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Acknowledgements
My daughter, Gracie. Grace-face. Gracie-girl. Thank you for always being my number one fan. Thank you for your excitement for Hollow Heathens every single day. Thank you for our many nights sitting on the kitchen counters, drinking vanilla Coke & Root Beer, going over the plot, characters, covens, ghosts, & superstitions, etc., making the book what it is. Thank you for curling up next to me at night while we read chapters of the books to each other. Thank you for loving this book and inspiring me to build this world for you. I couldn’t have done this one without you, baby. My love for you is an infinite sky, a deep blue thing. To the moon & past every galaxy!
To the readers, thank you for giving this book a chance, especially those who stepped outside their comfort zone and genre to do so. I’ll always be grateful for you, your time, and getting lost inside these pages. If you ever have time, please contact me. I always love hearing from you and wondering what you think!
To the Street team, ARC team, & original LOVELIES (& future #LMOgirls), I wish I could hug each one of you. We’ve been together for over a year now. Can you believe it? First with Stay with Me, and now the begi
To Kassy, K. Dosal McLendon. Thank you for always being real with me. Thank you for your honesty with this story and falling in love with Julian. I’ve written you three love letters now (LOL) in my acknowledgements. This will be the fourth. And still, you’re support and friendship has only strengthened. Thank you for all your knowledge with Young Adult, and helping me convert this book for my daughter. You are my sister now. You are my family. I love you. Xoxo
To A Thank you, Shaley. You always know what to do and when to do it, and ALWAYS manage to get things done. Thank you for continuing to take care of the Street Team, posts, and always checking in on me and trying to keep me organized. (We both know it’s a work-in-progress with me, lol). I love you, girl xoxo Thank you, Giova Thank you, Christy L., for Beta reading this one and catching things! I’m so grateful for your time and having you a part of Hollow Heathens. Thank you, Nyla and Lisa, for proofreading Hollow Heathens. I know it was a difficult one, and I appreciate both your time and hard work! Thank you, Surovi for illustrating this book, and bringing this story to life. I ca Michael & Christian, my husband & son. Thank you both for taking care of me. For listening to me complain, picking up my slack, and understanding my anxiety through Hollow Heathens. Michael, as a Harry Potter fan, I hope you read this one. And if you do, and you don’t like it, don’t tell me. I love you. Xoxo. Christian, I hope this book gives you a love for reading. Maybe? Just try it. Thank you for always going back and forth to the fridge for me for a fresh, ice-cold Red Bull. I love you, bud. Thank you, Mom. After everything we went through this year, you always put my sisters and me first before yourself. You are the strongest person I know, and you can get through anything. I love you, & I’ll be by your side every step of the way. xoxo My sister, Amanda, thank you for always taking care of orders and the NFB store. I’m sorry I mess up on inventory and should listen to you when you tell me to let you take care of it. I’ll learn one day. Thank you for putting up with me all these years. I don’t know what I would do without you. Seriously. I love you xoxo Thank you, Auntie Sherri, for always supporting me and asking about my books. You are one of the most courageous and motivating woman I know, and I’m grateful to have you in my life, even more … I get to call you Auntie. I’m one lucky girl. I love you & hope you enjoyed this one. Thank you to the greatest inspirations for this story, Stephen King and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. There were many, many nights I’d stayed up, watching King’s motivational videos on YouTube. He’s truly inspiring and I recommend everyone, writer or not, to watch him. Mr. King, if you are reading this, I hope you found all my small tokens of appreciation for you within this story (all 78 of them to be exact). And Frankenstein, the horror book that moved me in so many ways. I hope I’ve done this book justice, sprinkling the archaic style I’ve recognized, obsess over, and appreciate. Thank you for the inspiration. To my family and friends across the globe, Thank you! From the bottom to the top of my chaotic heart.