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Split second novel12/28/2022 ![]() Trevor also puts Addie at ease though he is the complete opposite of Duke in being thoughtful, sweet, reserved, laid back, and quiet, which makes him so easy to talk to. Duke always makes Addie happy as she never has to over think or over analyze when she is with him. One of the most intriguing of the supporting cast in the series is the outgoing, popular, charming, and outgoing Duke who has the power of telekinesis. The series is about letting go and trusting that things will finally work for good just like they should. As such, the lead pushes the themes of what a normal teenage girl goes through in trying to make sense of their world and what is expected of them as a young adult. Addie is a perfectionist who loves her decision-making and relationships with other people to be perfect, just like any teenager is deluded to believe. The lead character in the series is Addie a high school student dealing with the usual travails of teenage life and enjoying several paranormal powers. The series of novels is premised on the lead characters ability to see the future among several other paranormal abilities. The idea for the “Pivot Point” series of novels was derived from the movie “Sliding Doors” that Kasei had watched a year before she started working on the book. Several horrific novels later, she would get her first novel “Pivot Point” published in 2006, and has never looked back since. It was not until several years later into adulthood that she revived her interest in writing. As such, even though she had one of the best creative writing teachers, she focused more on drama, which is what most of her friends were interested in. However, like many of her friends, she would be sidetracked by the vagaries of adolescent life that led her to other interests that stifled her budding writing career. She wrote her very first short stories while still in high school since she thought there were not enough young adult novels that she would have loved to read. What drew her to the genre was her love for reading in general and her interest in the excitement of first love, insecurities, and discovery of love prevalent in the genre. She first got interested in YA fiction after reading “Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants” series by Ann Brashares. ![]() She would also read a lot of fantasy during her high school years, which probably informed her dabbling in paranormal fantasy series early in her writing career. With very little YA to read during her years growing up, some of her favorite novels to read included the likes of Judy Blume and the Babysitters Club series of novels, both of which are not your typical hard-boiled YA. She also loves to watch a lot of chick flicks and series such as the Vampire Diaries with family and friends, and draws a lot of inspiration for her contemporary YA from the movies.Īs a teen, she loved reading a lot, particularly anything written by Sarah Dessen. She currently lives with her family in California, and loves to spend most of her time wake boarding though she asserts that her skill level is not as high as her passion for the sport. Kasie is a mother of four, the eldest of which is older than the youngest by about seventeen years. Nonetheless, she had always been excellent at writing, and would top most of her essay writing courses She was also a voracious reader right from childhood. Growing up she never knew that she was made to become a writer until very late in her college years. While she has recently been concentrating more on contemporary romance she does not prefer any genre though contemporary comes easier for her given that she does not have to come up with new worlds or rules. ![]() She has also written several standalone novels in the contemporary romance genre and paranormal genre that have just been as successful as her YA novels. She is best known for the Pivot Point series of novels of which “Pivot Point” first published in 2013 was her debut title. She grew up in California and attended Fresno State University graduating with a Bachelor that is totally unrelated to writing. ![]() Kasie West is an American novelist that writes Young Adult, Paranormal and contemporary romance literature.
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