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Laura Holt

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Laura Holt is an award-winning author of YA and adult fiction. Her poetry, nonfiction, and short fiction have been published in Calla Press, Pegasus Literary Magazine, Ginosko Literary Journal, Folkways Press Right to Life Anthology, Clever Fox Literary, and the Eber & Wein 2015 Anthology. She is a self-professed word witch with a passion for mythology, history, and caffeine who enjoys telling stories about angry girls with magic powers and wild natures, whose bark is as bad as their bite. When she’s not writing, you can find her stretched out on a yoga mat, hiking down wooded trails, or wandering the aisles at a local bookstore searching for her next great read. She lives in small-town Georgia with her daughter, three cats, and a lot of fa ...more

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	Village of Salt and Sorrow 4.23 avg rating — 22 ratings — 6 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
	Through Wilds & Warnings by Onika Howdyn (Goodreads Author), Katie Judy, Rachel Wilman 4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2025 — 2 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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	Fathoms Above (Star Crossed # 2) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 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
	Fathoms Between (Star Crossed # 3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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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	A Spell of Shadows: A Southern Gothic Fantasy it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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Temple of Swoon (Raiders of the Lost Heart, #2)

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“That’s how you know you have true love, when you can’t put your feelings about somebody into words. Love isn’t something that nature, or God, meant to be explained.”
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“Stories are more than just words on paper. They are pieces of our souls.”
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“Stories are more than just words on paper. They are pieces of our souls.”
― Laura Holt, Fathoms Below

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“When pleased, I beat like a drum. When sad, I break like glass. Once stolen, I can never be taken back. What am I?”
― Marissa Meyer, Heartless

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“Three dark queens
Are born in a glen,
Sweet little triplets
Will never be friends

Three dark sisters
All fair to be seen,
Two to devour
And one to be Queen”
― Kendare Blake, Three Dark Crowns

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“To the people who look at the stars and wish, Rhys."
Rhys clinked his glass against mine. “To the stars who listen— and the dreams that are answered.”
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