If Kyla can’t overcome the darkness inside her, she’ll die alongside her darlings.Ī spectacular read, perhaps one of the most emotional journeys a book has taken me on this year. And mental illness has robbed her of everything she needs to succeed: love, fighting spirit, hope. Kyla must trade her pen for a sword and fight to change her story's ending, but this isn’t a fantasy anymore.

He feeds on the energy of dreams, seeks the destruction of all who oppose him-and Kyla’s become his number one target. Solera is at war, and its defenders are losing against the insidious villain spawned in the depths of Kyla’s mind. She’d surrender to the halcyon fantasy, except she knows a nightmarish ending awaits. There's even someone who might be Prince Charming (if Kyla could get her act together and manage some honest communication). Now she’s with her most cherished characters: the friends she's always yearned for, the family she's never known. Kyla’s on the verge of giving up on everything when she wakes one morning, magically trapped in her fictional world. And if she can’t have one, why should they? She adores her characters, but she doesn’t believe in happy endings. Fearless heroes, feisty shapeshifters, and mighty dragons come alive on her pages. Isolated and grappling with debilitating depression, she copes by writing about the realm of Solera. Fantasy author Kyla knows dreams don't come true.

Kill Your Darlings by L.E. Harper