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'Mercury' Author Amy Jo Burns Reveals 3 Plot Points She Nearly Changed

‘Mercury’ author Amy Jo Burns answered Us Weekly’s burning questions about the book and revealed how some plot points were almost very different

Based on the actual town where Burns is from — Mercer, Pennsylvania — Mercury follows the story of Marley West and how she steals the hearts of two of three Joseph brothers, Baylor and Waylon — and maybe their mom, Elise. It doesn’t matter if you haven’t lived in a small town, if you don’t know any blue-collar workers, wherever you are, you have somebody in your life that has such goodness deep down and you’re really not sure if they’re going to be able to pull it together. Cindy Ord/Getty Images Sarah J. Maas has been the queen of romantasy for nearly a decade now, but the rise of BookTok has only made her more popular — and now it seems like everyone is ready to join the author in the Fae realm.

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