READ-ALONG: The Diary of Derek Drummond: The Story of My Cursed Life by Katelyn Emilia Novak
An immortal soul. A forgotten curse. A love that rewrites fate.
We’re delighted to welcome The Diary of Derek Drummond: The Story of My Cursed Life by Katelyn Emilia Novak to Love Books Tours for a very special four-week Read-Along.
From 10th August–8th September, our LBT Crew will be reading together, answering discussion questions, sharing their thoughts and delving into Derek Drummond’s dark and mysterious world.
At 543 pages, there is plenty for our readers to sink their teeth into as we journey through this Gothic blend of supernatural fiction, romance and fantasy.
About The Diary of Derek Drummond
Author: Katelyn Emilia Novak
Genre: Gothic | Supernatural | Romance | Fantasy
Pages: 543
Publisher: Troubador
Read-Along: 10th August–8th September
The Blurb
An immortal soul. A forgotten curse. A love that rewrites fate.
Once a proud Scottish nobleman, Derek Drummond has spent 124 years caught between day and night, hiding from the world — and from himself.
A shadow among shadows, he has watched time unravel, love vanish and hope fade into myth.
Until Megan MacKenzie looks at him — and sees more than she should.
With haunted eyes and a quiet, stubborn kindness, she stirs the man he used to be. But the past never stays silent. Some curses won’t break. And some ghosts refuse to let go.
Told entirely in Derek’s voice — darkly poetic, sardonic and painfully human — The Diary of Derek Drummond is a gothic fantasy of redemption and reckoning.
From the storm-lashed cliffs of northern Scotland to the rain-soaked rooftops of London, it is a story of immortality, forgiveness and the terrifying hope of being truly seen.
If you believe in second chances — even after death — open the diary.
Open the Diary…
There’s something wonderfully suited to a Read-Along about a novel written entirely in the voice of its central character.
Over the next four weeks, our readers won’t simply be discovering Derek’s story. They’ll be stopping along the way to talk about the questions and themes his experiences raise.
What would it feel like to fly?
If time, money and circumstances were no obstacle, what would you choose to study?
Can doing the right thing sometimes mean going against everything you once believed to be true?
Would you make a good spy?
And, perhaps equally importantly, when Christmas arrives are you tasteful and traditional — or does your home look like Santa and his elves have thrown tinsel everywhere?
These are exactly the kinds of conversations that make our Love Books Tours Read-Alongs so much fun.
Rather than racing towards a final review, we get to spend time inside the story, discussing it together as it unfolds.
Meet Katelyn Emilia Novak
Katelyn Emilia Novak is an entrepreneur and author of The Diary of Derek Drummond, a fantasy saga set in the mystical heart of Scotland — her favourite country.
Fluent in five languages and having spent a decade living in Italy, Katelyn brings an international perspective to both her entrepreneurial work and storytelling.
Now based in London, she combines her business career with her passion for writing.
The Diary of Derek Drummond delves into Scottish folklore and opens the door to a world of fantasy, while outside her writing Katelyn shares photographs and reels from her travels with her followers on Instagram.
How Our Read-Along Works
Unlike our traditional Bookstagram Tours, a Love Books Tours Read-Along gives our readers four weeks to experience the book together.
Throughout the campaign, our Crewbies will read at their own pace while sharing ten discussion posts inspired by different points in Derek’s story.
They’ll also be chatting together in our dedicated Instagram group, supporting one another’s posts and sharing their final reviews at the end of the Read-Along.
It means you’ll be seeing The Diary of Derek Drummond appearing regularly across Bookstagram between 10th August and 8th September — and we can’t wait to see the conversations it creates.
Meet Our Read-Along Crew
We have a fantastic group of readers joining Derek for the next four weeks.
Click on each Bookstagrammer below to visit their account and follow their journey through the book.
Discover The Diary of Derek Drummond
Ready to open the diary for yourself?
The Diary of Derek Drummond: The Story of My Cursed Life by Katelyn Emilia Novak is available now.
Buy the book:
The Diary of Derek Drummond
Join Us for the Next Four Weeks
From 10th August–8th September, we’ll be following our readers as they make their way through Derek’s diary, sharing discussion questions, reactions and plenty of conversation before revealing their final thoughts.
If Gothic settings, Scottish folklore, immortality, supernatural mystery, romance and characters searching for redemption sound like your kind of reading, this is one you’ll want to follow.
A huge thank you to Katelyn Emilia Novak, Troubador, Cameron Publicity and Marketing, and every one of our brilliant LBT Crewbies joining us for the Read-Along.
The diary is open. Let the reading begin.
Kelly & the Love Books Tours Team
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