{"id":151,"date":"2015-09-01T02:03:21","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T02:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/katzhangwriter.com\/?page_id=151"},"modified":"2023-10-01T23:59:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T23:59:33","slug":"once-we-were","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/katzhangwriter.com\/index.php\/once-we-were\/","title":{"rendered":"Once We Were"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-151\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-151-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-151-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><div id=\"pgc-151-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\" ><div id=\"panel-151-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katzhangwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Once-We-Were-final-hi-res.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katzhangwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Once-We-Were-final-hi-res.jpg?resize=1687%2C2550\" alt=\"Once We Were final hi res\" width=\"1687\" height=\"2550\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katzhangwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Once-We-Were-final-hi-res.jpg?w=1687 1687w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katzhangwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Once-We-Were-final-hi-res.jpg?resize=198%2C300 198w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katzhangwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Once-We-Were-final-hi-res.jpg?resize=677%2C1024 677w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1687px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1687\/2550;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-151-0-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-151-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-151-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-151-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">I&#8217;m lucky just to be alive<\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Eva was never supposed to have survived this long. As the recessive soul, she should have faded away years ago. Instead, she lingers in the body she shares with her sister soul, Addie. When the government discovered the truth, they tried to \u201ccure\u201d the girls, but Eva and Addie escaped before the doctors could strip Eva\u2019s soul away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Now fugitives, Eva and Addie find shelter with a group of hybrids who run an underground resistance. Surrounded by others like them, the girls learn how to temporarily disappear to give each soul some much-needed privacy. Eva is thrilled at the chance to be alone with Ryan, the boy she\u2019s falling for, but troubled by the growing chasm between her and Addie. Despite clashes over their shared body, both girls are eager to join the rebellion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Yet as they are drawn deeper into the escalating violence, they start to wonder: How far are they willing to go to fight for hybrid freedom? Faced with uncertainty and incredible danger, their answers may tear them apart forever.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-151-1-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"2\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ec4c4c; font-size: 17px;\"><strong>\"Zhang\u2019s precise prose skillfully delineates Eva\u2019s unique first-person point of view, and the sisters\u2019 intense relationship continues to be deeply compelling...fans will have plenty of reasons to be impatient for the third book in the series.\"<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">- Kirkus Review<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ec4c4c; font-size: 17px;\"><strong>\"Zhang has envisioned a complex, unique world and deftly brings it to life.\"<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">- School Library Journal<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ec4c4c; font-size: 17px;\"><strong>\"Zhang has only begun to tap the potential of this alternative world and its history, and with Once We Were, she has once again ensnared the reader\u2019s interest to discover what will happen next to each of these characters.\"<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">- Bookpage<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ec4c4c; font-size: 17px;\"><strong>\"Packed with action\"<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">-\u00a0The Guardian<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-151-1-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Once-We-Were-Kat-Zhang\/dp\/0062114905\/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AMAZON<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/once-we-were-kat-zhang\/1114298537?ean=9780062114907\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BARNES &amp; NOBLES<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9780062114907\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INDIEBOUND<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eva was never supposed to have survived this long. As the recessive soul, she should have faded away years ago. Instead, she lingers in the body she shares with her sister soul, Addie. When the government discovered the truth, they tried to \u201ccure\u201d the girls, but Eva and Addie escaped before the doctors could strip [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-151","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P1sxpY-2r","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/katzhangwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/katzhangwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/katzhangwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/katzhangwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/katzhangwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/katzhangwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":642,"href":"http:\/\/katzhangwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/151\/revisions\/642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/katzhangwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}