ROMANTASY IS A CULT AND NEALY IS THEIR LEADER

So I typically cannot stand driving in my car these days without having an audiobook ready to go, and Last night I finished "It's not Her" by Mary Kubica (Which I enjoyed....DID NOT see the ending of that one going the way it did!  (Kuddos to Ms. Kubica for keeping me guessing) ...

I was about to start "Rites of a Starling" by Devney Perry when I get this "REEL" sent to me by my co-worker/fellow writer/friend/editor Nealy who basically convinces me to shelve "Rites of a Starling" and listen to "Gild".  So for the record Devney Perry, if you're reading this, I fully intended to read your second book in the series but you were unfortunately hijacked...but I swear to you, It's getting read...and soon!  If you want to be mad at someone, be mad at Nealy, this is HER fault entirely.  I like to lay blame where blame is due! *laughs*

There I am, in the shower, listening to "Gild" by Raven Kenndy and WOW, is my first impression!  That is one hell of an entrance to a series...let me just say: Bravo Ms. Kennedy, you really reached into my pre-caffeinated subconscious and put me in a bit of a chokehold there this morning.  Very interesting, and very descriptive first scene I must confess.  Was NOT expecting THAT!

So I message Nealy and tell her that she should be happy, that I caved, I'd set Rites of the Starling aside and was giving "Gild" a go and she cockily says "when have I ever lead you astray?"  To which she's correct, so far she's been my ever knowing guide to the world of ROMANTASY, a genre I can't say I would have EVER picked up if not for her.  

'Romantasy' for me is just like "Twilight" was back in the day, my big sister Angie telling me that I just have to read these books, and I'm like, "what are they about?"  She says "It's about these vampires..."; I'm all "Stop right there, I have no desire to read YOUNG ADULT VAMPIRE ROMANCE!"  Try not to judge me so harshly, how was I supposed to know I'd wind up loving them?! 

So anyway, Angie kept at me until I finally caved and said to her one day:  "FIIIIIIIIIINE!!!  For f*cks Sakes!!!  I will read it!"  To which I did, and I loved them.  Fast forward a couple years after that and there I was at the movie theatre on opening night for the movie adaptations, ooooo'ing and ahhhh'ing in the audience with everyone else in utter delight and dismay at how foolish I was to think that I almost never experienced the phenomenon that was "Twilight" because I was being stubborn.  

Fast forward some more years and here we are again, this time it's Nealy telling me I just HAVE to read these dragon books.  DRAGONS!  Are you kidding me?  Now we're reading about Dragons?!  

YEP, NOW WE ARE READING ABOUT DRAGONS!  I was officially hooked after listening to "Fourth Wing" by Rebecca Yarros, in the Graphic Audio Version like a crack addict on a real hell of a bender!  ...(And don't even get me started on the time she talked me into reading about Sarah J. Maas's "Faeries"....not to be confused with fairy's!  I'll tell you about that another time)....

So yeah, where was I?...Oh yeah, Nealy bullied me into romantasy, and now, here we are and she's still using her power's of persuasion to have me delving in the world of the "Plated Prisoner Series"!  😼  Nealy strikes again!  She's Diabolical!  In the best way! 

Here's a bit of the conversation with Nealy when I told her that she'd (YET AGAIN) won and I was now listening to "Gild" as she's strongly suggested:  

"Maybe I'm a literary pushover, maybe it's fate, but now Plated Prisoner series is officially on my plate."

Happy Reading Everybody...Feel free to drop what you're reading in the comments!  Don't forget to like and follow if you want to read more from me! <3

*Heather Lynn*