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May 30, 2021 by Sheri

Jennette & Makam, Part 4

The real Jennette carved slivers from me with her gaze. I spun for the doorway we’d come through, not even pausing to glare at Makam, but the exit was gone.
“Don’t try to run, little pretender.”
Jennette strode across the polished chamber, headed for the opening she’d come from.
Now I glared at Makam.
He shrugged. “You’ll be safer with her.”
“Safer? Says the bounty hunter who tried to drag me to prison, oh, was it five or six times?”
He gave me a dusty look and shouldered past. “You’re terrible at math.”
“You’re terrible. In general.”
Halfway into the passage, he glanced back at me. “Coming? Don’t make her wait too long or she’ll toss you back out for the Endmen to find.”
I hissed, but with one last glance at the vanished exit, followed him through the opening into a short passage floored in fine gravel. It led to a warmly lit vaulted room. “Can she make any door disappear?”
“It didn’t disappear. It’s sight locked. Only those she chooses can see it.”
“You mean it’s still there?” I froze as his fingers curled around my upper arm.
“Come see what she wants to show you, Jenn—“ He twisted his lips. “What should I call you?”
“That, you’ll have to earn.” As I stepped beyond him, my gaze caught on what filled the room ahead and I stumbled.
World books—each as tall as me and colored like an artist had flung down his palette in disgust. Or ecstasy. Sharp green, biting silver, fierce yellow. They lined the walls, tight enough they couldn’t be opened unless carried to the massive pedestal in room’s center.
Jennette stood to the right, her hands clasped and light from the ceiling’s ring of stained windows striping her face.
“Welcome to the Library.”

 

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Hi, I'm Sheri Yutzy. I love forests under the night sky, trying new foods, and drinking Irish tea.
I'm married to a musician who looks good in black, mama to two toddlers who love to eat, and happy resident of a Cape Cod cottage in Ohio.
I write YA fantasy and am acquisitions editor at sparkflashfiction.com.
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It’s a quiet sort of day. The clouds were mistin It’s a quiet sort of day.
The clouds were misting this morning while the sun was shining. I love weather like that.♥️ I love weather in general.😊If I bring it up when I’m talking to you, I’m not really making small talk—I want to know how you feel about a dark bank of clouds, or wind in your hair, that lovely sunny heat when you step outside after being in the air conditioning for too long.
I also love weather in books, when it’s almost it’s own character. @isabelwriter09 does so well with making you feel the jungle in this duology.
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I do really love these books—they’re all culturally diverse fantasy, and they’re each lovely in their own way.

The Jade Bones - @laniforbes
☀️Sun gods, Aztec temples, the underworld☀️ 

Splinters of Scarlet - @emilybainmurphy 
❄️Danish pastries, ice skating, Hygge in a novel❄️

Woven in Moonlight - @isabelwriter09 
🌿Bolivian politics, magical weaving, gorgeous jungle🌿

Bone Crier’s Moon - @kathrynpurdie 
🍃French mythology, siren songs, dazzling romance🍃

And…not pictured is my own novel in progress:
The Secret Seller
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The light through the clouds was moody yesterday, and I could hardly stop taking pictures. Photo shoots with poetry books are lovely because they leave me wanting to read more poetry.😏This volume of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnets from the Portuguese has been my companion since my husband bought it for me while we were dating. Back then I always bought a book or two when I went to my favorite used bookstores. Okay, I still do, I just don’t get to the bookstores as often so it feels like I don’t buy as many used books.😢 I’ve also gotten more strict with how many unread classics I can have at one time—still a lot, but I don’t have any under my bed anymore.😅
I’m delighted that my daughter asks me to read her poetry while we drink tea. It keeps me from forgetting about it in the busyness of summer.
Do you ever leave a bookstore empty handed? (If so, teach me your secret power😅)
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