Did you ever have any concerns about using this subject matter in a YA novel?Īt the time I wrote it, no. You begin with an intriguing opening statement: “I feel that suicide notes lose their zing when they drag on too long.” Which shows that YA isn’t afraid to go dark. (“New adult,” if you want to call it that.) It’s a dark book, and falls into that weird little category between young adult and adult fiction. HUSHED is about a guy named Archer Pond making his way through a hit list, of sorts, compiled of people who hurt his childhood best friend/love when they were kids. We couldn’t argue with that logic, but to take our minds off the squeamish possibilities, we quizzed Kelley about her new YA thriller HUSHED. We were soon joined by thriller writer Kelley York who took one look and decided whatever it was, it couldn’t be any more dangerous than the glow-in-the-dark sauce. Chewing vigorously, Dixie was thinking a genetic cross between octopus and hamster - gamey with lots of little legs - while I was thinking it might be better to just pick around it. Check out the following blogs on each date listed.While Hurricane Sandy was taking a bite out of the East Coast, Dixie and I were trying to decide what exactly the Chinese buffet at San Francisco’s Hong Kong Phooey Buffet was trying to pass off as chicken. HUSHED Blog Tour is here! Interviews, Guest Posts, Contests, and More. The harder he falls for Evan, the more Archer sees Vivian for the manipulative hot-mess she really is.īut Viv has her hooks in deep, and when she finds out about the murders Archer’s committed and his relationship with Evan, she threatens to turn him in if she doesn’t get what she wants… And what she wants is Evan’s death, and for Archer to forfeit his last chance at redemption. Then along comes Evan, the only person who’s ever cared about Archer without a single string attached. It doesn’t matter that Vivian only uses him when hopping from one toxic relationship to another-Archer is always there, waiting to be noticed. He’s killed for her.Įighteen-year-old Archer couldn’t protect his best friend, Vivian, from what happened when they were kids, so he’s never stopped trying to protect her from everything else. This book, by Kelley York, is ground-breaking and phenomenal on so many levels.įollow the blog tour to learn more about HUSHED and Kelley. We’re excited to present HUSHED to the world.
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