{"id":75483,"date":"2017-08-21T16:10:02","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T05:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/?p=75483"},"modified":"2017-08-27T17:44:18","modified_gmt":"2017-08-27T06:44:18","slug":"novella-musicofus-becknicholas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2017\/08\/21\/novella-musicofus-becknicholas\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Novella: The Music of Us by Beck Nicholas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ahead of Beck Nicholas’ The Last Days of Us<\/em><\/a> which will be released this December, we’re offering you the companion novella, The Music of Us<\/em>, for free until Sunday 27th August! After this date, it will available for sale. Scroll down to start reading it.<\/p>\n

About The Last Days of Us<\/em>: Have you ever messed up? Fallen in love? Taken off on an adventure? Then this young adult coming-of-age story if for you!<\/p>\n

Six months ago, Zoey’s life went off the rails. After the tragic loss of her brother, she partied her way to oblivion, estranged her best friend, Cass, and pushed away her now ex, Finn. But when her destructive behaviour reaches dangerous heights, Zoey realises she needs to pull herself together and get her old life back, including her ex. There’s just one complication: Finn is now dating Cass.<\/p>\n

Now, it’s the last week of summer and Zoey, Cass and Finn are setting out on the road trip of a lifetime to see their favourite musician, Gray, perform live, joined by Finn’s infuriatingly attractive bad-boy cousin Luc and his vibrant younger sister Jolie. Zoey thinks this is her chance to put things to rights and convince Finn they should get back together. But she wasn’t counting on her friends’ lingering resentment, Luc’s disarming sincerity, and Jolie’s infectious love for life to turn her plans upside down.<\/p>\n

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Thank you for your interest however the free novella, The Music of Us<\/em>, is no longer available free to read below.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

About the Author<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beck Nicholas always wanted to write. Since studying science at university, she\u2019s worked as a lab assistant, a pizza delivery driver and a high school teacher, but she always pursued her first dream of creating stories. Now, she lives with her family near Adelaide, halfway between the city and the sea, and she\u2019s lucky to spend her days (and nights) writing young adult fiction. Beck\u2019s first book, Fake,<\/em><\/a> was nominated for a RITA in 2015.<\/p>\n

When she\u2019s not writing, Beck will most likely be found reading or watching sport (since participating is beyond her coordination levels). In the early morning, before the day of writing, kid wrangling and reading begins, she runs. When it\u2019s just her and the road (and her protesting muscles) she lets the characters in her head share their problems and a story begins.<\/p>\n\n\t\t