{"id":12592,"date":"2021-06-07T06:00:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T10:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/?p=12592"},"modified":"2021-06-14T12:45:28","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T16:45:28","slug":"blog-tour-curse-of-the-specter-queen-by-jenny-elder-moke-excerpt-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/blog-tour-curse-of-the-specter-queen-by-jenny-elder-moke-excerpt-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Tour: Curse of the Specter Queen by Jenny Elder Moke (Excerpt + Giveaway!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ubb-blog-tour-banner\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rockstarbooktours.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/CURSE-OF-THE-SPECTER-QUEEN.jpg\" alt=\"Blog Tour: Curse of the Specter Queen by Jenny Elder Moke (Excerpt + Giveaway!)\"><\/a><\/p><p>Happy Monday and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for CURSE OF THE SPECTER QUEEN by Jenny Elder Moke! I&#8217;m so excited because today I have an excerpt of the book to share with you! This book is truly amazing and I&#8217;m so so excited to for you to find out more about it, PLUS enter for a chance to win a print copy!!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/curse-of-the-specter-queen-cover.png\" alt=\"Blog Tour: Curse of the Specter Queen by Jenny Elder Moke (Excerpt + Giveaway!)\" title=\"Blog Tour: Curse of the Specter Queen by Jenny Elder Moke (Excerpt + Giveaway!)\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignleft\"><strong>Curse of the Specter Queen<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/authors\/jenny-elder-moke\/\">Jenny Elder Moke<\/a> <br><strong>Published on<\/strong>  June 1, 2021 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/publishers\/disney-hyperion-2\/\">Disney-Hyperion<\/a> <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/fantasy\/\">Fantasy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/historical-fantasy\/\">Historical Fantasy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/historical-fiction\/\">Historical Fiction<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/mythology\/\">Mythology<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/ya\/\">YA<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 352 <br><strong>Add to <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/53826079-curse-of-the-specter-queen\" target=\"_blank\">Goodreads<\/a> <br><strong>Author Links:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/jennyeldermoke.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jennyelder\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jenny.eldermoke.3\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/18069688.Jenny_Elder_Moke\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3piNZqV\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Amazon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jennyeldermoke\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Instagram<\/a> <br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p><b>MAY THE HAZEL BRING YOU WISDOM AND THE ASPEN GUIDE AND PROTECT YOU...<\/b><br \/>\nSamantha Knox put away her childish fantasies of archaeological adventure the day her father didn't return home from the Great War, retreating to the safety of the antique bookshop where she works. But when a mysterious package arrives with a damaged diary inside, Sam's peaceful life is obliterated. Ruthless men intent on reclaiming the diary are after Sam, setting her and her best friend, along with her childhood crush, on a high-stakes adventure that lands them in the green hills outside Dublin, Ireland. Here they discover an ancient order with a dark purpose - to perform an occult ritual that will raise the Specter Queen, the Celtic goddess of vengeance and death, to bring about a war unlike any the world has ever seen. To stop them, Sam must solve a deviously complex cipher - one that will lead her on a treasure hunt to discover the ancient relic at the heart of the ritual: a bowl carved from the tree of life. Will she find the bowl and stop the curse of the Specter Queen, or will the ancient order bring about the end of the world?<br \/>\n<b>Indiana Jones gets a refresh with this female-driven mystery adventure, set in the 1920s, full of ciphers, ancient relics, and heart-stopping action - the first in a brand-new series!<\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2021-06-07T10:00:12+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"Happy Monday and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for CURSE OF THE SPECTER QUEEN by Jenny Elder Moke! I'm so excited because today I have an excerpt of the book to share with you! 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The second chime earned a grunt of displeasure from her as she scanned the shelves for the first edition of John Locke\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An Essay<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Concerning Human Understanding <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">she had repaired last week. She spotted it, tucked safely between Kant and Machiavelli. The third chime rang so insistently that she tipped the book forward too hard and it dropped to the floor with an ominous <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">crack<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOh dear,\u201d she said, crouching down to retrieve the book. \u201cMr. Locke, I apologize. And I swear to you if it\u2019s the butcher\u2019s boys again, I will take the broad side of his cleaver to their rear ends myself.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The spine appeared unmarred, which was more than Sam could say for her disposition as she stacked the book on top of the others and jostled to a standing position. She tottered to the front of the shop and set them down on the desk. In the window stood the rounded figure of Clement\u2019s postman, his face pressed to the glass and obscuring the gold lettering across the door. She checked off each book on her inventory list, letting him freeze in the early January snows of rural Illinois, before crossing to the door and unlocking it. A blast of cold drove it open like an unwanted guest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYes, Georgie, what is it you need?\u201d she asked, shivering back from the chill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cGot your mail,\u201d Georgie huffed, bustling past her to drop his sack on the desk. He trod in drifts of snow across her pristine carpet and she swept the more offensive piles back out the door as she swung it shut.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThat\u2019s why I had the package drop put in, Georgie,\u201d Sam said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSo you can leave them in a protected box without them getting soaked by the melting snow you\u2019re tracking in.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s colder than a brass toilet seat in the arctic out there,\u201d Georgie replied, leaning against his mailbag like he planned to stay. He peered into the stacks behind Sam. \u201cIt\u2019s toasty in here, though. Must be nice for you, being tucked up in this place all day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe keep the temperature stable for the books,\u201d Sam said, her patient tone fraying at the edges. She had plenty to do before her long walk home in that same snow, and she couldn\u2019t do it as long as Georgie was here chewing the cud. \u201cExtreme heat and cold damage the leather. You said you had my mail?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOh, sure.\u201d Georgie ducked his head into the thick canvas sack. \u201cCouple of these are too big, wouldn\u2019t fit through the slot.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sam was sure his bell ringing had far more to do with the warm interior of the shop than with any oversize packages, but it was too late for that. Here he was already, invading her space and upending the careful equilibrium she maintained. He didn\u2019t care that there was the rest of the inventory list to get to, plus the packages to prepare and send to Mr. Peltingham in London and Mr. Burnham in Oslo, never mind the repairs to the copy of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Medieval Remedies<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for Cistercian Monks <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">they had received at the shop last week. She didn\u2019t have time for Georgie Heath and the trail of muddy snow he dragged everywhere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He pulled a small collection of boxes from his sack\u2014none of them, as Sam suspected, too large for the mail slot\u2014with an exotic array of stamps across the front. Sam\u2019s heart rate picked up when she spotted Mr. Studen\u2019s scrawled handwriting. He always had the best finds in Paris. She grabbed her letter opener and sliced through the thick paper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBooks,\u201d Georgie said, in the same tone his father used when talking about the neighbor\u2019s marauding hogs. \u201cAlways books, isn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYes,\u201d Sam said with a happy little sigh, extracting Mr. Studen\u2019s letter along with his latest find. \u201cWe are a bookshop, Georgie.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oh, clever Mr. Studen. She smiled at the first few lines of introduction, a jumble of letters and pictographic marks. He\u2019d sent her another cryptogram, with a small note dashed at the top that read <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m sure to stump you this time.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He wasn\u2019t, but she appreciated the challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Georgie gave a snort. \u201cI don\u2019t know what we need with a bookshop here in Clement, anyhow. We\u2019ve already got a library.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cA collection of old family bibles does not count as a library,\u201d Sam said, reaching for a pencil and paper. It looked to be a straightforward monoalphabetic cipher despite the distraction of the pictographic marks, but she didn\u2019t want to underestimate Mr. Studen so quickly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Georgie shrugged. \u201cI was happy enough to give that stuff up the second I walked out of Mrs. Iris\u2019s schoolroom for good.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Madame <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iris,\u201d Sam corrected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Madame<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d Georgie said in a gross mockery of the French madame\u2019s accent. \u201cPa says a book is only good for propping open a door or knocking a fella out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWell I would expect no less from the man who led a town-wide protest when Mr. Steeling hired a Frenchwoman to teach at the schoolhouse,\u201d Sam murmured, making a list of the most frequent letter appearances and the most common letter groupings in the cipher. Georgie craned his neck around, squinting at Mr. Studen\u2019s neat handwriting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhat is that?\u201d he asked. \u201cSome kind of gibberish?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s a cipher,\u201d Sam said. \u201cA code. It\u2019s meant to keep a message hidden.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The last word she said pointedly, looking up at the intrusion of his person on her space. If Georgie noticed her intention\u2014which Sam was positive he did not\u2014he didn\u2019t do anything to resolve it. Instead he scooted in closer, wrinkling up his nose like his father\u2019s prize hog.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWell, how do you know what it says?\u201d Georgie asked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou need a key,\u201d Sam murmured, writing out a few attempts at the letters she thought she might have deduced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDo you have the key?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWell then how do you know what it says?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sam let out a sigh. \u201cI don\u2019t, Georgie. Not yet. I have to decrypt it, which would be much easier to do without so much distracting chatter.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Georgie rocked back. \u201cI get it, this is like those things you and Jo and Bennett used to do, out at the Manor, right? Those treasure hunts you\u2019d make up.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe didn\u2019t make them up, Mr. Steeling did,\u201d Sam said, setting down her pencil and folding the letter closed along with her deciphering attempts, away from Georgie\u2019s prying eyes. \u201cAnd I haven\u2019t done those in years, not since we were children.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Georgie shrugged. \u201cMaybe you and Joana can put one up now that she\u2019s in Clement again.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sam drew back. \u201cJo\u2019s in town?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYeah, didn\u2019t you know it? I figured she would have come to see you straightaway. You were the only one she ever bothered with. Maybe she\u2019s too good for you now, too, after being at that fancy academy in Chicago.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joana Steeling was back in Clement and she hadn\u2019t come to see Sam. So, she was still mad about the fight. Sam had tried so many times to explain why she couldn\u2019t go to the academy with Joana\u2014first in person, and after Joana left, through half-finished letters\u2014but Joana couldn\u2019t understand. It was so easy for her, the heiress of the Steeling fortune, to spend late nights in shady speakeasies flirting with the boys, getting into and out of trouble. But Sam could never live like that. Most likely Joana had found her people at Marquart Academy. It didn\u2019t surprise her that Joana had moved on, but it did surprise her how much it hurt hearing about it from Georgie Heath.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf you see Jo, tell her we\u2019re out at the old barn most nights, me and Pete and the gang,\u201d Georgie said, oblivious to Sam\u2019s discomfort. \u201cThey might have those swanky speakeasies up in Chicago, but nobody\u2019s calling the G-men on us. We do what we want, all night if we want it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSounds a dream,\u201d Sam said tiredly. \u201cBut I\u2019ve got work to do, if there\u2019s nothing else.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOh, right, got your newspaper here,\u201d he said, ducking back into the bag and pulling out a copy of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicago Daily News<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Sam\u2019s attention snagged on a small headline tucked into the right corner of the front page: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TUT OPERATIONS RESUMED<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe curse of the mummy has been lifted,\u201d she murmured, leaning closer to read the rest of the article.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAre they still writing about that thing?\u201d Georgie asked, glancing at the paper. \u201cThe grave or whatever?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYes, they\u2019re still writing about the tomb of Tutankhamen,\u201d Sam said dryly. \u201cIt\u2019s the greatest archaeological discovery of our time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Georgie waved her off. \u201cI don\u2019t see any point in all that old stuff, who cares? They\u2019re all dead anyway.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sam had no intention of explaining the historical significance of Howard Carter\u2019s recent discovery of Tutankhamen\u2019s tomb. No one in Clement would understand, except her boss, Mr. Steeling. He shared Sam\u2019s fascination with all things ancient and lost. He spent much of his time traveling overseas to exotic places like Greece to join archaeological excavations. Places she would only ever read about in the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily News<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. She snapped the paper closed and placed it on the desk, looking at Georgie expectantly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWell, I suppose that\u2019s all,\u201d Georgie said, gazing forlornly out at the brutal white of the main street of Clement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYes, well, enjoy your evening in the barn with the other boys,\u201d Sam said, picking up his sack and putting it on his shoulder, using the movement to push the rest of him toward the front door. They both squinted against the cold wind that burst through the opening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAll right, all right, I\u2019m off,\u201d Georgie said, the winter wind turning him chapped and irritable again. \u201cYou tell Jo\u2014\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWill do, thank you, Georgie,\u201d Sam said, swinging the door shut and throwing the dead bolt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She took a deep, cleansing breath of the temperature-controlled interior of the store, the soft scent of the oiled leather covers restoring her sense of self, before turning her attention to the stack of recent arrivals. Her eagerness to discover new friends outweighed her obligation to the packaging list or the pang in her gut about Joana returning home and not coming to see her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She had just begun to sort the packages when a smaller one slipped out from the press of the others, the paper soiled and the corner torn away. It looked as if it had been through a monsoon, the writing so faded it was a wonder Georgie had known where to deliver it at all. And judging by the various interpretations of the address scribbled across the front, she wasn\u2019t sure the bookshop had been the package\u2019s first delivery attempt. How long had it been in the system, knocked from one place to the other, before it got to her? There was no return address. She held it up, a small puff of dry earth sifting onto the desk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhat a terrible journey you\u2019ve been through,\u201d she tutted. \u201cLet\u2019s get you fixed up.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She carried the package to the repair room in the back. The work lamp there glowing a bluish white. A humidifier hummed beside it, giving the occasional ping in the relative silence. She sat at the worktable and opened the package. A little avalanche of dust and desiccated plant parts came sliding out along with the enclosed item.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The book was small, barely larger than her hand, the cover in such disrepair that Sam feared it would disintegrate if she so much as gave it a stern look. She had seen plenty of books in a variety of conditions since she started working at Steeling\u2019s Rare Antiquities, but this had to be the worst state of deterioration she\u2019d ever witnessed. It looked as if the book had been buried in someone\u2019s back field and dug up by a stray goat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWho would do such a thing to you?\u201d she wondered, her chest aching at the violence the book had encountered on its journey. \u201cWell, whatever ills have befallen you, you\u2019re safe here now.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There was nothing in the package to indicate where it had come from, no letter of provenance or introduction from a buyer explaining what the book was or why they had sent it. The mystery of it had her pulling out her tools, for the moment abandoning the other new arrivals. She took her brush and went to work, tilting it up to sweep softly along the outside edges, collecting a tidy pile of earth and sediment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Already she knew it would need a rest in the humidifier to loosen up the pages and hopefully restore the faded writing within. Once she had sufficiently cleaned the outside, she began her preliminary inspection of the interior. The pages were so waterlogged she could hardly pry them apart, but with the aid of a scalpel and a level of patience bordering on stubbornness, she managed to loosen one enough to pull it open.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The writing was, as she suspected, faded and illegible in many places, but that wasn\u2019t what drew her attention to the book. It was the hasty sketch of a cat on the open page, the graphite strokes thick and dark and tearing through the paper in some places. She could even see smudges where the lead must have broken. Whoever drew this cat must have had very strong feelings about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Except that, the longer she stared at the image, the less it actually looked like a cat. At least, not like any ordinary house cat. The proportions were all wrong\u2014the ears too sharp and pointed, almost like horns; the jaw too long and narrow, more fitted to a dog. And then there were the eyes. They were nothing more than blank page, but the longer she stared, the more they seemed to burn, two desolate holes radiating a promise of danger. Awareness prickled down her legs and across her arms, as if a wayward slip of icy January wind had found its way into the shop. But it wasn\u2019t the wind. It was the way the cat kept staring, even when she slid the book aside. Those sightless eyes were on her, always on her, and in a fit of fear she slammed the cover shut.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDon\u2019t be such a fool,\u201d Sam muttered, though she made no attempt to open it again. \u201cIt\u2019s only an old book. What\u2019s the harm?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Georgie was putting her on. He must be. This was exactly the kind of prank he and Pete and the other boys would pull back in Madame Iris\u2019s schoolroom. Leaving notes with rude poems, knowing she would mistake them for clues to a new treasure hunt at Steeling Manor, the hunts Mr. Steeling created for his children and Sam. They must be bored to tears after the last snowstorm, getting pickled out there in his father\u2019s barn every night. They were probably watching through the front window, waiting to see her come tearing out of there screaming.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But there was nothing at the door save the whistle of the winter wind and the last rays of a dying sun. The darkness looming outside made the malevolence emanating from the book so much worse, and Sam was acutely aware of how alone she was just then. She hovered in the doorway of the workroom, not wanting to come any closer to the odd little book.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhat are you?\u201d she whispered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But whatever secrets the book had, it held them as tightly as the dust wedged into its pages. Sam chewed at one corner of her lip, weighing her options. She could try to chase down Georgie, force the book back on him, and make him deliver it out to Steeling Manor. But the shop was the last stop on his route; he was probably halfway back to the barn by now, and halfway into a flask of his awful bathtub gin. The boy could be surprisingly agile when getting away from work. She could leave it until the next time Mr. Steeling came by to check on the new arrivals, but that could be weeks from now and Sam didn\u2019t want it hanging around.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No, there was nothing for it. She would have to deliver it to Steeling Manor herself. Which meant facing her fears, and potentially her former best friend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOh, Sammy girl, what have you gotten yourself into?\u201d she sighed, tucking the book into her satchel and pulling the strap across her chest like a battle shield.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Follow-the-Tour-Summer-2021.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><b>Week One<\/b><\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6\/1\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/fireandicereads.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fire and Ice<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excerpt<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6\/2\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/lisalovesliterature.bookblog.io\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lisa Loves Literature<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6\/3\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yabookscentral.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YA Books Central<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excerpt<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6\/4\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jazzybookreviews.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jazzy Book Reviews<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excerpt<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6\/5\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/rajivsreviews.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rajiv&#8217;s Reviews<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><b>Week Two<\/b><\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6\/6\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/thereadingwordsmith.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Reading Wordsmith<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>6\/7\/2021<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/kaitgoodwin.com\/books\">Kait Plus Books<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Excerpt<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6\/8\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/acourtofcoffeeandbooks.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Court of Coffee and Books<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6\/9\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/thebookwyrmsden.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bookwyrm&#8217;s Den<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6\/10\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stuckinthestacks.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stuck in the Stacks\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6\/11\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doyoudog-ear.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do You Dog-ear?<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6\/12\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/christenkrumm.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christen Krumm<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><b>Week Three<\/b><\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6\/13\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/whatanerdgirlsays.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What A Nerd Girl Says<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6\/14\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/nayspinkbookshelf.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nay&#8217;s Pink Bookshelf\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6\/15\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/thindbooks.wordpress.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thindbooks Blog<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6\/16\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.historywomanperspective.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">History from a Woman\u2019s Perspective\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6\/17\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/emeliesbooks.home.blog\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emelie&#8217;s Books<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6\/18\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elisquared.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eli to the nth<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6\/19\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fictitious.fox\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">@fictitious.fox<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><b>Week Four<\/b><\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6\/20\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/booksaremagictoo.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Books Are Magic Too\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6\/21\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/starcrossedbookblog.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star-Crossed Book Blog<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6\/22\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/hollymbryan.tumblr.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Book-Keeping<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6\/23\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/themommaspot.home.blog\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Momma Spot<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6\/24\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/thebookview.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Book View<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6\/25\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/momfluenster\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Momfluenster\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6\/26\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/onemused\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">onemused<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><b>Week Five<\/b><\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6\/27\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/bookbriefs.net\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Book Briefs<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6\/28\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/never-anyone-else.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Always Me<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6\/29\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/thebookreviewcrew.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Book Review Crew<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6\/30\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theworldofceliamcmahon.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">celiamcmahonreads<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/About-the-Author-Summer-2021.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ubb-about-author\"><h3>About Jenny Elder Moke<\/h3><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Jenny-Elder-Moke-243x350.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignleft ubb-about-author-photo\"><p>Jenny Elder Moke writes young adult fiction in an attempt to recapture the shining infinity of youth. She worked for several years at an independent publisher in Austin, TX before realizing she would rather write the manuscripts than read them. She is a member of the Texas Writer\u2019s League and has studied children\u2019s writing with Liz Garton Scanlon. She was a finalist in the Austin Film Festival Fiction Podcast Competition in 2017 for her podcast script, Target. When she is not writing, she\u2019s gathering story ideas from her daily adventures with her two irredeemable rapscallions and honing her ninja skills as a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Jenny lives in Denver, CO with her husband and two children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ubb-author-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jennyeldermoke.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jennyelder\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jenny.eldermoke.3\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/18069688.Jenny_Elder_Moke\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3piNZqV\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jennyeldermoke\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Instagram<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12285\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Enter-the-Giveaway-Summer-2021-1-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rafflecopter.com\/rafl\/display\/e2389ba21288\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enter here for a chance to win a print copy of <em>Curse of the Specter Queen<\/em> by Jenny Elder Moke!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>(US Only)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Questions-and-Answers-Summer-2021.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What do you think about <em>Curse of the Specter Queen<\/em>? Have you added it to your tbr yet? Let me know in the comments and have a splendiferous day!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-Summer-2021-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1322\" height=\"880\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Monday and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for CURSE OF THE SPECTER QUEEN by Jenny Elder Moke! I&#8217;m so excited because today I have an excerpt of the book to share with you! This book is truly amazing and I&#8217;m so so excited to for you to find out more about it, PLUS enter for a chance to win a print copy!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[484,1001,27],"tags":[3094,651,540,3095,3024,462,538],"reading-challenges":[],"class_list":["post-12592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-tours","category-excerpt","category-giveaways","tag-curse-of-the-specter-queen","tag-excerpt","tag-giveaway","tag-jenny-elder-moke","tag-june-2021","tag-kait-plus-books","tag-rockstar-book-tours","book-author-jenny-elder-moke","book-publisher-disney-hyperion-2","book-genre-fantasy","book-genre-historical-fantasy","book-genre-historical-fiction","book-genre-mythology","book-genre-ya"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Curse-of-the-Specter-Queen-Featured-Image.gif","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12592"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12989,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12592\/revisions\/12989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12592"},{"taxonomy":"reading-challenges","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-challenges?post=12592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}