{"id":6509,"date":"2017-02-07T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-09-12T15:51:06","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T19:51:06","slug":"a-book-review-of-girl-in-steel-corset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/a-book-review-of-girl-in-steel-corset\/","title":{"rendered":"A Book Review of The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/The-Girl-in-the-Steel-Corset1.jpg?resize=260%2C400\" width=\"260\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Girl-Steel-Corset-Steampunk-Chronicles-ebook\/dp\/B007BBVDAW\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1484930985&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+girl+in+the+steel+corset\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">Buy from Amazon!<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; line-height: 20px;\">In 1897 England, sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne has no one\u2026except the &#8220;thing&#8221; inside her<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; line-height: 20px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; line-height: 20px;\">When a young lord tries to take advantage of Finley, she fights back. And wins. But no normal Victorian girl has a darker side that makes her capable of knocking out a full-grown man with one punch.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; line-height: 20px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; line-height: 20px;\">Only Griffin King sees the magical darkness inside her that says she&#8217;s special, says she&#8217;s one of them. The orphaned duke takes her in from the gaslit streets, against the wishes of his band of misfits. And Finley thinks she might finally be a part of something, finally fit in\u2014until a criminal mastermind known as the Machinist threatens to tear the group apart\u2026.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; line-height: 20px;\"><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<!-- more --><\/div>\n<div>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 20px;\">Series:<\/b><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 20px;\">&nbsp;The Steampunk Chronicles (Book 1)<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; line-height: 20px;\"><b>Genre:<\/b>&nbsp;YA Steampunk<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 20px;\">Publisher:<\/b><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 20px;\">&nbsp;Harlequin Teen (May 1, 2012)<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 20px;\">Page Count:<\/b><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 20px;\">&nbsp;482 Pages<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">Since I&#8217;m now writing steampunk, I try to make a point to read any steampunk book I can get my hands on. Therefore, I was so happy when I won this novel from <a href=\"http:\/\/randomofalife.blogspot.com\/\">Life of a Random<\/a> last year.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 20px;\" \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Plot:<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> <\/span>The plot has classic Sherlock Holmes-like mystery mixed with steampunk fun. It also has some classics inspiration like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hide. The plot held me to the end and it had lots of twists and turns, one I predicted, but others took me by surprise. It was well-woven indeed.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Characters:<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> <\/span>I really enjoyed the characters. Finley as a female Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hide was super cool. I love Griffin King&#8217;s aether abilities. Aether is a very underused power, but in this book it was super fun. Emily is sweet and I love her love for tinkering. Sam annoyed me a bit sometimes, because he was so darn stubborn, but I must say that 1800s cyborg makes up for that. Jack Dandy, a criminal Lord, was also a very dynamic character. I loved his cockney accent and his roguish charm. He was that chaotic neutral character where you&#8217;re not sure if he&#8217;s good or bad.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Setting: <\/span>If you hadn&#8217;t noticed a pattern in my reviews, I gush mostly over worldbuilding. The world is very similar to the real 1897, but with addition of steampunk bicycles, automatons, steampunk cyborgs, and even funner superpowers.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Epic Things:<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <\/span><\/span>I love all of the details in the super powers. The sense-enhancing rune tattoos, the organites, and the inventions.<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Theme:<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> <\/span>There&#8217;s many good themes of friendship and trust.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large; line-height: 20px;\">Content Cautions:<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 20px;\">&nbsp;This novel has some drinking, including characters getting drunk; a character is almost raped and is molested; and there is some gore mentioning that a guy got ripped apart, some murders, and an operation. The nastiest part was when Sam peeled back the skin on his cheekbone a bit. There is some notable swearing including, arse (U.K. version of a**) used ten times, h*** thirteen times, d*** ten times, b*****d twice, bi*** once, and S.O.B. once.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">What We Can Take Away For Our Writing:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>1.) Head Hopping &#8211;<\/b> For those of you who don&#8217;t know is when you switch point of views in the middle of one point of view. This is allowed in omniscient, but not in any other tense pretty much. This<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color: white;\">&nbsp;author tended to head hop. I guess to get a movie-like effect, but it was still jarring. She didn&#8217;t do it enough to irritate me a lot, but I still found it unnecessary.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b style=\"line-height: 18.2px; text-align: center;\">How this can be applied to writing: <\/b><span style=\"line-height: 18.2px; text-align: center;\">When you head hop, you break point of view and this can be very confusing for your readers. Unless you&#8217;re writing in omniscient you should remain in the head of a character until a break in the chapter.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>2.) Antiquated Modern Inventions &#8211;<\/b> One of the other fun things I liked about the worldbuilding was there were a lot of more modern inventions, but changed so they could work in 1897. For example, a portable telegram machine. This is basically an old version of a cellphone. It takes whole briefcase to carry it, but it has the biggest useful feature of a cellphone: portability.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b style=\"line-height: 18.2px; text-align: center;\">How this can be applied to writing: <\/b><span style=\"line-height: 18.2px; text-align: center;\">Have you thought of antiquating modern inventions for your story?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">3.)&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b>Oxford Commas &#8211;<\/b> For some reason unknown, this author does not use them. And it irks the heck out of me. The following reasons are why:<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/the-oxford-comma_52c855ed979ed_w1500.jpg?resize=400%2C400\" width=\"400\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/tumblr_lnzexf2k961qiauleo1_500.jpg?resize=400%2C398\" width=\"400\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/why-i-still-use-the-oxford-comma.jpg?resize=305%2C400\" width=\"305\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">Nuff said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b style=\"line-height: 18.2px; text-align: center;\">How this can be applied to writing:<\/b><span style=\"line-height: 18.2px; text-align: center;\">&nbsp;Please use Oxford commas.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 20px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large; line-height: 20px;\">Conclusion: <\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 20px;\">Despite having a few qualms with the author&#8217;s prose choices, I really enjoyed this story. The characters, worldbuilding, and plot enraptured me and I will probably read the sequel. Four stars!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/4-star-rating-1.gif\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\">About the Author:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: white;\">\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/KadyCross.jpg?resize=131%2C200\" width=\"131\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; line-height: 20px;\"><b>Kady Cross <\/b>is a pseudonym for USA Today bestselling author Kathryn Smith. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and a pride of cats. She likes singing with Rock Band on the 360, British guys, Vietnamese food, and makeup (she\u2019s hopelessly addicted to YouTube makeup tutorials!). When she\u2019s not writing Kady likes to catch up on her favorite TV shows, read a good book or make her own cosmetics.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; line-height: 20px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alterkate.com\/\">Website<\/a>\/\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/4308706.Kady_Cross\">Goodreads<\/a>\/\/<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KadyCross\">Twitter<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height: 20px;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 20px;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: 15px;\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buy from Amazon! 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