tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51388973069109132962024-03-05T05:52:23.014-08:00Welcome to my Reading MindAuthor Homepage and book reviews for urban fantasy,romance, horror,well for anything that catches my interest.Erica Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09073394073940208032noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138897306910913296.post-73257319605626628042020-04-24T16:24:00.002-07:002020-04-24T16:24:55.199-07:00welp lets try to be productive and calm<br />
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open back up. Is this wise, who knows. </span> As I see this I look at
what I have accomplished. Now I am currently an essential personnel for my work
so I have been blessed to still have a job. My husband has still been able to
do his job as well, simply from home. The dynamic was weird, but doable
obviously as we still are EMPLOYED. I know someone posted on Facebook about not
being ashamed if you didn’t take the time stuck at home to do something big. Me
I had big plans. BIG plans to finish a book, edit wise. Did that happen, ha ha
no. What did I do? I baked and tried new
food. Chicken Korma is good. Tried to
home-school my kid and confirmed my belief that my kid’s teachers need a pay
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because I think it will help me. Doesn’t matter if I suddenly sell a best
seller on Amazon. Simply because it could possibly help me feel calmer. I am eyeing the “How to Blog Meaningfully and
Grow Your Audience” that is being offered by Writer’s Digest and instructed by
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Erica Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09073394073940208032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138897306910913296.post-22214764122078810032020-02-29T18:00:00.001-08:002020-02-29T18:00:26.068-08:00laundry laundry everywhereI hate when i fall in things. Why? Because the first thing I forget to do is laundry. Now I am looking at the pile and wondering if my cat is hiding in it.<br />
*sighs* There goes my early night<br />
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</div>Wrote a short for the website. Posted it and then several days later remembered I didn't add a comments section ughErica Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09073394073940208032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138897306910913296.post-85191087485167595022020-01-18T15:41:00.000-08:002020-01-18T15:41:32.458-08:00<br />
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husband is going to put his foot down and mean it. AAANNNDD I might actually
listen. For though he indulges me, and we got a new newest addition to the
pack. Bascher is the crazy who can run to China without getting tired. He also
gets punked by our 6.5lb kitten so we definitely didn't get a guard dog. lol.
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OF Course her brother was not amused. Though now he simply looks at me with <br />
an "You owe me one" expression. Could be worse. At least now the females out number the males for the first time in like ever. :) <br />
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Erica Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09073394073940208032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138897306910913296.post-2273622290225731062019-06-10T19:15:00.000-07:002019-06-10T19:15:19.647-07:00Wrath of the Goddess by Lauren Dane<span> Yes, one I have been waiting so patiently (not really) for. </br>
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And this was proven while camping at the lake. The hottest time of the day 2 p.m. to well 3 am the next morning. lol<br />
<br />Erica Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09073394073940208032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138897306910913296.post-75636712249132282082019-05-25T20:53:00.001-07:002019-05-25T20:54:22.458-07:00Upcoming Releases and Out NowsYea !! New books to read<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Leda Pierce has come a long way since she left her home on the frontier of civilization one year ago to join the Legion of Angels. She is a soldier in the gods’ army, has crossed swords with demons, and shares an apartment with her angel lover in New York.</span></b><br />
<b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Every day brings Leda closer to becoming an angel herself—until a promotion ceremony goes horribly wrong, leaving her powers in magical limbo. Worse yet, the gods have taken over her training at Crystal Falls. Leda’s failed magic and the gods’ impossible challenges are the least of her worries, however. Someone is using the challenges to expose people’s most-guarded secrets, and the skeletons in Leda’s closet would mean her execution."</span></b></div>
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<span class="a-size-extra-large" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.2 !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">The first book in the Series is <a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Vampires-Kiss-Legion-Angels-Book-ebook/dp/B01MA1UGX8/ref=sr_1_8?keywords=ella+summers&qid=1558842467&s=gateway&sr=8-8" target="_blank">Vampire's Kiss</a>. </span><br />
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<span class="a-size-extra-large" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.2 !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Shadowvale isn’t typical small town America. The sun never shines, the gates decide who enters, magic abounds, and every resident bears some kind of curse. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">No one knows this as well as raven shifter Deacon Evermore, who, like everyone in his family, has a curse. While his position as Shadowvale’s peacekeeper lets him use that curse for good, he’d rather live anywhere else. He stays for his family, but doubts he can last much longer.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Fledgling witch Emeranth Greer is determined to escape her past and make a fresh start in Shadowvale with the aunt she’s never met. Her aunt and the town prove to be far better than she imagined. There’s no way Em is leaving this magical place. Especially when staying means more time with the handsome Deacon.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">But when Em’s troubled past catches up with her and nearly destroys the romance budding between her and Deacon, her instinct is to run again. Except there’s magic in the mix now and the town won’t let her leave. Only Deacon can save her, but can a cursed man clear her name…or will her history destroy them both?</span></b></span></div>
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Erica Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09073394073940208032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138897306910913296.post-12408051390505070072019-04-21T14:16:00.001-07:002019-04-21T14:16:30.139-07:00Good advicehttps://www.facebook.com/742496584/posts/10157074602051585/?sfnsn=moErica Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09073394073940208032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138897306910913296.post-63197221569858746452019-04-15T17:25:00.001-07:002019-04-15T17:25:49.854-07:00what I am reading nowFound a new book to read. Clicking on the image will take you right to the amazon page for the book. Hope Everyone's Monday is going well. <p>
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07PWFWJB8/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B07PWFWJB8&linkCode=as2&tag=edrewx3-20&linkId=445f6c563bb54dad2866599e0b259325"><img border="0" src="//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B07PWFWJB8&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL250_&tag=edrewx3-20" ></a><img src="//ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=edrewx3-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B07PWFWJB8" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />Erica Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09073394073940208032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138897306910913296.post-6718498604802344082019-04-07T16:00:00.001-07:002019-04-07T16:00:07.459-07:00Somewhat successSo initially when I was redoing my site the program I used was not available. So I tried wix. While the mock up was nice I did not want to pay yet another host site to to be able to forward from one to the other. Sooo I had it forwarded to here. Now after some cursing, a lot of frowning, and some smiles I got something up and running. Yea me.<br />
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It doesn't look to bad either. Erica Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09073394073940208032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138897306910913296.post-76064797615792235972019-04-07T13:21:00.001-07:002019-04-07T13:21:38.980-07:00frustrationOi, trying to see if I can add this blog to a wix page so my website looks prettier. jeez I am so far behind on stuff.Erica Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09073394073940208032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138897306910913296.post-71117807948993509112019-04-02T18:56:00.000-07:002019-04-02T18:56:39.581-07:00One step done, Second step beginingSooooo I can FINALLY state that I am done with school. I am dancing a jig, I mean it only took me over a decade with life throwing curve balls like they were dodge balls I got blindsided by. I can now go from this:<br />
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<a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/445715694343301508/" target="_blank"><img alt="writer's block. and then I fall asleep and BOOM. I come up with something brilliant, think I'll remember it the morning, and forget it the next day." height="400" src="https://i.pinimg.com/564x/ed/60/1c/ed601c7cb0223ed9cb7f5ba16bd18f39.jpg" width="266" /></a><br />
Now I can work on that to do list, because you know I can multitask but that much. So I sit here drinking a glass of wine trying to remember what was on that pesky list, because you know I loose half of what I write down. 😆<br />
So to do:<br />
1. Beginning editing finished novel. (Be brutal about it.)<br />
2. Finish WIP.<br />
3. GO back and read first novel and see what needs to be added. (Because you know I was harsh in my editing)<br />
4. Find Beta readers for said novel.<br />
5. Go from there. (If I get here throw a party just because)<br />
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<br />Erica Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09073394073940208032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138897306910913296.post-25314632511034545072018-12-31T21:01:00.000-08:002018-12-31T21:01:06.330-08:00New Year, old resolutions<a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/635852041117821368/" target="_blank"><span id="goog_306400815"></span><span id="goog_306400816"></span><img alt="New year memes hilarious 2019 for friends and family." height="222" src="https://i-h1.pinimg.com/564x/86/85/6f/86856f75c149a626decc24c7eac0c859.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
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Soooo with the new year happening I found this to be really really funny. Let's see I plan on finishing finally a whole book, whether if it's by editing and self publishing the one that I already have done, or by finishing and the rest of the other stuff.Erica Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09073394073940208032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138897306910913296.post-55314857342861679202018-12-25T10:53:00.002-08:002018-12-25T10:53:41.009-08:00Merry Christmas and Happy New yearsMerry Christmas to those who celebrate. Happy Holidays for those who celebrate something different.<br />
I hope everyone ends this year and starts next year on a great note.<br />
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<br />Erica Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09073394073940208032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138897306910913296.post-43972189087282521192018-11-24T20:32:00.001-08:002018-11-24T20:32:48.192-08:00Thanksgiving<a href="http://thefunnybeaver.com/31-funny-thanksgiving-memes-get-ready-turkey-day/" target="_blank"><img alt="31 Funny Thanksgiving Memes to Get Ready for Turkey Day #thanksgiving #thanksgivingmemes #funnypictures #funnypics #memes" height="320" src="https://i-h1.pinimg.com/564x/29/c3/56/29c356c9ea572f7a22ac9f92a929439a.jpg" width="316" /></a><br />
This caption is why I don't even look at a scale during the holidays. 😀 I got to spend a great couple of days with family and I hope everyone did too. Now it is time to remember recipes for left over turkey and read something new.Erica Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09073394073940208032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138897306910913296.post-13545324417258836682018-11-11T18:58:00.001-08:002018-11-11T18:58:25.041-08:00Ah the old time changeWhat do you think? https://pin.it/rak3r4426xu5e2Erica Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09073394073940208032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138897306910913296.post-85983156346742204622018-11-02T10:22:00.001-07:002018-11-02T10:22:20.185-07:00Rant<p dir="ltr">Ok so I always seem to have a to be read pile. It happens. One on that list has just come out Nalini Singh's Archangel's Prophecy. <br>
So far I am looking forward to the read. However and this is my rant lol I have seen a lot if people complain that it ends on a cliffhanger. How they won't read anymore of her books because they hate hate cliffhangers. <br>
Now I hate cliffhangers too but that does not mean readers should rant and be mean when talking about or to the author. Writing is their passion as well as their job. The good ones make you forget the real world and become invested in their creation. It's awesome. That does not mean you take it out on them when something happens that you dislike. That's just wrong. Just like movies and songs there will always be one or two you don't like. It does not mean you give up on an author. I have read books I didn't enjoy from authors I rave about, doesn't stop me from reading the next book. Some people just need to grow up. End rant. 😁<br>
Now I'm off to go read this book and enjoy it from beginning to the cliff hanging end. <br>
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Erica Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09073394073940208032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138897306910913296.post-77827552655304194472018-10-11T18:51:00.000-07:002018-10-11T18:51:17.743-07:00cool post<a href="https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/make-writing-your-novel-easier/"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpov8Kh0eFlaBd_ap9FynLv9I33X4SeMWkWK-dXLkb27o0j_3hKUnZWXo9s1T97TO2LzmjLvHZ0dqwT9K5zf6LEGvIuLbwBbGzakVYwvKl9kOj-yY0pTsRtQcvDZtEZhD_zwTfaTUw1n3z/s1600/c30449672e3d7a9802188b41d544910c.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="379" data-original-width="564" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpov8Kh0eFlaBd_ap9FynLv9I33X4SeMWkWK-dXLkb27o0j_3hKUnZWXo9s1T97TO2LzmjLvHZ0dqwT9K5zf6LEGvIuLbwBbGzakVYwvKl9kOj-yY0pTsRtQcvDZtEZhD_zwTfaTUw1n3z/s320/c30449672e3d7a9802188b41d544910c.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
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I saw this on pintrest and of course liked it a lot. Then I clicked on the link. I liked the post.Erica Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09073394073940208032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138897306910913296.post-886960423282294392018-09-09T12:11:00.000-07:002018-09-09T12:11:22.737-07:00While we are getting long wanted rain here in Texas I am deciding on if I want to continue with multiple points of view or stick with just the one. There are advantages to both depending on how much the other points of view add to the story. Currently I only have a few scenes with the alternate points of view. In my mind that means I should do one of two things. Expand those views by adding more of them or taking them out completely. So for the moment here is a piece from Rafe's Point of view:<br />
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Rafe scowled at the paperwork before him. He had moved into the Alpha’s house after the ceremony. It was still a mess but a few of the pack owned a cleaning service and were happily chasing dust bunnies. Esther had insisted, stating the Alpha stayed in the main house. The fact that it had fallen into disrepair hadn’t been said aloud. The area the pack lived in butted up against the reserve they used and covered twenty acres of its own land. Looking out the window he sighed before going back to staring at the paper idly wondering if he could get away with shredding it he felt his nail elongate.<br />
“It’s not going to cower you know,” a husky voice interrupted.<br />
Looking up with a smile he stood. Judd filled the doorway with his 6ft 6 frame. Brown eyes reflected the light, even the scars that ran across the left side if his face couldn’t even draw attention away from the eyes. Rafe took in the pose, the confidence and knew he had made a good choice for Beta. Behind the exterior held an honorable man that had been hurt. A protector.<br />
“Damn Judd, it’s good to see you. I wasn’t expecting you for another week," he said.<br />
“Yea, well, my old Alpha didn’t want me hanging around,” Judd shrugged<br />
Rafe winced. He knew the old man was a bastard, but not give a person enough time to pack up was shitty.<br />
“I was already packed Rafe, but,” he paused scratching the stubble on his jaw, “But I have a few stragglers with me. My sister and her mate, two of the lower enforces, Seth and James."<br />
Rafe nodded thinking. He expected Tallie to come with her big brother. That’s what families did. The two enforcers were a pleasant surprise as well. He knew them both and the reason they had been on the lower rungs. Heath didn’t want wolves near him that might actually stand a chance of beating him. Not unless he had leverage. He knew that Judd had moved Tallie away the moment Rafe had headed home. Standing he moved over and gave the big man a hug.<br />
“They are welcome, hell if they want they can start straight away in similar positions here. There are rooms in the house ready for you, little bit, and her mate. The other two can bunk in another until the rest of the place is good,” he nodded to himself liking the idea.<br />
“Hurting for enforcers that bad huh?” the big man chuckled.<br />
Rafe sighed as he moved to pour coffee for them both. The tray had appeared just before Judd. Now he knew why there were two cups.<br />
“Fuck yes. Most of them left after Nicholas died. We have three and they have spent most of their time patrolling the city collecting up pups and trying to keep them in line.”
Sipping his coffee he sat down with humph.<br />
“Since the idiot died more and more rogues have showed up. Luckily it mostly kids running from bad situations,” he growled.<br />
“Damn. Any potential?”<br />
“Some. Right now I have them learning how to hunt. Enrolled them in school as needed, gotten jobs. There is so much to do damn it.”<br />
Judd shook his head in amazement. Rafe had warned him it was be a rough year or so if he joined him here.<br />
“What you need is a Beta and a few good fighters.”<br />
Rafe grinned at him. Laughter escaped as Judd sat down he knew what Rafe was saying without actually speaking. The duo had been through much in the past in order for that bond to happen.<br />
“I’m serious J. I want you to be my Beta," he said.<br />
“I’m a mean son of a bitch Rafe. Not a leader of anything. Hell, Heath only kept me around to be the executioner when needed, you know that. The Alpha female wouldn’t come near me for fear I would rage.”<br />
“That’s why I need you. You don’t want to be Alpha. The pack in smaller, weaker and we have a territory too big to police right now. The next year is going to see those kids learn the hard way to fight and protect. I have a few other contacts coming, but what I don’t need is someone trying to take me out. Not yet,” he sighed as he sat back.
Judd sobered up at that. He’d kill anyone who tried to take his friend out. Rafe had saved him on many levels and earned his loyalty. Knowing full well that he would end up dealing with other people's shit, he caved.<br />
“Damn.”<br />
The desperation Rafe had felt faded away. The next couple of years would be hard on the all. Integrating loan wolves, policing rogues up, hell just trying to become a family was an obstacle.<br />
“Ok, so what do I have to work with right now? What is the most importance?” Judd asked knowing he wasn’t going to like.<br />
Erica Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09073394073940208032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138897306910913296.post-17468212246768149852018-08-29T17:37:00.001-07:002018-08-31T19:03:45.932-07:00How I feel at the momentWhat do you think? <br />
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I'll admit I was on pintrest.Erica Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09073394073940208032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138897306910913296.post-13545926534058035852018-08-28T18:19:00.002-07:002018-08-28T18:20:09.359-07:00<br />
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Of course depending on what you are writing will depend how you go about. With Science fiction an author gets to create whole systems, and species. The sky so to speak is the limit. You can create a world with no land but is filled with water. If water exists that is. There are endless possibilities. I think it is why I love reading that genre. A large blob of whatever can be a life form. Veronica Sicoe has a good article about it: 13 Worldbuilding Questions.<span style="color: black;"> </span>She gives you a starting place.<br />
With Urban Fantasy there are so many routes to go as well. Alternate reality where magic exists side by side with science or is hidden. Where science never took off and magic is the dominant aspect of your world. Writer's Edit has a good article to about world building. I love pinterest and one of the things I saw was a what if post. What if a fairy ran a coffee shop and you could get a shot of luck with your latte. I loved that idea and plan on working that type of stuff into my work.<br />
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I have come to the conclusion that world building falls under that same view as plotting your novel out. Every author does it differently. Back to scowling at my screen as I figure out where I want to go.<br />
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Erica Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09073394073940208032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138897306910913296.post-85145545975911935882018-08-11T19:43:00.000-07:002018-08-11T19:43:38.589-07:00website updateDue to multiple issues with using wordpress on my yahoo controlled homepage I found that I could forward the website address to my blogger site. This makes things easier because A: I have a place that looks better, and B: it leaves me only one place to update. That will helpfully be easier with my work schedule to do. Here is hoping. Erica Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09073394073940208032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138897306910913296.post-57839478948111522522018-07-04T18:32:00.001-07:002018-07-04T18:32:29.662-07:00Ivy Granger Prequel<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38388909-frostbite" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img border="0" alt="Frostbite (Ivy Granger, #0.5)" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1517934432m/38388909.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38388909-frostbite">Frostbite</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1569666.E_J_Stevens">E.J. Stevens</a><br/>
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2445751747">4 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
I really enjoy the Ivy Granger series, so getting a prequel to it was a no brainer. I can't wait until the next book comes out. I hope the series goes on for several more books. It was a short read, but would be a great intro for anyone new the series.
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