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Azalea Forrest

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Azalea Forrest is the author of A Bitter Drink, a semi-finalist winner during SPFBO8. Her stories focus on hope and adventure, becoming a better person, coping with mental illness, and doing your best. She loves discovering new characters and their personalities and the worlds they reside in.

Forrest lives with her partner, cat, and leopard gecko in sunny Florida. She loves photography and video games like Final Fantasy IX and Legend of Zelda, and Ghibli films like Princess Mononoke and Nausicaa. She is affiliated with Mathematician Records, where you can buy her books directly. You can find her on Threads under @AForrestWrites, and Bluesky, Tumblr, and Facebook under @AzaleaForrest, as well as on her websites listed below.

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Average rating: 4.0 · 122 ratings · 68 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

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Merchants of Light and Bone – A Forrest Review

Oh, my goodness. McCorkle certainly ends her books with a punch, and Merchants of Light and Bone was no different. It raises the question, What would you do as a parent to protect your children? In Amiere’s case, anything. Anything.

The Pentagonal Dominion, the universe in which Merchants resides in, is full of so many different races that I could not possibly name them all. Amiere, the main ch

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After the Children (Afterlands #3)

by Boots @ LookingLand (Goodreads Author)

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Azalea Forrest said: " 🥺🥺🥺 What a wonderful sequel! As always, Boots has a fantastic way with words. After the Children is full of action, daring, and justice. Nix especially shines but so do all the characters in this tale, and already I want more. 🥰 I cried, gasped, and ...more "

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The Shining (The Shining, #1)

by Stephen King (Goodreads Author)

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Afterlands: After the Return is Book Two of this novella series. Juba, Hyrhyn, Laria, and Nix continue to reside in Cliff House, Laria’s family home, as they attempt to make a comfortable living despite unfriendly neighbors in the nearby town of Whip ...more
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The perfect short story to really tie in the effects of this post-war. Gods, I love these characters so much.
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The perfect short story to really tie in the effects of this post-war. Gods, I love these characters so much.
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Azalea Forrest rated a book it was amazing Betweentimes: Hearth & Home by Boots @ LookingLand (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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