Age Group:YA
Genre: Paranormal
Author: Jill Cooper
Release date: Oct. 10, 2012
Event date(s): Oct. 12, 2012
DREAM SLAYER (Book, #1) will be FREE Oct. 12-14, 2012.
The only thing worse than dying, is running away…Book Trailer:
Since becoming employed by a supernatural protection agency, Natalie Johnson’s life has been more interesting than ever. While most teens are working on their summer tans, Natalie works on slaughtering the undead lurking just outside her town’s borders.
The workload takes more than just a toll on her love life, it dampens her spirit and her health, as the town is plagued by a mysterious murderer intent on stealing the residents’ souls. Natalie’s investigation is hampered by her declining health and the sicker she gets, the more inadequate she feels.
Guilt over her inability to act, weighs heavily on Natalie’s shoulders during a time when her strength is needed more than ever. As some of those closest to her begin to lose faith, she must make the hardest stand yet to save the soul of the one person she can always count on:
The Slayer. Amazon (Demon Royale) / Amazon (The Dream Slayer) / Goodreads (Demon Royale)
Author Bio:
Author of the YA Dream Slayer series, Jill loves to blend horror, comedy, the supernatural, and love, through her novels. A fan of genre blending, her work strives to cross boundries, but most of all strives to entertain.Guest Post:
She loves soft cuddly cats, warm blankets, and paranormal romances.
Jill resides in Massachusetts, is constantly renovating her home that she shares with her husband, young daughter, and two skittish cats. Website / Facebook / Goodreads
In Dream Slayer Natalie Johnson is a day dreamer who creates a world of fantastical adventures. Her dreams create chaos in the real world as everyone’s nightmares, deepest fears, manifest around them. When it’s over she discovers her real power, strength, but people suffer along the way.
And some die.
I had setup a platform for a series about two kick butt heroines. I know where they will end up in Book three and ultimately where the series will end. But how do I get them there?
Initial I had a kick butt plot setup where Natalie springs into action, kills a lot of demons, saves her friends from sacrifice, and eats a lot of pancakes. It was great, it was exciting. My husband loved it, but I wasn’t sure.
It was missing something.
I wasn’t sure what it was missing at first. It seemed like a logical step in Natalie’s progression. She’s learning to fight and figuring out who she is; her relationship with her boyfriend, and along the way she saves the world. Again.
But there was no compassion for the fallen. No remorse for the damage and death she had caused in the first book. I realized I had focused all her attention on learning to fight, to become an effective undead killer, and I needed to put that focus on her emotions.
So I kept some aspects of the plot I loved (like the pancakes, demonic squirrels) and I started over. In Dream Slayer, Natalie had never questioned her destiny because there wasn’t time. The city was at stake! There was evil all around.
Now in this highly personal novel for Natalie it gives her the opportunity to mourn the lost and gives her the chance to decide, ‘is this what I really want’? Is she comfortable being a hero, a leader?
While there is still a lot of danger, evil, and the world is again at risk, it is a smaller journey for Natalie as she comes to grips with her life and the past choices she’s made. As she gets sicker and she begins to lose strength, she always loses resolve. When you’re the hero with no one else to reside on what should she do? What would you do?
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7 comments:
Thanks for sharing the trailer!
Love the QWERTY at the top of your blog. Is the QWERTY for the keyboard or something else?
THANKS.
Elizabeth
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@ Guilia: No worries! ^_^
@ Elizabeth: Oh yeah, that Qwerty was originally inspired by the keyboard. Haha...I'm not very creative on naming my blog, I supposed! :)
Oh no...I love it. I am a keyboarding teacher and anything that has to do with "typing" is GREAT in my "book."
THANKS.
Elizabeth
You're a keyboarding teacher? Amazing! I wish I know how to play any musical instrument. Any. T_T
Not that kind of keyboard, Zuleeza...a typing keyboarding teacher. :) :)
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