I’m going to share little non spoiler bits of each book, a quote that I think sums up each person, and maybe a whole scene or two. I was sharing my characters on Tik Tok but hard to describe a video to a blog, haha.
Sharon (the books are multiple POV’s in first person so we can dive in their thoughts and feelings
“I walk through the auditorium’s double doors, early as usual. I’m always there before my family. They would be late for their own funerals, unless you told Dad it was kickoff.
The place starts to fill up with students and their families. The lights flicker signaling the audience to their seats. I look at the clock in the back at my exact birth minute—7:31. How odd is that? I line up ready to get this over with. A serene feeling comes over me. The bright lights warm my face, but are a bit blinding at first. There’s a few steps in on the metal risers and I’m already in my spot. I look out, all I can see is darkness and maybe the first two rows, reserved for senior parents. I don’t bother looking for my family. I’m self-conscious enough knowing they can see me if they bothered to look.”
Shannon
“It’s not you, it’s me. She wishes I died.”
The sudden statement fills him with alarm. “No. I don’t think she thinks that. I know her better than anyone. She never said that to me about you.”
“So? She doesn’t have to say it out loud. That’d make Little Miss Perfect look terrible. Wishing her ill sister died at birth makes her seem like a horrible person, right? She can still think about it. She has never been nice to me once. How else am I supposed to take that? Anyway…”
Daniel
“Daniel, do the last page again, I’m not feeling it.” My father has a pencil behind one ear and another in his mouth. “Take two extra beats here then go back into 2/4 at the end of the refrain.”
“All right, Dad.” I sigh. I just want to go outside! It’s sunny out today. The weather is so nuts—we gotta enjoy sunshine while it last. I begin to play while staring out the window. Spring is slowly emerging in Boston. There are green buds starting on our trees in the small yard out front, when I see a shadow run out of sight. I keep playing but stopped paying attention when my dad smacks the music with a pencil. I jump out of my skin.
“Dan, if your heart isn’t in it, don’t bother.” The disappointment drips from his voice.”
Calvin
“I never knew it was possible to be so in love and afraid for someone’s life at the same time. She doesn’t like to talk about it. She has a ‘whatever happens, happens’ kind of attitude. I love her for it, but I can’t help but feel like I’m under a pendulum—a big grandfather clock that will strike a time at which I will never see her again and it terrifies me. When the time does come, there isn’t anything I can do to save her, except rip my own heart out if we were a match. I would in a second.”
So this is the Main characters from Someone Else, I’m going to do more for the next two books when I find some good quotes.
Go forth and do one thing off your to-do list, one thing you enjoy and one thing that terrifies you. Hope you’re having a good day 😀
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