Happy Anniversary!

Celebrating 2 years as an author with some simmering questions about my new release, THE ARACHNID.

Happy 2 Year Author-versary!

Today marks 2 years since I became an author and published THE POISONER. I’ve now gone on to re-publish her with Simon Maverick and earn my first accolade. Then FRUIT OF THE FLESH and THE ARACHNID released in the following months. Can you believe we still have two more releases to go?

This year has taught me so much and we aren’t even half way through! I decided to take some self portraits to celebrate as well as run my annual Collectoriam Giveaway with my peers!

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In the meantime… you all had some amazing questions following the release of The Arachnid. So I’m here to answer!

What do you want to know? (SPOILERS for The Arachnid)

Are Silas and Alina enemies again in The Cannibal?

Not quite enemies, but we have some really complex feelings due to the ending and what came of Alina. Silas is just as much of a complex person as she is, and I’m excited that I get to explore his rock bottom. It seems the world wants to keep them apart!

Did Alina miss Silas in those 2 years away?

I believe she hinted towards how she felt within The Arachnid already, but in The Cannibal i think she fully realizes that she deeply misses the chaos. But also sees fully what Silas has been doing for her sake. Especially what he had been protecting her from.

Will there be a book tour for The Cannibal?

I don’t believe so, since the release will be here before you know it! I tend to do a little bookstore crawl across NYC which usually includes B&N (5th and Union Square), Ripped Bodice, Twisted Spine, Love and Legends, and whoever else want’s me to stop by!

What’s the meaning behind Silas’s Mom’s ring?

Silas is a sensitive person, even if he pretends he isn’t (and acts out to prove it). But one thing about him is he loved his mother, and he hates his father for killing her the way he did. Silas is the man who want’s to escape this cycle of abuse, going as far as trying to sever himself from his Nest (even if it is extremely difficult as someone who is occustomed to these privleges). In a way, giving Alina the last thing he has of his mother is a promise that he will never let that happen to her.

Why did Luka do that to Edith?

My thoughts on this are maybe simple than people might like. But Luka did it because it would be kinder. We’ve already seen Silas’s deep obsession with Alina and what he is willing to do to get her back, Phoebe’s obsessiveness and protectiveness over her friends, etc. If anyone else got their hands on Edith first, it would probably be slow torture. He knew the only one who would be kind and quick was himself. He thought she deserved that much.

Did Luka ever have any romantic interest in Edith?

By the end I think he did. He felt seen even when he fully expected and accepted that everyone he met would hate him. And for some reason he met someone he empathized with and showed him kindness even when he didn’t think he deserved it. I don’t think he would have done what he did to her if he didn’t feel something for her.

Was Edith luring corrupted or was the Adeline Incident an accident?

Much like Alina getting into trouble during Poisoner by not keeping track of where her poisons were going, Edith was sloppy with monitoring her experiments. Because in this world, dying with venom in your blood turns you, but it takes anywhere from days to a month. If the turned don’t eat (or, hell, if ANY vampire starts to starve) they go rabid/corrupt due to brain damage. Edith couldn’t possible stay at work at all times without drawing suspicious from hospital staff and her found family. The problem was they were escaping and wandering, and as they starved, they went corrupt. What happened to Adeline was because one wandered off, Edith’s fault. But she had been losing control of her experiments since the beginning. She even started to ask Alina to hear her idea out in the very beginning before being brushed off.

Would you ever write a book for Luka?

I’ve considered it! He’s an extremely interesting person and his history plays a big part of why he is the way he is. It really depends on the demand after the series is finished and if my publisher is interested in it (which is determined by demand).