I think that 'City of Heavenly Fire' is definitely a book where all the characters are tested to their limits, and they have to make really significant choices about who they are and who they wanna be.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Most of the books that feature supernatural characters blending with the modern world and are usually set in big cities.
My books always focus on the response of the characters to extreme events. As dark as they get, they are ultimately positive, uplifting books about children who take control of their lives and overcome great adversaries. I think that is why they have been so popular.
The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has an intriguing mystery or a good plot, but to become one of my real favorites, it has to have great characters.
I love the trilogy form. I like the idea that you can establish a character in book one. And then in the second part, you can take the characters down to their darkest point. And then in the third part, you have total freedom either to give them redemption - or just to kill them.
An author's characters do what he wants them to do.
I do not choose characters because I think, 'Wow, that woman is so strong.' I chose these characters with utmost conviction because I think they were realistic enough to exist, and I really liked the scripts.
To me, characters are at the heart of great literature.
As an author you hope your characters have sparks but truly in the end they have minds of their own!
I think, above all, the characters in my novels feel universal to the readers.
I think 'Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned' might be a perfect book.