Author Interview: Jennifer Estep + Giveaway! (US)

Please Welcome Jennifer Estep!

Jennifer Estep is well known for her adult urban fantasy Elemental Assassin series, but I know her from her YA Mythos Academy series. I offered up my BFF bracelet to the snarky Gwen Frost in the first book Touch of Frost and I'm giving her another sleepover party invitation after her continued total awesomeness in Kiss of Frost. Jennifer has stopped by today to answer some of my questions about the important things in life: like kissing, slapping, brain-picking, and food. 

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There are NO spoilers in this interview! 

Which one of your characters would you most want to kiss?

JE: I’ll have to say Nickamedes. The librarian may be a little fussy and uptight, but he’s still a handsome guy. Plus, I’m way too old for Logan, no matter how cute he is. LOL.

I'm probably too old to be kissing Logan, too, but I can't help but swoon over him anyway! *sigh* That comes with the adult-reading-YA territory. I can see potential with Nickamedes though, especially after finding out what I found out in Kiss of Frost.

Which one of your characters do you most want to slap or give a verbal tongue lashing to?

JE: All of them, from time to time. But in Kiss of Frost, I’ll say Helena Paxton, a new character who likes to make catty comments about everyone else, including Gwen.

Yup, I wanted to smack her, too.

If you were transported into your book, which scene would you most want to reenact?

JE: I think it would be fun to hang out at the Winter Carnival that the Mythos Academy students go to in Kiss of Frost. Play the games, win some prizes, eat a couple of funnel cakes, that sort of thing.

You had me at "funnel cakes." Yum.

Which one of your character’s brains would you want to pick the most?

JE: Vic. The talking sword has been around a long time, and I imagine that he’d know quite a bit about a lot of different and interesting topics. Besides, Vic is so confident and mouthy, he’d be happy to talk your ear off.

I would LOVE to chat with Vic! I get the feeling he has a lot of exciting stories to share. I'd also ask him about the origins of his slogan (a phrase like "bathed in their blood and hungry for more!" has GOT to have a good story attached to it). 

Which scene do you think will surprise readers the most?

JE: Well, I can’t say too much, but I hope several of the characters surprise readers. As an author, you always want there to be more to your characters than meets the eye. I just hope readers will enjoy the twists and turns in the story and characters in KISS OF FROST.

Well this reader certainly enjoyed them! One of the characters totally surprised me, and that other reveal at the end! I didn't see that coming AT ALL.

Gwen always has the tastiest snacks. Which is your favorite, and can you share the recipe?

JE: Cakes, cookies, pies, ice cream … I like them all. This recipe isn’t really a dessert, but it’s something that my mom and grandma do every summer when strawberries are in season:

Sweet Summer Strawberries

• 1 gallon fresh strawberries
• Sugar, to taste

Wash and cap strawberries. Let strawberries dry, then cut them into bite-size pieces and place in a large bowl. Starting with about a cup of sugar, add sugar to strawberries until desired sweetness is reached. (The more sugar you add, the sweeter they will be.) Stir the sugar until it is dissolved and has formed a syrup over the strawberries. Serve immediately, or ladle strawberries and syrup into airtight containers and freeze until ready to use.

Note: These strawberries are great on toast, as part of a PB&J, or over vanilla ice cream.

You can go wrong with some sugary strawberries! Whenever I eat that I tell myself it's a guilt-free healthy snack, but with the amount of sugar I end up putting on them, I don't think "healthy" is the most accurate description! I've never put them over ice cream before--that sounds great!

Thank you for stopping by, Jennifer!

Have you read the first book in the series? Does this interview pique your interest in the series? If you've read the first book, how would YOU answer these questions? 

If you haven't started this series, what are you waiting for? Cute guys, tasty snacks, a snarky MC with super powers, and a talking sword! What more do you need? Kiss of Frost is available now!

I’m Gwen Frost, a second-year warrior-in-training at Mythos Acad­emy, and I have no idea how I’m going to sur­vive the rest of the semes­ter. 

One day, I’m get­ting schooled in sword­play by the guy who broke my heart—the drop-dead gor­geous Logan who slays me every time. Then, an invis­i­ble archer in the Library of Antiq­ui­ties decides to use me for tar­get prac­tice. 

And now, I find out that some­one at the acad­emy is really a Reaper bad guy who wants me dead. I’m afraid if I don’t learn how to live by the sword—with Logan’s help—I just might die by the sword...

Jennifer Estep is generously providing a copy of Kiss of Frost for giveaway

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Info for the giveaway:

• As always, you do NOT have to be a follower
• You must have a US mailing address
• You must be 13 years of age or older
• One entry per person
• Your address is not required, but including it will help with sending the book out to you sooner
• I will contact the winner through email and the winner will have 24 hours to reply before a new winner is chosen 
• This giveaway closes on December 28th

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