It’s Meteorological Spring and a YA series
I’ve been failing in my promise to not act completely old in my posts, but I can’t tell you how much I’m looking forward to a decent few thaw days here this week. Yes, it will turn my dirt road to a muddy mess and yes there is no way to keep any shoes clean, but my chickens would definitely like to see more space in their pen with smaller snow piles. They may be chickens but I know what’s in their hearts. I got them right before the pandemic shutdown last year so last Spring they were hanging out in a plastic bin in my bathroom pooping on rag towels and chillin under a heat lamp. I think they have been feeling robbed since that first huge snowfall of December, and, like many kids I work with, I’ve been urging them to have faith in better days ahead. If Mother Nature does not cooperate, I’m going to look like a big fat liar. In the short run.
So today is a shout out to a book series that was self made, like I’m a self made author. Deets on my book progress after this promised review.
The Kricket Series, Amy A. Bartol
Kricket is an orphan, abused by the system and happier fending for herself, until she is kidnapped by people from another dimension to fulfill her birthright as a priestess with a claim to two of five governing bodies. Naturally, with some rulers deciding they truly want to just unite everyone under their tyranny, her return to that dimension is what some were holding out hope for, and what others were fearing. She’s beautiful and smart, and inevitably is a pawn and an infatuation, a means to an end, a heartbreaker. The trilogy follows her learning this new land, escaping her enemies with war, tearing the world apart, and then being taken captive by a dangerous man.
The most compelling aspect of this trilogy is the author’s ability to make Kricket’s situation increasingly complex. She’s a savior, she’s a problem, she’s too powerful, she’s not powerful enough. She really isn’t safe anywhere. She shouldn’t have been brought from Earth but now she can’t go back because she’s not safe there either. And then she has family she didn’t know about, but that’s not really safe for her either. The ending is surprising but also not, especially given how Kricket started off. She kind of goes full circle in her way of dealing with situations. It’s definitely in keeping with her character and makes sense based on the plot. These are strongly plot driven books. They’re meant to be exciting and fast paced, and they are just that. Also, love the covers. They were the reason I even looked at these books years ago (one of my read down books) and now they also fit with the idea of my book, a girl who doesn’t really know where she came from or what she’s about to find out she’s more than she ever imagined. Books about becoming powerful, to me, are the whole point of the genre.
And speaking of coming into ones own, my book has re-emerged from the copy editor and we have had a conversation about final revisions before proofreading and formatting. Guys, it’s going to be good once I commune with it and make the necessary upgrades. Cover images are only hampered by my lack of decision over the title, and next weekend is head shots. All while we are moving toward Spring and sometimes I procrastinate book edits by planning out spring planting.
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