Welcome to the Struck Blog Tour!
I’m super excited to having had the opportunity to chat with Mia – Main character of Struck! Struck is truly an unique read, please check my Review if you know how I enjoyed this book:) I truly love Character Interviews and this one is truly unique, Mia truly answered my questions very thoughtfully and I loved her answers!
Enjoy!
Me: Hey Mia, thank you so much for stopping by the Bewitched Bookworms today!! Glad you had some time to chat with me!
Mia: Sure thing. Thanks for having me!
Me: Mia, I would like to let our Readers know a little more about the world you live in. How did life change after the Big Earthquake?
Mia: My life has never been simple. Being a lightning addict comes with its fair share of problems. But I never imagined things could get this hard. My mom was downtown, in the epicenter of the earthquake when it hit. She was buried alive under a fallen building, trapped and suffocating, for three days. She had one foot in the grave when a rescue team found her. Now she’s home, but she’s not the same. She goes from being catatonic to having violent panic attacks in the space of a second. I have to load her full of meds to keep her calm, but the only way to get those meds is on the black market on Venice Beach. I risk my life every time I go there.
Everything necessary for survival is scarce. The roads in and out of the city are impassable, and the goods that are flown in keep being looted before they can reach the people they’re meant for. Nowhere is safe, not even my own home.
Me: There are these new groups that formed after the Big Earthquake, and I have to say both scare me a little. What is your feeling about them?
Mia: They scare me, too. Believe me. I don’t know which is worse, the Followers or the Seekers. The Followers definitely have the creep factor going at full effect, walking around town dressed all in white, with those blank eyes and those pasted on smiles. It’s like they don’t even realize the whole world has crumbled around them. But they’re believers in the word of Rance Ridley Prophet, and he’s convinced them all that once they’ve surrendered their souls to him, they’re saved, while the rest of humanity is doomed. Kind of makes their smiles even creepier.
But the Seekers . . . they have their own special brand of crazy cult weirdness going on. The way they move in formation, like they’re all connected by some invisible string . . . the relentless way they pursue me (Especially Katrina. You have no idea how much I want to punch her in the face). And don’t let them fool you. The Seekers may not walk around dressed all in white like the Followers. They look just like everyone else. Well, except Katrina, who dresses like a stripper vampire. But the Seekers have their own ritual ensemble, which they don for “special” occasions. You’ll see.
The Seekers and the Followers have one thing in common, though. The scariest thing of all . . . they both want something from me. Something I didn’t want to give.
Me: Can we talk about the lightening strikes? I don’t want you to feel uncomfortable here and I promise this stays between us.
Mia: Umm. Yeah. Yeah, okay.
Me: Yes? Thanks! So, how does it feel for you to get struck?
Mia: It’s like you thought you were alive, and then the lightning finds you, and grabs you, and rips through your blood and lights you on fire, and you realize you were never alive until this moment. There’s pain . . . pain like you can’t imagine. Every molecule in your body on fire and screaming. It’s beyond pain . . . so far beyond that it becomes something new. A word that hasn’t been invented yet.
And once it’s over . . . you’re dead until you meet the lightning again. Until you get your fix.
Me: Ok let’s move on, there is the new boy at your school – Jeremy. He seems … different?
Mia: Jeremy . . . I like his name. Don’t you? It’s so . . . I don’t know, normal. But he’s not normal. All you have to do is look in his eyes, and you know there’s something wrong with him. He tries to hide it behind those Clark Kent glasses he wears . . . who he really is. Where he comes from. What happened to him. He’s haunted. I can tell. I know how it feels.
Me: Are you afraid of him?
Mia: I’m afraid of what he’s hiding from me, the thing that haunts him. Whatever it is, it’s bad. And I’m afraid of what happens when he touches me. He makes me see things I don’t want to see.
And I’m afraid, because I want him to touch me anyway.
Me: But, he’s cute right? Grin
Mia: Cute doesn’t begin to describe him. When I look at him I feel like I’m falling. Sometimes I am, and I just have to hope he’s there to catch me. Sometimes he is. And sometimes he disappears when I need him most.
Some last random Questions:
Me: What is the most important thing in your life right now?
Mia: Keeping my family safe. After all I’ve put them through, I owe them that much.
Me: If you’d have one wish, what would it be?
Mia: I’d want to know why. Why am I like this? I want to know that even more than I want to be normal.
Me: Boys: Dark Hair or Light Hair.
Mia: I never knew I had a preference until Jeremy. Now . . . dark.
Me: Movies or Books?
Mia: Don’t judge me, but I’m a movie girl. I don’t have the patience for books.
Me: Thank you so much Mia for stopping by today!!! It was great chatting with you!
Mia: Thanks for having me! I hope you enjoy the story of my life.
Struck
Mia Price is a lightning addict. She’s survived countless strikes, but her craving to connect to the energy in storms endangers her life and the lives of those around her.Los Angeles, where lightning rarely strikes, is one of the few places Mia feels safe from her addiction. But when an earthquake devastates the city, her haven is transformed into a minefield of chaos and danger. The beaches become massive tent cities. Downtown is a crumbling wasteland, where a traveling party moves to a different empty building each night, the revelers drawn to the destruction by a force they cannot deny. Two warring cults rise to power, and both see Mia as the key to their opposing doomsday prophecies. They believe she has a connection to the freak electrical storm that caused the quake, and to the far more devastating storm that is yet to come.Mia wants to trust the enigmatic and alluring Jeremy when he promises to protect her, but she fears he isn’t who he claims to be. In the end, the passion and power that brought them together could be their downfall. When the final disaster strikes, Mia must risk unleashing the full horror of her strength to save the people she loves, or lose everything.
About Jennifer Bosworth
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Jennifer Bosworth lives in Los Angeles, California, where lightning hardly ever strikes, but when it does she takes cover. She is the writer half of a writer/director team with her husband, Ryan Bosworth. Learn more about her athttp://www.jenniferbosworth.com.
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I’m so intrigued by this book.
i used to love the name Jeremy as a kid. It’s not one of my favorites now but it’s still nice. I’m more a fan of Jeremiah or Josiah.
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The book is truly unique and something else!! I hope you are going to like the book and .. Jeremy!
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I have this on my to-read list next and I can’t wait to get to know more about the world of Struck.
I love that trailer. For a book trailer, its so sophisticated. If I didn’t know that Struck was a book I would have thought it to be a movie.
Anyways, Mia seems like a very sweet character. I can’t wait to meet her! 🙂
Great interview questions, Danny! 😀
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Oh yes I know!! This trailer is soooo awesome and makes you want to read this book :))
Glad you liked the Interview, I always love reading them myself – one gets a feeling for the book!
Danny recently posted..Blog Tour: Struck by Jennifer Bosworth – Character Interview & Giveaway
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I’m so curious about this book! I love the interview.
I may have to bump it up on my list to get my hands on.
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Glad you like the Interview :))) Hope you are going to like the book!
Danny recently posted..Blog Tour: Struck by Jennifer Bosworth – Character Interview & Giveaway
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Danny!!! amazing interview holy cow!! I loved the Jeremy question and … gosh! I want to meet him now!! Thanks so much for making this giveaway open for Canadian too <3 kyaaaaa!! It is highly appreciated ^___^ yay!!!
I love the trailer of this book. is Good Lord so freaking awesome O_O!!! I can;t wait to get to this book and read it. It sounds totally kick-butt!
Have a beautidul day sweetheart <3 muah!!
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*giggles* Im soo happy Natalia – I love those Interviews and I’m even more happy when people love reading them! Yep, Jeremy was awesome and you have to meet him!!!
The Trailer is epic and I really wish this would going to be a movie!
*hugs and kisses*
Danny recently posted..Blog Tour: Struck by Jennifer Bosworth – Character Interview & Giveaway
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The feelings on this one have been all over the place. I have a copy but I’ve been wary of reading it. There’s some religious topics right? Or maybe that’s another book lol. Mia sounds very sweet and smart. I’ll try to make time for it next month and check out what the fuss is about 🙂
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I think it touches some religious aspects but more in terms of weird cults, which is why I can deal with this much easier.
Mia was a really cute character and I loved her Character Interview, she really went beyond what I asked her and I hope many more people want to meet her now!
Danny recently posted..Blog Tour: Struck by Jennifer Bosworth – Character Interview & Giveaway
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I love your character interviews Danny 🙂 !! Mia sounds like a great heroin and I look forward to meet Jeremy now !!
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Jeremy is so cute!!!!! And so happy you like my Interviews woooot! :)) *hugs* Have fun in Dublin!
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Fantastic interview! I so enjoyed this story, and I’m really glad you asked Mia about the lightning Danny, we talked about wanting to know more about that! I can’t imagine the kind of craving she feels for lightning. Unless maybe we’re talking about chocolate. Then I understand a little 😉
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YES I had to ask this question it was toatly messing with me…. I really liked her answer because in the end, I think we have to wait for the next book to get some more answers!!
Danny recently posted..Blog Tour: Struck by Jennifer Bosworth – Character Interview & Giveaway
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Thanks for the interview and giveaway! This book has been on my wishlist for a while now. I’m totally looking forward to reading it!
*fingers crossed* 😉
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I cross my fingers dor you, and you are welcome!! 🙂
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I love character interviews so much more! This was fab! A really good vibe and insight to who Mia is. I really can’t wait to read this one 🙂
Thanks for sharing!!!
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I love them too it always gives me a feeling for the characters beyond the stories they tell us and often, such Interviews make me want to spend some more times with those characters!
Danny recently posted..Blog Tour: Struck by Jennifer Bosworth – Character Interview & Giveaway
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Great Character Interview! Mia still didn’t answer the question I want to know, but she did ask “Why Me?” which I wanted her to ask all through the book. So that’s something! Jeremy was cute with those Clark Kent glasses!
Great job!
Heather
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If I get a chance for book two I’ll definitely answer that question. 🙂
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Well you have to get a book two to answer all our questions and plz let Jeremy keep the Clark Kent glasses!! Even if they are just for show! They are adorable!
Heather
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Oh yeah, those glasses have got to stay. I’m thinking I’ll have a schtick where the hot boys in my books always wear glasses. In the book I’m working on now, the love interest is a Russian exchange student who wears Ben Franklin style wire frame glasses. 🙂
LOL!!! I never thought of Ben Franklin glasses as cute, but they are those round kind and those are adorable. I have never dated a guy that didn’t wear glasses! I love a guy in glasses!!! Good schtick!
Heather
Yep, I think we truly need to wait for the next book to get our answers and I actually I’m even more intrigued right now! I loved Mia’s answers, they show what a great character she is and I hope many more people want to meet her now :))
Jeremy… so cute!!
Danny recently posted..Blog Tour: Struck by Jennifer Bosworth – Character Interview & Giveaway
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Great interview! I liked Mia… she seemed a reasonable character. And the way she talks about Jeremy doesn’t express insta-love. At least, I HOPE there isn’t any insta-love in Struck o.O
Anyway… Now you left me anxious to read this novel. The premise is very unique 😀
~Beatriz
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Oh no, it was not instant love, but instant intrigue which is very reasonable:)) but there is a secret about Jeremy which was incredible and I was gasping when I found out!
The whole book is very unique! :))
Danny recently posted..Blog Tour: Struck by Jennifer Bosworth – Character Interview & Giveaway
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Haha! Yes, Jeremy is a great name, and now that I know he wears Clark Kent glasses, I can’t stop swooning. And I don’t think anyone could fault you for liking movies, they are awesome.
Fun interview. Thanks for sharing and thanks for the chance to win.
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Seriously, I was in love with Jeremy when those cute glasses were mentioned!!! He’s definitely a cutie!
Oh and I love movies myself, but I often do both. Read the Book and watch The Movie ))
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Wow this sounds like such a dark and terrifying new world. The lightning strikes the way she described them was so real…intense. At least there is one bright spot, Jeremy. I definitley want to know more about this boy who cam make Mia grin after everything she has been through!
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It was especially terrifying for Mia… truly she had it rough and the new world is no fun at all!!
Jeremy can make her smile, but they went through a lot…
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Great interview! I’m hoping to read this soon! I just know tha this is going to be an amazig read! =D
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Thank you so much! I hope you are going to like it :))
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“When I look at him I feel like I’m falling. Sometimes I am, and I just have to hope he’s there to catch me. Sometimes he is. And sometimes he disappears when I need him most.” <– Oh my gosh, SWOON! I really, really need to meet this Jeremy guy — he sounds sweetly imperfect, which is honestly the way I like my book boys best! :') (And yes, I LOVE the name Jeremy, I do!! <3)
This was such a cool interview, Danny! I loved getting to know more about Mia's lightning addiction — it sounds TERRIFYING yet cool at the same time! x)
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Wasn’t that so touching and heartbreaking??? Alone for this I would want to read that book again…
Glad you loved the Interview Sweetie and I hope you are going to love this book and fall in love with Jeremy 🙂
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Great interview. Loved it. Struck sounds like a very good read. I have had it on my TBR list for a while now.
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I just got this book. Love the concept and setting. Great interview! I like guys with dark hair too!
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The trailer is very intriguing! definitely gonna have to check this book out! Great interview!
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