Angela: A Harvest Series Prequel

by Megan McCooey

After her father fails to pick her up, Angela sets out to walk home. A walk she has made hundreds of times in her young life.

Following the path along the river, gazing up at the big beautiful sky, Angela is unaware of the danger that lurks just beyond the river bend.

Never had she imagined that the place she loves the most, would turn into the place where her life would end.

97 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 22, 2014

About the author

I grew up in New England… close to the beach, eating seafood, practically from the day I was born. I typically can’t go to a restaurant without ordering some variation of it and when you get me back to my stomping grounds, I am pretty much out of control. My husband actually thinks it’s an addiction. LOL!
I currently live in North Carolina, close to UNC Charlotte and uptown (it’s not called downtown here, lol!) with my husband and our babies: our tortuous shell & white calico cat Cassi (who just kicked cancer's ASS!) our two wonderful rescues, Bailey & Madison and our sweet little papillion, Emma. The best part about living in North Carolina; I have the mountains 2 hours to the west and the beach 3 hours to the east…how can you beat that?

Reading is one of the things that got me to where I am today. I know that may sound crazy, but if you ask the small group of friends who have known me since birth, they will attest to this as well. When I was young I latched onto reading as an outlet and somehow it became just that. So while my walls were closing in, the screaming was growing louder, and the pain became more visible, I turned to my books and they SAVED MY LIFE! I think it was the idea that I could connect to the characters and pretend to be someone else…somewhere else, anywhere but in my own life. Over time this avid love for reading became like a mentor who never stopped showing me that I could have more, that I deserved more…My love for reading was something I both flaunted as well as hid over the years. It truly is my dirty little vice, and unless you’re an avid reader, it’s not always easy to understand -a love for…books? YES! Today I would scream it from my rooftop… I LOVE TO READ!!

Ahhh, so now that we have deduced that I am crazy about books, let me tell you I have an eclectic taste when it comes to reading and I can go from a YA novel to Dean Koontz, to A Dog’s purpose, to paranormal, all in a day’s time… I tend to get wrapped up in characters in the books I enjoy, and I hate to see a good book end, which is why I looove series.

As for my writing, I write from the heart. I experienced a lot of life lessons in my child and teen years, and this is when my love for reading manifested into my love for writing, which is probably why I love to write YA. I can relate (on a very real—very raw level) to a lot of the things my characters go through, which I believe is not only good for my writing, but therapeutic for me as well. As my characters work through their problems; stumble around and try to make sense of all the pain, as they learn the lessons they must learn—I learn too. I learn to let go of some of the things I’ve held onto for years—some of my own pain, and even some of the “why me” questions I struggle with.
I plan to dabble in other things, but I thoroughly enjoy this genre both in terms of reading and writing. So please feel free to check out all of my available and upcoming books at www.meganmccooey.com

Reviews

[L.J (Lisa Jane) · Rating 5 out of 5]

There is a warning at the beginning of this book and it took me a few re reads of that warning and many deep breaths, a few tweets to Megan and a whole lot of trust before I could actually get past the warning.

If you read the first book in this series you know why.

I wanted to read this short story so badly but was afraid of the raw emotion it would bring out. I knew what happened but I didn't have the details and I had a ton of questions.
I knew they would be answered and then some...
It turns out t wasn't as bad as I had envisioned - oh don't get me wrong...it was raw and emotional and hard but it was terrific and written so tenderly. I trusted the author to take me through that event and bring me out on the other side without stripping me raw, and she did that!
It answers a lot of questions but it also opens a few more that I now have to wait for in Full Moon (which I'm really looking forward to).
It was raw, emotional and touching and it helped me get to know Angela more and the relationship between her and her friends as well as her and her sister.

If you have read the first book in this series I suggest you read this one. Do what you need to do to get through but know that Megan will not hurt you, she will guide you through it gently, and you will be thankful for that and for reading this prequel.

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a book that will haunt you! One of the best I've read.