The books are (drum roll please!)...Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer! These books inspired and absorbed me so much that not only did I go back to my first novel (which will probably be considered young adult), but I had an idea for a young adult forbidden love story with fantasy elements as well. I'm really excited about it, but I can't talk about it yet as I don't even have the world/magic background worked out, let alone characters or story. Stephenie Meyer has said she had the idea in a dream and so the characters and world and heart of the story came to her all at one time. I'm not so lucky this time, but I think if I can figure some things out, it will be a good world with plenty of potential angst to explore. :-)
I also read another book (this one dealing with fairies rather than vampires) that has also gotten some buzz that I've seen on the Internet (i.e. I have heard of the book--that's why I read Twilight, I kept seeing posts about it on agent's or author's blogs). It's called Wicked Lovely. I didn't like it quite as much as the Twilight series but it was still good. :-) And isn't that cover beautiful?My Marla book (the young adultish) novel that I'm working on doesn't have a love story--at least not yet; the second book in the series should start developing some of that--and isn't atmospheric like these and it also doesn't take place in the real world, but I'm still enjoying working on it, although I have come to a pause for the past week or two. My real job got in the way. lol. Anyway, I had some ideas with the plot that should really tighten it up. I'm forever saying that. I wish I could come up with a plot and STICK to it! Hopefully, I'll gain that ability as I grow as a writer.
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