and doesn’t want it any other way. But he’ll have to adjust, because Boss Man has given him a new assignment:
Collect Charlie Cooper’s soul within 10 days.
Dante doesn’t know why Boss Man wants Charlie, nor does he care. This assignment means only one thing to him, and that’s a permanent ticket out of hell. But after Dante meets the quirky, Nerd Alert chick he’s come to collect—he realizes this assignment will test his abilities as a collector, and uncover emotions deeply buried.
Yumtastic, right? Check it out on Goodreads and add it to your to-read shelf. I'm sure it will be worth it. Once it comes out I'll be one of the first to buy it and review it. I love a good bad boy story, especially one with a paranormal twist.
Unfortunately, we have to wait till March or April, I've been hearing both.
The good thing, my lovely blog-readers, is that we have a video-interview the author sent out to the V Mafia to entice us. It's going to make me more hyped up to read the book, but what's life without a little anticipation, eh?
Check out the video-interview with Victoria Scott below:
Cherry pie? I wonder who came up with that particular question. I, personally, am a fan of pumpkin pie, just for the record. And here is the book trailer as well. Mmmm.
And here is some stuff about the author herself:
(picture from Goodreads) Author bio (taken from Goodreads: I'm a YA writer represented by Laurie McLean. Author of THE COLLECTOR (Entangled Teen, April 2013) and THE BRIMSTONE BLEED (Scholastic, 2014). I have a master's degree in marketing, and live in Dallas with my husband. When not writing, I can be found munching cotton candy and snuggling obese cats.
So there you have it. Mark your calendar, add it to your to-read shelf... you know what to do. I know I can't wait for this book to come out!
And check out my fan art for The Collector (yeah, I know it could be better, but I wanted to test things out)
Absolutely terrible. The plot needs some series structural work,the story needs to be revised and edited, the pace in the couples' relationship is going WAY too fast... oh boy, the list is endless. I hate how the author puts exclamation marks in practically every other sentance. Exclamation marks should not be used so easily; they should be revered. The characters in the story need a whole lot of development because they're too flimsy to be anything but a crap load of words strung together in a distateful manner. No offense to the author, but this needs a ton of work. My rough drafts are better than this, and my rough drafts usually just start off with me putting an idea to paper, so they're creative but not a good story in any way. This shouldn't have been published in my opinion.
How many of you have heard that Hush, Hush has been optioned for a movie? The rights have been sold and I believe they have a screen writer working on it. Though don't hold me to that, because it's all Chinese whispers where this is concerned.
Check out the whole story here or at Entertainment Weekly by clicking here.
How cool is this? I guess we don't really have to say goodbye to Nora and Patch. That makes me happy. The part that I'm nervous about is who will be playing Nora and Patch. I didn't like who they choose for the Twilight characters to play Bella (no offense, Kristen, but you just don't show enough emotion or play the part the way I imagined Bella), and Edward (Robert Patterson, I know I am being totally judgemental on looks, but you don't look anything like my Edward in my head. You played the part well, you just didn't look the part to me). Everyone else was fine and dandy, especially Alice, Jasper, and Jacob. The casting people got them spot-on.
I will admit I always pretended to fantasize about me playing Nora, though I highly doubt I'd make a good Nora. The Nora in my head does not match the face in the mirror. I just hope who they do choose will be superb. And Patch, well, I am almost certain they will not find a perfect Patch. And yes, I am challenging you casting people!
I guess we will see what happens. I'm crossing my fingers that the writer doesn't change anything, and I'm crossing my fingers that they find a perfect Nora and Patch. I love the Hush, Hush Saga, I don't want them poisoning the images in my head. Please get it right!
Taste synopsis: At Barinkoff Academy, there's only one rule: no students on campus after curfew. Phoenix McKay soon finds out why when she is left behind at sunset. A group calling themselves night students threaten to taste her flesh until she is saved by a mysterious, alluring boy. With his pale skin, dark eyes, and mesmerizing voice, Demitri is both irresistible and impenetrable. He warns her to stay away from his dangerous world of flesh eaters. Unfortunately, the gorgeous and playful Luka has other plans. When Phoenix is caught between her physical and her emotional attraction, she becomes the keeper of a deadly secret that will rock the foundations of an ancient civilization living beneath Barinkoff Academy. Phoenix doesn't realize until it is too late that the closer she gets to both Demitri and Luka the more she is plunging them all into a centuries old feud.
Reaping Me Softly synopsis: Ever since a near-death-experience on the operating table, seventeen-year-old Arianne Wilson can see dead people. Just as she’s learned to accept her new-found talents, she discovers that the boy she’s had a crush on since freshman year, Niko Clark, is a Reaper. At last they have something in common, but that doesn’t mean life is getting any easier. All while facing merciless bullying from the most powerful girl in school, Arianne’s world is turned upside down after Niko accidentally reaps the soul of someone she loves. This sends them both into a spiral that threatens to end Arianne’s life. But will Niko break his own Reaper’s code to save her? And what would the consequences be if he did? a Rafflecopter giveaway
The first thing that keeps me wondering in this book is 'What is she running away from?' Abby is an interesting character that keeps you guessing and wondering even when you're not reading the book.
That being said, the plot was a little far-fetched for me and there wasn't really an obvious conflict besides what was happening between Abby and Travis. I kept wondering when the book was going to be over.
Don't get me wrong, the books great and all, it just needs something... more. There wasn't really anything besides the relationship between Abby and Travis. It kind of got old, and I got really annoyed at Abby for being so dim-witted at times.
A lot of things in this story were extreme, and not always in a good way. It was a little too fictionally and unrealistic. It's a shame, because the first time I read this I would have given it five stars.
But the more I read it the more I noticed the gaps and the problems and things that just turned me off as a reader. That being said, I did like the idea and a lot of the story did appeal to me.
I think the story needs a little revision, but that's just my opinion.
How many of you are excited for the release of Opal? I know I can't wait! For those of you who don't know, Opal is the third book in the Lux series. The first book in the Lux series is Obsidian, and to check out my review click here.
Here's the synopsis for Opal, taken from Goodreads:
No one is like Daemon Black. When he set out to prove his feelings for me, he wasn’t fooling around. Doubting him isn’t something I’ll do again, and now that we’ve made it through the rough patches, well... There’s a lot of spontaneous combustion going on. But even he can’t protect his family from the danger of trying to free those they love. After everything, I’m no longer the same Katy. I’m different... And I’m not sure what that will mean in the end. When each step we take in discovering the truth puts us in the path of the secret organization responsible for torturing and testing hybrids, the more I realize there is no end to what I’m capable of. The death of someone close still lingers, help comes from the most unlikely source, and friends will become the deadliest of enemies, but we won’t turn back. Even if the outcome will shatter our worlds forever. Together we’re stronger... and they know it.
Author bio (from her website): USA TODAY Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, working out, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russel Loki.
Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She also writes adult romance under the name J. Lynn.
I asked Jennifer L. Armentrout for a quick interview, and here it is.
When did you decide you start writing? As cliche as it sounds, I've always wanted to be writer. As a kid, I wrote really bad poems on my bedroom walls. It was doing the 9th grade, that I wrote my first novel by longhand. So I've always wanted to write.
Have you always wanted to write, or did you want to do something else? I went to college for psychology and criminal justice. It wasn't until 2007 that got back into writing.
How long do you see yourself writing for? Forever, hopefully.
What inspired you to write the Lux series? My editor approached me, asking if I'd be interested in writing about aliens in high school. My first response was to laugh and say no, but the more I thought about it, I came up with Katy, Daemon, and the idea of the Luxens. The rest is history.
Is Damon based off of anyone you know, and if so, can I meet him? No. He's not based off of anyone, but if he was, he'd be a keeper.
Synopsis: A girl with a strange
secret. A boy who has something she wants most of all. A lightcatcher, a
starwatcher,… a nicklegrinder, and thief. Sentinel balloons reaching high
up into the clouds. Books on aerial navigation, a rusty bicycle without brakes,
and a bottle of raspberry pop. *Note: This is a novel-in-progress and a
draft.
Cover below:
My rating: 5 out of 5 stars
I have got to say, this must be the best novel-in-progress I have ever read. One of the best pieces of writing I have ever read, novel-in-progress or no. I don't usually review novels-in-progresses, but I am so glad I did for this one.
Finley Devon, or 'Fin' is the main character of the story. She's an artist seeking a freedom only the sky can grant her. In Lightcatcher she attempts to pursue that freedom, meeting lots of bumps in the road as she goes. With a big family that most don't like, Fin is definitely at odds with her dreams as high as the clouds in the sky.
The first chapter in this story is done as a poem, which certainly caught my eye as different. Nowadays prologue's and un-thought thoughts are spilled onto the first few pages of a novel. A poem is different. A poem is unique. It has been done before, but rarely does it fit the writing and the idea.
You will notice right away that the writing style is different in this than in most books. It's not just an ordinary pile of thoughts that you have to work through. For this, there is a sky and earth and air and everything fits. It's not a jumbled mess; it's a masterpiece in the making.
Anyone who turns there noses up at unpublished writers better take another look and check this out. Anyone who can read should take a look. You have no idea what genius you're missing. Sadly, this book is not yet completed. But I still recommend on reading it.
Overall, I thought it was a lovely book, just as good, if not better, than anything that I have read before. I will continue to follow along as Jackie updates her book and finishes.
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Forever Mine by Elizabeth Reyes
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