{"id":4973,"date":"2020-01-30T06:00:27","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T11:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/?p=4973"},"modified":"2020-01-29T20:17:53","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T01:17:53","slug":"blog-tour-seven-deadly-shadows-by-courtney-alameda-valynne-e-maetani-deleted-scenes-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/blog-tour-seven-deadly-shadows-by-courtney-alameda-valynne-e-maetani-deleted-scenes-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Tour: Seven Deadly Shadows by Courtney Alameda &#038; Valynne E. Maetani (Deleted Scene + Giveaway!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ubb-blog-tour-banner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fantasticflyingbookclub.blogspot.com\/2019\/11\/tour-schedule-seven-deadly-shadows-by.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tour-banner-23.png\" alt=\"Blog Tour: Seven Deadly Shadows by Courtney Alameda &amp; Valynne E. Maetani (Deleted Scene + Giveaway!)\"><\/a><\/p><p>Happy Thursday and welcome to my stop on the <em>Seven Deadly Shadows<\/em> blog tour!! I&#8217;m so excited to be on this tour, and I&#8217;m even more excited for you to read a deleted scene from the book! Read on to find out more about the book, authors, and tour, plus enter a print copy of <em>Seven Deadly Shadows<\/em>!!!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002.png 800w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002-300x36.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002-768x91.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/seven-deadly-shadows-cover.png\" alt=\"Blog Tour: Seven Deadly Shadows by Courtney Alameda &#038; Valynne E. Maetani (Deleted Scene + Giveaway!)\" title=\"Blog Tour: Seven Deadly Shadows by Courtney Alameda &#038; Valynne E. Maetani (Deleted Scene + Giveaway!)\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignleft\"><strong>Seven Deadly Shadows<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/authors\/courtney-alameda\/\">Courtney Alameda<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/authors\/valynne-e-maetani\/\">Valynne E. Maetani<\/a> <br><strong>Published on<\/strong>  January 28, 2020 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/publishers\/harperteen\/\">HarperTeen<\/a> <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/ya\/\">YA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/fantasy\/\">Fantasy<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 384 <br><strong>Add to <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/45449799-seven-deadly-shadows\" target=\"_blank\">Goodreads<\/a> <br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p>Seventeen-year-old Kira Fujikawa has never had it easy. She\u2019s bullied by the popular girls in school. Her family ignores her. And she\u2019s also plagued with a secret: She can see yokai, the ghosts and demons that haunt the streets of Japan. But things accelerate from bad to worse when she learns that Shuten-doji, the demon king, will rise at the next blood moon to hunt down an ancient relic and bring the world to a catastrophic end.<br \/>\nNot exactly skilled at fighting anything, much less the dead, Kira enlists the aid of seven powerful death gods to help her slay Shuten-doji. They include Shiro, a kitsune with boy-band looks who is more flirtatious than helpful, and O-bei, a regal demon courtesan with covert reasons of her own for getting involved.<br \/>\nAs the confrontation with Shuten-doji draws nearer by the day, the fate of Japan hangs in the balance. Can Kira save humankind? Or will the demon king succeed in bringing eternal darkness upon the world?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2020-01-30T11:00:27+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"Happy Thursday and welcome to my stop on the Seven Deadly Shadows blog tour!! I'm so excited to be on this tour, and I'm even more excited for you to read a deleted scene from the book! Read on t\",\n\t\"publisher\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"Kait Plus Books\"\t},\n\t\"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\\\/books\\\/blog-tour-seven-deadly-shadows-by-courtney-alameda-valynne-e-maetani-deleted-scenes-giveaway\\\/\",\n\t\"itemReviewed\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Book\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"Seven Deadly Shadows\",\n\t\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\"name\": \"Courtney Alameda, Valynne E. Maetani\",\n\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"\"\t\t},\n\t\t\"isbn\": \"0062570811\"\t},\n\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"Kaity\",\n\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\\\/books\\\/\"\t},\n\t\"reviewRating\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Rating\",\n\t\t\"ratingValue\": false,\n\t\t\"bestRating\": \"5\"\n\t}\n}\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002.png 800w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002-300x36.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002-768x91.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5952\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Read-a-Deleted-Scene.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Read-a-Deleted-Scene.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Read-a-Deleted-Scene-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Read-a-Deleted-Scene-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hi everyone, Courtney Alameda here! While editing SEVEN DEADLY SHADOWS, we cut a fair number of scenes for time; and while it\u2019s a writer\u2019s job to \u201cmurder her darlings,\u201d there was one scene I wish could have remained in the final manuscript:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meeting Roji.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please forgive our dust! This scene did not receive editorial treatment (from either the authors or our editor), as it was cut in the second draft. In this scene, Kira has managed to recruit a master shinigami, Shimada, to her cause; but one shinigami alone won\u2019t be enough to stand against the might of a demon horde, so Shimada, Kira, and Shiro travel to the underworld to ask an old friend for help . . .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002.png 800w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002-300x36.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002-768x91.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we arrive in Harajuku, the snowflakes fall in a fine, sparkling powder. Despite the unseasonable cold, the district\u2019s famous\u2014and most fashionable\u2014Takeshita Street appears to be all dressed up for post-festival nightlife. Butterflies sculpted from balloons adorn the entry arch, and the lights beyond sparkle in pinks, yellows, and purples. The girls on the street are just as kawaii, dressed in cupcake skirts, platform heels, and parasols in a wash of pastels. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kawaii<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> means <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cute<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but it means something more than that, too\u2014the essence of kawaii is happiness and peace. Kawaii girls and boys dress artfully to bring joy to others. I\u2019d be lying if I said the culture didn\u2019t appeal to me . . . it\u2019s just so far removed from my reality. I couldn\u2019t imagine being in that crowd, wearing a pink lolita dress with mounds of lace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No. My path lies a step deeper into the darkness, alongside a death god.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amid the mass of people, I spot a strange ogre yokai: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">horns the color and texture of old toenails curl from his forehead, his demon\u2019s skin tinged faintly blue<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He\u2019s not wearing a glamour, but he can fit in during a festival without one. I stop, staring at the creature. He stares right back, cackling as he pulls an eyelid down and sticks out his pimply tongue at me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHow rude,\u201d I say, shooting the yokai a dark glare.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhat\u2019d I do?\u201d Shiro replies, surprised.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNot you. Do you see that yokai?\u201d I ask, pointing to the blue-skinned creature. \u201cThe ogre in the crowd? He keeps looking at me funny.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYeah?\u201d Shiro says, squinting at the yokai.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDo you think he\u2019s dangerous?\u201d I ask, leaning a little closer to Shiro.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The yokai stumbles away, snatching a cup of beer from a nearby partygoer with a laugh. The liquid sloshes all over his upper arm as he grabs his crotch and begins to dance around.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019ll . . . take that as a no,\u201d I say.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cShuten-doji has many spies,\u201d Shiro says. \u201cLet\u2019s keep an eye out for him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shimada leads us under an archway of orange lanterns, and then down a narrow alleyway. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We follow him through shifting intersections, losing track of all direction. We pass dumpsters and the drifters curled up beside them; cat fights, and hollowed-out cars. And the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">graffiti!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I swear Harajuku is the only place I\u2019ve ever seen real graffiti in Japan. Trash crunches underfoot, everything from paper scraps, lost phone charms, to hypodermic needles. The alleyways seem to draw the city\u2019s trash into their veins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I almost trip over my own feet when Shimada suddenly stops.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHere,\u201d he says, placing his other hand on a concrete wall. The air shimmers. Bright graffiti explodes under his palm, paint rippling up from the concrete surface. When the mural completes itself, it depicts a red torii gate surrounded by demons. The concrete inside the gate cracks, shudders, and collapses, revealing a hidden alley. Bright lights<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in hazardous colors wash over us. As we step beneath the torii gate mural, a thousand yokai snap into view.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This isn\u2019t just any alley, it\u2019s a vibrant street market. Colorful lanterns bob in the air. Yokai hock their wares from innumerable stalls, which feature a range of products (and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">smells<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) that I don\u2019t recognize. I see fruits and vegetables I have no names for, some that pulsate with strange light; angler fish-like creatures laid out on ice; and I have to look away from a display of what appears to be human hearts for sale. We pass a food stall at which a futukuchi-onna feeds both her mouths with rice. The mouth in the back of her head grins at me, and I shudder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhere have you brought us?\u201d I ask Shimada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Yomi side of Tokyo,\u201d he replies, frowning at the frog-like kappa who waddles by with a sloshing bin full of fish. \u201cMove quickly and try not to attract attention. Understand?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We plunge into the market. Shiro grips my jacket\u2019s hood, linking us in the midst of the oppressive crowds. It\u2019s hot, and everywhere I look, someone stares back at me. Some of the creatures look . . . <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hungry.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At times, the shouting and haggling around us grows so dense and loud, drowning in sound seems like a distinct possibility. We emerge from the market onto a darkened street, and head several blocks in a direction I can\u2019t name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Shimada finally stops, we are in front of a brick building. The facade is weathered, the awning tattered, and the door has cracks in several places. A dented roll up garage door sags on our right, rust eating away at its folds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overhead, a metallic plaque on the front reads ROJI KATO, WEDDING PLANNER in an elegant brush font. Shimada takes one glance and chuckles before he rings the doorbell. It buzzes. We wait, but nobody answers. He rings again. We wait. After a long pause, Shimada begins to tap the bell repeatedly, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bzzt, bzzt, bzzt!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> until someone yells from the other side:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDammit, baka, I am <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">closed<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The door whips open to reveal a girl who doesn\u2019t appear to much older than seventeen or eighteen; but in Yomi, looks are deceiving. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She wears black samurai armor, studded with sharp, silver spikes. Her hair\u2019s short and braided to her scalp, the sinuous braids following the curves of her ears, which have black gauges in the lobes. The armor leaves her arms exposed, allowing me to see the butterfly tattoos beating their wings under her skin. Some of their wingtips lift off her skin, leaving ghostly contrails in their wake.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She lifts the tip of a tanto blade to Shimada\u2019s throat. The metal glows with ghostly light. \u201cYou bastard. What are you doing here?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI didn\u2019t know your surname was <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kato<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d the old shinigami says, staring her down as she presses the blade against his flesh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s not,\u201d she replies. \u201cSigns are expensive, and business isn\u2019t that good.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shimada grins. \u201cAre you going to invite us in or slit my throat?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSlit your throat? <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019d think a death god would have a little more imagination when it came to killing. You know what you are, Shimada? You\u2019re <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">vanilla<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d She <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tches<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, pulling her blade away, and then turns her gaze on Shiro and I. She gestures at us with an uptick of her head. \u201cWho are these fools?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002.png 800w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002-300x36.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002-768x91.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks for reading! And should you take the time to listen to Kira\u2019s tale, Valynne and I hope you enjoy it! Just remember, don\u2019t fear the shadows . . .\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002.png 800w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002-300x36.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002-768x91.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/All-About-the-Authors.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/All-About-the-Authors.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/All-About-the-Authors-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/All-About-the-Authors-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>COURTNEY ALAMEDA<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"s1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5963\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Courtney-Alameda-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Courtney-Alameda-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Courtney-Alameda.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>A veteran bookseller and librarian, Courtney Alameda now spends her days writing thriller and horror novels for young people. Her debut novel, SHUTTER, was nominated for a Bram Stoker award and hailed as a &#8220;standout in the genre&#8221; by School Library Journal. Her forthcoming novel, PITCH DARK (Spring 2017), is a genre-blending science fiction\/horror novel in the vein of Ridley Scott&#8217;s 1979 film ALIEN.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Courtney holds a B.A. in English literature with an emphasis in creative writing. She is represented by the talented John M. Cusick of Folio Literary. A Northern California native, she now resides in Utah with her husband, a legion of books, and a tiny five pound cat with a giant personality.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>VALYNNE E. MAETANI<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><span class=\"s1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-5964\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Valynne-E.-Maetani-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Valynne-E.-Maetani-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Valynne-E.-Maetani.png 177w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Valynne E. Maetani (pronounced Vuh-lin Mah-eh-tah-nee) grew up in Utah and obtained a Bachelor&#8217;s degree from the University of Pennsylvania. In a former life, she was a project manager and developed educational software for children with learning disabilities. Currently, she is a full-time writer. She is a member of the We Need Diverse Books team and is dedicated to promoting diversity in children&#8217;s literature because every child should grow up believing his or her story deserves to be told. Her debut novel, Ink and Ashes, is the winner of the New Visions Award 2013, a Junior Library Guild 2015 selection, and Best Fiction Book in Salt Lake City Weekly\u2019s Best of Utah Arts Award for 2015. She lives in Salt Lake City.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5961\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Follow-the-Authors.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Follow-the-Authors.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Follow-the-Authors-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Follow-the-Authors-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Courtney<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.courtneyalameda.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/6983061.Courtney_Alameda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Goodreads <\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/courtalameda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lancerubinparty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram <\/a>| <a href=\"https:\/\/courtneyalamedabooks.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tumblr<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/courtneyabooks\/?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Valynne<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.valynne.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/8473856.Valynne_E_Maetani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Goodreads <\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/valynnemaetani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/valynne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002.png 800w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002-300x36.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002-768x91.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Enter-the-Giveaway-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Enter-the-Giveaway-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Enter-the-Giveaway-1-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Enter-the-Giveaway-1-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rafflecopter.com\/rafl\/display\/d9681b86452\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Enter here to win a print copy of <em>Seven Deadly Shadows<\/em> by Courtney Alameda and Valynne E. Maetani! (Plus additional swag!)<\/a><\/div>\n<div><strong>(OPEN INTERNATIONALLY!)<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002.png 800w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002-300x36.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002-768x91.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fantasticflyingbookclub.blogspot.com\/2019\/11\/tour-schedule-seven-deadly-shadows-by.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5452 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Follow-the-Tour-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Follow-the-Tour-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Follow-the-Tour-1-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Follow-the-Tour-1-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002.png 800w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002-300x36.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002-768x91.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Tell-Me-What-You-Think.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Tell-Me-What-You-Think.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Tell-Me-What-You-Think-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Tell-Me-What-You-Think-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">OH MY GOD this sounds like such an amazing book! Are you adding it to your tbr? 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-5428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Well-Wishes-Candy-Fishes-Kait-2019-001.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Well-Wishes-Candy-Fishes-Kait-2019-001.png 600w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Well-Wishes-Candy-Fishes-Kait-2019-001-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Thursday and welcome to my stop on the Seven Deadly Shadows blog tour!! I&#8217;m so excited to be on this tour, and I&#8217;m even more excited for you to read a deleted scene from the book! Read on to find out more about the book, authors, and tour, plus enter a print copy of Seven Deadly Shadows!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5962,"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":[484,27,632],"tags":[537,489,1609,1611,1612,488,540,641,1402,462,1608,1610],"reading-challenges":[],"class_list":["post-4973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-tours","category-giveaways","category-guest-post","tag-blog-tour","tag-book-tour","tag-courtney-alameda","tag-deleted-scene","tag-deleted-scenes","tag-ffbc","tag-giveaway","tag-guest-post","tag-january-2020","tag-kait-plus-books","tag-seven-deadly-shadows","tag-valynne-e-maetani","book-author-courtney-alameda","book-author-valynne-e-maetani","book-publisher-harperteen","book-genre-fantasy","book-genre-ya"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Seven-Deadly-Shadows-Featured.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4973","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=4973"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5967,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4973\/revisions\/5967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4973"},{"taxonomy":"reading-challenges","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-challenges?post=4973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}