Wicked Complicated

by Lauren Courcelle

Overview

Like it or not,
life goes on after heartbreak...
even for Persephone Smith.
But will she ever declare a major,
or fall in love again,
or even survive sophomore year?
Well, that is all... Wicked Complicated.

Persephone Smith never wants to fall in love again. Conveniently, her top prospects are married,
geographically inaccessible, or pushing her away. So, she should get her way, per the ushe.

But anyone who has met Persephone knows that nothing ever goes according to plan.

Cue attacks, trauma, DNA tests, rampant passive-aggressive behaviors, truth serum, kidnapping,
murders, resurrections, unresurrections, love, sex, travel, teleporting, and... the Stardust?

Oh, AND all the fun & frivolity of college, too. Yep. College life sure is Wicked Complicated.

Join Persephone and her friends, family, and foes for sophomore year at Vermont U. Wicked
Complicated is the ninth book in the Persephone Smith series by author Lauren Courcelle and marks the
first new adult novel in the coming-of-age, realistic, paranormal, fantasy saga.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798765557587
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	04/18/2022
Series:	Persephone Smith , #9
Pages:	486
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.25(d)

About the Author

Lauren Courcelle has lived in Vermont all of her life. As a child, she wanted to be a teacher so she could write on the chalkboard), but she realized that the daily impact teachers had on students, particularly when inspiring them to become lifelong lovers of literature, was the best part of the job.
She left the field for a few years to try her hand at phlebotomy, and although she rarely missed veins, she certainly missed her students and yearned to share great children's books with them once again. Her aspirations went beyond reading to young people; she wanted to write for them, too, so in May 2011, she pursued her dream of writing a picture book. Nearly 400 pages later, a chapter book, Wicked Normal, emerged from her efforts. With it, Lauren immediately knew that protagonist Persephone Smith's story would be told via a twelve-book series. Having heard that traditional publishers frowned on authors marking their debut with a series, she opted to self-publish her first novel, and released the second book, Wicked Weird, less than six months later. The third, Wicked Awesome, was published within a year of the first. The fourth, Wicked Dramatic, marked Persephone's last year of middle school and the series' final "Middle Grades" novel, appropriate for precocious, younger readers (Ages 9+).
When Lauren, herself, was in seventh grade, she stopped reading because the library ran out of books she wanted to read. Her librarian recommended a YA selection, but its content was too mature for Lauren’s liking, so she returned it, stopped checking books out, and later penned the first four books of her debut series with her seventh grade self in mind - oodles of pages, lots of humor, tons of fun, the influence of Karmic magic, an abundance of innocence, colorful covers, and, of course, the occasional unicorn - without sugarcoating what it's truly like to be that age.
Once readers are ready for YA (Ages 13+), Wicked Confessions, Wicked Together, Wicked Alpha, and Wicked Omega will be waiting with the tale of Persephone's high school years. From there, the final 5 books journey to college and beyond, beginning with Wicked Groovy (YA) & shifting to New Adult during Persephone's sophomore year, Wicked Complicated.
In her free time, Lauren enjoys going to concerts, knitting scarves, making beaded jewelry, painting, and spending time with her family.