Mia King

**Mia King** is a secondary character in *The First Year, The Second Year* & *The Third Year*. She was originally a professor at Eden State University but then opened up the infamous bar The Kingsley.

She runs a 'Second Chance Scholarship' program at her bar where students who cannot afford college can work at The Kingsley and pay for their degree at the university. She has helped over 50 students, unfortunately, she passed away due to cancer in *The Third Year*.

## Personality

Mia King is an incredibly high-strung person, when first seen in the books she comes off as intimidating and pushy. She never likes to admit when she is wrong and spends most of her time throughout the series drunk or stubborn.

Beneath all the intimidation, however, lies a woman who is incredibly passionate and determined about her work at The Kingsley. When it is revealed she has cancer in Chapter 21 of *The Second Year*, her vulnerable side begins to show as she is a woman with regrets in her life and makes up for all the harsh comments before her life ends in *The Third Year* due to her illness.

## Book Appearances

### The First Year

* Chapter Four
* Chapter Five
* Chapter Eight
* Chapter Thirteen
* Chapter Seventeen
* Chapter Twenty

### The Second Year

* Chapter Two
* Chapter Six
* Chapter Seven
* Chapter Thirteen
* Chapter Fourteen (Mentioned)
* Chapter Twenty
* Chapter Twenty-One

## Relationships

### Caleb King

"*Caleb is my son and one day he will learn how to be just as strong as I was when I was alone.*"
— Mia to Casey about her son in The Second Year, Chapter 21.
Caleb is Mia's son and seemingly the only one who really understands why Mia King is the way she is, she had Caleb when she was quite young as her husband left her when she was pregnant at the time. She is incredibly strict towards Caleb which shows throughout The Years Series, however, that is only because she is trying to boost up his courage to become an owner of The Kingsley when she isn't around.

When it is revealed she has cancer, her presence around Caleb is much warmer and comforting as she wants to prove her love for Caleb in the time she has left. She continues to be very proud of her son and watching him work at The Kingsley and after she passes away Caleb continues to work in her honor and hopes that she is looking down on him and feeling proud.

### Casey Stephens

When Casey begins to work at The Kingsley, instantly Mia King puts her down for being the girl who lives in a dream world. However, Mia King is surprised when Casey turns out to be one of the only ones to stand up to her, leading Casey to actually get the job at The Kingsley. Despite constantly thinking that Mia King hates her, Casey is surprised when Mia King gives her the 'Employee Of The Year' award in Chapter 17 of *The First Year* which results in Mia finally accepting Casey as an equal. Mia King even inspires Casey to create her famous drink at The Kingsley which Casey is forever grateful for.

In *The Second Year*, it is Casey who first discovers that Mia has cancer when she finds her coughing up blood in her office in Chapter 21. Despite Mia not wanting Casey to tell anyone, Casey proceeds to ignore this and ends up pushing Mia to tell her son. Mia King slowly warms up to Casey throughout *The Third Year* as she is dying, the two share multiple moments with each other throughout the book up until Mia King passes away Casey is incredibly devastated by this as she looked up to Mia as a mother figure. In The Fourth and Final Year, when it is revealed that The Kingsley was passed down to Caleb in Mia's will, it is also revealed that Mia hoped for Casey to have the opportunity to co-own The Kingsley alongside Caleb.

### Cedric & Oliver King

Despite being related, Mia King never approves of Cedric and Oliver. However, because of her illness, she steps away quite a bit and lets them take over the bar in *The Second Year*. When all the chaos and mayhem of the actions that were played out while she was away at The Kingsley, she is frustrated and disheartened by her brother's actions. When all of the fraud charges are made against Cedric, Mia is quite happy and entertained by this as she is beyond thankful that Cedric won't be the one to take her bar when she passes.

## Trivia

* Mia King was originally featured on the cover of *The First Year* before the rewrite.
* Her own personal drink at The Kingsley is labeled 'Mia's Melt' which consists of Pineapple, Chili, and Tequila
* Mia King studied at Eden State University back in the day and graduated with a degree in Business, she continued to teach at the college before opening The Kingsley.
* Her late husband and Caleb's father make an appearance as they go on a couple of dates before Mia passes which is set up by her son and Casey in *The Third Year*.
* She had Caleb when she was 25 years old.
* Mia is the first character to pass away in The Years Series.
* She is often mentioned in *The Fourth and Final Year*.
* Despite not being a professor at Eden State University, she is often referred to as 'Professor King' in the books.