January 2024 Recap: Most Viewed By You + Exclusive Quotes From "For Blood & Flame"
Let's take a look back on January together. Plus, I've added some "For Blood and Flame" excerpts to tease you a bit...
Wrathos readers — is this real? Is it already the end of the first month of 2024? In today’s The Weekly Wrath, we’re going to effing CELEBRATE. Why? Because we launched a little over a month ago, and there are over 1.6k of you ready to take on my multiverse of feminine rage.
Well, hello, Texas. Got some rage, do ya? No, but for real, it’s crazy to think we have at least one subscriber in every single state in the US. Plus, look at us, we’re global!
If you’re one of the new readers: First of all, hello, hi, it’s me — Jinapher. This post will be a nice little catch-up for you on everything you missed since the launch of my Substack (which is what sent you this email).
Stay to the end for some brand new “For Blood and Flame” quotes!
If you’re seeing this, and you’re not subscribed, trust me when I say you want to be. I have some incredibly exciting things in the works (including some giveaways and free book promos) that you will want to be in the know about.
Hottest Posts This Month
First of all, please know I am on my knees for ya’ll with how interactive you’ve been with my posts, in my comments, and helping me repost on social media. I’m just a small indie author very much at the beginning of her career, so every little bit truly makes a HUGE difference.
Ranked Number 1:
By far, this was the best performing post, and as of today, Beta and Sensitivity apps are FULL and CLOSED! I will be reviewing your applications through Monday in the hopes of sending you “For Blood and Flame” on Tuesday (*squeals in panic*).
ARC applicants are still OPEN. If you want a chance to leave an early review on “For Blood and Flame” — go sign up!
Ranked Number 2:
Okay, no one has commented on this excerpt, which is honestly shocking. I thought for sure some of my Veil of Fate readers would be side-eying a certain character’s moniker. That said, I’m still super happy to see this at the top. It means I feel great about continuing to post free bonus content! I already have some NSFW spice lined up for February in honor of Valentine’s day. Hint: Zora and Cristen smut. It will also be the launch of Wrathos Lust, a section of Wrathos Books with exclusive NSFW content. That way, if spice and smut aren’t your thing, you can totally opt-out.
Ranked Number 3:
YES. I am so happy this one is up there. If you’re unaware, I’m currently running a marketing campaign to get “For Blood and Flame” in your hands early. The book is set to release on May 14th, 2024. BUT — if we hit 15k Wrathos Books Free Subscribers, then I will release it before then! So, if you know some friends who would love the Alchemight Duology, send the above page to them so they can sign up.
Which honestly leads us to the main event, doesn’t it?
Exclusive “For Blood and Flame” Quotes
Let me just say: I have been non-stop sobbing while writing this book.
Here are some quotes out of context that I’m most proud of.
He will kill everyone, everything, even himself, if it means one day they may smile again, without burden.
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“Fight me,” Vellene screams toward her sister.
Mogaell perches at the top of her wave of darkness. Limbs and claws and terrors rip from the wave, one after another.
Burn. They all burn.
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Need surges within him, but he lets the darkness woven to his bones eat it alive. She doesn’t want his heart. That’s fine. He will give it anyway, in every way that she pleases. She wants him dead. He wants her wrapped around him, to feel the heat below her skin and to know without a doubt she is alive.
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“They like you,” Mogaell whispers.
A corpse drifts between them.
His throat bobs. “Are we dead?”
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She will be forged in the withering of her soul, in the blade she wields, in the heads that will roll in her wake.
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But he does not take away the pain.
He feels it.
Lets it burn.
Spreads his arms wide as the sky trembles with shards. They cut down across his skin, and he smiles.
“I am more than my blood,” he whispers, “and look how I stand, no longer on my knees.” He flashes his eyes open and shards spear them with fury. “Go ahead. Blind me.” Blood pours down his cheeks, gushes warm and powerful against his lips. “I am not afraid.”
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I think this book is going to wreck me. Cam’t wait!!!