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Adventures in YA Publishing is excited to host Kate Brauning for the TEAM BLUE!
Kate is an author of young adult fiction and an editor at Entangled Publishing. HOW WE FALL is her first novel. Kate loves unusual people, good whiskey, dark chocolate, everything about autumn, bright colors, red maple trees, superstitions, ghost stories, anything Harry Potter, night skies, pie, and talking about books. She’s working hard on her next few novels, and if you see her, say hello, because she’d love to take you out for coffee and ask you what you’re reading. Or stop by her website and get more information.
by Kate BrauningThen Marcus is forced to pay the price for someone else’s lies as the mystery around Ellie’s disappearance starts to become horribly clear. Jackie has to face terrible choices. Can she leave her first love behind, and can she go on living with the fact that she failed her best friend?
Did know know that Marcus’s hot chocolate is a real, actual thing? He’s usually drinking it or making it in How We Fall, and in an important scene between Jackie and Marcus, he teaches her how to make it. I didn’t really intend to have it be a significant part of the story or his character, but once I realized it fit him so well, I just went with it!
I think the subconscious reason I chose hot chocolate as a habit for him is that I’ve always had a minor war going on with cocoa mixes. They’re always too sweet and not dark enough for me, and I don’t like marshmallows (please don’t hate me). Several years ago, I started altering mixes, adding more cocoa, but soon gave that up and just figured out how to make my own. I make it strong, dark, and bittersweet– and nothing tastes more like fall to me.
Want to make Marcus’s Hot Chocolate? Here’s how:
Makes 1 serving.
- Warm 1 ½ cups milk in a sauce pan on medium-high heat. (Use 2% or whole milk for richer hot chocolate.)
- When the milk starts to steam, whisk in 2 tablespoons dark cocoa and 1 tablespoon sugar.
- Turn the heat down to medium so the milk doesn’t scorch, and whisk constantly for about three minutes, until it looks smooth and not silty on a spoon.
- If you’re increasing the number of servings, let settle briefly because there may be some cocoa in the dregs.
- Add whipped cream, Kahlua, Irish Cream, hazelnut syrup, espresso, or chocolate chips for variety! Use almond milk for a nondairy option.
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