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.
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.
GUEST POST
What is your favorite part of this book and why?
Pretty much any scene with Alec is my
favorite. I don’t want to spoil what happens, but as things go on
in the book the conflict gets more intense as secrets start getting
revealed, and I love it.
If you could spend time with a
character from your book whom would it be? And what would you do
during that day?
My main character Mara/Kate would be so
much fun to just follow around and watch what she does. However, I
could also get on board with spending a day with Thayer as well. It’s
a toss-up between those two.
Are your characters based off real
people or did they all come entirely from your imagination?
I don’t like basing characters off of
people that I know. If that person were to read the book and they
could tell it was a version of them, they would think whatever
happened to that character was how I personally felt about then. With
family and friends, that just gets messy. These characters are based
off parts of myself. One tiny piece of my personality or a certain
time in my life is blown up into an entire person.
Do your characters seem to hijack
the story or do you feel like you have the reigns of the story?
I always feel like I have control.
That’s one of the reasons I love writing: to create something that
every single thing is completely in my control.
Convince us why you feel your book
is a must read.
This book has a little bit of
everything. Romance, action, murder, energy highs, secrets, betrayal,
revenge, you name it. In this story you get to feel what it is to be
betrayed by a best friend, you experience a thrilling energy-high,
you fall (or trip all the way down) in love for what seems like the
first real time, and all the other guilt, mind-numbing pain, joyous
relief, and intoxicating excitement. When it all gets to be too much,
another plot twist comes and makes you need to keep going just a
little further.
Have you written any other books
that are not published?
I have a few stories started, but
Legend Undone is my first completed novel.
If your book had a candle, what
scent would it be?
Fresh rain. It can bring up nostalgia,
forgotten memories, and a clean slate. Everything that Legend Undone
promises.
What did you edit out of
this book?
I cut some characters that were just
making it too many people. I cut a few scenes that weren’t helping
move the plot along. Of course, I cut a lot of wordy sentences that
just didn’t need to be there.
Is there a writer
which brain you would love to pick for advice? Who would that be and
why?
In recent reads,
I have loved Leigh Bardugo and Sarah J. Maas. Sitting down with
either of these women would be incredible.
Behind the Scenes:
- The Legend power. Originally, I had the Legends have limitless power and the energy was just how they ate food, but it didn’t affect their abilities. But having no limits meant too many things were possible and it created plot holes. Per the advice of a beta reader, I made it so the powers were tied to the amount of energy in the Legend’s system. If they didn’t have enough energy, they couldn’t use their powers well.
- Kylan’s POV. Most of the story is told through Mara/Kate’s perspective. She was the only main character when I began the story. It started as a convenient way to explain things that Mara wasn’t there for but still keep a first-person POV. The more I got to know Kylan, the more I needed to tell his story as well. In later books, he really starts to flourish.
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