Warning: Today’s post has big spoilers for Court of Midnight and Deception! Do not proceed if you haven’t read it yet! When I wrote the Hall of Blood and Mercy series, I mentioned I pulled a few experiments. I had repeating scenes that you see in every book–in HoBaM it was dinner with the vampires, in CoMaD it’s […]
Urban Fantasy
The Night Mares’ Inspiration
The night mares are an integral piece of the Court of Midnight and Deception books, and I knew when I was plotting the trilogy out that I wanted them to play the roles of kingmakers and supporters. But when it came time to write, the night mares stampeded into the books with vivid personalities, specific body […]
Chase & Indigo
We’re continuing our deep dive into Court of Midnight and Deception characters! I’m delighted to present to you today the first fantastic werewolf secondary character in the Magiford universe, and the fae who I dearly loved to write since she “happened” to love all my fandoms! Chase Washington is Leila’s Director of Security who hails from […]
The Ballad of Tam Lin
In a previous post I mentioned pieces of Court of Midnight and Deception were inspired by the story of Tam Lin, so I thought today we’d go over the original ballad. For those of you who are new to the community, it’s become a bit of a tradition for our community and have me sarcastically and […]
Chrysanthe & Skye
A lot of work goes into my side characters between shaping their personalities and carefully creating their backgrounds, so I thought it would be fun to repeat a Hall of Blood and Mercy blog series, and have a few posts about some of the secondary and main characters from Court of Midnight and Deception. Today, we’re […]
Mansion teapots
Over the years tea–and tea culture–has become increasingly important to the fae. I’d established as much in Hall of Blood and Mercy when the Paragon waxes on and on to Hazel and Killian about fae and tea in the last book, and I knew I wanted to take it a step farther and explain why it’s such […]