(Ignite The Shadows #1)
Marci feels possessed by what she perceives as shadowy spectres that take control of her body and make her do crazy things. While spying on the clandestine group known as IgNiTe, she’s confronted by the leader, James McCray. His presence stirs the spectres inside her brain into a maddening frenzy. Her symptoms and ability to control them don’t go unnoticed by James, who soon recruits her and shows her the awful truth.
Half of the world’s population is infected by sentient parasites. They bind themselves to the human brain and replace the pathways for all thoughts and actions. The creatures then morph their hosts into grotesque monsters with extraordinary strengths. Winged, clawed, fanged half-humans become living nightmares. Now Marci wishes she was crazy, because the truth is worse.
She’s infected.
1. Science and tech behind the story – Marci, my protagonist, is a hacker, so the technical part of the story has to be accurate as well as easy to understand for anyone who has no in-depth knowledge of computers. The same goes for the science that involves the sentient parasites that are infecting Earth’s population. The way they get into the human brain and the way they affect us needs to make sense, too.
2. Consistent Voice – Marci has a very strong, witty and, at times, lyrical voice. It was important to keep that consistent throughout the book. She is a fun character to write!
3. Balance between a kick-ass protagonist and a likable one – A strong, independent protagonist runs the risk of becoming unlikable. But I think Marci is vulnerable enough in many scenes and in many of her feelings to prevent that.
4. Fast-paced action – Ignite the Shadows has several fast-paced, action scenes. I very much enjoyed writing them and finding the right balance between quiet moments and those faster ones. Too much action can be boring and pointless if not counterbalanced by emotional moments, a little intrigue and mystery and other aspects, so keeping them squared was a challenging job.
5. Balance all the different elements – Ignite the Shadows has many elements, all very important to the story. The story has just enough about hackers, martial arts, mystery, horror, romance, family issues, and other themes that make for a rich story. Keeping all of them in balance was a nice challenge.
Published by: HarperVoyager
Publication date: April 23rd 2015
Genres: Science Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24595250-ignite-the-shadows?ac=1
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Ingrid Seymour is the author of IGNITE THE SHADOWS (Harper Voyager, April 23rd, 2015). When she’s not writing books, she spends her time working as a software engineer, cooking exotic recipes, hanging out with her family and working out. She writes young adult and new adult fiction in a variety of genres, including Sci-Fi, urban fantasy, romance, paranormal and horror.Her favorite outings involve a trip to the library or bookstore where she immediately gravitates toward the YA section. She’s an avid reader and fangirl of many amazing books. She is a dreamer and a fighter who believes perseverance and hard work can make dreams come true.
She lives in Birmingham, AL with her husband, two kids and a cat named Mimi.
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https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4052093.Ingrid_Seymour
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Balancing everything out must be kind of hard. It's hard to try and perceive your story through someone else's imagination you know. Thanks for hosting, today, A.E! :)
ReplyDeleteStories with many balanced elements are usually page turners. Sounds like an intriguing and engrossing story.
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