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2 Nov 2015

SFD Mission: Open Letter to LAURIE ELIZABETH FLYNN and her debut book FIRSTS

Jamie @ Books and Ladders 02 November 6 Comments

Hello and welcome to another mission for Sassy's Fangirl Debuts! If you're unfamiliar with this feature on my blog, you can see my introductory post here. We are writing another round of open letters to debuts this time around, but I am also writing something special just for you guys!

I was matched up with LAURIE ELIZABETH FLYNN and her book FIRSTS (which I talk a lot about on my Twitter page and blog) so you can see my open letter to her below.

Then KEEP SCROLLING for a fun Mercedes style journal entry that explains why I think you guys should read the book.

About the Book

FIRSTS

Author: Laurie Elizabeth Flynn

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Publication Date: January 5, 2016

Summary:

Seventeen-year-old Mercedes Ayres has an open-door policy when it comes to her bedroom, but only if the guy fulfills a specific criteria: he has to be a virgin. Mercedes lets the boys get their awkward, fumbling first times over with, and all she asks in return is that they give their girlfriends the perfect first time- the kind Mercedes never had herself.

Keeping what goes on in her bedroom a secret has been easy- so far. Her absentee mother isn’t home nearly enough to know about Mercedes’ extracurricular activities, and her uber-religious best friend, Angela, won’t even say the word “sex” until she gets married. But Mercedes doesn’t bank on Angela’s boyfriend finding out about her services and wanting a turn- or on Zach, who likes her for who she is instead of what she can do in bed.

When Mercedes’ perfect system falls apart, she has to find a way to salvage her reputation and figure out where her heart really belongs in the process. Funny, smart, and true-to-life, FIRSTS is a one-of-a-kind young adult novel about growing up.

Dearest Laurie Elizabeth Flynn,

I want to start with THANK YOU. Thank you for this book, for Mercedes, and for writing in sex scenes that don't fade to black.

19 Oct 2015

Mission: Open Letter to KRISTY ACEVEDO and CONSIDER

Jamie @ Books and Ladders 19 October 7 Comments

Dearest Kristy Acevedo,
I am writing this letter to you in praise of everything you do. I found out about your book CONSIDER via the Fledgling Authors Chat way back in July 2015 and since then have been waiting in eager anticipation to read your book. Luckily enough, you posted the first chapter as part of your cover reveal which made me giddy with excitement.

I think one of the best parts of all this is that your book is science fiction and seems like it will have a lot of those aspects in this novel. I am hoping that there is at least one instance that has a cheesy, classic science fiction feel, one instance that makes me want to lose my mind because I am nervous that this COULD happen to me in the near future, and one instance where I am like "YAS SLAY ALEX". But mostly, I am excited to feel as though I am living in your book and your world because the main character will be just like me.

18 Oct 2015

Agent Jamie, reporting for duty for Sassy's Fangirl Debuts

Jamie @ Books and Ladders 18 October 1 Comments

Hello and welcome to Sassy's Fangirl Debuts a feature that was created by Talina over at Sassy & Dangerous! The S.F.D is a top secret organization (AKA a debut author street team!) that helps authors dominate the book world and succeed in brainwashing their readers…(just kidding…but who knows…)

Over the past few weeks, Talina has put together a team of highly trained professional debut supporters and the S.F.D team has been planning a way to destroy reader’s TBRs and we believe, after careful planning and years of training, we have finally come to a conclusion: Sassy’s Fangirl Debuts.