When I set up this competition and put a call out for songs for the Blackthorn Album (mock-up, I must stress!), I didn’t expect so many suggestions! More so, I’ve been thrilled with how apt your choices are. Yep, I’ve googled all the lyrics.

When I write a book, I have no idea how it will be received. I don’t know if readers will see what I see, feel what I feel, or care about the world I’ve created anywhere near as much as I do. Aside from reviews and individual messages, this has been the closest I’ve come to seeing how you view Blackthorn and the characters residing there. What has shone through from this competition is how much you’ve been peeling away the emotional layers of the characters and sifting through the complexity of their relationships – and totally getting it. And I love that so many of these song choices – despite a good number being as suitably dark in theme as the books themselves – are laced with hope. The fact you are rooting for the survival of these characters and their relationships is just immense.

So thank you to every single person who got involved in this – we’ve ended up with a triple album! And here we go – your awesome choices (I had to include them all) and the categories you put them in…

 

Kane and Caitlin (Blood Shadows)

Do What U Want – Lady Gaga

Wonderland – Natalia Kills

Poison – Alice Cooper

Nothing Else Matters – Metallica

Temptation – The Tea Party

Look After You – The Fray

Hang Ten – Edwin (Kane for Caitlin)

 

Caleb and Leila (Blood Roses)

Fix You – Coldplay

Red – Taylor Swift

Never Let Me Go – Florence and the Machine

Precious Things – Tori Amos

All You Wanted – Michelle Branch

Bed of Roses – Bon Jovi

I Hate Everything About You – Three Days Grace

Hang Ten – Edwin (Caleb for Leila)

 

Jask and Sophia (Blood Torn)

We Found Love – Rihanna

All of Me – John Legend

Feel Again – One Republic

My Immortal – Evanescence

Bitch – Meredith Brooks

Radioactive – Imagine Dragons

 

Blackthorn Theme

Welcome to the Jungle – Guns N Roses

Black Black Heart – David Usher

People are Strange – The Doors

When Worlds Collide – Powerman 5000

The Day the World Went Away – Nine Inch Nails

 

Unattributed

The Dark Side – Kelly Clarkson

Demons – Imagine Dragons

Bound To You – Christina Aguilera

Resistance – Muse

Thousand Years – Christina Perri

Unintended – Muse

Undisclosed Desires – Muse

Without You – Hinder

Map of the Problematique – Muse

Hit the Floor – Linkin Park

Blue Jeans – Lana Del Rey

It Could Be Sweet – Portishead

Battle in Me – Garbage

Teeth – Lady Gaga

 

HUGE thanks to everyone who contributed to the album. I do hope I haven’t missed any songs out! And I’m just so glad I’d decided to pick the winners randomly before this started! Those 5 winners of a signed postcard, are:

Deb Bailey, Sari Kalanti, Denise Morrissey, Tracey Rogers and Sam Williams.

Congratulations!! If you send me your postal address either through Facebook or via my ‘contact’ tab above, I’ll get your postcard to you asap. Just let me know if you’d like it signed to you personally.

I hope those who didn’t win won’t be too disappointed. 🙁 I promise I’ll run something similar again at some point.

Have a great week, everyone!