Word to Dreams: The Star Dwellers Blog Tour with Special Post by Author David Estes!

The Star Dwellers by David Estes:

After rescuing her father and younger sister, Adele is forced to leave her family and Tristan behind to find her mother in the cruel and dangerous realm of the star dwellers.

Amidst blossoming feelings for Adele, Tristan must cast his feelings aside and let her find her own way amongst the star dwellers, while he accompanies Adele's father to meet with the leaders of the moon dwellers and decide the fate of the Tri-Realms.

Will Adele be able to rescue her mother and make it back to the Moon Realm before the President and the sun dweller soldiers destroy her family?

Can Tristan convince the moon dweller puppets of the error of their ways?

Was Adele's lost kiss with Tristan her one and only chance at love?

In her world there's only one rule: Someone must die

The following post is from the author, David Estes:

Insta-love, shminsta-love

Ahhh, the ever-controversial topic of insta-love, the shortened catch phrase for “instant love” between characters, which is becoming more and more prevalent in YA books these days. Some people love it, some people hate it, but it seems like everyone has an opinion. So do you believe in the concept of love at first sight? What about infatuation? Attraction?

Personally, I’m in the middle of the road. I know, I know, pick a side already! Right? Well, let me explain. From personal experience, I believe that one can have an instant connection with another through eye contact and other nonverbal cues, but that establishing a relationship of love takes years and years of hard work and patience. That being said, I asked my wife to marry me after a mere three months of meeting her. Too soon? Not for us. For us, we knew in the span of a single (wonderful) lunch date, which lasted two hours. From that point on, we were inseparable. And we’re in our early thirties, not nearly as prone to the crushes and whims of teenagers.

However, while I felt instant attraction for Adele when I first met her, of course we didn’t fall in love until we’d enjoyed each other’s personalities over the course of lunch. But I did fall in love with her almost right away. So when I say I don’t believe in “insta-love”, I do believe that relationships and even love can develop quite quickly, both in real life and in books.

You might be wondering why I’m talking about this at all. Two reasons: One- I read a lot of YA books that contain an element of insta-love, some of which I love and some of which I don’t, but for me it’s whether I like the characters and the story that determine whether I like the book, not simply the fact that they contain insta-love; and Two- my newest book, The Moon Dwellers, has been highlighted by some of my readers as being another YA insta-love book.

Perhaps I was too subtle in my hints, but I just want to set the record straight, there is no insta-love in The Moon Dwellers. There is an instant attraction (or interest maybe?) between the two main characters, Adele (yes, named after my wife ;) and Tristan, which sends tingles down their spines and buzzing along their scalps, but both their interest for each other and their physical response is due to something not within their control. I’m not saying it’s paranormal, just unnatural.

That’s all I’m saying and I won’t give away anything more! I promise the Dwellers Saga will twist and turn my readers at least a half-dozen times along the way, and the idea of insta-love will be turned upside down and on its head. So to the cries of insta-love, I say: Insta-love, schminsta-love!

Disclaimer: This was written somewhat sarcastically, somewhat tongue-in-cheek, somewhat truthfully, and always with a smile on my face. Insta-love—bah!

About the author

David Estes was born in El Paso, Texas but moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania when he was very young. He grew up in Pittsburgh and then went to Penn State for college. Eventually moved to Sydney, Australia where he met his wife. A reader all his life, he began writing novels for the children's and YA markets in 2010. He´s a writer with OCD, a love of dancing and singing (but only when no one is looking or listening), a mad-skilled ping-pong player, and prefers writing at the swimming pool to writing at a table

Author of the Evolution Trilogy

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