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  2. Shelly Holder says:

    Oooooooh, I have wanted the recipe for those sandwiches FOR EVER! I’m a serious foodie as well, and I love that you incorporated cooking as much as you did in Gin’s personality. One of the key factors that drew me in from the first book. Would love to see more!

    • Jennifer Estep says:

      Cool. I hope you enjoy the sandwiches.

      I love food too, and I’m totally addicted to the Food Network. Don’t worry. There will be more food stuff in books 4 and 5. 😉

      I’m also hoping to add some new recipes here to the site around the first of the year. We’ll see how that goes with the holidays coming up. LOL.

  3. Dot says:

    I have read all three of your books and I really like the story and characters. I just finished
    Venom and here is it… BUT …. I know that in the first couple of charters, you have to go over
    what happen in the previous book to let new readers know who the characters are and how
    them relate to each other. But in this book you repeated information, such as ” Mab Monroe
    killed her mother and her big sister and torture her ” all thru the book, to the point that all
    I wanted to say was “get over it”. You did this with most of the characters, Roslyn, Fletcher
    and Donovan. You know, most readers have good memories and don’t need things repeated
    over and over again.
    I don’t mean to be harsh, but it really irritated me.

    • Jennifer Estep says:

      Well, I’m sorry you found that irritating. But basically, I have to create the magic/world building, explain all the characters and their relationships, recap what’s happened in all the previous books, and lay out the groundwork for what’s going to happen in this book. It can be a little repetitive for readers who have read the series from the beginning and want to see what happens next.

      But I have to do this in every single book because I can’t count on the fact that everyone who reads a certain book has read all the other ones and knows what’s going on already. A lot of people will pick up the third or fourth book in a series without having read the first couple.

      I recently picked up a middle book in a long-running series and had no idea what was going on because the author didn’t bother to explain or even describe the characters and their relationships to each other. She didn’t even give their last names in some places.

      Mab killing Gin’s family is the defining moment of her life, but I’ll admit that she dwells on it — and that she’s a wee bit obsessed with getting her revenge. LOL.

    • Jennifer Estep says:

      I guess what I am really trying to say here with all my ramblings is that I would rather repeat something and give the reader too much information than not enough and have them wonder about something.

  4. amanda says:

    hi i really want to know what happens in her love life srry i am a romantic. i want to know what happens after the book venom. like to me the is going to be a love triange between Gin, Owen, and donovan please can u give me a sneek peak please please please please.

    • Jennifer Estep says:

      I’m glad you are enjoying the series. You can read the back cover copy for TANGLED THREADS on the Books at a Glance page. If you look at that, it’s pretty clear who Gin’s love interest is in the book. I have a no-spoilers policy so that’s really all I can tell you at this point.

      Also, the first chapter of the book is posted on the Excerpts page.

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