Book Title: Holding Court
Author: K.C. Held
Release Date: March. 1, 2016
Genre: YA Mystery
Sixteen-year-old Jules Verity knows
exactly what's in store at her new job at
castle-turned-dinner-theater Tudor Times. Some extra cash, wearing a
fancy-pants dress, and plenty of time to secretly drool over the
ever-so-tasty--and completely unavailable--Grayson Chandler. Except
that it's not quite what she imagined.
For one, the costume Jules has to wear
is awful. Then there's the dead body she finds that just kind
of...well, disappears. Oh, and there's the small issue of Jules and
her episodes of what her best friend calls "Psychic Tourette's
Syndrome"--spontaneous and uncontrollable outbursts of seemingly
absurd prophecies.
The only bright side? This whole dead
body thing seems to have gotten Grayson's attention. Except that the
more Jules investigates, the more she discovers that Grayson's
interest might not be as courtly as she thought. In fact, it's
starting to look suspicious...
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Playlist
for HOLDING COURT
I can’t
listen to anything with lyrics when I write, but I do like to have
book-specific songs to play as a kind of warm-up when I’m getting
started for the day, or when I’m in my car/doing dishes/folding
laundry/going about my non-writing business and I’m stuck on some
plot point or another.
Brave by Sara Bareilles
This is
pretty much Jules’s theme song. In fact, there are several
characters in HOLDING COURT it applies to. “Don’t run, stop
holding your tongue.” I probably listened to this one umpteen
times.
Upside Down by Paloma Faith
This song
reflects the tone I was going for with HOLDING COURT, a quirky,
rollicking ride with a girl who experiences the world a little
differently.
You Belong With Me by Taylor Swift
Jules
wishes it were this cut and dried with Grayson, the unattainable boy
she’s in love with. That he obviously belonged with her instead of
his girlfriend, Bree. But it’s not that simple. She’d love to
hate Bree, but she can’t.
El Matador by Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
Every
murder mystery needs a song about a killer.
Speak Slow by Tegan and Sara
If she
could make her feelings for Grayson just GO AWAY, Jules would. “I
leave my heart all this pain and now I’m at it all again.”
Ho Hey by The Lumineers
Jules is
trying to do it right. She doesn’t know where she belongs, or where
she went wrong.
Shake it Off by Taylor Swift
Jules
would love desperately to be able to just shake it all off. Feeling
like a freak, having an embarrassing “gift” she can’t control,
a boy she can’t have, and a job that would be awesome if it weren’t
for a couple of MAJOR issues. One of which is the costume she has to
wear. And the other is the disappearing dead body.
Madly by Tristan Prettyman
For me,
this one is about how conflicted Jules feels about Grayson.
Float On by Modest Mouse
My mantra
for Jules: “Don’t worry, even if things end up a bit too heavy,
we’ll all float on alright.”
Say by John Mayer
This
should be Jules’s mantra for herself. “It’s better to say too
much, than to never say what you need to say.”
Somebody Loves You by Betty Who
What
Jules imagines it’s like when somebody loves you back.
K.C. HELD was born and raised in
California with stopovers in Honduras, Mexico, and France. Married to
her high school sweetheart, and mom to two avid bookworms, she holds
an MFA in costume design and is an accomplished seamstress with a
background in opera, theater, film, and television. Although she once
spent a summer working in a castle, there were no dead bodies
involved.
Giveaway
Information: Contest ends March 18, 2016
One
(1) winner will receive Holding Court swag pack containing a
magnetic prophecy kit, signed bookplate, coloring postcard with
stacked coloring pencil, and a bookmark.
Looking forward to reading this book!!!! And having my tween read it.
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