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Friday, April 25, 2014

Only Everything (True Love) by Kieran Scott, Guest Post

Hello and Welcome to today's Only Everything tour stop. Today's tour stop includes a guest post from Kieran Scott's character, Eros. First, here's a little bit about Kieran's upcoming release. 


By: Kieran Scott
Published by: Simon Teen
Series: True Love #1
To Be Released on: May 6th, 2014
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High school romance is tough—even for a bona fide love goddess. Can Cupid succeed as a mortal matchmaker?

When Eros (aka Cupid) is expelled from Olympus for defying Zeus after falling in love with Orion, she is banished to what she believes to be hell. We call it New Jersey. If she ever wants to go back to the comforts of her old life, she will have to find love for three couples—without using her powers.

Eros, now calling herself True, immediately identifies her first project in Charlie and believes finding him love will be a piece of cake. Charlie is new at school and eager to break out of his old image of band geek, so it’s lucky for him when he falls in with the right crowd on his first day. But music is still his passion. That is, until he meets Katrina...

Katrina is floundering after the death of her father and takes refuge with a boy who, while not entirely supportive, will be there when she needs him, unlike her mother. Too bad True thinks any girl Charlie talks to is perfect for him. Can she get out of her own way and help Charlie and Katrina connect, or will she be stuck in New Jersey forever?



True Olympia (aka Eros, aka Cupid) Shares her Tips for Finding True Love


Look in places where you’d least expect to find it. 
If you stick to people in your own clique or at your own school or in your own neighborhood, you might miss out on your soul-mate. Having the same friends and values and interests can help, but it’s not all there is. Finding true love means meeting someone who will appreciate who you are, let you be who you want to be, and support you when you need them. (And the other way around.) It doesn’t mean finding someone who will agree with every last little thing you say. How boring would that be? My boyfriend is a human, for Zeus’s sake, and he’s the love of my existence.


While love at first sight can be amazing, don’t let first impressions turn you off.
We all have off days (like my first one as a mortal, or two, or ten). If some guy comes up to talk to you and trips over his own untied shoelaces, that doesn’t mean he’s a dork or a klutz or not worth knowing. He may be all of those things, but that one trip doesn’t tell you everything. If he likes you, he’s worth giving a chance. (Because, hello? He obviously has good taste.) Draw conclusions from his heart, not from one moment he probably wishes he could have back. Like that time you flirted with your crush for fifteen minutes never knowing you had lipstick on your teeth.

Never let the opinions of outsiders interfere. (Unless that person is, in fact, an ethereal matchmaker. Okay, maybe not even then.)

Obviously, you should listen to the opinions of the people who know you best—your parents, your bffs. Especially if they’re telling you they’re seriously concerned that something’s wrong with this person or with the way they’re treating you. But if their opinions are super shallow and based on nothing—as in “Do you really want to date someone with a nose piercing? Ew,” then you can and should ignore them. How you and your significant other feel is what’s important. Not the random observations of people who are probably just jealous of your awesome relationship.

Don’t think you need to know every tiny detail about a person right away.

Grilling a guy or girl on the first date is a major no-no. It gives the impression that you have a mental checklist to tic off and that if they don’t get a certain number of questions right, they’re toast. Let the conversation flow naturally. If it’s meant to be, they’ll reveal themselves over time, and the slow getting to know each other part? That’s the sweetest.

Be open.

You don’t have to tell this person everything about yourself, like how cucumbers make you burp or that you cry when your favorite team loses at football, but you should be willing to share who you really are. Pretending to be someone you’re not can be exhausting (I know this from recent personal experience), and it’s not fair to make him or her fall in love with someone who doesn’t exist. This also means you should be ready and willing to try new things. Of course we all have our limits and comfort zones we’re not willing to meander out of. I’m not suggesting you go base jumping if you’re terrified of heights (or without parental permission), but you should be willing to try the firey tacos he’s so proud of creating or take an art class with her if she’s too nervous to go alone. These little sacrifices and efforts go a long way to creating trust . . . and a lasting bond.

About the Author

Kieran Scott is an author of young adult fiction including the upcoming TRUE LOVE TRILOGY (May 2014) and the HE'S SO/SHE'S SO TRILOGY, which includes SHE'S SO DEAD TO US, HE'S SO NOT WORTH IT and THIS IS SO NOT HAPPENING. Her other books include the Non-Blonde Cheelerader trilogy, Geek Magnet and Jingle Boy. She also writes Alloy Entertainment books under the pseudonym Kate Brian, including the SHADOWLANDS trilogy and the PRIVATE and PRIVILEGE series, MEGAN MEADE'S GUIDE TO THE MCGOWAN BOYS and THE PRINCESS AND THE PAUPER, among others. She grew up in Bergen County, New Jersey, attended Rutgers University, and now lives in River Vale, New Jersey with her husband and two sons. 

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