Tragedy of Me
Legend of Me #2
by Rebekah Purdy
Publisher: Month9 Books
Genre: young adult
With the Curse of the Beast broken, Brielle Healer thought she’d left her bloody, gruesome past behind her. But when more dead bodies are discovered on her property, everything changes. Lord Kenrick and other Knights of the Crowhurst Order want to know what happened to his missing brother who was last seen with Bri. An encounter with Daedric has Bri wondering if there might be a way to bring him back from wherever it is his spirit slipped into. Any attempts to get Kenrick back however, will mean a trip through a hellish realm more powerful and dangerous than either can handle. But tragedy has a way of showing people what they’re made out of, and Bri’s no exception. Raul Tinker’s dark past has finally caught up to him.His vengeful sister Yaelena wants to destroy everything he loves. Although trained in magic, he’s no match for Yalena’s kind of evil. Yalena promises not to harm Brielle, if Raul agrees to do her bidding. Now, the only way to stop her would be to allow the same darkness that consumes Yalena to consume him as well.It seems like a small price to pay to save Bri. Only time will tell.
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No one should ever go into the woods alone. Brielle has grown up listening to tales of a beast that attacks humans, leaving behind only a scattering of bones and limbs. It’s probably the elders’ way of keeping little children in line, but it doesn’t explain her grisly premonitions of blood, claws, and severed heads. But when Brielle finds a mangled body in the woods, she begins to wonder if the grim stories may actually be true. Soon, Lord Kenrick, Knight of the Crowhurst Order, arrives asking questions about the legendary monster. Brielle’s attraction to him is immediate and undeniable. She volunteers to help him search for clues to the creature’s existence, despite her suspicions about his timing. As her 17th birthday approaches, Brielle’s nightmares worsen and more villagers go missing. If Brielle doesn’t figure out the connection between Kenrick, the beast, and her visions, more people will die. As Brielle falls deeper in love with Kenrick and deeper into the snares of the abominable beast, she’ll become part of a legend so great, no one will ever question its validity again.
Rebekah was born and raised in Michigan where she spent many late nights armed with a good book and a flashlight. She’s lived in Michigan most of her life other than the few years she spent in the U.S. Army, at which time she got a chance to experience Missouri, Kansas, South Carolina, and California. Rebekah has a business degree from University of Phoenix and currently works full time for the court system. In her free time she writes YA stories, anything from YA Fantasy to YA Contemporary Romance. Rebekah also has a big family (6 kids) she likes to consider her family as the modern-day Brady Bunch complete with crazy road trips and game nights. When not hiding at her computer, Rebekah enjoys reading, singing, soccer, swimming, football, camping, playing video games, traveling, and hanging out with her family and gazillion pets.
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What inspirations are behind the series?
Thanks so much for having me! So, I guess Legend of Me and it’s follow up Tragedy of Me had a lot of inspirations. Firstly, I LOVE dark fairytales. Especially “twisty” ones that may not follow the norm. I came up with an idea of this village and beast attacks that were happening in and around it, then thought, what could I do to kind of turn this idea on its’ head, thus Legend of Me was born.
Taking it a step further, for the 2nd book, I tried to consider what would happen if everything didn’t have a happy ending? Throw in a few new characters and some new settings along with a little new mythology/lore and we have Tragedy of Me.
But aside from the dark fairytales, some of the ideas behind this series came from a place I go camping in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan called Fayette. The woods up there have some really dark forests along with some very fairytalesque types of trees and outcroppings that just kind of come out of the stone. There are even natural stairs made of granite/limestone that just kind of appear out of nowhere. It has a very creepy vibe to it, especially when the mist comes in off of Lake Michigan.
At night it gets so dark and eerie conjuring all kinds of nightmarish ideas. But it was after a camping trip there that this idea started to form in my head.
