Pulse (Contemporary new adult/college romance) (Club Grit Trilogy) (20 page)

“Yes, a hundred times, yes,” was the most important answer I’d given to a question and ever would.

As we kissed under the lights of the fireworks which swirled like a million fireflies, just like that Owl City song, I could have sworn I was flying, until I opened my eyes and saw Skylar had lifted me up into the air. I looked and saw my mom crying, my dad giving me a thumbs up the way he had at the hospital months upon months ago, and my older siblings smiling. I’d grown up so much over these last two years. Skylar had turned me from a girl into a woman, and now, he’d make me into his wife.

#fin

I
listened to a lot of good music while I wrote this book. Some of the songs inspired certain scenes (“Things I’ll Never Say”, “New Perspective”), certain dialogues  (“Lips of an Angel”, “You Found Me”), certain themes (“Sk8r Boi”, “Radioactive”), while others were just inspirational and kept me going (“Roar”, “Sally’s Song”). Hopefully some of these songs will make a difference for you too.

“A Thousand Years” – Christina Perri

“Club Villain” – Your Favorite Martian

“Cruise” – Florida Georgia Line

“Dark Side” – Kelly Clarkson

“Fireflies” – Owl City

“Follow Me Down” – 3Oh!3 featuring Neon Hitch

“I’m on a Boat” – The Lonely Island

“Lips of an Angel” – Hinder

“Mad World” – Michael Andrews

“New Perspective” – Panic! At The Disco

“Pompeii” – Bastille

“Radioactive” – Imagine Dragons

“Razorblades” – Story of the Year

“Roar” – Katy Perry

“Sally’s Song” – Amy Lee

“Sk8er Boi” – Avril Lavigne

“Stand Amid the Roar” - Silverstein

“Take Me Away” – Avril Lavigne

“Things I’ll Never Say” – Avril Lavigne

“To Build A Home” – The Cinematic Orchestra

“Together” – Avril Lavigne

“Unwritten” – Natasha Bedingfield

“You Found Me” – Kelly Clarkson

B
rooke Jaxsen. 20. Girl in college, majoring in English with a concentration in Creative Writing, obv. I’m writing new adult romance novels, mostly contemporary, but expect some fantasy and paranormal in the months to come! I’ve always wanted to be a writer but never thought that people would actually want to read the kinds of stories I write: the ones about girls like me, who every day (and night) are one step closer to full adulthood, to full womanhood.

In my free time, I read lots of new adult and young adult fiction, swim, shop, sleep, do my nails, and play video games. Blog all day, party all night. I’m on the Internet far too much for my own good.

“Pulse” is my first novel, in my “Club Grit” trilogy. Look out for “Throb”, a story about Becca, and “Shattered”, a story about Kim (yes,
that
Kim, Kim Lee!), the girl behind all the drama at Omega Mu Gamma. All three stories are about Omega girls and the trouble they get into at Club Grit. You don’t want to miss this.

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