{"id":17878,"date":"2022-05-24T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/?p=17878"},"modified":"2022-05-27T13:10:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T17:10:30","slug":"blog-tour-summers-edge-by-dana-mele-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/blog-tour-summers-edge-by-dana-mele-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Tour: Summer&#8217;s Edge by Dana Mele (Interview!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ubb-blog-tour-banner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/turnthepagetours.wordpress.com\/2022\/05\/22\/welcome-post-summers-edge\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/summers-edge-tour-banner.png\" alt=\"Blog Tour: Summer&#039;s Edge by Dana Mele (Interview!)\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happy Tuesday and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for SUMMER&#8217;S EDGE by Dana Mele! I\u2019m so excited to share my interview with Dana with you, PLUS more information about the author and tour!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/spring-2022-divider.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17507\" width=\"823\" height=\"48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/spring-2022-divider.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/spring-2022-divider-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/spring-2022-divider-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 823px) 100vw, 823px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/summers-edge-cover.png\" alt=\"Blog Tour: Summer&#8217;s Edge by Dana Mele (Interview!)\" title=\"Blog Tour: Summer&#8217;s Edge by Dana Mele (Interview!)\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignleft\"><strong>Summer's Edge<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/authors\/dana-mele\/\">Dana Mele<\/a> <br><strong>Published on<\/strong>  May 31, 2022 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/publishers\/simon-schuster-books-for-young-readers-2\/\">Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers<\/a> <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/contemporary\/\">Contemporary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/queer\/\">Queer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/horror\/\">Horror<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/mystery\/\">Mystery<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/thriller\/\">Thriller<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/ya\/\">YA<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 336 <br><strong>Add to <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/59365280-summer-s-edge\" target=\"_blank\">Goodreads<\/a> <br><strong>Author Links:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/danamele.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanaMeleBooks\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/16527452.Dana_Mele\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/danammele\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Instagram<\/a> <br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p><b><i>I Know What You Did Last Summer<\/i> meets <i>The Haunting of Hill House<\/i> in this atmospheric, eerie teen thriller following an estranged group of friends being haunted by their friend who died last summer.<\/b><br \/>\nEmily Joiner was once part of an inseparable group\u2014she was a sister, a best friend, a lover, and a rival. Summers without Emily were unthinkable. Until the fire burned the lake house to ashes with her inside.<br \/>\nA year later, it\u2019s in Emily\u2019s honor that Chelsea and her four friends decide to return. The house awaits them, meticulously rebuilt. Only, Chelsea is haunted by ghostly visions. Loner Ryan stirs up old hurts and forces golden boy Chase to play peacemaker. Which has perfect hostess Kennedy on edge as eerie events culminate in a stunning accusation: Emily\u2019s death wasn\u2019t an accident. And all the clues needed to find the person responsible are right here.<br \/>\nAs old betrayals rise to the surface, Chelsea and her friends have one night to unravel a mystery spanning three summers before a killer among them exacts their revenge.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2022-05-24T10:00:00+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"\\nHappy Tuesday and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for SUMMER'S EDGE by Dana Mele! 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Where would you go to eat, hang out, relax, etc.?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ll assume for the purposes of the question that I\u2019m teen Dana again, and I\u2019d say we would have a game night and cross my fingers that things didn\u2019t take a turn for the supernatural.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If Chelsea, Ryan, Chase, and Kennedy were to hang out with other fictional characters, who would they be and why?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I feel like they would hang out with another tight friend group who have nothing whatsoever to hide like the <em>Scream<\/em> gang. Or from books, maybe the doomed cheerleaders from <em>The<\/em> <em>Cheerleaders<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If there was one fictional place you could travel to for a day, where would it be and why?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Mordor, just to see if it\u2019s gotten too touristy over the ages.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you buried a time capsule with three items inside, what three items would you choose and why?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Interesting question! I actually have no idea. Although when I was a kid, we discovered a chicken bone in the backyard and were convinced we\u2019d discovered a dinosaur fossil and it was the most exciting moment of my young life. So maybe a chicken bone, a piece of amber with a fly in it, and a note that says \u201clearn from our mistakes\u201d with a couple of spatters of red ink on it. For science.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What was your favorite bit of research you ended up not using?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s tough- I usually use what I research in some form or another\u2026I think the most interesting thing I probably researched for <em>Summer\u2019s Edge<\/em> probably had to do with quantum physics. But I won\u2019t say more than that.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is your favorite quote, scene, or moment from <em>Summer&#8217;s Edge<\/em>?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>That is a very hard question. I don\u2019t think there are any lines that I don\u2019t care about and I have a lot of favorite moments. But if I had to pick one off the top of my head, I\u2019d say chapter 40, with 48 as a chaser.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/spring-2022-divider.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17507\" width=\"823\" height=\"48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/spring-2022-divider.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/spring-2022-divider-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/spring-2022-divider-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 823px) 100vw, 823px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/About-the-Author-Spring-2022.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/About-the-Author-Spring-2022.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/About-the-Author-Spring-2022-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/About-the-Author-Spring-2022-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"ubb-about-author\"><h3>About Dana Mele<\/h3><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/dana-mele-350x350.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignleft ubb-about-author-photo\"><p>Dana Mele is a Pushcart-nominated writer based in the Catskills. A graduate of Wellesley College, Dana holds degrees in theatre, education, and law. Dana\u2019s debut, PEOPLE LIKE US, was published in 2018 and shortlisted for the 2019 ITW Thriller Award for Best Young Adult Novel. A second YA thriller, SUMMER\u2019S EDGE, is forthcoming from Simon &amp; Schuster in Spring 2022, followed by TRAGIC, a graphic novel retelling of Hamlet from Legendary Comics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ubb-author-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/danamele.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanaMeleBooks\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/16527452.Dana_Mele\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/danammele\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Instagram<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/spring-2022-divider.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17507\" width=\"823\" height=\"48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/spring-2022-divider.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/spring-2022-divider-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/spring-2022-divider-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 823px) 100vw, 823px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/turnthepagetours.wordpress.com\/2022\/05\/22\/welcome-post-summers-edge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Follow-the-Blog-Tour-Spring-2022.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Follow-the-Blog-Tour-Spring-2022.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Follow-the-Blog-Tour-Spring-2022-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Follow-the-Blog-Tour-Spring-2022-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/spring-2022-divider.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17507\" width=\"823\" height=\"48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/spring-2022-divider.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/spring-2022-divider-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/spring-2022-divider-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 823px) 100vw, 823px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Questions-for-You-Spring-2022.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Questions-for-You-Spring-2022.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Questions-for-You-Spring-2022-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Questions-for-You-Spring-2022-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>What do you think about <em>Summer&#8217;s Edge<\/em>? Have you added it to your tbr yet? Let me know in the comments and have a splendiferous day!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Spring-2022-Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-1-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Spring-2022-Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-1-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Spring-2022-Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-1-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Spring-2022-Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-1-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Spring-2022-Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Tuesday and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for SUMMER&#8217;S EDGE by Dana Mele! 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