I can’t believe Defy has officially released and all the blog tour and party stuff is all over! As you can probably tell, I’m still playing catch up since the blog tour ended five days ago, and I’m just now getting around to posting a conclusion. *sigh* That’s the way things go. It’s Wednesday, and I’m still trying to finish my to-do list from last Saturday.
So here’s a recap. You’ll want to keep reading to the bottom of the post where I have a bit of an update/news for all of you guys. 😉
All good stuff, though. The launch went amazing! You all were so enthusiastic! A big thank you to everyone who participated! A big thank you also to Jaye L. Knight for being a guest author at the Facebook party!
The live character chat at the Facebook party went really, really well. So well, in fact, that I’m leaving the Facebook accounts I set up for my characters open. A few of you have even had Facebook recommend them as friends, which is cool. You might see them pop onto my Facebook page occasionally, and I might set up a live character chat again down the road.
I’m glad it went well, since it was a total experiment. I half expected to have it fizzle out after the first half hour. Instead, the whole hour and a half flew by. A live chat has a much different dynamic than the blog post character chats I’ve done before. Shorter sentences, more small talk, little conversations going all over the place.
Defy is currently available in both kindle and paperback on Amazon. The paperback is still in the process of being uploaded on Barnes & Noble, but I do have my personal copies in stock in you want to buy a signed copy directly from me.
Reviews
“I couldn’t stop reading it and basically breathed the book in. (read it in a day people. All 359 pages)” – Soleil from Reviews by Soleil
“There were some dark moments, but there’s always hope, always the promise that God is in control. It’s a simple message and nicely woven in.”- Claire Banschbach from The Overactive Imagination
“Plus, our favorite villainous king is plotting something villainous (go figure).” – Hope Brockway from Stitches of Freedom
“Come on peoples! It’s a book series about assassins, why aren’t you reading this?” – Rachael Steele
“If you like heartfelt adventure with deep-rooted characters in a meaningful, well written story then this entire series is for you!”- Mandy Fender
“Finding out who “The Leader” is was just … ahhh!!!! I was so not prepared for that!” – Jesseca Wheaton
“Leith went through so much, I mean, so much just to protect Renna. It was very torturous to read, but I think it was vital to the story. He is no longer afraid to defy Respen.”- Gabriella Paige from A Heart Redeemed
“Guys, I’m serious when I say this, I can’t pick a favorite book in this series!” – Alyssa Van Fossen
“It is one thing to profess faith, it is another to need it.”- Jessica Dowell
“Renna, a healer, is one of my absolute favorite characters of all time! AHH, I just love her so much!”- Hannah Rodes from My Bookcase and I
“Lots of twists and turns in the book that I wasn’t expecting—I was glued to the Kindle. It was sogood! Lots of fangirl squealing happened while reading.”- Ivy Rose from Lakeside Publications
“Tricia clearly knows the way of a good story” – Hannah Williams
“You know, those all time favorite characters you want to hug and place in bubble wrap and take them away from their author until said author learns to play nice? Leith is one of them. And it’s terribly ironic considering Tricia and I are basically evil author twins.”- Jaye L. Knight
“Third in the series, peaking with an intense climax, and full of…well, everything, Defy most certainly didn’t disappoint!”- Abby Cashen
“It was fantastic. It was also daunting and heavy. Made me giggle hysterically. Melted my heart. Strengthened my soul. In short, it’s a thought-provoking novel exploring perilous and even terrifying times; yet there are lovely moments of humor and sweetness – and the characters that experience them have quite captured my heart. I loved this book!”- Shantelle Hannu
“I. LOVED. IT. SO. MUCH. You have to read this series!!!” – Bethany Reinstedt
“Also more battles = more action = more awesome.” – Jonathan Trout
Book Spotlights
Oh, you’re still here reading and waiting for your update? Some of you may have seen in the back of your Kindle or paperback copy of Defy that yes, there will be a book 4. I know Defy really seems like the end. It was originally planned to be. But things didn’t turn out that way. I’m about 60,000 words into book 4 and I’m hoping it’ll be published sometime this coming winter.
Tricia Mingerink 
Wow…just reading the back cover, I want to hug them! I love the title and the progression of the titles in this series: Dare, Deny, Defy, and Deliver…so appropriate for each book! Thanks again for allowing me to be part of your team! Looking forward to Deliver!
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Thanks, Jessica! 🙂
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URMAGURSH! IT’S SOOOOO PRETTY!! IT’S GOING TO BE THE MOST AMAZING BOOK EVER!
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Considering Martyn is one of the POV characters, I think you’ll be happy with it. 😉
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Congratulations to everyone who participated in either the blog tour or the Facebook Party. I was SO honored to participate in both! Dare, Deny, Defy, Deliver . . . I LOVE IT!!! Can’t tell you how excited I am for this. I adore these characters and was praying for a book 4. 😀
I love your writing, Tricia!!!
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Your participation was great, Bethany! You asked lots of good questions at the character chat!
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This is so exciting! I can’t wait for Deliver! And wow, coming in winter? That’s sooner than I’d hoped! 🙂
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Depends whose winter we’re going by. Here in Michigan, winter can last all the way to April or May. 😉
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Congrats again on the release! My sisters have all read it by now and absolutely loved it. As one said “How did this book manage to pack in all of these feels??” 🙂 And we’re all sooo excited that the next book will be about Martyn. 🙂
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Awww! Your sisters are so sweet! And, yes, after everything he went through, Martyn deserves his own book. Writing his POV is actually a blast. He’s so determined to be cynical it’s funny.
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Haha! Poor guy. But I actually can’t wait for all this cynicism. 😛
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Eep! I’m so excited for Deliver! It sounds amazing, and I can’t wait to read it. 😀
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I can’t wait to share it with everybody…once I finish writing it.
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I’m so glad that it went well! Congrats, Tricia!
DELIVER?!?! WINTER?!?!?! MY BIRTHDAY?!?!?!?! (Yes, I know what I’m asking for!!)
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Ha, ha! We’ll see how the timing goes. I usually tend to be too optimistic about release dates.
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I bet it’s hard! Well, me b-day is towards the end of winter, so you’ve got a little leeway! 😉
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AAAAAaaaaaaHhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!! I’M SOoooooo EXCITED FOR YOU (and me;)!!!!! I CAN’T WAITE TO READ DELIVER!!!!!! I have all your books so far, but I have been holding off reading them because I know I wont be able to wait months for the next one after I’m done reading one… but because you are hoping to publish the 4th one (hopefully) this year… I may final be able to cave and read them!!!! I’m SO excited!!!
Congratulations Tricia!!!
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I’m not quite sure when Deliver will publish. I would love to have it publish in December, but I have a feeling it might be more like January or February of next year. Deliver is more of a sequel/continuation of the series while the first three do act as a trilogy. If you can’t wait any more, Defy does have a good enough ending that you won’t be dying too much while waiting for Deliver.
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Ooooh, good to know, thanks Tricia! Even if it was February, I think I would still be okay because I would only be waiting for one book to publish rather than each one in the series (that kills me sometimes… particularly if they are as good as I believe yours will be;).
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YES!!! I can’t wait!
When I finished Defy I really wanted more of Jamie, Martyn, and the other turned Blade whose name had escaped my memory. So glad to know there’s more. 🙂
Will be praying you get through it smoothly!
(So excited! )
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