Title: Mutilate My Heart (Mutilate #1)
Author: Emily Godwin
Date of Publication: July 9, 2013
Genre: contemporary YA romance with paranormal elements
Blurb:
Punk
rock band Mutilated Arteries has been seventeen-year-old Becca's world
(aka obsession) for the last year. When the band schedules a concert in
her hometown, she and her best friend Carli are the first ones in line
to buy tickets. The night is everything she expects it to be and more,
especially after making friends with the new super-cute bassist, Sketch.
Becca's mom warns her not to fall for a rock star
because rock stars are always on the road - or they die in a plane
crash, like her mom's favorite band did twenty-something years ago. But
after the band's tour bus breaks down and they're stuck hanging out in
Roizen Hills for a week, it's hard for Becca not to fall for Sketch and
his caricature drawings and toxic green eyes.
Becca knows Sketch is leaving as soon as the bus is
fixed, and she can't be his fan-turned-girlfriend anyway because of the
lead singer's "No Girlfriends" rule. Plus, there's something strange
about the guys that Becca can't quite decipher... like how they won't
reveal their real names, their always-changing odd appearances, and the
guitarist's obsession with blood and zombies. Still, Becca wants nothing
more than for Sketch to mutilate her heart...but it just might not be
in a way she expects.
Goodreads link: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17622850-mutilate-my-heart
Purchase links: Amazon | B&N
Excerpt;
The bathroom walls
are covered in names, phone numbers, and song lyrics. I scan the
walls looking for any Depressed Michael or Mutilated Arteries lyrics,
but of course there’s not any.
“This bathroom is
disgusting!” Carli calls out from behind the puke-colored stall.
I don’t say
anything. I’m trying to think of the perfect lyric to add to the
wall of words. I pull the black Sharpie from my bag and pop the lid
off.
Come dance with
me to the drumming of our once-beating hearts, and stay with me
forever at this undead masquerade.
Carli walks out
while I’m emphasizing the last two words. I half expect her to say
something about vandalism, but instead she grabs the marker from my
hand and writes in huge letters We’re
Already Dead!
Turning my camera
on, I back as far away from the wall as I can, so I can get all of it
in one shot. Maybe some random girl will go into the Princess’s
bathroom, see the words on the wall, and wonder just what song
they’re from, and I’ll have broadened the Mutilated Arteries fan
base by one. I give our handiwork one last look before leading the
way out of the bathroom.
I turn to tell Carli
that we could be unknowingly spreading the love of our favorite band,
but it’s not Carli who’s behind me.
About Emily Godwin
Emily
Godwin is a Young Adult author. She enjoys writing, painting, and
sewing her own line of non-evil voodoo dolls. She's a Slytherin, trying
to disguise herself as a Hufflepuff, and wishes she could read herself
into books.
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/EmilyGodwin17
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