There Once Were Stars
by Melanie McFarlane
Publication Date: April 26, 2016
Publisher: Month9Books
Peace. Love. Order. Dome. That’s the
motto that the Order has given the residents of Dome 1618 to live by.
Natalia Greyes is a resident of Dome 1618, a covered city protected
from the deadly radiation that has poisoned the world outside for
four generations. Nat never questioned the Order, until one day she
sees a stranger on the outside of the dome. Now Nat wants answers. Is
there life outside the dome and if so, what has the Order been hiding
from everyone?
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Whether it’s uncovering the
corruption of the future, or traveling to other worlds to savethe universe, Melanie McFarlane jumps in with both hands on her keyboard. Though she can be found obsessing over zombies and orcs from time to time, Melanie has focused her powers on her upcoming YA trilogy: THERE ONCE WERE STARS and her YA urban fantasy series: SUMMONER RISING.
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I like choosing
music for characters and settings. I love it when the lyrics and tune
set a mood that I want to feel for my character. These are four songs
I listened to over and over again while writing and editing There
Once Were Stars.
Dome 1618 – Fake Plastic
Trees by Radiohead
I love this song. It gives a sense of
hopelessness from trying to be what others expect of us—a theme
throughout There Once Were Stars.
Jak – Creep
by Radiohead
Jak is so desperately in love with Nat
that he’s overbearing. The lyrics in Radiohead’s Creep are
stalker-esque, and therefore very fitting. Plus the tune
sounds like a brooding loner, which matches Jak and his social
awkwardness.
Evan – Yellow
by Coldplay
Evan comes across as arrogant, which
makes him a bad boy we love to hate. But ultimately, no matter how
many times he butts head with Nat, he admires her for her independent
qualities.
Nat – Wide Awake
by Katy Perry
This totally matches Nat. She just
wants to be herself, and in the end she’s determined to pull it
off. In There Once Were Stars she wakes up, not only seeing
the stars in the skies outside the dome, but finally seeing the
reality of the world around her.
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