I'm getting closer to being done with the edits on my current work in progress Project Prehistory, a coming-of-age story set in a prehistoric society. I have fewer than ten chapters left, and although I needed to make a lot of changes to chapters 31 and 32, I got them edited last week.
Want to see more of what I did last week? Watch my productive writing vlog below! Featuring apple pies and a small library book haul.
August reads
It almost felt like I didn’t read anything at all last month! I think that was because I finished ten books in June and had quite a hefty schedule with Jane Austen July that finishing only two contemporary novels and two nonfiction books felt like nothing. But I did read almost two thousand pages, and two of the books I started last month are quite long (I won’t be able to finish them until early October). I also took a week of vacation when I read a lot less than normally (you can find a vlog of my combined writing retreat/summer vacation here).
A Thousand Heartbeats by Kiera Cass
“Love has a sound. It sounds like a thousand heartbeats happening at the same time.”
Princess Annika lives a life of luxury in the prosperous kingdom of Kadier, but her life isn’t hers to control. Her father is forcing her to form a marriage alliance to duke Nickolas for political gain. Meanwhile, in the decaying Vosino Castle, Lennox prepares for a war to take back the throne from Annika’s father. When these two enemies meet, the call of a thousand heartbeats binds their fates together.
A Thousand Heartbeats is a Young Adult standalone fantasy romance. I expected the book to have more fantasy elements, especially as the cover seems to imply that the characters live in a world with a lot of water. But no. There’s no magic or magical creatures. Basically the only thing that makes the novel a fantasy is that it takes place in a fictional world. The setting is medieval-esque with its castles and princesses and warring kingdoms, so this book could be classified as a Young Adult fairytale.
