Jacqueline Pawl's Blog

Book three in my Born Assassin series is coming out in a few weeks (pub date will be announced in a few days), so I’m going to share sneak peeks every couple days until it’s released. Today is a longer one–enjoy! “Why did you want to stay behind?” Mercy asks as she rolls her neck, …

Continue reading Ruthless sneak peek #1

She will do what she has always done: survive. She will take their hatred and craft it into her armor, because whether they will admit it or not, she will be the best Assassin the Guild has ever trained. I started writing Merciless when I was eighteen years old, and I didn’t have a clue …

Continue reading Merciless, Heartless, Ruthless | The inspiration behind my YA assassin series

Originally posted on Camillea Reads:
How is it June already? Summer went by too quickly. Not that I miss the heat, NO WAY! This book tag is aptly named because I am most certainly freaking out with how behind I am on my current writing project. My character are probably weeping into the pages begging…

Originally posted on Camillea Reads:
When it comes to sticking to a TBR, I am the worst of the worst. So I’m not really sure why I put myself through the trouble of building a TBR and then watching it burn down in the flames of fickleness. But I love lists and I love books.…

Originally posted on Camillea Reads:
Merciless by Jacqueline Pawl was a wild ride!  I had volunteered to review Merciless as I really liked the premise of an Assassin Guild comprised of women who are referred to as Daughters. This is the classic story of an assassin on a mission to assassinate a nobility but fails…

People are awesome. Sometimes I forget that. I posted last night in a FB group asking if anyone was interested in reading and reviewing Merciless, and I immediately received responses from almost a hundred people. So… I’m taking that to mean people really like the book cover/synopsis. The few ARC readers with whom I’ve messaged …

Continue reading On cloud 9 | May 3, 2019

Well. Never let it be said that the weather in Chicagoland is boring. Wait five minutes and it’ll change. In the past three weeks, we’ve had seventy-degree days, cloudy skies, sunny skies, nearly a foot of snow, and storms which caused so much rain that one would have more luck paddling a canoe down the …

Continue reading Paddling a canoe down Michigan Ave. | May 2, 2019

So. I’ve already failed my goal to post here everyday. But, let’s be honest, I’m not the best with deadlines anyway. I was hoping to have Heartless, book 2 of my Born Assassin series, published at the end of April, and that had to be pushed back because of a speed bump we hit during …

Continue reading Three German teenagers ruined my writing groove | May 1, 2019

“What did you think of the prom?” “Ehhhh. It was okay, I guess. I think it could have been shorter. Five hours is a long time.” The administrator’s eyes had gone wide. “Really? Last year, most people said they wished it was longer!” Oh, no. Cheesy line incoming. I should have known to hold my …

Continue reading It’s always about the dress | April update

Between news of the Grishaverse coming to Netflix and King of Scars releasing in only a few short days, it’s a great time to be a fan of the amazing Leigh Bardugo. I recently reread Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom, and I don’t think I’ll ever recover from the masterpiece that is Leigh’s writing. …

Continue reading 15 Gifts for Six of Crows Fans