Jen Desmarais is the creator of the sex education game Blush and co-author of "Assassins! Accidental Matchmakers" and "Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests." "Crushing It" was her first solo novel.
You can also find a short story by Jen in "Nothing Without Us Too", and a novella in "The Mystery of the Dancing Lights".
Co-founder of JenEric Designs, she creates unique geeky crocheted items. Her blogs The Travelling TARDIS and How I Taught My Dragon have been nominated for the Prix Aurora Awards over 2018-2023.
She lives in Ottawa with her author husband, daughter, son, and their library of over 3000 books.
If you were to search “Crushing It” in Google, this is what might show up…
Not really, but these are related to the book!
Looking for a new read? “Crushing It Jen Desmarais” in the search bar reveal the following six results: “young adult romantic fantasy”, “shared hidden magical world”, “cozy romance”, “music and STEM”, “queer and diverse rep”, and “teenage shenanigans”. Under that and the cover in ebook form reads: “How good does this look? Get it here: jeneric-designs.ca/UBL-CrushingIt“
I didn’t even have to move things around to make sure that my sister’s favourite character from Blue’s Clues landed on the TARDIS day nearest her birthday. Yay Steve!
If you were to search “Winging It” in Google, this is what might show up…
Not really, but these are related to the book!
Looking for a new read? “Winging It Jen Desmarais” in the search bar reveal the following six results: “young adult romance”, “shared hidden magical worlds”, “portal fantasy”, “music, STEM, and fight training”, “queer and diverse rep”, and “teenage shenanigans”. Under that and the cover in ebook form reads: “How good does this look? Get it here: jeneric-designs.ca/UBL-WingingIt“
Winging It by Jen Desmarais is available June 3rd, 2025! Cover Art by Pinkpiggy93
I don’t know if this is a specific character (it’s giving me Lore Olympus vibes, not that I’ve read it yet), but I loved the look so much that I had to get a picture.
In case you weren’t aware, Winging It starts out during a wedding (which is fully portrayed in Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests) and then the main characters go to Everdome. This book has a humungous cast of characters, and I thought it might be helpful to highlight a few of the secondary characters in both Westmeath and Everdome.
You can find a lot of the important characters from the first half of the book in the Monsters! Dream Casting: Main, Family, Other. Here are some of the missing ones:
Margery Door
Appearance inspired by Reba McEntire
Age: 78
Date of Birth: September 19, 1924
Appearance: Curly red hair with white streaks, brown eyes, mysterious, white
Job: original CEO of Door Technology, now mostly retired, but runs their summer camp
Family: daughter Ellen, 11 other children not mentioned in this book
Todd
Appearance inspired by William Zabka
Age: mid-50s
Appearance: Blondish-brown hair, grey eyes, boy-next-door-grown-up, block-party-Dad, white
Job: anything and everything
Dome: Gaulan
Es’Sem
Appearance inspired by Jessica De Gouw *Note that this character is inspired by a friend, but I couldn’t use her image here!
Age: unknown
Date of Birth: unknown
Appearance: Light brown hair with sun-dyed blond streaks, hazel eyes, extremely physically fit, mysterious, white
Job: training the Queen’s Guard
Dome: Wild Nations
Winging It by Jen Desmarais is available June 3rd, 2025! Cover Art by Pinkpiggy93
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The Pocket Library template was made by @thebookishanimator_, and I thought it would be fun to make character editions of it! Here are Tommy and Carter’s Pocket Libraries.
Left: Tommy Fairfield has Everdome, Half Magic, and Essential Elements: Rock Classics as his comfort reads (the Everdome series is actually his favourite, but I was unable to find an image of the covers), and an emergency guitar. Note that math textbooks are sold separately. Right: Carter Batudev has Everdome, Twelfth Night, and Company’s Coming: Desserts as his comfort reads (the Everdome series is actually his favourite, but I was unable to find an image of the covers), and an emergency throwing knife. Note that his ring of Gaulan is sold separately.
The Pocket Library template was made by @thebookishanimator_, and I thought it would be fun to make character editions of it! Here are Kennedy and Jason’s Pocket Libraries.
Left: Kennedy Fairfield has Lord of the Rings, Ella Enchanted, and An Offer From a Gentleman as her comfort reads, and an emergency croissant. Note that the BSc in Agricultural Science is sold separately. Right: Jason Johnson has Everdome, The Sleeping Dragon, and Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher as his comfort reads (the Everdome series is actually his favourite, but I was unable to find an image of the covers), and an emergency spatula. Note that his Phantom costume is sold separately.
Read Kennedy and Jason’s books here:
Assassins! Accidental Matchmakers
Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests by Jen and Éric Desmarais is available now!
Argos is the name of the superhero that Felix becomes when he uses the Peacock miraculous in Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir. I was super excited to see this character, because he’s relatively new. I hope we see more of him (both in cosplay and in the show).