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Rachel Menard

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Young Adult, Fantasy, Science Fiction

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Rachel Menard was born in New Jersey, raised in Arizona, and then relocated to Rhode Island. Throughout her life, she has been a barista, college radio DJ, singer in an alt-country band, marketer, designer, and finally, a writer.

Steel Hand, Cold Heart, her self-published YA fantasy novel, won the Grand Prize in the 27th Annual Writers’ Digest Self-Published E-Book awards. Her debut duology, a genderbent reimagining of Hercules, includes Game of Strength and Storm and Clash of Fate and Fury, both awarded the Junior Library Guild Gold Standard. Game of Strength and Storm also won the silver medal in the IPPY awards for YA fantasy.

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Average rating: 4.2 · 345 ratings · 201 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Game of Strength and Storm 4.13 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clash of Fate and Fury 4.29 avg rating — 76 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Steel Hand, Cold Heart 4.31 avg rating — 59 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Final Summons by C.H. Duryea (Curator), Jeremy Flagg (Goodreads Author) (Curator), C.L. Alden (Goodreads Author) (Curator) 4.13 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Death cannot be fooled or bought. Best be gone than left to rot.”
― Rachel Menard, Steel Hand, Cold Heart

tags: fantasy, fantasy-ya, fantasy-young-adult, ya

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“If she wanted change, she had to smash the entire system. Only then could it be rebuilt.”
― Rachel Menard, Game of Strength and Storm

tags: feminist-quotes

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“We are standing at the edge of exploration, like God, creating life from darkness.”
― Rachel Menard, The Final Summons

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“Yael was a cobweb version, composed of gaps and strings and fragile nothings.”
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“If she thought of her love as a commodity and were to, say, eat it, it would fill 4,745 cherry pies.”
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“Caring about him meant he had real power over her. That he held sway over her heart.”
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“Believing takes practice.”
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“News is something somebody doesn't want printed; all else is advertising.”
― William Randolph Hearst

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message 14: by Nenia

Feb 28, 2021 09:35PM

Ahh! Thank you for adding me! Always love chatting with another fantasy lover.

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message 13: by Aqsa

Jun 13, 2019 12:10AM

Rachel said: "I saw we have a couple of favorites in common! Recent favs are To All the Boys and Strange the Dreamer. "

Thank you for the request and the recommendations, Rachel :) I've read both of those; Strange the Dreamer quite recently and I did enjoy both of them immensely. Glad to find you on the same page :)

Looking forward to interact a lot with you!
Have a great day!

P.S. I will not be notified if you replied here. Please message me or comment on my profile for that, thanks :)

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message 12: by David - proud Gleeman in Branwen's adventuring party

Feb 25, 2019 10:54AM

Thanks for the FriendVite, Rachel! And glad you enjoyed my Oathbringer gif! I look forward to chatting books with you! :D

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message 11: by nat

Feb 22, 2019 02:32PM

Thanks for the friend request—happy reading!

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message 10: by MissBecka

Feb 19, 2019 01:01PM

Always nice to find another bunny loving Ravenclaw ;)
Thanks for the friend request; I look forward to stalking your bookshelves!

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message 9: by Caroline

Sep 04, 2018 08:13PM

Thanks for the fr! I loved Strange the Dreamer and totally agree with you about Lazlo!

See ya around!

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message 8: by el

Jun 14, 2018 10:04AM

Hi Rachel, thanks for your fr! I absolutely adore Strange the Dreamer, I can’t wait for the sequel. :)

Hope you have a lovely day & see you around! x

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message 7: by Divine

Jun 13, 2018 07:11AM

Thank you so much for your friend request and for affirming my review! :D Hope we could interact more here in GR~ Happy reading :)

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message 6: by Yusra

Apr 04, 2018 08:55AM

Hi Rachel! Thank you for the friend request :) glad to know we have the same book preferences, and hope to see you around goodreads! xx 😊

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message 5: by Rachel

Jul 24, 2014 08:29AM

Alisi ☆ needs to stop starting new books ☆ wrote: "Oh, NP. =) I hate it when people attack reviewers for their opinions on a book.

I do too! It's like they're trying to bully you into changing your mind. I'll keep an eye out for your scathing review, and I'll watch your back.

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message 4: by Alisi ☆ wants to read too many books ☆

Jul 24, 2014 08:01AM

Oh, NP. =) I hate it when people attack reviewers for their opinions on a book. I'm reading that book right now (at about 75%) and god, is it terrible or what? XD You've no idea the highlighting I've done thus far! Boy, the fun I'm going to have writing that review. >:D

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message 3: by Jyanx

Oct 28, 2013 06:35AM