Rowan Wood
Legends (The Lost Clan #2)
by Olivia Wildenstein
Genre: Paranormal/Faeries
Release Date: August 14th 2017
Summary:
SOME LEGENDS ARE BETTER LEFT UNTOLD.
I wasn’t the sort of girl who believed in fairytales, let alone tales about faeries. But that changed the day Faeries came to my small town and Hunters rose from their graves.
On that fateful day, I received a book, a peculiar collection of myths and legends. Turns out it was so much more than stories. And just as I was on the verge of unlocking its secrets, it was stolen from me by someone I called a friend.
Now, I don’t know whom I can turn to, whom I can trust. All I know is that there are two sides, and I am straddling the great divide because I am both Faerie and Hunter. And although I swore I would never choose, I am slowly falling for one of those sides…
Fans of Karen Marie Moning's Fever series will adore Wildenstein's Lost Clan series.
by Olivia Wildenstein
Genre: Paranormal/Faeries
Release Date: August 14th 2017
Summary:
SOME LEGENDS ARE BETTER LEFT UNTOLD.
I wasn’t the sort of girl who believed in fairytales, let alone tales about faeries. But that changed the day Faeries came to my small town and Hunters rose from their graves.
On that fateful day, I received a book, a peculiar collection of myths and legends. Turns out it was so much more than stories. And just as I was on the verge of unlocking its secrets, it was stolen from me by someone I called a friend.
Now, I don’t know whom I can turn to, whom I can trust. All I know is that there are two sides, and I am straddling the great divide because I am both Faerie and Hunter. And although I swore I would never choose, I am slowly falling for one of those sides…
Fans of Karen Marie Moning's Fever series will adore Wildenstein's Lost Clan series.
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Interview
with Olivia Wildenstein
What inspired you to write Rowan Wood Legends?
The idea for The Lost Clan trilogy, which began with Rose Petal Graves,
continued with Rowan Wood Legends and will end with Rising Silver Mist, came to
me through a Facebook writing group. A couple authors were preparing a
Faerie-themed boxed set back in the spring of 2015 and invited me to join. Since
my knowledge about fairies back then was limited to Tinkerbell and Puck, I dove
into faerie literature. I read Kagawa’s Iron
Fey series, which I found sweet, but a bit too juvenile. I wanted to make
my series more mature, yet remain in the Young Adult realm. When I discovered
Karen Marie Moning’s Fever series, I
was hooked on the genre. And then came Sarah J. Maas’s epic A Court of Thrones & Roses. Another
take on these fantastical beings I fell head over heels for.
I then blended my newfound knowledge
of the genre with Native American folklore, which has fascinated me since I watched
The Last of the Mohicans back in the
90s and read about the terrible Trail of Tears.
Can
you tell us a little bit about the next books in The Lost Clan series or
what you have planned for the future?
Rising
Silver Mist (due out this winter) will end Catori’s
story. Here are a few glimpses into what’s coming:
- it will start with a wedding.
- the man Catori ended up with in Rowan Wood Legends will
remain her great love.
- the most unlikely couple will form.
- a good
character will turn plain evil. Broken hearts and tarnished egos do strange
things to people…
- Catori will finally go to Neverra, but will it be her
choice? You’ll have to read RSM to find out.
Can
you tell us a little bit about the characters in Rowan Wood Legends?
Catori Price, my female lead, is a girl trying to come to
terms with what she is and what she can do, but she is also a teenager on the
brink of adulthood. Some readers have described her as strong-willed and brave,
others as wishy-washy and selfish. My plan was never to create an overly mature
girl who always made the right decisions. My plan was to create a realistic
girl who made mistakes and had to learn from them.
Now let me tell you a little about Ace Wood. He’s been my
favorite character to craft. Already in book 1, he stood out from the rest of
my cast with his sharp sense of humor and his even sharper sense of duty. Wary
of Catori at first, he befriends her because he senses her loneliness in the
face of her new world. The plan was always to get them together, but like in
real-life, characters don’t always make the right choices at first.
You know I think we all have a favorite author. Who is your favorite
author and why?
That is surely one of the toughest
questions anyone has asked me in a while, and God knows I get asked a bunch of
tough questions by my highly-inquisitive kids. Right now, my favorite author is
Amy Harmon. And my second favorite, Liane Moriarty.
If you could time-travel would you travel to the future or
the past? Where would you like to go and why would you like to visit this
particular time period?
I would go to the future. Definitely
the future. I want to know what’s in store for humanity. I’m hoping it’s
tremendous progress and not nuclear war though. Plus, one of my greatest pet
peeves is hygiene, and in the past, there wasn’t much of it. J
Do you have any little fuzzy friends? Like a dog or a cat?
Or any pets?
I had a Boston Terrier, whose name
was Keemee (Kimi in one of the Native
American tongues meant secret – I
tell you my fascination started a loooong time ago). She is no longer with me. L Now I have fish with big eyes and big appetites whose
favorite activity is reproduction. In the four months I’ve had them, they’ve
already had three “litters” of babies and I’m pretty sure a fourth is imminent
as one of my fish has one heck of a belly…again.
Thanks
for taking time out of your busy schedule to visit with us today.
About the Author
Olivia Wildenstein grew up in New York City, the daughter of a
French father with a great sense of humor, and a Swedish mother whom she speaks
to at least three times a day. She chose Brown University to complete her
undergraduate studies and earned a bachelor’s in comparative literature. After
designing jewelry for a few years, Wildenstein traded in her tools for a laptop
computer and a very comfortable chair. This line of work made more sense,
considering her college degree.
When she’s not writing, she’s psychoanalyzing everyone she meets (Yes.
Everyone), eavesdropping on conversations to gather material for her next book,
baking up a storm (that she actually eats), going to the gym (because she
eats), and attempting not to be late at her children’s school (like she is 4
out of 5 mornings, on good weeks).
Wildenstein lives with her husband and three children in Geneva, Switzerland,
where she’s an active member of the writing community.
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