Forever Blaze (Sequel to Good Match)

Acknowledgements

I wasn't going to do this part but then I though, meh, might as well. Some of these are actually interesting and I mention a lot of you guys. 

First I'd like to thank Shannon Messenger for writing a series that inspires me every single day in my day to day life. (and for also writing LTSF because let's be honest here, guys, that book is fricking amazing if you've read it. VANE IS MY SPIRIT ANIMAL.) I also would like to thank her for creating the character Keefe, who reminds me a lot of myself-which is sad and why I kind of favor him of all of Sophie's love interests. I also thank her for creating Sophie, who has taught me a lot of life lessons through kotlc. I seriously have inspiration kotlc quotes written all over my notebooks. A lot of them are said by Keefe and Sophie but there is the occasional character that's not them. I even have a Forkle one. 

I'd love to thank my Grandma who cleaned my room for me a few days ago. She decided to rip apart my sister's toy box and there, at the bottom in all it's glory, was my only copy of Keeper of the Lost Cities, which I though I had lost. That book would have been a goner in my house had it not been for her. Thank you for being OCD and not being able to keep away from cleaning everything in your path when you visit. 

A shout out to my Dad. He's not mentioned a lot in my author's notes but he's probs the best person I know. (I got into a fight with my church teacher over him this morning; I think that says a lot.) Thank you to him for introducing me to all my favorite tv shows and for teaching me that you don't have to say that you love someone to make them know. (I literally can't remember the last time I heard my dad say the words 'I love you' to anyone.)

I'd like to mention my Grumpy quickly. Sometime towards the end of the first book he took his final breath. Doctors didn't think he'd make it past 50 and he made it to 61 (so close to 62) years of life. He fought it hard. Also, thanks for giving me the best stories. I don't think many people can say they have a Grandpa who drives a motorcycle, is covered in tats, and works at a liquor store; but I could xD

Especially big thanks to my Mom. She's the one who went to go see THG at the movies before me with my dad to make sure it was safe for me to watch it, and that's where they handed my dad a copy of KOTLC. He, of course, handed it over to you and then when you guys got home you handed it over to me. (Hold up, you just walked into the room and told me to go to bed... and you're gone. Okay, back to writing.) You listened to my rants about writing this through my writers block and let me stay up late on some nights to finish writing chapters after I begged you. You also gave me ideas, including the title of this book. Also, I'd just like to take a second to mention the fact I walked outside my room to grab my kindle and realized that there was something stuck in my pants against my thigh and had to stick my hand down my pants to grab it, and she opened the door just as I had my hand down my pants trying to grab the stupid thing stuck against my thigh (a pencil shaving, it turns out, crawled up my leg?) and she just looked at me and laughed before making fun of me. Only my mother, everybody xD

To my lovely husband, Liam Hemsworth, who is not yet aware of our relationship. Tell your parents I said thank you for giving birth to your face. 

For my sisters, Tori and Lisa, who annoy the living hell out of me. :)

Big thank you to Its_RowRow_ for letting me use her name as one of the children of Sophie and Keefe. I had fun researching the tree xD

To all my commenters. I went through a small phase while writing this, I still kind of am, where I just didn't feel like doing anything. O felt empty inside and where I used to be excited to go to school to see my friends, I found myself dreading having to see everyone who just looks so much better than me. Whenever I got home I would lock myself in this room and open up wattpad and check on here and I would see all these amazing comments ad my day would just get so much better. (though the next morning it would just repeat again and tbh it still does and now I have no idea what I'm going to do with my life... I don't think I really though ending this book through Dx)

Special shout out to my first commenter (who probs stopped reading this) family_girl9. She commented on August 11, 2015 at 3:25 a.m.

Thanks to the silent readers and people who just simply vote. Everything counts in my mind c:

Thank you to all the other people out there writing KOTLC fanfictions. I read a lot of them on here and I'm pretty sure I've read the works of at least one of you. xD

Thank you to JenCupcakes for posting the team foster-keefe coven. Literally, when I saw that it was the highlight of my day xD

And I saved best for last:

Thank you to my English class. 1 c@n5 d0 gr@mm@r n0w!!!21123!!!@!

lawl. 

Also, special shout out to William Shakespeare. I used to think I was fluent in the English language. Then I watched Romeo and Juliet in class and realized I'm not.