“Who’s to say you weren’t on that list?” Piper says, but she
doesn’t mean anything by it. Reid is one of us.
“Yeung.” Reid glances at Grace and nods at her, then turns
to me. “Eva.”
“I have a first name!” Grace snaps.
Before they start bickering Piper quickly redirects the
conversation. “Did you guys want to go to Durham for the Bulls game? Daddy has
a bunch of tickets that he said we could use.”
I tune them out. It’s far too easy to do, really. The
conversation, the people, the whole party is like most every other Friday for
the past couple years. Sometimes I want to ask them if they’re happy, if they
enjoy their lives or if they feel like they’re just playing roles like me.
Grace tolerates Jessup, but this is only a pit stop for her.
Reid is hard to decipher; he never gives a straight answer. On the other hand,
my boyfriend, Robert, seems to like being one of the town darlings. He has an
entourage everywhere he goes—and likes it. I don’t. They’re my friends though,
so I smile at them before I top off my glass of lukewarm wine from a bottle
that has my grandfather’s last name on the label.
Politely, I carry the bottle over to Robert where he still
stands with Grayson and Jamie. Robert absently kisses the top of my head and
holds his cup out toward me. The other boys are drinking beer, but Robert
always drinks wine from the Cooper Winery when I’m with him.
I don’t glance toward the doorway that leads to the
bedrooms. I don’t think about Nate kissing some girl who isn’t me. No, not at
all. Not even a little.
After I fill Robert’s cup, I wait. I’m not clingy; I don’t
interrupt. I simply wait until the boys notice and walk away. Once they’re
gone, Robert looks at me carefully, studying my face for a moment before
asking, “Is everything okay?”
“I’m bored.”
He laughs. “All of our friends and a bunch of people from
school are here, and you’re bored?”
“Piper only wants to gossip. Reid is . . . Reid. Grace is
pouting or maybe arguing with Reid by now. You”—I poke him in the chest—“were
over here, so yes, I’m bored.”
He grins, sips his wine, and waits. I can’t deny that he’s
one of the best-looking boys I’ve ever seen. He’s certainly one of the
best-looking in Jessup. Basketball, baseball, and tennis keep him in perfect shape,
and he has the bluest eyes of anyone I know. It’s not his fault that I wish
they were chocolate brown instead.
“Can we leave? Maybe drive out to—”
“You know better than that,” he interrupts quietly.
“Everyone would want to come with us as soon as we said we were heading out.”
Everyone, of course, means only our closest friends, but
they’re the same people I’ve spent the past few hours with—really, the past
seventeen years with if I want to get technical. They’re my friends, and I love
them. Sometimes, though, I want to be just a girl with her boyfriend, not a
girl, her boyfriend, and their dozen closest friends.
“Fine.” I blush a little before suggesting, “We could go to
one of the bedrooms . . .”
“With all of our friends out here?” Robert looks at me like
I suggested we have sex on the coffee table.
“Just to fool around,” I clarify.
He leans in and kisses me briefly, lips closed, and then he
wraps an arm around my waist. “Come on.”
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About the Book
Title: MADE
FOR YOU
Author: Melissa
Marr
Pub. Date: September
16, 2014
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages: 368
Formats: Hardcover,
audio, eBook
Find it: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads
Bestselling author
of the Wicked Lovely books Melissa Marr’s first contemporary YA novel is a
twisted southern gothic tale of obsession, romance, and murder. A killer is
obsessed with Eva Tilling. Can she stop him, or will he claim her?
When Eva Tilling
wakes up in the hospital, she’s confused—who in her sleepy little North
Carolina town could have hit her with their car? And why? But before she can
consider the question, she finds that she’s awoken with a strange new skill:
the ability to foresee people’s deaths when they touch her. While she is
recovering from the hit-and-run, Nate, an old flame, reappears, and the two
must traverse their rocky past as they figure out how to use Eva’s power to
keep her friends—and themselves—alive. But while Eva and Nate grow closer, the
killer grows increasingly frantic in his attempt to get to Eva.
For the first time,
New York Times bestselling author Melissa Marr has applied her extraordinary
talent to contemporary realism. Chilling twists, unrequited obsession, and
high-stakes romance drive this Gothic, racy thriller—a story of small-town
oppression and salvation. Melissa’s fans, and every YA reader, will find its
wild ride enthralling.
About Melissa:
Melissa grew up believing in faeries, ghosts, and various
other creatures. After teaching college lit for a decade, she applied her
fascination with folklore to writing.
Melissa writes fiction for adults, teens, and children. Her
books have been translated into 28 languages to date and been bestsellers in
the US (NY Times, LA Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal) as well as various
countries overseas. She is best known for the Wicked Lovely series for teens
and Graveminder for adults.
Wicked Lovely was her first novel; it was simultaneously
released in the US and UK by HarperCollins in 2007 (with translation rights
also sold in twenty-some countries). It debuted as a NY Times Bestseller and
evolved into a multi-book series with myriad accolades and international
bestseller lists.
Her debut adult book, Graveminder, released to strong
critical reception in 2011. Following
that she has edited anthologies with Kelley Armstrong (Enthralled and Shards
& Ashes) and with her friend Tim Pratt (Rags & Bones), and released a
second adult novel (The Arrivals) in 2013.
With Kelley Armstrong, Melissa is the co-author of the
Blackwell Pages trilogy (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers), a children’s
series about the Norse myth of Ragnarök.
Her upcoming HarperCollins 2014 release, Made For You,
utilizes both her graduate degree in Southern Literature and her personal
experience with stalkers in a story about a killer who terrorizes a small North
Carolina town.
Her first picture book (Bunny Roo) will be released in 2015.
Currently, Melissa resides in Virginia with her spouse,
children, and many dogs.
Giveaway
Details:
1 winner will receive a full set of
the 5 Wicked Lovely series and the Wicked Lovely companion book (all paperback)
as well as a hardcover copy of Made For You. US Only
1 winner will receive a paperback of
Graveminder & of Arrivals, as well as a hardcover copy of Made For You. US
Only.
1 winner will receive a hardcover of
Made For You.US ONLY.
I have never read your books but I would love to and they have beautiful covers!!! :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great series!
ReplyDeleteMary DeBorde (M.A.D.)
ReplyDeleteMelissa is such a great writer!! I LOVED her Wicked Lovely stories and can't wait to read Made For You :D
I have been watching Tea Time over at Epic Reads and they RAVE about Made For You... It sounds like an awesome book and I can't wait to check it out :) :) :)
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