Teaser & Top Ten Tuesdays

 

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by Purple Princess of The Purple Booker. 

Here are the rules:

1. Grab your current read
2. Open to a page
3. Pick out 2 lines that are SPOILER FREE
4. Name the title, author, etc.

"'You hurtle yourself through a metal cage on a death machine and you subsist on a diet of waffles and sugar. I can't say I trust your self-preservation instincts.'" p 138

TITLE: Scythe & Sparrow
AUTHOR: Brynne Weaver
PUBLISHER: Slowburn
GENRE: Dark Romance
RELEASE DATE: February 11, 2025

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and The Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

This week's topic is: Top 10 Authors I Wish Were Still Writing Today

*in no particular order
**oh this had me crying and just sad! Only a few authors that I know of have ever passed away, the rest, it seems, just fell out of writing.

10. RACHEL CAINE--sadly Rachel passed away a few years ago. She was one of the first authors I ever got to meet and she took time away from the convention she was attending to meet me in the hotel lobby with my mom! She was so sweet and I continued to see her over the years at other conventions/festivals.
9. ALYSSA ROSE IVY--I'm not sure what happened to Alyssa and it saddens me. I was on her review team and then one day, the emails just stopped coming. I was too shy to reach out, wanting to see if everything was okay and I kind of regret that now as things have just been so silent.
8. L.J. SMITH--another author I found when I was young and loved her books. Sadly never got to meet her and within the last year or so I had seen that she passed away too.

7. JEANNIE HOLMES--I'm thinking Jeannie might have stopped writing after her first two books didn't do well in sales. The publisher didn't ask for more, despite my asking for more! Lol. Social media wasn't what it was back then so when newsletters/blog posts stopped I had no way of keeping up with authors who vanished.
6. JENNA BLACK--another one of the greats! I've met Jenna a few times as well and loved her books. I continued following her on Instagram after she seemed to stop writing, but then her posts stopped too.
5. NICOLE PEELER--another author I loved who seemed to have fallen out of writing. I know she is also a professor at a university, so that job probably became more fulfilling for her? Not sure really. I still get an occasional newsletter from her though.

4. KALAYNA PRICE--I fell in love with Kalayna's first indie series that sadly will likely never be finished. I did enjoyed her mainstream Alex Craft series and was glad that that series got to be completed with a few hiccups over the years. I recall she had health issues that partook in the delay, which I totally understand. Still wish her first series could've gotten its final book. I hate that Goodreads is allowed to have these non-existent books up on their site. It's pure torture.
3. ELIZABETH RICHARDS--I loved this author's debut series and from what I could find out, that's all she ever wrote too. Not sure what happened to cause the "no more books" scenario here, but it's another one I mourn.
2. NANCY HOLDER & DEBBIE VIGUIE--my first author duo team! Loved their books they wrote together but I really haven't seen anything from them at all lately, either as a duo or solo.

1. RICHELLE MEAD--the author who brought me back to YA when I thought there would never be another YA Paranormal book! Her last series, The Glittering Court, was the last books she wrote. I remember she toured here for the final book and had mentioned not being on contract for anything at the time and she was just going to see where the muse took her. It's been 8 years since then and still now new news.

BUT ON A HAPPIER NOTE...

There are of course more authors I could add to this list, but instead I decided to add some new and/or upcoming releases from authors I hadn't heard from in awhile who have NEW BOOKS coming out THIS YEAR!

RACHEL VINCENT--just when I thought Rachel might be done with writing since she became a professor at one of her colleges, she wrote a new book that came out this year and I was STOKED that she came to St. Louis for her tour! I still need to read it, naturally, but I am so happy!
BREE DESPAIN--I loved all of Bree's books! The Dark Divine and The Shadow Prince were among my faves and now she has a new thriller coming out in August! It was supposed to release in March, but it got pushed back, but at least it's still 2026!
BECCA FITZPATRICK--Becca would've been at the top of this list and almost was, but then just weeks before I drafted it, she announced she will have a NEW BOOK out THIS YEAR! I AM STOKED! SO STOKED! I loved her Hush, Hush series and all her standalone thrillers. So this book is making me incredibly happy and I haven't even read the blurb all the way through yet! Lol. I read enough that had me excited!