{"id":2330,"date":"2016-04-27T06:26:34","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T06:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/?p=2330"},"modified":"2016-04-27T06:26:34","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T06:26:34","slug":"one-to-watch-out-for-the-fairytale-curse-by-marina-finlayson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/04\/one-to-watch-out-for-the-fairytale-curse-by-marina-finlayson\/","title":{"rendered":"One to watch out for: ‘The Fairytale Curse’ by Marina Finlayson"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>I don’t normally post about books I haven’t read, but sometimes I just have to tell the world about something that’s coming soon. I’m a huge fan of Marina Finlayson’s writing, I loved The Proving<\/strong><\/em> series, which started with Twiceborn<\/strong><\/em>, and even her short story, The Family Business<\/strong><\/em>, was terrific. So you can believe me when I say I’m really<\/em> excited about her next book, due out May 8th. And isn’t that the most awesome cover? You can pre-order the book now<\/a> at Amazon. Here’s the blurb:<\/p>\n

Most people only wake up with hangovers after parties. Seventeen-year-old Violet wakes up with frogs falling out of her mouth whenever she speaks, and her twin sister CJ\u2019s dripping diamonds with every word. As if starting at a new high school wasn\u2019t hellish enough, they\u2019ve been hit with a curse straight out of a fairy tale, with not a handsome prince in sight. <\/em><\/p>\n

Apparently Mum and Dad don\u2019t work for the military after all, but for a secret organisation dedicated to keeping the magical denizens of the world safely locked away. These are not the harmless fairies of children\u2019s tales, but powerful beings with a score to settle for their long years of imprisonment. Now the barriers are failing, and if Vi can\u2019t find answers fast the world will be overrun with vengeful fairies. And then there\u2019ll be no happily ever after for anyone.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I don’t normally post about books I haven’t read, but sometimes I just have to tell the world about something that’s coming soon. I’m a huge fan of Marina Finlayson’s writing, I loved The Proving series, which started with Twiceborn, and even her short story, The Family Business, was terrific. So you can believe me when I say I’m really excited about her next book, due out May 8th. And isn’t that the most awesome cover? You can pre-order the book now at Amazon. Here’s the blurb: Most people only wake up with hangovers after parties. Seventeen-year-old Violet wakes up with frogs falling out of her mouth whenever she speaks, and her twin sister CJ\u2019s dripping diamonds with every word. As if starting at a new high school wasn\u2019t hellish enough, they\u2019ve been hit with a curse straight out of a fairy tale, with not a handsome prince in sight. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[117],"tags":[125],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2334,"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330\/revisions\/2334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}