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8/31/18

Hey, peeps! Who's ready for the holiday weekend? I know I am. I'll be making a cheese cake--from a box mix--because that's how I roll.



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With my book out in less than three weeks, I thought I'd tide you all over with a quick quote. I don't want to give away too much. Spoilers, you know.

Tristen grew serious. "Olivia, you have never killed a man. You don't know what it's like. How it changes you."

Can you believe "A Desperate Love" will be out in eighteen days? Wow!
*Pinches self.*



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On the note of book reading, I finished "Sky in the Deep" yesterday. It took only four days for me to plow through this little pretty.


This is a young adult fantasy by Adrienne Young, with a strong Viking vibe. The book dives deep into a violent world where loyalty to one's clan is everything. It surrounds two clans, the Aska and the Riki, who have been in a generations long blood feud. One day Eelyn, an Aska, sees her brother (whom she thought was dead), fighting on the battlefield alongside the Riki clan.

""Qnd eldr." 
They were words I'd heard before. Breathe fire."

Eelyn's discovery turns her world upside down, causing her to question things she's believed her whole life. Her encounter with her brother's adopted Riki brother, Fiske, is a big part of this. Her interactions with Fiske begin to unravel her from the inside out, showing her that family has less to do with blood, and more to do with who you love.

"I tried to remember who I was.
Strong. Brave. Fierce. Sure . . .
I searched for her within myself, but she was different now . . .
Something I couldn't change."

This story is beautiful, tragic, poetic. However, be warned, it is on the PG-13 side. So if battles and fighting aren't you're thing, you may want to pass on this one. If they are then pick this up. You won't be disappointed!



Love, J <3





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