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A designer and writer for over fifteen years, Matthew is consistently delighted that people actually pay him to make games. His career has taken him from Orlando and San Francisco all the way to Helsinki, Munich, Abu Dhabi, and now Stockholm, Sweden! Besides playing games of all kinds, Matthew writes and cooks for fun, travels whenever (and wherever) possible, and maintains an unhealthy relationship with Netflix.

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Average rating: 3.62 · 799 ratings · 166 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	Freya (Freya, #1) 3.55 avg rating — 668 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slay (Freya, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 128 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Matthew Laurence answered Melyn's question: Is a third Freya book still in the works? Hello! I have good news, bad news, and secret news. The good news is that Book 3 is actually written, edited, and complete! The bad news is that Imprint, the publisher within Macmillan that purchased the rights to Freya, closed during the pandemic an See Full Answer
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“To quest for vengeance is to be unchanged," she continued. "It is a state, a desire - not an act. The needs of vengeance can stretch for an eternity, always as fresh, as painful as the day they were forged. Destruction, then, is an answer, because destruction promises change. In your mind, you may desire one, but in truth, you long for the other.”
― Matthew Laurence, Slay

tags: destruction, vengeance

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“I wish I could tell you it doesn't matter. I wish I could hold you close and tell that you will be loved for what you do, that you are incredible and unique. I wish you knew how much you were needed, how much I miss you. I wish. You dream of desires and hopes, and that is why I dream of you - because you are my desire and hope.”
― Matthew Laurence, Freya

tags: dreams, hope, inspirational, love

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“Dating Sekhmet is like trying to romance an inferno, to clasp a creature of ancient aggression so close you either smothered its flames of carnage or were consumed by them. Either way, it's all or nothing, a conflict at turns brutal and brilliant, subtle and shocking. As real as any war, theirs is a relationship with its own particular feints, charges, tactics, and stratagems, each deployed in the hope of winning another inch of territory in the other's heart.”
― Matthew Laurence, Slay

tags: love, power, relationships

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