Katie Gallagher > Recent Status Updates

Hey guys, I wanted to drop a quick line to say that I'm SO excited to be taking part in a sale run by Narratess to connect indie authors with readers for #indieapril! https://promotions.narratess.com/ The sale includes authors who write fantasy, sci-fi, and horror, and there's a lot to choose from--first in series, standalones, and anthologies. Everything is priced $1.99 or lower through Friday. :)

Just a heads up that Unearthly is free on Kobo for the next week! If you've been looking to get a copy and want to support platforms that aren't Amazon, this is a good opportunity. :) Unearthly is a alien abduction retelling of Beauty and the Beast, perfect for anyone who loves smart, intrepid heroines and slow-burn romance. https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/unea...

✨Just a quick announcement that both books in my Beauty and Her Alien series are free on Amazon through Monday!✨
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An alien romance retelling of Beauty and the Beast, perfect for anyone who loves smart and sassy heroines, surly alien princes, and sloooow burn. Both books follow the same couple. Happy reading, everybody! :)

Just wanted to give a quick update that Specter is currently free on Kobo and 99c on Amazon! It's a great book for anyone craving a cozy Halloween read, and ESPECIALLY for anyone who loves Stranger Things!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...

I’m so excited to share the release of my new Beauty and Her Alien series, an alien romance retelling of Beauty and the Beast! The first two books are both out now on KU. A perfect read for anyone who likes sassy heroines and surly aliens and sloooow burn.
Here is the first book, Unearthly, if you want to take a look!

Written in a way that I think would strongly appeal to those who like short stories. Still deeply, deeply moving.

Very moving so far. I'm so glad I gave this a second chance.

Not enjoying this. It's heavy on the Reddit speak and low on Bachelor-like fun.

Just started, but it's cute so far! Hoping for something with science-fantasy/Lunar Chronicle vibes. We shall see...

Loving this so far--what a fantastic indie find.

Beautiful language, but very abstract--I'm finding it hard to know what's going on at many points, but I think that is purposeful, to give a real feeling of magic.

Holy run-ons, Batman!

The plagiarism intensifies--dialogue lines extremely close to the film. How dare you, Disney?

It is absurd how similar this scene introducing the castle is to the Disney movie. Maybe I should read the original work--are these details coming from that? Because if they're not, my mind is automatically drawn to plagiarism on Disney's part...

Rough start so far, but seems like the third story might pick up.

There's something about this book that's making me feel unmoored from the story. I think the whole thing is too in medias res for my tastes--most of the characters know each other already and there's this big historical back story. I know a fantasy trend is to ditch the infodump and start as close to the action as possible, but I think it's possible to start too far into a story, and Mageborn strikes me in that way.

Smooth read so far. Loving Johnson's voice, as always.

I feel like this book and I are still feeling each other out. Not too sure where things are going yet.

Great so far, obviously. :D

All right so far, but even though it's the first in a series, this book is clearly tied to other series that I haven't read, and everything's being introduced in a bewildering way. It's moving very fast for 50 pages--magic, aliens, werewolves, back story. I'd rather a slower approach.

Oh man, more issues keep coming up. Tons of flashbacks in the middle of scenes, which are difficult to follow because the author is using the (inane) advice to get rid of past perfect tense. This book and I are not getting along.

Still struggling. Very little action and way too much internal thought, on just RIDICULOUS topics. "Would my parents be proud of me, even though I'm an assassin? Do you think I can get with this guy, even though I tried to kill his brother??" I'm hoping this isn't my second YA fantasy DNF of the year. :(

Struggling with this ARC. It's reading like a first draft in terms of the worldbuilding and character choices, and the prose is clunky. Fight scenes are wooden, POV isn't close enough, adverbs aren't being used carefully. I'll see it through to the end, but don't anticipate things getting much better.

Okay so far story-wise, but the writing is clumsy and the worldbuilding doesn't feel grounded.

Love it so far; Charlaine Harris and I always get on splendidly.

Not quite sure about this one yet. The worldbuilding doesn't feel that grounded.

Does anyone not have the capability to add page updates to their books on Goodreads' home page anymore? My update buttons are gone. :(