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Showing posts with label Goddess Interrupted. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Goddess Interrupted. Show all posts
KATE WINTERS HAS WON IMMORTALITY.
BUT IF SHE WANTS A LIFE WITH HENRY IN THE UNDERWORLD, SHE'LL HAVE TO FIGHT FOR IT.
Becoming immortal wasn't supposed to be the easy part. Though Kate is about to be crowned Queen of the Underworld, she's as isolated as ever. And despite her growing love for Henry, ruler of the Underworld, he's becoming ever more distant and secretive. Then, in the midst of Kate's coronation, Henry is abducted by the only being powerful enough to kill him: the King of the Titans.
As the other gods prepare for a war that could end them all, it is up to Kate to save Henry from the depths of Tartarus. But in order to navigate the endless caverns of the Underworld, Kate must enlist the help of the one person who is the greatest threat to her future.
Henry's first wife, Persephone.
I liked The Goddess Test, it
had a slow start but by the end I was hooked so when I had a chance to read Goddess Interrupted I said hell yes! I
couldn’t wait to get back into Kate’s world and see where this story was going
to lead.
It picks up right after Kate’s “summer” away and she goes to the
underworld to rule with Henry. Ok team Henry fans don‘t shoot me I like him for
Kate but for me I’m totally Team James! Oh and I was mighty annoyed with Kate
in this book. Her insecurities really made me angry. I mean how many times did
she have to hear that Henry loved her from everyone and I mean everyone? That
being said I think that I have a new favorite character Persephone. She was
awesome! I loved how she didn’t put up with anyone’s crap even from a titan and
a psycho goddess.
I was really happy we got to see more of the underworld in
this book and I loved how Aimee made it change to suit whoever’s little part
that they were in. I mean if you felt like you deserved to burn in hell that’s
what you did. If you wanted bunnies, sunshine, and flowers that’s what you got.
So that was really cool. I also loved that we got a lot of James in this book
that made me a happy girl! Oh and the ending?!?!? Aimee is very cruel!
So speaking of James I chose a passage between him and Kate because I
loved his honesty and his affection for Kate. And well because I like him J
To my immense
satisfaction, James winced.” Believe what you want, but your deal with Henry is
clear. He has you for six months, no more. You can do whatever you want during
the summer, and he has no say in it.”
“That doesn’t
give me the right to break his damn heart.” I stalked off toward camp. “And it
doesn’t give you the right to try to make me. I can’t believe you, James. Out
of all the nasty things to do, playing me like that—“
“I wasn’t playing
anyone.” He hurried to catch up, and I refused to look at him. “I’m not doing
this for fun, Kate. You’re the one who invited me to go to Greece, and I said
yes because I like spending time with you. And because I wanted to help you see
what you’d be missing if you decided to come back. You can’t yell at me for
that—I behaved. No matter how badly I wanted to kiss you, I never did.”
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How familiar were you with
Greek myths and folklore before writing the Goddess Test series? Was a lot of research required?
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I first fell in love with Greek mythology when I was a kid learning how to
read, and my infatuation only grew from there. I’ve studied various kinds of
mythology for years, sometimes for class and always for fun, but even then I
put a great deal of research into the Goddess Test series. Mostly as a
refresher to make sure I was getting my facts right, but I also researched the
various myths looking for ways to tie the plots and characters together in
unexpected ways.
Was Goddess Interrupted any easier or harder to write than the first
book in the series, The Goddess Test?
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It was both easier and harder, in a strange way. I rewrote The Goddess Test
multiple times, and I’ve never edited a book more heavily in my life. Goddess
Interrupted did require some editing, of course, but it was much easier.
However,
the pressure to deliver a sequel worthy of the series made the writing process
for Goddess Interrupted more difficult than I’d anticipated. There’s something
called the “sophomore slump”, where sequels or second books generally don’t
quite match up to the second, and I wanted to avoid that at all cost. So that
added a lot of stress, but in the end, I was very happy with the results.
You give the gods and
goddesses in the series “ordinary names” – Zeus is named Walter, Aphrodite goes
by Ava, Hermes is named James. Why did
you do that and do the more contemporary names have any significance?
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This was something I went back and forth on multiple times. Initially the
characters Kate encounters weren’t council members at all – I changed that
very, very quickly though. By the second draft, I had a place for each of the
Olympians, and I did some heavy rewriting to replace my first draft characters
with the gods. I wanted to find a way to keep their names the same, but since
they’re supposed to live among us in secret in the modern world, it didn’t
really make sense. How many men named Zeus do you know, or women called
Aphrodite? On top of that, keeping the council’s identities secret was
incredibly important to the plot. So eventually I decided they would have
changed their names when Western civilization stopped worshipping them as gods,
allowing them to live freely among us.
I
did choose each name for what it means, some more than others – Walter, for
instance, means “army leader”, while James means “supplanter”. The exception is
Calliope, which in the story was chosen by her counterpart for its Greek roots.
The reason the gods changed their names – and why Artemis didn’t wind up with
the name Diana – is explained throughout the series, but you get to actually
see this happen in The Goddess Legacy (July 31).
Goddess Interrupted begins
with the main character Kate Winters adjusting to her new life as an
immortal. Given Kate’s innate strength
and stubbornness, was it difficult to switch gears to portray her as a bit more
vulnerable and unsure of herself in her new role as goddess AND wife?
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Not so much, to be honest – her progression felt natural to me. While Kate is
very tough in certain ways, she’s extremely vulnerable as well. She’s
emotionally dependent on the people around her (her mother in the first book,
Henry in the second), and that in and of itself carves the path she takes in
the sequel. She’s spent six months with Henry, falling in love with him and
forming a relationship she thinks is going to last for eternity. But Henry is
battling his own demons and isn’t ready to be the person she needs him to be,
and because Kate is so stubborn, she has a hard time coming to terms with that.
In the sequel, Kate really is her own worst enemy emotionally – her entire
world has changed, after all, and that’s a lot for anyone to take – but it’s
all part of her development into a goddess and queen.
Kate finds herself trying
to work through her rather complicated relationship with James, as well as her
relationship with her new husband, Henry (Hades). Neither seems to be black and white, but
rather varying shades of gray. Were any
of Kate’s feelings or situations based on any relationship struggles you’ve
been through?
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Not personally, no, but I did try to make Kate’s relationships with the people
in her life as realistic as possible. She isn’t perfect, and neither are they,
and that’s something they all have to work through at varying points in the
series. None of the relationships in the books are based off of specific
experiences I’ve been through though.
What is your favorite part
of the writing process? Least favorite?
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Outlining is by far my favorite part of the process. I love the idea stage,
where anything’s possible, and it’s such a shiny place. All of that comes
crashing down when I write the first draft though, which is the hardest part
for me. I tend to get mentally exhausted about two thirds to three quarters of
the way into the manuscript, and it’s always a struggle for me to push through
it, especially if I’m on a deadline. And inevitably there are a ton of problems
I didn’t notice in the outline stage that have to be fixed for the story to work.
I’m a perfectionist, so in order for me to continue writing the story, everything
I’ve already written has to make sense.
Do you have a favorite
quote or line from a poem or book?
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I love so many quotes that I couldn’t possibly pick a favorite.
How did you get your first
publishing deal and how did that feel?
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My agent, Rosemary Stimola, sent the manuscript out to various publishers, and after
a long submission process, Harlequin TEEN offered to publish it! I was stunned
at first, but that quickly gave way to giddiness. It was an incredible feeling
to know I’d be published, and to this day, I still can’t quite believe it.
When is the next book in
the series due out? Any hints on what will happen in book 3?
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Goddess Interrupted, the sequel to The Goddess Test, came out in late March.
The next book in the series, The Goddess Legacy, will be out July 31. It’s a
collection of five novellas told in the perspectives of Calliope, Ava,
Persephone, James, and Henry, and together they form one story.
The
third book in the series, The Goddess Inheritance, is currently scheduled to be
released in March 2013. Unfortunately I can’t say too much about it, but the
challenges that Kate will face are pretty clear by the end of the sequel!
After the huge success of
The Goddess Test, Goddess Interrupted is on many, many TBR lists for this summer. What’s on your TBR list?
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I’m so excited for a slew of books coming out – The Girl in the Clockwork
Collar, Grave Mercy, The Selection, The Serpent’s Shadow, Philippa Gregory’s YA
novel, and a ton of others. I never have as much time to read as I want, but
I’m definitely making time for all of those and more!
Yearbook Superlatives! If
you went to high school with the Greek gods and goddesses, who would you vote
for?
·Most
likely to succeed? - Hera
·Class
clown? - Hermes
·Nicest?
– Demeter or Hephaestus
·Best
dressed? - Aphrodite
·Best
dancer? - Apollo
·Most
school spirit? - Iris
·Most
likely to attend summer school? - Ares
·Teachers
pet? – Athena
Make
sure to check out the trailer for Goddess
Interrupted!
Awesome
Q&A thanks Aimee!!! Now onto the
giveaway. Just fill out the Rafflecopter form below good luck! J
