Bitter Sweet

Bitter Sweet is a modern day story about Mae (Avery Mae Madison), your 'average' fifteen year-old girl. She's always felt a bit out of place in her blonde-haired blue-eyed family while she has black hair and green eyes. It's because her real mother disappeared when she was very little. Too little to remember much. But Mae was told her mother was dead, so she never thought much about it. Until, of course, her unbelievably gorgeous mother appears at their house one evening. That's when Mae's life changes. She moves to New York with her mother, and there she meets the Harcourts. The Harcourts are, if not more, just as pretty as Mae's mother. There is Azure, the gently blonde, and her son Gabriel (temporary name), who is a curly-haired hunk. Mae is suddenly surrounded by people too beautiful to be human. And... turns out they aren't human. They are lures, who are incredibly stunning 'creatures' if you will, that have the ability to 'steal' people's bodies and 'wear' them. Gross, right? Well, Mae thinks that too. Especially when she finds out she's one of them.

Anyhow, Mae finds herself in Scotland after she discovers who she is. There is a secret place called The City of Lures, in which all the lures dwell and thrive. But Mae finds too quick how much this place is like a prison and less like a haven. And when a massive band of lures who've realized this as well attacks the city and captures nearly all the lures, Mae doesn't know which side to choose. She wants to be the heroine; the one who saves the day and brings things back to order. But she's going to need a lot of help for that.
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Anyhow, Bitter Sweet has been in first draft mode for two years now. It has been a constant rollercoaster of good ideas, bad ideas, writing marathons and writer's block. It's currently 162 pages, double spaced, 41,694 words, but I'm rewriting it right now. That's coming along slowly.

Though I actually began writing this two years ago, this idea has been in my head since I was eight. Back then, it was just a Harry Potter rip off, but it's gradually become what it is now since then. I don't see myself finishing it any time soon, but I think I will finish it someday. It seems a waste to have spent so much of my time on this novel and it never become anything. Wow. That's a depressing thought. Ew.

So, here ends my Bitter Sweet ramblings!
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