Wayward Souls is out in the US today!!
Rumor has it sequels are terrifying. They’re not wrong! You have less time and more pressure. You desperately want to recapture the magic that drew readers to the first book, but you can’t just do the same thing all over again–that would be disappointing for everyone involved. Things needed to get messy, to evolve.
If Strange Beasts was an awakening—of Sam’s gifts, her affections for Hel, and her rage—Wayward Souls is a complication. I wanted a setting that was still gothic and eerie, but wild in a way that Paris was not. To continue to explore what it means to be a monster, in a world painted increasingly in shades of grey. And I wanted to see what my tightly controlled heroines would do when they went too far, when they went a bit… wayward.
I’m so grateful this gothic, supernatural mystery series found its readers, and that I had the opportunity to tell this story! I hope you enjoy it <3.
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Hey! Just finished it, and I loved it! The way they scored a victory at the end was just perfect in my mind, I love the way you play with tension! I got my girlfriend to read Strange Beasts and she’ll be reading Wayward Souls soon as well!
A small question to add on here, But while reading I’d had the idea that the Narrator of these books might actually be Sam’s Aunt, Do you think that’s true or is it just Sam’s thoughts?
I’m so delighted you enjoyed it! And I love studying how tension works–I’m glad a little bit of that managed to shine through into the final draft. I hope your girlfriend enjoys Wayward Souls and Strange Beasts just as much as you do! <3
I love that take! That would have been a fun way to write the series. I wrote it from Sam's perspective, but I believe that once the book is done, it's in the hands of readers to interpret, so you are welcome to interpret it as her aunt narrating! It's such a fun perspective. (She is one of my favorite characters to write.)