The Shortest Distance Between Love & Hate by Sandy Hall
Published by: Swoon Reads
Publication date: July 9th, 2019
Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult
A teen girl starting at a new school is torn between long-held loyalties and a bright new love in this irresistible new YA contemporary romance from the author of A Little Something Different.
Paisley is really looking forward to college. She is ready to take charge of her destiny and embrace some new experiences! Finding a hot guy to make out with at her first ever college party seems like a great start…until her best friend informs her that mystery guy is actually Carter Schmitt, Paisley’s sworn enemy who basically ruined their lives in middle school.
So much for new people and exciting new experiences. Oh well. Paisley will just pretend he doesn’t exist. Of course that would be easier if Carter, AKA her super-hot-sworn-enemy, hadn’t ended up in three of her classes AND the same work study. Is it too late to rethink this college thing?
Sandy Hall, author of A Little Something Different and A Prom to Remember, is heading back to college in this sweet and quirky contemporary romance.
~AUTHOR INTERVIEW with Sandy Hall~
1) What gave you
the inspiration for the storyline?
I really wanted to write an enemies
to lovers story, but it took a while to find the write characters for this one.
But then I realized that Paisley from my book A PROM TO REMEMBER would be a
great candidate for this kind of storyline. She’s the kind of girl that would
totally have a list of enemies.
Most of my books deal with the
concept of “you never know what’s going on in someone’s life.” I think it’s an
important lesson to learn, and one that you kind of learn over and over again
throughout your life.
For some of my books the answer to
this would be a resounding yes, but I don’t think I actually had anyone real in
mind while I was working on these characters.
Up until about ten years ago, I hadn’t done much
creative writing. But then I go reallllly into fanfiction. So I would have to
say my fellow fandom authors. I learned so much from them and from writing
fanfic. I wouldn’t be here today without them.
5) If you could have any three literary characters over to your
place for game night, who would you invite, what would you play, what would you
serve, and why?
Is it cheating to say Harry, Ron,
and Hermione? There’s just something about the golden trio that if given the
opportunity I would love to meet them. I would totally invite them over, but
would ask them to bring along the treats like Butterbeer and pumpkin pasties
while I supplied muggle games like Trivial Pursuit. Hermione and I would
obviously dominate while Harry did okay and Ron would totally lose. Poor Ron.
6) Do you feel that you can ever have too many books?
The author and avid reader in me
says NO! But the librarian in me is very practical about this kind of thing and
knows there’s only so much space in my home. My brain can be a very conflicted
place on these types of questions. So the answer is yes and no at the same
time.
Author Bio:
I’m a teen librarian from New Jersey where I was born and raised. I have a BA in Communication and a Master of Library and Information Science from Rutgers University. When I’m not writing, or teen librarian-ing, I enjoy reading, slot machines, marathoning TV shows, and long scrolls through Tumblr.
Thanks for being on the tour! :)
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