I love superhero movies. Every time a new one comes out, I’m there opening weekend to see it. But I also love books and I’m currently literally surrounded by stacks of them, and that got me thinking, why not combine the two? So, if you, like me, ever wanted to know which book you should read based […]
ALERT! ALERT! Netflix has just released a new Sabrina the Teenage Witch and it’s so good! Do you remember the one from back in the day, though? The old Sabrina with Melissa Joan Hart and our favorite talking, black cat Salem, and a love triangle going on with all that magic. Yet, the new Sabrina, […]
Check out this deleted scene with commentary from the author, Shannon Messenger! Originally this sequence happened right after Audra triggers Vane’s Northerly and Southerly breakthroughs—and nearly loses him in the process—and drags him home all weak and pathetic. I thought Audra would be so worried about Vane that she wouldn’t be willing to leave him […]
Here are five things you may not know about the Sky Fall series. 1. The setting of the books (the Coachella Valley, CA) is where I grew up. So all those details about the date roaches and the dust storms and the unrelenting heat are things I’ve personally experienced. Vane’s house is also modeled off of […]
Meet Shannon Messenger, author of the Let the Sky Fall Trilogy, which includes Let the Sky Fall, Let the Storm Break, and Let the Wind Rise, as she shares 5 fun facts about herself: Want to know more about the series? Check out Shannon’s post with 5 things you didn’t know about the Sky Fall series!
We’re in the midst of our Summer of Fantasy reads! Which means we have reads up that run the speculative fiction spectrum from science fiction to fantasy. Here are the four featured reads we have this week: Let the Sky Fall by Shannon Messenger, Dissonance by Erica O’Rourke, The Scorpion Rules Erin Bow, Daughters of Ruin by K.D. Castner. Not sure […]
Welcome to Riveted’s Summer of Fantasy! The next two weeks we’ll be focusing on all the great fantasy and speculative fiction that’s out in the YA world right now! Take a look at our featured extended excerpts, as well as the free full reads you can get your read on with for through July 17th! […]
Not long ago, author Shannon Messenger talked to us about what it was like bringing her Sky Fall trilogy to a close with the publication of Let the Wind Rise and today, we’ve got an exclusive deleted scene! Check it out below, and then be sure to read the extended excerpt of Let the Wind […]
I knew completing a trilogy would be a super-exciting process. But I never expected it to feel so bittersweet. I always assumed my reaction would mostly be, “WOOOOOO—I FINISHED A WHOLE SERIES!!!” And it is awesome knowing that my readers can finally see how Vane and Audra’s story ends. But in a way, it also […]
Editing is one of the most important (and least glamourous) aspects of bringing a book to life. Shannon Messenger, author of Let the Sky Fall & Let the Storm Break. * * * * * This dream/flashback used to come before Vane’s other memory of Audra and the snow, but I cut it because I […]
