{"id":331,"date":"2016-02-05T08:53:05","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T14:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brianfarreybooks.com\/wordpress\/?p=331"},"modified":"2016-02-05T08:53:05","modified_gmt":"2016-02-05T14:53:05","slug":"lovely-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianfarreybooks.com\/wordpress\/2016\/02\/lovely-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Lovely things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-330\" src=\"https:\/\/brianfarreybooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dreadwillowcover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"dreadwillowcover\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>It&#8217;s nice to have lovely things in your life. I&#8217;ve been fortunate of late to have wonderful people say very lovely things about my new book,\u00c2\u00a0<em>The Secret of Dreadwillow Carse<\/em>. Thanks so much to all who have taken the time to give this book a read and were kind enough to share their thoughts with the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Farrey weaves a captivating and suspenseful tale of the power of female friendship and the pain of growing up. .\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/brianfarreybooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/reviews-star-19b.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-228\" title=\"reviews-star-19b\" src=\"https:\/\/brianfarreybooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/reviews-star-19b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"25\" height=\"19\" \/><\/a>Starred Review\u00e2\u20ac\u201c<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/book-reviews\/brian-farrey\/the-secret-of-dreadwillow-carse\/\">Kirkus Reviews<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The labyrinth of characters and dilemmas expands as the novel progresses, culminating in a rewarding ending that highlights the importance of embracing emotions, curiosity, and measured choices.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u201d<a href=\"http:\/\/publishersweekly.com\/978-1-61620-505-8\">Publishers Weekly<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153This book is wise and wonderful.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u201c William Alexander, National Book Award-winning author of\u00c2\u00a0<i>Goblin Secrets<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mesmerizing . . . This is an adventure story, yes, but it is something more\u00e2\u20ac\u201dit is a story of the transformational power of curiosity, tenacity, and courage.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u201c Kelly Barnhill, author of <i>The Witch\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Boy<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"hidden\">\n<div class=\"to-show\">\n<p><strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The carse is a dark, foreboding place within a creepily blissful land. Like Aon and Jeniah, I felt myself drawn there . . . A compelling examination of what it means to be sad while finding unexpected happiness.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u201c Sarah Prineas, author of the <i>Magic Thief series<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153<em>The Secret of Dreadwillow Carse<\/em> is a deep, lyrical, satisfying story that will stay with you long after you have finished it.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u201cSage Blackwood, author of the\u00c2\u00a0<em>Jinx<\/em> trilogy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_332\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-332\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-332\" src=\"https:\/\/brianfarreybooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Dollarphotoclub_67373306-e1417215093793-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"This photo doesn't have anything to do with this post. It' just the first image that came up when I googled &quot;lovely things.&quot; Cred: Dollar Photo Club\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This photo doesn&#8217;t have anything to do with this post. It&#8217;s just the first image that came up when I googled &#8220;lovely things.&#8221; Cred: Dollar Photo Club<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s nice to have lovely things in your life. I&#8217;ve been fortunate of late to have wonderful people say very lovely things about my new book,\u00c2\u00a0The Secret of Dreadwillow Carse. Thanks so much to all who have taken the time to give this book a read and were kind enough to share their thoughts with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianfarreybooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianfarreybooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianfarreybooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianfarreybooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianfarreybooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brianfarreybooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianfarreybooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianfarreybooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianfarreybooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}