Bad Bloods: November Rain by Shannon A Thompson Book Blitz
November Rain
Shannon A. Thompson
(Bad Bloods #1)
Published by: Clean Teen Publishing
Publication date: July 18th 2016
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult
Seventeen-year-old Serena isn’t human. She is a bad blood, and in
the city of Vendona, bad bloods are executed. In the last moments before she
faces imminent death, a prison guard aids her escape and sparks a revolt. Back
on the streets determined to destroy her kind, Serena is spared by a fellow bad
blood named Daniel. His past tragedies are as equally mysterious as her
connection to them.
Unbeknownst to the two, this connection is the key to winning the
election for bad bloods’ rights to be seen as human again. But Serena is the
only one who can secure Vendona’s vote. Now, Daniel must unite with her before
all hope is lost and bad bloods are eradicated, even if it means exposing
secrets worse than death itself. United or not, a city will fight, rain will fall,
and all will be threatened by star-crossed love and political corruption.
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“She used to tell me that a full moon is when mysterious
things happen and wishes come true.” I stared at the little paper in my hands.
“Do you think she tells my sister those stories?”
Daniel didn’t respond. He only listened. I had told him before
I had a sister. He had probably assumed I lied, but I hadn’t. It was the truth,
and it tumbled out like a story my mom created before bedtime. I tried to
picture her telling stories to my sister, but nothing came. I only saw the
little girl, with Mom’s hair and Dad’s eyes, standing in the road, saying my
name.
“I’ve never met her,” I confessed, staring at the writing
bleeding through the folded end. “I think her name is on this, but I can’t
read.”
Daniel reached for it. “I can—”
“No.” I held the note against my chest. “I want to learn and
read it on my own,” I explained, softer than my previous snap.
Daniel’s head tilted. “Robert never taught you.”
I wasn’t sure if it was a question or a statement, but I
responded anyway. “He can’t read.”
Daniel’s eyes swept over me. He took the time to rub his face
before looking away.
“He can’t read,” I repeated, studying his reaction. “Right?”
Daniel’s hand lowered to his lap. “I can teach you,” he said,
and when he faced me again, he was remarkably closer than I realized. His hand
moved to rest on my knee. My heart stabilized. “What else do you want?”
It was a question I had never heard before, and the way Daniel
stumbled over the sentence suggested he had never been able to say it before
either. Bad bloods weren’t allowed to want anything. Not even life. So, when I
was asked, my mind spiraled into obscurity, never actually solidifying an
answer even though I searched for one.
“I’ve never been allowed to want anything,” I confessed.
“Me neither,” Daniel agreed, and for a brief second, I was
oblivious to the fact that his lips were on mine.
Author Bio:
Shannon A. Thompson is a twenty-three-year-old author, avid
reader, and habitual chatterbox. She was merely sixteen when she was first
published, and a lot has happened since then. Thompson's work has appeared in
numerous poetry collections and anthologies, and her first installment of The
Timely Death Trilogy became Goodreads' Book of the Month. As a novelist, poet,
and blogger, Thompson spends her free time writing and sharing ideas with her
black cat named after her favorite actor, Humphrey Bogart. Between writing and
befriending cats, she graduated from the University of Kansas with a bachelor's
degree in English, and she travels whenever the road calls her.
Visit her blog for writers and readers at www.shannonathompson.com
Visit her blog for writers and readers at www.shannonathompson.com
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