{"id":20061,"date":"2022-08-17T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/?p=20061"},"modified":"2022-08-22T15:29:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T19:29:06","slug":"blog-tour-paola-santiago-and-the-sanctuary-of-shadows-by-tehlor-kay-mejia-excerpt-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/blog-tour-paola-santiago-and-the-sanctuary-of-shadows-by-tehlor-kay-mejia-excerpt-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Tour: Paola Santiago and the Sanctuary of Shadows by Tehlor Kay Mejia (Excerpt + Giveaway!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ubb-blog-tour-banner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockstarbooktours.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Paola-Santiago-and-the-Sanctuary-of-Shadows-tour-banner.png\" alt=\"Blog Tour: Paola Santiago and the Sanctuary of Shadows by Tehlor Kay Mejia (Excerpt + Giveaway!)\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happy Wednesday and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for PAOLA SANTIAGO AND THE SANCTUARY OF SHADOWS by Tehlor Kay Mejia! 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 excited to for you to find out more about it, PLUS enter for a chance to win a print copy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Stars-Summer-2022-Divider.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Stars-Summer-2022-Divider.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Stars-Summer-2022-Divider-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Stars-Summer-2022-Divider-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/paola-santiago-and-the-sanctuary-of-shadows-cover.png\" alt=\"Blog Tour: Paola Santiago and the Sanctuary of Shadows by Tehlor Kay Mejia (Excerpt + Giveaway!)\" title=\"Blog Tour: Paola Santiago and the Sanctuary of Shadows by Tehlor Kay Mejia (Excerpt + Giveaway!)\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignleft\"><strong>Paola Santiago and the Sanctuary of Shadows<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/authors\/tehlor-kay-mejia\/\">Tehlor Kay Mejia<\/a> <br><strong>Series:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/series\/paola-santiago\/\">Paola Santiago #3<\/a> <br><strong>Published on<\/strong>  August 2, 2022 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/publishers\/rick-riordan-presents\/\">Rick Riordan Presents<\/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\/middle-grade\/\">Middle Grade<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/mythology\/\">Mythology<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/queer\/\">Queer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/retellings\/\">Retellings<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 352 <br><strong>Add to <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/59801915-paola-santiago-and-the-sanctuary-of-shadows\" target=\"_blank\">Goodreads<\/a> <br><strong>Author Links:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tehlorkaymejia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tehlorkay\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/16305520.Tehlor_Kay_Mejia\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/375F6sr\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Amazon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tehlorkay\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@tehlorkay\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">TikTok<\/a> <br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p>Paola Santiago has recently returned from Oregon, where she defeated the Hitchhiker ghost and saved her father from the vengeful spirit that was possessing him. The poor girl deserves a rest! But first she has to rescue Dante from the void, where he\u2019s been imprisoned by some unknown force. Even though Dante has turned against Pao, she can\u2019t just leave him there--they\u2019ve been friends for too long.<br \/>\nPaola\u2019s prophetic dreams seem to have dried up, so she has to find other ways to locate a new rift where she can enter the void. Signs point to Texas--but how is she going to get there from Arizona? It just so happens that Emma\u2019s new group of politically active friends, the Rainbow Rogues, are planning a field trip to San Antonio. It\u2019s the perfect ruse for Paola, if she can stand being with the judgmental girls for that many days...<br \/>\nRelying on her wits, training from the Ninos de la Luz, and the emotional support of her best friend Emma, Pao makes it into the void. Once there she must face down not just one but two enemies: El Cucuy, the bogeyman... and someone even scarier who looks a lot like Pao herself.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2022-08-17T10:00:00+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"\\nHappy Wednesday and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for PAOLA SANTIAGO AND THE SANCTUARY OF SHADOWS by Tehlor Kay Mejia! 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He was already missing an arm, his head was tragically lopsided, and he moved in the jerky, unpredictable way Pao had come to associate with drunk people\u2014or toddlers who really needed a nap.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite his erratic movements, Pao tightened her grip on her Arma del Alma, a long, shining staff with a viciously bladed end. <em>Let your opponent come to you<\/em>, said her father\u2019s voice in her head. <em>Let them expend their energy circling and crossing the space and striking. Be still water, ready to ripple or wave. Wasting nothing.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her opponent had almost reached her, and every part of Pao screamed that she should strike now\u2014leap across the space and finish the job of severing his wobbling head. But instead she waited like still water, until finally, <em>finally <\/em>she was allowed to rush forward and stab through the neck. Then she heard the satisfying <em>crunch <\/em>that meant his head had hit the ground.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pao felt no remorse, only victory, as she lifted her sweaty face, pushed her bangs back, and waited for her well-deserved accolades.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOh no!\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPoor Patrick!\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSomeone get some tape, stat!\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three Ni\u00f1os rushed past Pao in a blur as she groaned, sinking onto the concrete floor. Her magical staff was already shrinking of its own accord into a travel-size magnifying glass she could fit in her pocket.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWell, <em>I <\/em>thought it was impressive,\u201d said a voice from behind her, and Pao turned with a smile to see her best friend Emma Lockwood approaching with a water bottle, her eyes dancing with laughter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese milk drinkers wouldn\u2019t know impressive if it cut off <em>their <\/em>heads,\u201d Pao grumbled, taking the water gratefully and chugging half of it before dumping the rest on her sweaty neck.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you wanted the Ni\u00f1os to be on your side, you probably shouldn\u2019t have named the sparring dummy,\u201d Emma said as they surveyed the scene.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ragtag group of kids and teenagers who called themselves Los Ni\u00f1os de la Luz were already on her side, Pao knew. And, as her town\u2019s protectors against the monstrous creatures of the void, they were important allies to have.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not just for their warehouse headquarters, either. Though it was pretty awesome. The rafters in its ceiling were nearly thirty feet above their heads. The glossy concrete floor was painted and taped with complicated diagrams of footwork, advances, and retreats, all color-coded according to types of creature. Best of all, it was in a part of town far from any prying eyes. Ideal for monster-hunting practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, at the moment, the only creature in sight was an old dummy on a rolling cart. And he was currently missing a head.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPatrick,\u201d Pao said, rolling her eyes at her own folly. \u201cWhat kind of a name is <em>Patrick <\/em>for a monster anyway?\u201d \u201cHey, there are a lot of Patricks in the world,\u201d Emma replied. \u201cI\u2019m sure at least <em>some <\/em>of them are monsters.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pao couldn\u2019t argue with that, so she got to her feet and walked over to a section of school gym bleachers that her friend Naomi had \u201cliberated\u201d from Silver Springs High. Then she flopped down, her muscles burning from a long day of training.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHow do you feel?\u201d Emma asked, her eyes x-raying Pao. They looked even bluer than usual against her pumpkin-orange sweatshirt. Despite the fact that it was still over a hundred degrees in Silver Springs, Emma was determined to show her fall spirit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pao thought about changing the subject to actual pumpkins, or costumes, or Halloween baking or crafts, all subjects she knew would distract the girl in front of her. But she\u2019d never been able to lie to Emma, or avoid her questions for long, so she told the truth. As much of it as she could bear to say out loud, anyway.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m frustrated,\u201d she said, kicking her white sneakers against the bench. \u201cI\u2019m restless. I can take Patrick\u2019s head off fifteen times a day, and it\u2019s not gonna get us any closer to rescuing Dante.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the sound of their ex\u2013best friend\u2019s name, Emma went quiet for a moment, and Pao knew she was remembering things, too. Things like the trailer laboratory the two of them had found in the middle of the Oregon forest last winter. And the man inside, who\u2019d been Pao\u2019s long-lost father and not her father all at once.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pao had told Emma everything, of course. All the gory details Emma hadn\u2019t seen while she waited outside the trailer. About finding out La Llorona was not only the ghost-deity Pao had defeated in the void, she was also Pao\u2019s <em>grandmother<\/em>!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That part had taken a little explaining. See, after drowning her three children in the river, La Llorona had found a way to bring them back to life by merging their souls with those of living victims. Her twisted experiment had only worked on her second son, Beto, which, Pao discovered, was her father\u2019s true identity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only, the experiment (like most things La Llorona did) had gone pretty horribly wrong. Beto had run away in horror from his mother, changed his name, and tried to bury his past. But over time the soul his was bound to\u2014a boy victim of La Llorona\u2019s named Joaquin\u2014started to become more dominant . . . and resentful.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eventually, Joaquin had hatched a plan to use Pao\u2019s connection to the void to tear open its fabric and let out every loathsome creature inside to feed on the living. Luring her to the forest by using Dante as bait . . .&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Working with Beto, Pao had managed to free Joaquin\u2019s soul, put an end to his awful plot, and get her friends back to safety. All except Dante, who, fed by his own jealousy and anger, had gone willingly into the void and remained there.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even with the Ni\u00f1os\u2019 centuries of knowledge about the void and its inhabitants, her father\u2019s memories of Joaquin\u2019s machinations, and Pao\u2019s own growing desperation to smash her way into that terrible place by whatever means necessary, they still hadn\u2019t managed to rescue him. It had already been eight months. \u201cWe\u2019re going to find him,\u201d Emma said at last, putting a hand on Pao\u2019s shoulder. \u201cYou said yourself that whoever is keeping Dante wouldn\u2019t want to give up the leverage they have over you by killing him, so it\u2019s just a matter of\u2014\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOf finding a way in,\u201d Pao said, almost to herself. She had fallen asleep repeating that truth to herself over and over every night since January. But the months kept going by, and Pao\u2019s faith in her own understanding of the situation was flagging by the day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joaquin had told her, while tied to a chair in his trailer lab, that the void wanted her, La Llorona\u2019s granddaughter, who had twice defied its soldiers, who had snatched three living souls from its depths and was determined to take a fourth. But if the void wanted her so bad, why hadn\u2019t it shown her how to enter it again? Why wasn\u2019t it using Dante to lure her back?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She hadn\u2019t had a single vision of its ghost-riddled depths since she\u2019d returned from Oregon. Not one. And she couldn\u2019t help but wonder why her dreams, the connection that had allowed her to save her friends and family before, had deserted her now, at this crucial juncture.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though Pao didn\u2019t exactly <em>want <\/em>to be the descendent of an evil ghost woman who had drowned countless children, or to belong, in part, to the spooky, monster-ridden place that had given her power, she couldn\u2019t help feeling a little abandoned.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not that she could ever admit that to Emma. Or anyone else. \u201cIt\u2019s my dad, mostly,\u201d Pao said when the silence had stretched out a beat longer than she could stand. \u201cHe wants to act like I\u2019m just this normal kid, like I shouldn\u2019t be getting involved with paranormal stuff, even though I <em>saved his life <\/em>by getting involved with it. I wish he would just let me be who I am.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before Emma could get to one of the fourteen solutions to this problem she had undoubtedly brainstormed in the past ten seconds, Pao\u2019s stomach grumbled, and they both laughed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCome on,\u201d Emma said, getting to her feet, the bleachers groaning under her bright green sneakers with the rainbow laces. \u201cLet\u2019s get out of here. Ice cream? Pizza?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As much as Pao wanted to hold on to her frustration, to sit here and stew, the appeal of a pizza was pretty undeniable. \u201cOkay,\u201d she relented. \u201cBut first I have to talk to the biggest jerk in Arizona. Wait for me outside?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll be the one with the sparkly purple bike.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Pao opened the door to the warehouse\u2019s attached office, Franco was sitting in front of what appeared to be a super-old computer, but Pao knew it was an invention of her father\u2019s\u2014a machine that could read magical signatures and measure the intensity of the energy they gave off.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hopefully the computer couldn\u2019t measure the waves of irritation coming off Pao, because she thought the strength of them would probably break it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFranco,\u201d she said when it became clear he wasn\u2019t going to acknowledge her presence beyond a wary glance. \u201cFind anything new?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sure Beto would have told you if we had,\u201d he said curtly. \u201cI . . . He\u2019s not really . . . I\u2019m asking you,\u201d Pao stammered, feeling her face heat up. You\u2019d think that living with a man who\u2019d been studying the paranormal for <em>both <\/em>of his lives would have put her at the forefront of the Ni\u00f1os\u2019 activities, but Pao had been relegated to perpetual trainee. Which meant fighting dummies and having her questions constantly brushed aside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Franco didn\u2019t answer at first, just stabbed the buttons on the field unit in his hand a little harder than Pao felt was necessary. But she\u2019d learned from months in this grumpy boy\u2019s company that he could never resist the urge to talk about his work for long, so she waited, counting down from ten in her head.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When she got to six, he pushed back from the desk with a huff. \u201cThe whole map\u2019s a blank! I thought the thing in B.C. was an anomaly, but <em>every <\/em>known entrance to the void that we\u2019ve mapped in the past fifty years is gone. Just disappeared.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pao stilled at the mention of Canada. It had been their first trip after they returned from saving Beto. An expedition to the only known void entrance on the West Coast\u2014besides the Gila River one Pao and her friends had destroyed the summer before. Based on Pao\u2019s dreams, Beto and Franco had been sure the machines were misreading things, that the void entrance would be there even though no evidence of it could be seen.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They\u2019d all been so hopeful, she remembered. So sure they would get through. That they\u2019d bring Dante back, and this whole nightmare would be over. They\u2019d prepared for months, and Pao had brandished her Arma del Alma without a doubt in her mind, the still-chilly March winds cutting through her sad excuse for a winter coat.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the Ni\u00f1os had been forced to stay behind, their status as lost, escaped, forgotten, or otherwise fugitive children making it difficult for them to travel, so Pao, her father, and Franco (who\u2019d been a smug teenager for a hundred years now) had made their way through the snowy woods outside British Columbia to find . . .&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nothing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No liminal space. No monsters. No evidence\u2014besides a black scorch mark on the ground\u2014that there\u2019d ever been a portal to the malevolent underworld there.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To cover his disappointment, Franco had tried asking the locals living near the void entrance about what had happened, but everyone they\u2019d approached had, frustratingly, clammed up instantly at the sight of them. They all categorically denied that they\u2019d ever seen, heard, or experienced anything strange.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That was when, Pao remembered, Franco had started looking at her differently.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And maybe it was also when her dad had started his all training\/no-telling-Pao-anything protocol.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now Pao wanted to growl like a feral animal, or at least hit something that wasn\u2019t headless Patrick. Instead she waited as Franco looked at her with that distrustful, suspicious expression. She tried to avoid it by studying the walls covered in maps, notes, and theories that had been crossed out one by one.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAny chance it\u2019s the instruments malfunctioning?\u201d she asked, just to break the horrible silence between them that seemed to be growing fangs by the second.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not the <em>instruments <\/em>that can\u2019t be trusted,\u201d he said coldly, turning his back in clear dismissal, and Pao left the office feeling like she always did after an interaction with Franco\u2014like she was somehow contaminated. Like she\u2019d failed to live up to even his low expectations of her.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPipsqueak?\u201d The voice drifted across the massive parking lot before Pao could turn the corner that would lead her to Emma. The sky beyond the warehouse was almost dark, the days getting shorter now that winter was on its way again. \u201cHey, Naomi,\u201d Pao said, not bothering to disguise her bad mood. Naomi, the queen of bad moods, could hardly hold it against her.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIsn\u2019t it past your bedtime? Papi Precioso must be waiting.\u201d Pao rolled her eyes as she approached. Naomi was sitting on the concrete steps out front, smirking down at her. \u201cWhat? Trouble behind the white picket fence?\u201d Naomi\u2019s tone was teasing, but after the two of them had traveled hundreds of miles together, traversed a haunted forest, and fought more than one warped fantasma together, Pao could tell there was a grudging respect beneath her casual mocking. \u201cIt\u2019s fine,\u201d Pao said, shaking her head. \u201cJust sick of being treated like a baby all the time.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been saying it since the beginning, tourist,\u201d Naomi said, eyeing Pao with that surprisingly adept intuition of hers. \u201cOnce you cross over, it\u2019s hard to go back to normal life.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pao was quiet for a long minute, appreciating the fact that Naomi did not insist on filling every moment with chatter. Emma, as much as Pao loved her, had never met a problem she couldn\u2019t immediately offer <em>several <\/em>solutions for, and sometimes Pao just needed to stew.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just . . .\u201d Pao said at last. \u201cDad expects me to be so grateful he\u2019s here. He says I don\u2019t need to worry anymore, that he and Franco can take care of everything. But where would either of them be if I hadn\u2019t taken charge? Why does he want to force me back into a life I don\u2019t fit into anymore?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Naomi got to her feet, offering Pao a high five as she turned toward the warehouse door. \u201cLook, Beto\u2019s not a bad guy, from what I\u2019ve seen. But you know how I feel about Franco, and about men and their <em>I\u2019ve got this under control, little girl <\/em>crap in general.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to go after hero boy yourself, you know I\u2019m on your right.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThanks,\u201d Pao said, not trusting herself to say more. The fact that Naomi would be willing to follow her out into the fray again, even after all that had befallen them on their last attempt to join forces, meant more than Pao was willing to admit at the moment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And Pao would have taken her up on the offer, she realized. In a heartbeat. If only she had any idea where to begin.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Stars-Summer-2022-Divider.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Stars-Summer-2022-Divider.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Stars-Summer-2022-Divider-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Stars-Summer-2022-Divider-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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\/06\/About-the-Author-Summer-2022-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/About-the-Author-Summer-2022-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/About-the-Author-Summer-2022-1-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/About-the-Author-Summer-2022-1-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ubb-about-author\"><h3>About Tehlor Kay Mejia<\/h3><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/tehlor-kay-mejia-350x350.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignleft ubb-about-author-photo\"><p>TEHLOR KAY MEJIA is a bestselling and award winning author of young adult and middle grade fiction.<\/p>\n<p>Her debut young adult novel, WE SET THE DARK ON FIRE, received six starred reviews, as well as the Oregon Spirit Book Award for debut fiction, and the Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award runner up honor for debut speculative fiction. It has been featured on Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, and O by Oprah Magazine\u2019s best books lists, and was a 2019 book of the year selection by Kirkus and School Library Journal. Its sequel, WE UNLEASH THE MERCILESS STORM, followed to continuing acclaim, while MISS METEOR (co-written with National Book Award Nominee Anna-Marie McLemore) was named to the American Library Association\u2019s 2021 Rainbow List, honoring outstanding contributions in LGBTQIA teen fiction.<\/p>\n<p>Tehlor\u2019s debut middle grade novel, PAOLA SANTIAGO AND THE RIVER OF TEARS, was published by the Rick Riordan Presents imprint at Disney\/Hyperion. It received four starred reviews, and was named Amazon\u2019s best book of 2020 in the 9-12 age range. It is currently in development at Disney as a television series to be produced by Eva Longoria.<\/p>\n<p>Tehlor lives with her daughter, partner, and two small dogs in Oregon, where she grows heirloom corn and continues her quest to perfect the vegan tamale. She is active on Twitter and Instagram @tehlorkay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ubb-author-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tehlorkaymejia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tehlorkay\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/16305520.Tehlor_Kay_Mejia\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/375F6sr\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tehlorkay\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@tehlorkay\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">TikTok<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Stars-Summer-2022-Divider.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Stars-Summer-2022-Divider.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Stars-Summer-2022-Divider-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Stars-Summer-2022-Divider-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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\/06\/Follow-the-Blog-Tour-Summer-2022.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Follow-the-Blog-Tour-Summer-2022.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Follow-the-Blog-Tour-Summer-2022-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Follow-the-Blog-Tour-Summer-2022-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Week One<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>8\/1\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/allyluvsbooksalatte\/\">@allyluvsbooksalatte&nbsp;<\/a><\/td><td>IG Post<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8\/2\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/authorzknight.com\/blog\/\">Author Z. Knight&#8217;s Guild<\/a><\/td><td>Excerpt<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8\/3\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/yabookscentral.com\/\">Ya Books Central<\/a><\/td><td>Excerpt<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8\/4\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookhoundsya.net\/\">BookHounds YA&nbsp;<\/a><\/td><td>Excerpt\/IG Post<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8\/5\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/bookreviewvirginialee.com\/\">#BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog<\/a><\/td><td>Excerpt<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8\/6\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/laurasbookishcorner.wordpress.com\/\">laura&#8217;s bookish corner&nbsp;<\/a><\/td><td>Review\/IG Post<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Week Two<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>8\/7\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/blessedmommysc.blogspot.com\/\">Lifestyle of Me<\/a><\/td><td>Review\/IG Post<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8\/8\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hauntedbybooks.com\/\">hauntedbybooks<\/a><\/td><td>Review\/IG Post<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8\/9\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/bookbriefs.net\/\">BookBriefs<\/a><\/td><td>Review\/IG Post<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8\/10\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/thebookwormcafeblog.wordpress.com\/\">xbookwormcafe&nbsp;<\/a><\/td><td>Review\/IG Post<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8\/11\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/feedyourfictionaddiction.com\/\">Feed Your Fiction Addiction<\/a><\/td><td>Review\/IG Post<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8\/12\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/themommaspot.home.blog\/\">The Momma Spot<\/a><\/td><td>Review\/IG Post<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8\/13\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.onemoreexclamation.com\/\">One More Exclamation&nbsp;<\/a><\/td><td>Review\/IG Post<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Week Three<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>8\/14\/2022<\/td><td><a 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class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Stars-Summer-2022-Divider.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Stars-Summer-2022-Divider.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Stars-Summer-2022-Divider-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Stars-Summer-2022-Divider-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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\/06\/Enter-the-Giveaway-Summer-2022.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Enter-the-Giveaway-Summer-2022.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Enter-the-Giveaway-Summer-2022-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Enter-the-Giveaway-Summer-2022-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rafflecopter.com\/rafl\/display\/e2389ba21506\/\" target=\"_blank\">Enter here for a chance to win a print copy of <em>PAOLA SANTIAGO AND THE SANCTURARY OF SHADOWS<\/em> by Tehlor Kay Mejia!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>(US Only)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Stars-Summer-2022-Divider.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Stars-Summer-2022-Divider.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Stars-Summer-2022-Divider-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Stars-Summer-2022-Divider-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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\/06\/Questions-for-You-Summer-2022.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Questions-for-You-Summer-2022.png 1024w, 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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\/06\/Summer-2022-Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Summer-2022-Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Summer-2022-Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Summer-2022-Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Summer-2022-Kait-Plus-Books-Signature.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Wednesday and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for PAOLA SANTIAGO AND THE SANCTUARY OF SHADOWS by Tehlor Kay Mejia! 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 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":20065,"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":"#GIVEAWAY + read an excerpt of PAOLA SANTIAGO AND THE SANCTUARY OF SHADOWS by @tehlorkay!\n\n@DisneyBooks @rickriordan @RockstarBkTours\n\n#PaolaSantiago #PaolaSantiagoAndTheSanctuaryOfShadows #RickRiordanPresents #tbr #reading #mglit #tehlorkaymejia #disney","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":[4229,537,651,540,462,3279,4341,1248,538,3281],"reading-challenges":[],"class_list":["post-20061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-tours","category-excerpt","category-giveaways","tag-august-2022","tag-blog-tour","tag-excerpt","tag-giveaway","tag-kait-plus-books","tag-paola-santiago","tag-paola-santiago-and-the-sanctuary-of-shadows","tag-rick-riordan-presents","tag-rockstar-book-tours","tag-tehlor-kay-mejia","book-author-tehlor-kay-mejia","book-series-paola-santiago","book-publisher-rick-riordan-presents","book-genre-fantasy","book-genre-middle-grade","book-genre-mythology","book-genre-queer","book-genre-retellings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/The-Sanctuary-of-Shadows-Featured-Image.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20061","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=20061"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20066,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20061\/revisions\/20066"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20061"},{"taxonomy":"reading-challenges","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-challenges?post=20061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}