hello friends! we’re already halfway through the week, can you believe it? and i have more good news for you – today, i will be doing a cover reveal for windswept by gwen cole, a highly anticipated young adult magical realism novel which comes out in may 2020! remember to read until the end for a giveaway for signed copies of the author’s books 😀

i buddy read gwen cole’s cold summer with a friend two years ago and loved it, so i was super excited when christy @ bookcrushin invited me to participate in the cover reveal for another gwen cole book! (thank you so much christy ♡) windswept was originally posted on the online writing platform wattpad, and i’ve always loved published wattpad books, because it’s a reminder that even if you start small, if you dream big and work hard, you will get to where you want to be someday.

without further ado, let’s take a look at the cover…

Windswept by Gwen Cole

Every day, Sam endures the same, old subway ride on her way to school, but when she meets a boy named Reid, suddenly her daily commute isn’t so ordinary. Reid has the ability to teleport—or, drift—as he calls it, and for the first time, Sam has the opportunity to see other countries without a passport or plane ticket.
But as their two worlds come together, Sam soon realizes her family has secrets she never knew about, and meeting Reid might have been more than coincidence. For years, there’s been a secret bloody feud between drifters and sliders—two groups of people with different abilities and, at the center of it all, Sam’s own parents, who are now missing in action.When Sam manifests her own ability, she finds herself in the middle of danger and captured by the people who have also been hunting for her parents. With Reid’s life suddenly in danger because of her, Sam has to figure a way to stop the ongoing war between the families before it costs Reid his life.

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Gwen Cole grew up in upstate New York and then moved to Virginia where she did not graduate college. Instead she played bass guitar in a hardcore band and later married the lead guitarist. She enjoys large jigsaw puzzles, playing Xbox and softball, and watching movies. Gwen now lives in Richmond, Virginia with her husband, daughter, and very large dog, where she longs to live in the country again.

GIVEAWAY

enter here for a chance to win signed copies of gwen cole’s cold summer + ride on.

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have you read any of gwen cole’s novels? what did you think? do you have a favorite published wattpad novel? let me know in the comments! ♡