Interview: Jennifer L. Armentrout

I was a little late to the Wait for You party, reading it well after the release date only to discover a deep desire to kick myself in the shin for waiting so long. I adored this story and love interest Cam in particular, so I'm incredibly pleased today to welcome author Jennifer Armentrout to the blog to answer a few questions. If you're a fan of contemporary new adult, I can't recommend this book enough, and I'm eagerly counting down the days to Cam's sister Teresa's story, Be With Me.

Cam is a pretty proficient baker. What would he say is his favorite thing to make, and what would Avery say is her favorite baked good of his to eat?  

Oh, Cam loves to make cookies, and, if you’ve read Wait for You, you know that Avery is a huge fan of Cam’s “cookies”!

What was one scene/moment in Wait For You that you were really excited to write from Cam’s point of view?

I was excited to write the scene when Cam and Avery first meet. I wanted readers to see what Cam was thinking when Avery ran into him.

If Avery had a do-over of her first run-in with Cam, what’s one thing, big or small, she would do differently?  

I don’t think that Avery would have run away from Cam without going into class. She was embarrassed that she had overreacted to the situation.

If Cam and Ollie were in the market for a third roommate (let’s say Jase turned them down), which character from one of your other books do you think would fit in best with the two of them?  

I think that Kyler from Frigid would get along really well with Cam and Ollie. That would be an overload of hotness in one apartment, though!

Ollie may or may not have a scrapbook into which he put the surprise photo of Avery and Cam before they headed out on their first date. What are some other candid shots we might find in this scrapbook if we were to flip through it?  

I’m sure Ollie’s scrapbook would be full of random shots and lots of them would probably be completely inappropriate.

It could be said that Avery and Cam’s pet tortoises are a fitting representation of their relationship – they moved forward slowly and steadily and Avery hid in her shell on occasion when scared, but Cam was always there when she popped her head back out. Looking forward to Tess and Jase, what animal would you say best represents their romance? 

I’m going to go with a wild horse, but I’m not giving any details on why I chose that animal!

Lastly, a very serious question. Who ultimately won the epic tortoise head-bobbing showdown, Raphael or Michelangelo?  

I think Raphael would win because he has more practice.

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WAIT FOR YOU

Some things are worth waiting for . . .

Traveling thousands of miles from home to enter college is the only way nineteen-year-old Avery Morgansten can escape what happened at that fateful Halloween party five years ago—an event that forever changed her life. What she never planned on was capturing the attention of the one guy who could shatter the precarious future she's building for herself.

Some things are worth experiencing . . .

Cameron Hamilton is six feet, three inches of swoon-worthy hotness, com-plete with a pair of striking blue eyes and a remarkable ability to make Avery want things she believed had been irrevocably stolen from her. Getting involved with him is dangerous. Yet ignoring the simmering tension that sparks between them—and brings out a side of her she never knew existed—is impossible.

Some things shouldn't be kept quiet . . .

But when Avery starts receiving threatening e-mails and phone calls, she's forced to face a past she wants to keep buried and acknowledge that someone is refusing to allow her to let go of that night when everything changed. If the devastating truth comes out, will she resurface with one less scar? And will Cam be there to help her?

And some things are worth fighting for . . . 

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JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT 

# 1 NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing, she spends her time reading, working out, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki.

Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her book Obsidian has been optioned for a major motion picture and her Covenant Series has been optioned for TV.

She also writes adult and New Adult romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.

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