Story Behind The Book
I have basically been working on the Daughters of the Ocean series for seven years. I had been toying around with the idea of a specific Mer tribe and took the basic idea and created What It Took. Basically, before writing Morgan and Emmaline's story, I had never finished a single book but I had started plenty! I took the research on Mermaids I had done with my own imagination and with some suggestions from friends and my ex's hate for vampires... What It Took was the craziest story I could come up with and I believe this is the reason it was finished. I wrote and finished the book my senior year in HS, then I completely scrapped it and started over with a clearer idea of what I had in store for my characters. This book is my child. These characters are real, and I mean that, I have written myself into corners because they would just take over the story! But most of all, I believe they can be relatable to the most of us.
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<p><a class="left imgcol" href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/7270751-jacquelyn" style="color:rgb(102,102,0);float:left;margin-right:10px;font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18px;" title="Jacquelyn"><img alt="Jacquelyn" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/users/1422579078p2/7270751.jpg" style="border:0px;" /></a></p> <div class="left bodycol" style="float:left;width:540px;color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18px;"> <div class="reviewHeader uitext stacked" style="margin-bottom:10px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><a class="reviewDate createdAt right" href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1130058156?book_show_action=true" style="color:rgb(187,187,187);float:right;">Dec 12, 2014</a><a class="user" href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/7270751-jacquelyn" style="color:rgb(102,102,0);font-weight:bold;" title="Jacquelyn">Jacquelyn</a> rated it <a class="staticStars stars_5" style="color:rgb(102,102,0);width:75px;height:15px;font-size:0px;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top;background-repeat:no-repeat;" title="it was amazing">5 of 5 stars</a> <div class="uitext greyText bookshelves" style="color:rgb(170,170,170);">Shelves: <a class="actionLinkLite" href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/7270751-jacquelyn?shelf=abuse" style="color:rgb(33,86,37);">abuse</a>, <a class="actionLinkLite" href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/7270751-jacquelyn?shelf=paranormal" style="color:rgb(33,86,37);">paranormal</a></div> </div> <div class="reviewText stacked" style="margin-bottom:10px;margin-top:0px;line-height:1.4;"><span class="readable" style="font-size:13.8000001907349px;line-height:1.4;"><span>WOW!!!<br /> This would be a perfect made for TV movie !!! Morgan a girl trying to find herself only you have to throw in the bad vampires, nymphs, the pixies and other things that go bump in the night. You still have the bullies, the cheerleaders, and the cool guys, and don't forget Morgan who don't know her parents and was abandoned and left on doorstep at birth. This is the stuff to real nightmares and to put children I left in therapy for years, or a great beginning to a good series.<br /> Morgan find out the hard way that the hottest boy in school is a vampire and he's no Edward He has a real dark side it focus point is on Morgan. Will Emmaline save her in time or do she come with a whole new set of problems?<br /> This is story will keep you wondering until the end, a must have for your bookshelf!!!<br /><br /> I was given a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23784139-what-it-took-to-realize-voodoo?from_search=true#" style="color:rgb(102,102,0);">(less)</a></span></div> <div class="reviewText stacked" style="margin-bottom:10px;margin-top:0px;line-height:1.4;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23784139-what-it-took-to-realize-voodoo?</div> </div>