SHE’S DONE! Wouldn’t have believed it if you’d told me in 2020, but *two years* after my debut fantasy trilogy was acquired by @penguinteen, I finished the last book in the series!!! Y’all better give me my 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 TODAY. Kidding, kidding! But in seriousness, a huge thanks to the friends that have cheered me on and helped me get here, especially @km_sutherland @ameliewenzhao @authorjelle @natalie_crown @roshanichokshi @what_eats_owls and @namina.forna, along with so many kind and excited friends and readers! Shout to my Mama too! (She’s not on Instagram but I really love my Mama). Ya girl is tired, hungry, and in need of a deep tissue massage, but more than anything else, I’m at peace. This book is still in first draft form, still rough in places and not all the way where I want it, but there is so much I can’t wait for readers to discover. This book made me cry more than BOP and BOR, and I had to reckon with a lot of buried grief that bled into these pages. But! I also laughed the most as I wrote this one too, and I’m biased, but I think it’s the funniest/silliest book of the trio. It’s also the most E P I C. *cue dramatic musical score* I’m excited for you to meet my new monster friends, and to follow Koffi and Ekon as their journey comes to such an epic end. Without further ado, I present to you: BEASTS OF— Come now, you didn’t really think I’d tell you, did you? 😉 #beastsofprey #fantasytrilogycompleted #yafantasy #yafantasybooks #ayanagray