Synopsis: Love is for losers.
Jack doesn't care about anything except music. All she wants to do is find a decent gig, stand by the speakers and let the bass roll through her. It's the only reason she gets out of bed.
Until she meets Winta. In the space of a second, everything is different. Winta knows what she wants and for one night, what she wants is Jack. It feels like the start of forever.
Then Winta disappears and Jack faces a choice: should she go back to her life, or track down the only girl who can change it beyond recognition?
One thing's certain: Jack has no idea what she's getting herself into.
Publication date: 9th June 2020
Publisher: Silver Sun Books
This 22-pages-long prequel for the brand new series by Josie Jaffrey called Seekers presents us how Jack, the main character, meets Winta, for who she falls in love at first sight, and Killian Drake, her nemesis after finding out he'd kidnapped Winta. And here you'll find out how the protagonist of May Day becomes a vampire.
"This is like a constant thrum of energy in my chest, hit after hit of perfect rhythm."
I read Killian's Dead right after May Day, and I'm glad I did it in that order, because otherwise I wouldn't have understood the point of this prequel, but this way I already know the characters and how their relationships work, so it's easier to place yourself in the story and understand why it exists.
I don't think Killian's Dead is a must to read in order to understand May Day since Jack and Killian explain the story quite well there, but it's okay if you want to go through their common past, discover how they met and why Jack still keeps that resentment towards Killian in May Day.
Thanks to Victoria Eaton, Josie Jaffrey's publicist, for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Genre: urban fantasy, paranormal, mystery, thriller, lgbt+.
About the author: Josie is the author of nine self-published novels plus short stories. She is currently working on a range of fantasy and historical fiction projects (both adult and YA), for which she is seeking representation. Ultimately, she hopes to be a hybrid author, both traditionally- and self-published.
After finishing her degree in Literae Humaniores (Classics) at the University of Oxford, Josie wasn't sure what to do with her life.
She slogged through a brief stint working for an investment bank in London during the 2008 credit crunch, then converted to law and qualified as a solicitor specialising in intellectual property. She worked at a law firm for five years before moving to a UK-based international publisher in 2016. Whilst she loved law, in the end she didn't love it quite as much as writing, which she now does almost full time.
Josie lives in Oxford with her husband and two cats (Sparky and Gussie), who graciously permit human cohabitation in return for regular feeding and cuddles. The resulting cat fluff makes it difficult for Josie to wear black, which is largely why she gave up being a goth. Although the cats are definitely worth it, she still misses her old wardrobe.
