Legend Undone by Angie Day Book Tour and Giveaway :)
Legend
Undone
by
Angie Day
Genre:
New Adult Urban Fantasy
Readers
are calling it "creative" and "engaging!"
Mara
wasn’t just a Legend who survived on human energy, she used to be a
dangerous Shadow who wielded more power than she wanted. When she
discovered that Alec, the leader of the Shadows and her childhood
love, held a dark secret about her past to keep her prisoner until he
could use her against the humans, she ran.
As
the first Legend to escape the Shadows alive, Mara must keep moving,
hiding among the humans that every Legend learned to hate, while she
searches to understand her past. Under the alias Kate, she meets
Kylan and his way of life challenges everything she used to know. As
she falls for Kylan, she finds clues about what happened before she
became a Shadow.
But
the closer she gets to an answer, the faster Alec can destroy
everything she has grown to love.
“What
are you?” she asked me. I
took a step back as I looked at her. She wasn’t scared of me. She
was angry. She didn’t struggle with the seatbelt that had locked up
and kept her pinned. She didn’t throw her hands in the air to stop
me. I looked into her eyes and all I saw was hatred brimming out of
the surface. I
saw myself, except for one major difference. She was a human. Sometimes
I caught myself thinking they couldn’t all be as terrible as we
made them out to be. This was not one of those times. A life with the
Shadows had taught me that they are all the same. If given the
chance, they would kill us because, in the end, their own inferiority
terrifies them. I
walked up to her and ripped the seatbelt off of her. I grabbed her
throat and hoisted her out of the vehicle and held her up to my face.
Her feet dangled in the air. “Haven’t
you heard the whispered stories? The monsters that come to steal your
souls? Of course, you have. You humans just refuse to believe we even
exist,” I threatened her. “You think this kind of power should be
exterminated or controlled, not appreciated. If you knew what I was
capable of now, would you think I deserved to live?” I
actually wanted to hear her answer. I wanted to hear the lie seep
through her teeth, saying that she would save me. That she would care
about me. “No,”
she spoke through her strained throat. I
released my grip on her and she collapsed to the ground. “No?
You admit it then?” I stared down at her. I
was shocked at her honesty, considering I held her life in my hands.
Most people groveled at this point. She made one final effort to look
me in the eye. “Not
because of your power, but because of what you do with your power.”
She was coughing between words and rubbing her throat as she spoke.
“You are heartless. You kill people. Why do you deserve to live?” I
looked in her eyes, and the anger melted away. She looked up at me
like I was the one that needed help in this situation. If I didn’t
know better, I would say she looked like she cared about me. My eyes
narrowed at her. “You’re
good.” I commended her on her deceit. “I almost believe you.” I
leaned down to the ground and brushed my finger across her face. She
slumped to the ground after a few seconds. I stood and shook off what
just happened. I looked at the last girl in the back seat. She was
still just lying there unconscious. I looked up at Alec, who had made
his way down the hill. “Did
you want anything? She doesn’t have much left,” I called to him. He
shook his head. I looked at her and checked the pulse on her neck. It
was faint. I laid my hand on her neck and felt the last bit of energy
she had pulse into my hand. I don’t know what it was that made a
human’s final energy sweeter than the rest. I
could feel all the power swirling inside me like a hurricane. I could
lift a skyscraper I was so strong. I closed my eyes and enjoyed the
high for a moment. Something inside me had awakened. It was like I
had not been this alive in decades.
Angie
Day found her love of writing while in college where she studied
psychology and eventually went on to a master’s degree. She noticed
the need for romantic and fantastic adult stories that were still
wholesome and clean. So, she took matters into her own hands. LEGEND
UNDONE is her debut novel. When she’s not devouring the next book,
she is spending time outdoors with her husband.
How did you come up with the
characters for the book?
I honestly couldn’t tell you. I just
knew the outline of the story and what types of people needed to be
there to help or get in the way of the goal. The rest just kinda
filled itself in as I wrote.
Where did you come up with the names
in the story?
I wanted unique but still easy to
pronounce names. My favorite name is a tie between Thayer and Alec.
What did you enjoy most about
writing this book?
Reading the story back to myself. This
isn’t meant to be narcissistic, but I loved reading what I wrote. I
liked seeing how to improve it and enjoying what I thought I did
well.
How did you come up with the title
of your first novel?
I wanted something with either Legend
or Shadow in the title. I went through so many different options
before I finally landed on Legend Undone. The thing that really
tipped the scales was that I wanted the following books in the series
to have a similar format of a title.
Who designed your book covers?
My cover was designed by Sarah Hansen
from Okay Creations. She did an amazing job. I told her some things I
wanted the cover to encompass and she totally nailed it.
If you had to do it all over again,
would you change anything in your latest book?
Of course I would! The problem of being
a writer and spending time with a book is that you can change
anything you want to and the entire story is up to you. Sometimes, I
read it back and I think of a million ways I could do it better. But
at some point, you have to call it done if you ever want to move on
to another book or another world.
Did you learn anything during the
writing of your recent book?
I learned that I did not know as much
about writing as I thought I did. The editing process with my
professional editor also taught me so much. Overall, I learned that I
loved learning and I love writing. So publishing a book allowed me to
do both of those.
If your book was made into a film,
who would you like to play the lead?
I think there are a lot of actors and
actresses that could do a smashing job of playing the characters in
my book. I couldn’t possibly narrow any of them down.
Anything specific you want to tell
your readers?
I wrote this book because I didn’t
want these people to only live in my mind. I want to talk about them.
I want to hear from you. There are a lot of ways to get in contact
with me: social media, email, leaving a review.
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