Excerpt:
I
should have called the police the moment I woke up, but what was I going to
say: “Hello. 911. Help. I think I’m going to die because I had a dream that I
died?” Yeah, even in my head I sounded ridiculous.
What happened to me was horrifying. It still is. But
you won’t read about it in the newspapers, because it never happened.
“It was only a dream.” That was what everyone
kept telling me. Nevertheless, they were wrong. What happened to me wasn’t a
dream. I was living it. I died that night. I was murdered in a firestorm.
Yet, where I am, I’m alive.
One single white lie isn’t supposed to bring with it a
lifetime of obstacles, right?
Wrong!
I lied. I said ‘Yes,’ when I was supposed to say ‘No’,
and that was how I got here.
I committed a crime. Handcuff me. Sentence me to life.
Execute me. Trust me, death will be a vacation compared to the punishment I’m
serving.
“You’re such a terrible liar, Abigail.” This is what
everyone I know says whenever I try to key up a lie. Then again, what does
everyone I know, know for sure? Nothing!
I wasn’t crazy. No, honestly, before I found myself in
‘wackoland’ I was a walking ray of sunshine. Everything in my over-idolized
life was perfect.
Until he
came.
First, I thought. Finally. Someone to chase away the
monsters underneath my bed, but as it turned out, he didn’t come to chase them
away. He was it.
My guardian
angel.
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Author Bio:
Melody Manful was born on the 8th of June 1994 in Tema, A town in Ghana. She started writing at a very early age and has been doing it ever since. She has two siblings, and lives in Denmark with her family. She loves music, reading and writing, and puts a great deal into making her friends happy.
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My Opinion:
I absolutely love that cover! I think it is beautiful and Melody should be very proud! And the excerpt definitely makes me want to bump this up on my TBR list. I cannot wait to get to this novel! And did you see when she was born in her author bio?!? 1994 thats when my little sister was born. Its amazing how young authors are starting to write. If this was my little sister I would be very proud of her and I bet her siblings are =D
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