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J.L. Torassa

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Jillian Torassa, first and foremost, is a student of the dark that makes life terrifyingly beautiful. Her works range from YA Dystopia to Mythological Horror, but each of her stories searches to find a necessary thread of hope and resilience within the deepest despair.

Her most recent works, including the novel Morning Son, focus on prehistory, myth retelling, and paranormal / psychological horror, excavating the evil of the human condition while also searching for the possibility of redemption.

With an English degree from BYU, Torassa brings an academic appreciation for narrative structure to her chilling tales. By day, she channels her passion for literature as an elementary school librarian, ensuring that the next generation understands ...more

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Average rating: 4.44 · 93 ratings · 15 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Rebel Thirds (Rebel Thirds #1) 4.42 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2014 — 5 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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An interesting blend of history, myth, and religion with lots of gory details. Dragged a bit at times, but mostly lent itself well to the sprawling scope of the narrative.
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“For if you suffer your people to be ill-educated, and their manners to be corrupted from their infancy, and then punish them for those crimes to which their first education disposed them, what else is to be concluded from this, but that you first make thieves and then punish them.”
― Sir Thomas More, Utopia

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