Hey y'all! I am stoked to be hosting a spot on the blog tour for SACRIFICE by Cindy Pon! I freaking LOVE this fantasy series! I have an interview with Cindy to share with you today. Check it out & make sure to enter the giveaway!
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Sacrifice, the sequel to Serpentine, plunges Skybright into the terrifying underworld where demons are bred and whisks her up to the magnificent Mountain of Heavenly Peace where the gods dwell.
Stone is stripped of his immortal status and told to close hell's breach, which mysteriously remains open, threatening mortals.
Zhen Ni, Skybright's former mistress and friend, has been wed to the strange and brutish Master Bei, and finds herself trapped in an opulent but empty manor. When she discovers half-eaten corpses beneath the estate, she realizes that Master Bei is not all that he seems.
As Skybright works to free Zhen Ni with the aid of Kai Sen and Stone, they begin to understand that what is at risk is more far-reaching then they could ever have fathomed.
Now on to the interview!
Hi Cindy! First I want to say welcome back to Two Chicks on Books! SACRIFICE
was absolutely fantastic and I can’t wait for everyone to read it! And am so
happy that you could stop by for a visit!
Cindy: It is such a pleasure to be here! Thank you for having me!!
For the readers:
can you tell us a little bit about SACRIFICE and the characters?
While Serpentine was told
only from Skybright's point of view, Sacrifice
actually incorporates a trio of narratives: Skybright, Zhen Ni, and Kai Sen.
Skybright is a very practical handmaid until she discovers she is actually a
half serpent demon of lore. In this book, she really comes into her own. Zhen
Ni is a spoiled rich girl, but shows her true grit when she's married off to a
brute of a husband with too many secrets. And Kai Sen is our reluctant hero,
with too many secrets of his own!
I know there’s a
third book in the series do you have a title yet?
I am awful at titles! No title yet, although I have the barest inkling
of the story.
Who was your
favorite character to write? What about your least favorite?
I love Stone. But in Sacrifice,
I found Zhen Ni a lot of fun to write. She's stubborn and sassy. Kai Sen was
the hardest character for me! I had to really get to know him through the
prose. But in the end, I think I did!
What is your
favorite passage/scene in SACRIFICE?
Tough call as I love the entire book! But likely the scenes that take
place on high where the Immortals dwell. :)
What kind of
research did you have to do for the story?
This is the fourth book I have written set in the Kingdom of Xia, so
much of the research I had already done. But for this one in particular, I
studied Chinese houses, their layouts and the rituals involved in building
them.
Who is your
ultimate book boyfriend?
I seem to love thieves: Leigh Bardugo's Kas, Megan Whalen Turner's Gen,
and Cinda Williams Chima's Han.
Lightening Round
Questions
What are you
reading right now? Or what do you have on your TBR that you’re dying to read?
Enter Title Here by Rahul Kanakia
Twitter or
Facebook?
Twitter!
Favorite
Superhero?
Wonder Woman!
Favorite TV show?
Project Runway!
Sweet or Salty?
Salty.
Any Phobias?
Dolls! (nooooooooo!)
Song you can’t get
enough of right now?
U2's "Song for Someone"
Winter Movie
you’re most looking forward to?
A Monster Calls!
Thanks so much Cindy for answering my questions! I can’t wait for
everyone to read SACRIFICE!
About Cindy:
Cindy Pon
is the author of Silver Phoenix (Greenwillow, 2009), which was named one of the
Top Ten Fantasy and Science Fiction Books for Youth by the American Library
Association’s Booklist, and one of 2009′s best Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror by VOYA. Her most
recent novel, Serpentine (Month9Books, 2015), is a Junior Library Guild
Selection and received starred reviews from School Library Journal and VOYA.
The sequel, Sacrifice, releases this September. WANT, a near-future thriller
set in Taipei, will be published by Simon Pulse in summer 2017. She is the
co-founder of Diversity in YA with Malinda Lo and on the advisory board of We
Need Diverse Books. Cindy is also a Chinese brush painting student of over a
decade. Learn more about her books and art at http://cindypon.com.
Giveaway Details:
Contest ends October 14, 2016
• One (1) winner will receive a scrabble tile book cover charm (US ONLY)
• Five (5) winners will receive a digital copy of Serpentine and Sacrifice by Cindy Pon (INT)
Contest ends October 14, 2016
• One (1) winner will receive a scrabble tile book cover charm (US ONLY)
• Five (5) winners will receive a digital copy of Serpentine and Sacrifice by Cindy Pon (INT)
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