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Book Details
Title: The Queen’s Gift
Author: T.R. Allardice
Publication date: December 15th 2014
Publication date: December 15th 2014
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult
Synopsis
'Fifteen-year-old, late-bloomer Jean Elliott dreams of becoming a Genie like her mom.
When her family relocates to Tokyo, Jean is forced to use sleight-of-hand tricks to fool everyone at school into believing that she’s a normal Preternatural or risk expulsion. When her power finally appears, it comes in the form of the Queen’s Gift - an unspeakable magic that strips power from all Preternaturals and heralds the arrival of the new queen.
After an absence of two hundred years, not everyone wants the monarchy to return and they’re willing to go to great lengths to keep the status quo.
When buried secrets rip Jean’s family apart, she has a choice to make: Walk away and hope for the best or embrace the power that’s known to lead to madness in order to save her family.
Jean’s greatest dream has turned into her biggest nightmare and no matter how hard she tries, there’ll be no wishing the Queen’s Gift away..'
Synopsis'Fifteen-year-old, late-bloomer Jean Elliott dreams of becoming a Genie like her mom.
When her family relocates to Tokyo, Jean is forced to use sleight-of-hand tricks to fool everyone at school into believing that she’s a normal Preternatural or risk expulsion. When her power finally appears, it comes in the form of the Queen’s Gift - an unspeakable magic that strips power from all Preternaturals and heralds the arrival of the new queen.
After an absence of two hundred years, not everyone wants the monarchy to return and they’re willing to go to great lengths to keep the status quo.
When buried secrets rip Jean’s family apart, she has a choice to make: Walk away and hope for the best or embrace the power that’s known to lead to madness in order to save her family.
Jean’s greatest dream has turned into her biggest nightmare and no matter how hard she tries, there’ll be no wishing the Queen’s Gift away..'
Author Bio: T.R. Allardice
T.R. Allardice writes young adult, new adult, and humorous horror stories.
T.R. Allardice writes young adult, new adult, and humorous horror stories.
Most of what she writes incorporates several genres. The content won't always be 'safe'. What's the fun in that? She is a member of the Horror Writer's Association, Novelist Inc. and the Author's Guild. She has thirty-one books published under another pen name. To find out more about her upcoming work, go to: www.trallardice.com
Author Interview
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Author Interview
1.
How did you come up with the
idea for The Queen’s Gift?
T.R. Allardice: I actually came up with the idea after a
trip to Tokyo, Japan. I felt so out of my depth there, yet utterly fascinated
by the culture. I wondered what would happen if you sent a teenager there and
she had to deal with school plus the cultural divide. Throw in some magic—or
lack thereof, and you have a lot of potential conflict.
2.
How many books will be in the
series?
T.R. Allardice: Right now, I have two more books planned,
but honestly, it depends on what it takes to tell the story. I’d always planned
for it to be a trilogy, but I knew there could possibly be four books in the
series.
3.
Are you working on any other
books?
T.R. Allardice: Yes, I’m currently working on two more
young adult books that will be the start of two more series. They have boy lead
characters and contain an ensemble cast much like The Queen’s Gift. One is set
in Scotland and the other is in New York.
4.
How do you pick the settings?
T.R. Allardice: I tend to go with places I’ve been to so
that I have a real feel for the location. Most of the time, I’m traveling
someplace and suddenly a story idea comes to me. That’s what happened when I
was in London last year. The story that came to me there is currently stewing
in my subconscious.
5.
Who are your favorite Young
Adult authors?
T.R. Allardice: There are so many great young adult authors
out there. It’s going to be hard to name them all. Off the top of my head (and
I know I’ll be forgetting some), my favorites are: Melissa Marr, J.A. Templeton,
Holly Black, Tawny Stokes, Neil Gaiman, Rachel Caine, Richelle Mead, Rick
Riordan, J.K. Rowling, Maggie Stiefvater, Rachel Vincent, and Jennifer
Armentrout.
6.
Which Winchester brother would
you pick?
T.R. Allardice: Dean, but I do love Sam’s dimples. LOL!
7.
If you could be any character,
who would you be?
T.R. Allardice: Probably Superman, but I am tempted by Iron
Man and Spiderman.
8.
What do you do when you’re not
writing?
T.R. Allardice: I try to spend time with real people,
though it doesn’t always work. Characters can be very demanding. ;)
9.
If you weren’t a writer, what
would you do?
T.R. Allardice: I’d probably go back to school and finish
my degree. Not sure what kind of job I could get with a mythology degree
though.
10. Last question. If you could have lunch with any writer, who would it
be?
T.R. Allardice: That’s easy. J.K. Rowling. Hands down.
Thank you for having me.
Giveaway
My blog's giveaway (winners will be notified February 19th):
- (x1) eBook copy of The Queen’s Gift (INT)
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