Blurb:
Life wasn't what Sophie was
expecting, so why should death be any different?
She’s come back from swimming
between the two, and every problem she left is still there. And then some.
There’s the human world, where she
has a brother on the verge of ruins, band mates all set to go on tour, and
people she thought she wouldn't be seeing for a long time showing up.
Then there’s her new world, where
she’s seeing and hearing things that should not be heard or seen. Where Myles
knows more about her than she could have ever guessed. She still doesn't know
exactly why Michael is tormenting her, but somehow, everything is connected.
The monsters are closing in on all
sides and the question is, will Sophie be able to defeat them before it all
ends?
How Sophie Was Born by Nikki Rae:
Sophie came to me on what I thought
would be one of the worst experiences of my young adult life.
I was fifteen and my family and
I went on vacation to Aruba (which I was completely against from the
beginning). I went swimming the first day we were there, and I promptly got sun
poisoning three hours later.
I was stuck for the rest of the
week in excruciating pain, in a hotel room where there were three channels in
French and a notebook. I slept a lot, and between the haze of sleep and aloe
vera, Sophie’s story came to me.
Call it delirium or whatever, but
she just appeared, fully formed. She had magenta hair and a nose ring. She had
pale skin and green eyes. She was wearing a tan trench coat when I first saw
her, and I didn’t know why.
She was allergic to the sun, and
the type of thing I was experiencing happened to her a lot, so she had to cover
up her body when she went outside.
As time went on, I also saw that
she had a lot of tattoos and a lot of scars. I knew that she was incredibly
closed off, and at that time, I couldn’t figure out why. But I found out other
things. Like how much she loved playing piano and all about her family.
I wrote everything down. And the
more I wrote, the more I found out about her.
I discovered why Sophie was so
broken and it was up to me to figure out how she could be put back together.
The best thing about Sophie is how
instantly I fell in love with her and her story. Our relationship was easy, and
I found myself waking up early and going to bed late just so I could spend more
time with her, writing her story.
The most frustrating thing about
her was that because she was so closed off, it was really hard to make her get
over everything that happened to her. When I created Myles for her, I knew they
were meant to be together. He was calm and patient and didn’t judge her, and
that’s what she needed. But it was extremely hard to get her to do anything
with him, even just driving in a car with him was hard in the beginning.
Then came more rewards for me.
Because every time I did see her open up with Myles, I saw her grow, and that
was something I always wanted for Sophie.
Now that I’ve finished her story
and I know how it ends, I can’t say I could have seen it going any other way.
Her life ends up in a place that neither of us were expecting, but I think
we’re both happy, which is all I could really ask for.
Links:
Sunshine on Amazon
Sun Poisoned on Amazon
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