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SOUNDTRACK: Sunshine by Teenage Wrist
Soundtrack to Radiance: The Necromancer’s Light by Tavia Lark
Sunshine by Teenage Wrist for a book about righting past mistakes and sharing comfort when you can.
Bless your calloused heart
But I live to beg your pardon
Flash that tired smile
And lay me in your devil’s gardenFeel a little sunshine
In spite of your past lives
And if it feels right
Give a little of what you got away
Give a little of what you got awayI can’t say for sure
But we’re not who we were before this -
SOUNDTRACK: Before You Came by Autoheart
Soundtrack: Roaring Twenties Magic: Proper Scoundrels by Allie Therin
Before You Came by Autoheart for a book about two wounded disparate souls who discover they can help each other heal.
A white light continues
To shine bright within you
If I could, then I would
Do anything to make good…
On the day before you came
Every view I ever saw was never good enough
There was little in my life that I was proud ofDid you know before you came?
I was selfish, I was horrible most of the time
I was thinking of myself, ignoring all the signsOn the day before you came
My priorities were muddled and I didn’t care
I didn’t care -
SOUNDTRACK: Run Wild by John Tibbs
Soundtrack to Monstrous: Gloam by Lily Mayne
Run Wild by John Tibbs for a book about a captive lion and the pure-hearted boy who came out of nowhere to set him free.
Finding out
That there’s no escaping
This pain I found
Is a war that’s ragingWill you turn it around
Cause I need saving
Do you hear the sound
Of a heart that’s achingHere I stand
I surrender it all
Run wild
Run wild in my soul
With love
Set a fire to the cold -
SOUNDTRACK: Honest by Band of Skulls
Soundtrack to Society of Beasts: The Soldier and the Spy by Annabelle Greene
Honest by Band of Skulls for a book about a young man with secrets taking on a grizzled old soldier with a closely guarded heart.
You gotta be honest
You gotta be guarded
Sure I’m gonna say
Right on the inside, that is the hardest, the hardest game to play.
You sorted it all out and managed to slip through the night into the day.
Life and the soul do you ever get lonely?
I’m goin’ take you on. -
SOUNDTRACK: Move Me by Half Alive
Soundtrack to Society of Beasts: The Vicar and The Rake by Annabelle Greene
Move Me by Half Alive for a book about a bad boy, a good boy, mutual pining, a reunion and a redemption.
Inever told, You never asked
‘Til I got older, I kept it wrapped
You had me open up my past
I came to notice what I want so badYou know I wanna live too fast and die too young
It ain’t that bad, just don’t look up
I found my path, is that enough?
While I was gettin’ used to what I thought was love
You made me laugh, I came undone
‘Cause all I had was not enough -
SOUNDTRACK: When The Raven Calls by Spirit of the Woods
Soundtrack to Woods of the Raven by Mary Calmes
Until The Raven Calls by Spirit of the Woods for a book about a sheriff who holds a raven’s heart.
You roam
Patterns in the snow
My love
Our love
I just need to know
Will you hold my heart
Until the raven calls -
SOUNDTRACK: Loon by Volody & Dive by Olivia Dean
Soundtrack to Secrets and Scrabble: Lament at Loon Landing by Josh Lanyon
Loon by Volody for a book about a folk singer and her lying, cheating, stealing manager/husband.
oh it’s a pity
you gotta treat me this way
I maybe crazy
but darling you made me that wayone day you say you love me and you never let go
the next day I found my life on the block(?)
voices in my head they say I ought to let you goperhaps some sleep might do me good
I’ve been cockled at best
but when I close my bloodshot eyes
and rest my weary headSoundtrack to Secrets and Scrabble: Death at the Deep Dive by Josh Lanyon
Dive by Olivia Dean for a book about a police chief taking the plunge and his amateur sleuth boyfriend who made it worth it.
It’s so crazy
Lately you just understand my feelings
Make me see I’m capable and fine
And feeling beautified
Tonight, I’m ready to diveMaybe it’s the loving in your eyes (I’m here, see through)
Maybe it’s the magic in the wine (I’m feeling loose)
Maybe it’s the fact that every time I fall, I lose it all
But you got me from my head to my feet
And I’m ready to dive -
SOUNDTRACK: Tethered by Rationale
Soundtrack to Monstrous: Wyn by Lily Mayne
Tethered by Rationale for a book about an ancient wandering monster who found his person after 10,000 years.
You should know better, staying together
Praying our bridges don’t make way
Darling, I’m tethered when I’m with youHow do I measure the crumbling pressure?
The blood is rock hard in my veins
Don’t count when I’m with youYou’ve got the liquid gold
Round and round in my mind
There’s a truth I can’t ignore
I spent so many years
Wandering from myself until you came along -
SOUNDTRACK: Black Moon by Greg Dulli
Soundtrack to Monstrous: The Rycke by Lily Mayne
Black Moon by Greg Dulli for a book about a young raider and the gentle monster hiding the beast of destruction.
Black is the night
No one else around
Release me
Release meHigh in the trees
Speed turns into sound
Believe me
I’m falling -
SOUNDTRACK: All Over You by Live & Be There by Seafret
Soundtrack to Monstrous: Soul Eater by Lily Mayne
All Over You by Live for a book a monster and a human who fell in love and the evil powers that deemed their union an abomination
our love is like water
pinned down and abused for being strange
our love is no other
than me alone for me all day
our love is like water/angels pinned down and abusedall over you, all over me
the sun, the fields, the sky
I’ve often tried to hold
the sea the sun, the fields, the tideSoundtrack to Monstrous: Edin by Lily Mayne
Be There by Seafret for a book about a soldier who lost everything and the monster who gave him everything he could ever want
I lost everything
I threw myself in and you took me
Where no one was thereWell you can take what you need
Take the air that I breathe
And I’ll give away all that I own
Whatever I lose
Is put back by you in a way
That you’ll never know
