Colleen won the anniversary giveaway! Congratulations Colleen!

Bookmarks are being mailed out tomorrow for those who requested them. If you have not gotten them by next-Monday, let me know and I’ll resend. If they are damaged at all, let me know and I’ll resend. Enjoy guys, and I’m looking forward to another great year 🙂

It’s a happy couple of days for me. Today is the Fourth of July which means fireworks! Yay! Also, Persephone has been out for an entire year!

It’s been a good year. I went from being unpublished, to having an entire trilogy come out. I’ve met really great readers and a ton of other writers. I want to celebrate.

So…giveaway. For those of you who have read my series, I’m giving away signed bookmarks. US only, I’m afraid. No requirements for that giveaway, just send me your address in a private message, and I’ll get a bookmark in the mail. But be sure to send our friends over to this blog, because I’m giving away my entire trilogy to one lucky winner. All you have to do is follow me on twitter, facebook, and this blog. Comment below (here at http://www.kaitlinbevis.com, not twitter, facebook or goodreads otherwise I can’t enter the entry into the random number generator), and I’ll choose a random winner at the end of the day Saturday. Winners will be posted Monday.

Enjoy 🙂 And thanks for making this a great year!

The ever after, the demonic realm that parallels the human world, is shrinking. If it disappears completely, so does all magic. It’s up to witch-turned-daywalking-demon Rachel Morgan to avert catastrophe and keep life from changing… for the worse.

While saving the world is important, it isn’t Rachel’s only motivation. There’s also the small fact that she caused the ley line to rip in the first place, setting off a chain reaction of unfortunate events. That little mistake has made her life forfeit unless she can fix it. It’s also made her more than a few enemies, including the most powerful demon in the ever after—a terrifying entity who eats souls and now has an insatiable appetite for her. He’s already kidnapped her friend and goddaughter to lure her out, and if Rachel doesn’t give herself up soon, they’ll die.

But Rachel has more than a few impressive and frightening skills of her own, and she isn’t going to hand over her soul and her life without one hell of a fight. She’s also got a surprise: elven tycoon Trent Kalamack. With this unlikely ally beside her—a prospect both thrilling and unnerving—she’s going to return to the ever after, kick some demon butt, rescue her loved ones… and prevent an apocalypse before it’s too late. Or, at least that’s the plan…

My Review: I LOVED it! Love love love this whole series. I really love the slow reveals of this series. Rereading book one after this made me realize how much this world and all the characters in it have grown in such a realistic way. This book was nonstop action and I absolutely couldn’t put it own. Once again, I can’t wait for the next one.

Random number generator chose Rachel as the winner of the mythology blog hop. Thank all of you so much for commenting, and keep an eye on my blog for future contests.

So I had a great question from a reader last night, and judging by the crickets when I put the question on facebook to get reader opinions, a lot of people were wondering the same thing.

Here’s the question:

@AmandaLeannW: @KaitlinBevis I have a question for you about the ending of Hades last POV chapter in the Iron Queen, what’s he mean “what isn’t?”

Hades and Persephone come out of the events of this book in very different mental places. Persephone is in a place of strength. Her world has been rocked by all the events, no question, and she’s upset at how everything turned out, but she has confidence in herself, her identity, and her ability to handle anything life might throw at her next.

It’s really easy to focus on what Persephone’s been through, or even what Aphrodite’s been through. They aren’t quiet about it. But Hades plays it closet to the vest. So it’s easy to forget what he’s been through.

Hades HAD that confidence Persephone just found. But it’s been shattered In the last two years (in no particular order), he….
– fell in love with Persephone, the teenage daughter of another realm ruler
– his realm has been broken into by not one, but two demigods
– a teenage girl slipped past his security and left his realm
– his most trusted advisor/best friend betrayed him, leading Hades to kill his best friend but only after his wife went through all kinds of pain because of his insistence to use Reapers to guard her
– the man he hates most in the world that he thought was in his realm wasn’t, instead he was out, charming then abducting his wife, when Hades came to her rescue she ended up taking a knife meant for him that was made out of literally the only material in the universe that could kill a god.
– He saved her, but only by ripping her arm off while she screamed for him to stop.
-His second best friend kept vital information from him
– Demeter, a woman he kind of idolized/respected for keeping the gods sane and together before the rebellion, died.
– Persephone killed Zeus.
– He was honestly about to trap Artemis in the Underworld to trap Zeus, but he got away
– he missed the fact that Persephone hadn’t actually escaped Zeus’ realm, and gave her information that led Zeus to Apollo, nearly killed Aphrodite, Ares, Hephaestus, Demeter, Melissa, Artemis, and Ryan.
– missed the fact that Triton was in his realm (thanks to Cassandra)
– during that chat with Cassandra, he realized that he’s sat by and watched (if not directly participated) horrible things happen to people.

I’m sure I’m missing other traumatic stuff thats happened, but Hades is in a dark place. He’s feeling incompetent, and responsible for everything bad that happened. Persephone is back, so he is happy about that, but he can’t get past the feeling that everything that happened is his fault. He looks at her and sees all the ways he’s failed. He also worries that maybe the reason she’s been through so much is a price to pay for all the bad things he’s done. The scene is reminiscent of the dream he had where every time he touched Persephone it hurt her, only instead of her being hurt, he literally put blood on her hands. He’s worried his darkness is rubbing off on her, that he’s going to end up destroying her.

That self-doubt\trauma is going to reverberate through the next few books. Make no mistake, he loves Persephone, and he’s not planning on letting her go, he’s very happy with her. But there is a LOT wrong and the two of them are going to have to work through it.

*blinks at the list of what Hades has gone through.* Good lord, I’m sadistic.

Fatima and Cara 🙂 thanks for participating. Email me your prize choice at kaitlinbevis@gmail.com

This didn’t post yesterday! I don’t know why, but here we go.

The Iron Queen has finally been released, which makes this my last contest for this release. Make your own spoiler. How do you want the story to end? What do you think/wish would happen to my characters next. Post it in a comment, and I’ll choose a winner at random Monday morning.

Prizes…

A copy of any one of my books, you pick.
Own them all? I have bookmarks coming in, their just paper bookmarks with my web banner on it and a blurb for Persephone on the back. I’d be happy to sign and send one to you.
Don’t want any scrap paper? You can win an audio book of Persephone that will be finished….. at some point. I’ll send it as soon as its available.

Other announcements

To answer the question many of you have been asking, no, this is not the end of the series. The next arc of the Daughters of Zeus series is a trilogy narrated by Aphrodite. The first, “Venus and Adonis” is being worked on right now 🙂 check the home page for updates.

Quick note: Book titles should be underlined, but for some reason wordpress underline hates me and keeps doing weird things like

this

, so…sorry.

Second announcement: Work on Persephone the audio book has begun! I’m so excited! Though I hate my voice, so I kind of feel bad for anyone who listens to it, lol.

Have fun with the contest!

The title of each book Persephone narrates come from her titles. Her titles defined her in mythology. Her role and personality changed with each one. So, one question per book, first right answer on all three wins an ecopy of Iron Queen.

1) Persephone didn’t start out as Persephone. She had another name before she was abducted. What was it, and what did it mean? There are several variations on spelling, I’ll take any of them.

2) Who does the earth and sky bit of the title Daughter of the Earth and Sky refer to? Why do you think it was relevant for that book? That last question is opinion based, so any answer is right.

3) Who called Persephone the Iron Queen. Why?

Christina Morales you’ve won! Her favorite quote:

“This is not some crush or infatuation. I’m not some human girl you need to have ‘the talk’ with. I’m a goddess. I’ve seen things and done things and had things done to me that no normal person has ever had to deal with. And the only consistent thing through all of that was him. I need you to understand and respect that my feelings are real.” — Persephone

Please contact me via pm with your preferred email and book format.

Share your favorite quote from either Persephone or Daughter of the Earth and Sky on your facebook, blog, twitter, tumbler, goodreads, or any other social media site I may be forgetting. Each share = one entry.

Then post a link to it in the comments of this blog. One link per quote place.

Contest will close tonight at midnight. Winner will be chosen via random number generator. Winner receives a copy of Iron Queen in their inbox.