The Brightest Embers playlist!

I meant to post this before the book came out on Tuesday, but what can I say? I’m far more likely to be late than early on just about everything ;). Anyway, here is the “playlist” of songs that I listened to while I wrote THE BRIGHTEST EMBERS, the third and final Broken Destiny novel (need to still get yours? Here you go :))
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Usual disclaimer: As many of you know, writing to specific music helps put me in the right frame of mind because I’m conditioning myself to write a particular story whenever I hear those songs (not saying this works for every writer, but it works for me). That being said, there’s no hidden meaning for the book in these songs. Some of these are recommendations that you, readers, have given me, so thank you again! But, music tastes are as personal as reading tastes, so if you don’t like some of the bands/songs, no problem. Just please don’t tell me that I shouldn’t like them, because if a song/band is listed, then I do and no arguing on your part will change my mind :).

Layout is artist name: songs. Artists are in alphabetical order for ease of listing, but this isn’t the order that I listened to while writing because I’m not that organized.

Ciara: Paint It Black

Danney Goky: Hope In Front of Me

Dreamers: Sweet Disaster

Eminem: Beautiful Pain (feat. Sia), Love The Way You Live (feat. Rihanna)

Empire of the Sun: High and Low

Hamilton Leithauser & Rostam: In A Black Out

Harry Styles: Sign of the Times

Jill Andrews: Lost It All

Jon Bellion: All Time Low

Kaleida: Think

Kings of Leon: Waste A Moment, Over, Wild, Walls

Lady Gaga: Million Reasons, Angel Down

Lana Del Rey: Born To Die

Lykke Li: No Rest For The Wicked

Morgan Page: Running Wild

Mourning Ritual: Bad Moon Rising (Feat; Peter Dreimanis)

The Naked and the Famous: Young Blood

Phantogram: You Don’t Get Me High Anymore

Philip Phillips: Searchlight

Rihanna: Stay

Ruelle: Take It All

Shura: Touch

Sia: Bang My Head

The 1975: Somebody Else

The Blind Love: Run (where the lights are)

The Fray: Swinging Low, Changing Tides, You Found Me

Twenty One Pilots: Heathens

Vance Joy: Mess Is Mine

Wish I Was: Cutting Ties (feat. Cameron Walker)