Book Info-
Title- Persephone
Series- Daughters of Zeus Book #1
By- Kaitlin Bevis
Genre-YA Paranormal
Blurb-
There are worse things than death, worse people too.
The "talk" was bad enough, but how many teens get
told that they're a goddess? When her mom tells her, Persephone is sure her
mother has lost her mind. It isn't until Boreas, the god of winter, tries to
abduct her that she realizes her mother was telling the truth. Hades rescues
her, and in order to safely bring Persephone to the Underworld he marks her as
his bride. But Boreas will stop at nothing to get Persephone. Despite her
growing feelings for Hades, Persephone wants to return to the living realm.
Persephone must find a way to defeat Boreas and reclaim her life.
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Book Info-
Title- Daughter of the Earth and Sky
Series- Daughters of Zeus Book # 2
By-Kaitlin Bevis
Genre-YA Paranormal
Blurb-
Some vows can never be broken.
Persephone thought she could go back to her normal life
after returning from the Underworld. She was wrong.
The goddess Aphrodite is born among the waves with more
charm than she can control. Zeus is stalking Persephone and her loved ones, and
Thanatos is no longer content with Persephone's silence.
He wants her soul.
Persephone can't tell anyone about Thanatos' betrayal, and
it drives a wedge between her and Hades. Her mother is still keeping secrets,
and Melissa's jealousy of Aphrodite threatens to tear their friendship apart.
Alone, Persephone turns to a human boy for comfort. But will
their relationship put him in danger?
Sacrifices must be made, and Persephone must choose between
her human life and her responsibilities as a goddess. If she doesn't, she could
lose them both.
But will either life be worth choosing once Zeus is through
with her?
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Book Info-
Title- The Iron Queen
Series- The Daughters of Zeus Book # 3
By- Kaitlin Bevis
Genre- YA Paranormal
Blurb-
Life is hell for Persephone. Zeus will stop at nothing to
gain access to the living realm and the Underworld, and as the only living god
with a right to both, Persephone’s in trouble. Captured and tortured beyond the
limits of her resolve, Persephone must find the power to stand against Zeus.
But will she be strong enough?
Meanwhile, Hades contemplates desperate measures to rescue
his queen. Persephone never thought of herself as dangerous, but there’s a
reason gods never marry for love. A being with the power to destroy all of
creation shouldn’t place more value in one individual than the rest of the
planet. But Hades...Hades would break the world for her.
To save the world and stop both Hades and Zeus, Persephone
must make a difficult choice. One that may cost her everything.
Links-
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About the Author-
Kaitlin Bevis spent her childhood curled up with a book, and
a pen. If the ending didn't agree with her, she rewrote it. She's always wanted
to be a writer, and spent high school and college learning everything she could
so that one day she could achieve that goal. She graduated college with my BFA
in English with a concentration in Creative Writing, and is pursuing her
masters at the University of Georgia.
Her young adult series "Daughters of Zeus" is available wherever ebooks are sold. She also writes for truuconfessions.com and Athens Parent Magazine.
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Can you share the playlist you
listened to while writing ‘Iron Queen’’ with us?
1) Sanctuary Utada Hikaru
"I watch you fast asleep,
All I fear means nothing
In you and I, there's a new land
Angels in flights,
My sanctuary, my sanctuary,
Where fears and lies melt away,
Music will tie
What's left of me,
What's left of me?"
You have to listen to this song
to get it. Go to itunes, best .99 cents you'll ever spend. It's beautiful and
haunting, and I can imagine it playing in library scenes because it becomes
Hades and Persephone's sanctuary. That's what they are to one another. Another
song that conveys that feeling is the next one
3) Heaven by Bryan Adams
"Baby, you're all that I
want
When you're lying here in my
arms
I'm finding it hard to believe
We're in heaven"
4) Here without you by 3 Doors
Down
A hundred days have made me
older
Since the last time that I saw
your pretty face
A thousand lies have made me
colder
And I don't think I can look at
this the same
But all the miles that separate
Disappear now when I'm dreaming
of your face
I'm here without you, baby
But you're still on my lonely
mind
I think about you, baby
And I dream about you all the
time
Sad song about being separated
from the one you love. It just seemed to fit Hades for this book.
5) You're Cute When You Scream
You know that you are worthless
And I am better than
The games that you play
princess.
(I've played) and always win.
(I'll take my time)
To slowly plot your end.
(But now I will)
Spit bullets with my pen.
And all I know is you're cute
when you scream.
Pretty much Zeus' worldview in
this novel.
6) Carry On From the Sailor Moon
soundtrack
So...don't judge me, but I spent
most of my childhood obsessed with Sailor Moon, and I thought of this when I
was writing a scene at the end involving gods swearing fealtly. Literally for
this line, and this line alone
"Alone against my darkest
fear but I sense my friends are near, I'll draw from each the power I
need...."
Just because of the whole powers
combining thing.
And that...is all I can think
of. I'm not a music person. But I asked my fans, and I got the following
responses of songs THEY thought of when they read Iron Queen. They are listed
below.
7) A Thousand Years by Christina
Perri
8) Found by The Letter Black
9) Keep Holding on by Avril
Lavigne
10) Gone, Gone, Gone by Phillip
Phillips
11) My Immortal by Evanescence
Can you share the playlist you
listened to while writing ‘Daughter of Earth and Sky’’ with us?
I don't listen
to music while I write. For whatever reason I'm just not inspired by it. I like
it, it jus doesn't make me write. Once I've had some time and space from my
book I can listen to songs and go "wow, that makes me think of this character or that scene. So some of
these songs came out after publication.
1) Barbie Girl by Aqua
This song makes me think of
Aphrodite. It fits her character and her character's creation on so many
levels. Not getting into the lyrics because they make me sick.
2) Everybody's Fool by
Evanescence
"look here she comes now
bow down and stare in wonder
oh how we love you
no flaws when you're pretending
but now i know she
never was and never will be
you don't know how you've
betrayed me
and somehow you've got everybody
fooled
without the mask where will you
hide?
can't find yourself lost in your
lie
I really can't get into how
perfectly this describes Aphrodite and Persephone's relationship without
getting into spoilers, but it does.
3) Clarity by Zedd
"Walk on through a red
parade and refuse to make amends
It cuts deep through our ground
and makes us forget all common sense
Don't speak as I try to leave
'cause we both know what we'll choose
If you pull then I'll push too
deep and I'll fall right back to you
'Cause you are the piece of me I
wish I didn't need
Chasing relentlessly, still
fight and I don't know why
If our love is tragedy, why are
you my remedy?
If our love's insanity, why are
you my clarity?"
This song makes me think of what Hades is to
Persephone. Her life is falling apart and nothing makes sense, and he is the
only thing in her life that's clear but she has to push him away.
4) Evil Angel- Breaking Benjamin
"Put me to sleep evil
angel.
Open your wings evil angel.
A-ah.
I'm a believer,
Nothing could be worse,
All these imaginary friends.
Hiding betrayal,
Driving the nail,
Hoping to find a savior.
No, don't
Leave me to die here,
Help me survive here.
Alone, don't
Surrender, surrender."
This song makes me think of
Thanatos in the second book, or at least how Persephone feels about him. It's
creepy, and dark and it sounds angry.
5) If I Could be Like that by 3
Doors Down
If I could be like that (like
that)
I'd would give anything
Just to live one day
In those shoes.
If I could be like that (like
that), what would I do?
What would I do? yeah
This song and the next one make
me think of Melissa. She wants *so* badly to be different, and special, more
like Persephone, but she can't ever say that and never will. She's convinced
herself that she's not jealous. But her sense of control in her life is
slipping away and it's eating away at her, and she takes it out on Persephone.
6) Anything but Ordinary
To walk within the lines
Would make my life so boring
I want to know that I
Have been to the extreme
So knock me off my feet
Come on now give it to me
Anything to make me feel alive
Is it enough to love?
Is it enough to breath?
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
Is it enough to die?
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be anything but
ordinary please
I'd rather be anything but
ordinary please.
7) Girls just wanna have fun by Cindi Lauper
The title says it all. This song
makes me think of when Aphrodite and
Persephone are hanging out together, just having fun.
8) Savior by Rise Against
That's when she said I don't
hate you boy
I just want to save you while
there's still something left to save (whoa, whoa)
That's when I told her I love
you girl
But I'm not the answer for the
questions that you still have (whoa, whoa)
Just those lines, even if you
ignore the whole rest of the song, describe pretty much all the self-doubt both
Hades and Persephone feel toward each other.
9) Long Way Down by the Goo-Goo
Dolls
"Almost human but I'll
never be the same."
This song makes me think of
Persephone because she spirals so much in this book and she's trying so hard to
find her place.
10) Breaking Inside by Shinedown
"I don't want to live
another day
Underneath the shadow of
mistakes I made
'Cause I feel like I'm breaking
inside
I don't want to fall and say I
lost it all
'Cause baby there's a part of me
to hit the wall
Leaving pieces of me behind
Leaving pieces of me behind
And I feel like I'm breaking
inside
I won't be the last one in line,
I finally figured out what's
mine."
This song just captures the way
Persephone feels for most of the book.
11) Go your own way by Fleetwood
Mac
"Lovin you
Isn't the right hing to do
But how can I ever change things
that I feel?"
Had this song going through my
head the entire breakup scene. Then again, I have this song in my head anytime
I even hear the word breakup. Fleetwood Mac is kind of epic that way.
I don't listen to music while I
write, and I'm really not a music person. I like songs, but they don't inspire
me to write. But...every now and then, sometimes years after the book has been
written, I'll hear one and I'll think "wow, this really fits." So I've
made a list of a few of those. Full
disclaimer, I'm not a music person. Never have been. So if my song choices feel
completely wrong to you after reading the book, please suggest some, lol.
1) A Beautiful Lie by 30 Seconds
to Mars
"It's a beautiful lie
It's the perfect denial
Such a beautiful lie to believe
in
So beautiful, beautiful it makes
me..."
This song makes me think of Persephone
because that's what her life was at first. A beautiful lie, but reality was
starting to shine through the cracks, making her feel that while her life was
perfect, she didn't belong in it.
2) (Don't Fear) The Reaper by
the Blue Oyster Cult
Yeah there's no point in even
pulling a quote from this one because the title says it all. This song might as
well be Thanatos' theme song. At least for book one. He spends so much time
trying to convince Persephone not to be afraid of him or his Reapers. Also, the
song is creepy if you think about it, so it fits.
3) Magdalena by Perfect Circle.
I bear witness
To this place, this prayer, so
long forgotten
So pure
So rare
To witness such an earthly
goddess
Really it's just the fact that thing song
mentioned a goddess that made me think of it.
4) Into the Night by Santana
"Like a gift from the
heavens, it was easy to tell,
It was love from above, that
could save me from hell,
She had fire in her soul it was
easy to see,
how the devil himself could be
pulled out of me,
There were drums in the air as
she started to dance,Every soul in the room keeping time with there hands,
And we sang."
My friend actual suggested this
song, and when l listened to it, I was thrilled with how well it fit. It reminds me of the scene at the Brumalia
festival wen Persephone and Hades are dancing.
4) A Lifetime by Better than
Ezra or Last Kiss by Pearl Jam
"Allie woke up 8AM
Graduation day.
Got into a car,
And crashed along the way.
When we arrived late to the
wake,
Stole the urn while they
Looked away,
And drove to the beach
'Cause I knew you'd want it
That way.
And you were standing
On the hood of the car
Singing out loud
When the sun came up.
And I know I wasn't right,
But it felt so good.
And your mother didn't mind,
Like I thought she would.
And that REM song was playing
In my mind.
And three and a half minutes
Felt like a lifetime"
The only thing about these songs
that makes me think of Persephone is the mood they evoke. Seriously, listen to
the whole song (either one), read the lyrics and try not to cry. I feel like Orpheus sang something
like this to plead his case to Persephone and Hades.
5) Age Aint Nuthin by a Number
Obvious reasons on this one. So obvious
the title says it all. Age is a major
point of contention for Hades and Persephone, as it should be.
6) Alive by P.O.D
Sunshine upon my face
A new song for me to sing
Tell the world how I feel inside
Even though it might cost me
everything
I, I feel so alive
For the very first time
I can't deny you
I feel so alive
I, I feel so alive
For the very first time
An' I think I can fly
This song makes me think of the
way Hades feels about Persephone.
8) Bring Me to Life by
Evanescence
"Frozen inside without your
touch
Without your love, darling
Only you are the life among the
dead"
This song makes me think of what
happened after Orpheus went public and all the dream stuff with Boreas. Sorry,
it's really hard to describe while this fits without spoilers, lol.
7) Demons by Imagine Dragon
There is *so* much about this
song that fits that I'd literally have to paste the whole song here. I feel
like it perfectly captures that jaded sense that the older gods in my series
have, and the driving need Hades has to protect Persephone from him but his
unwillingness to lie to her that ends up drawing her to him. This is really
more Hades' anthem for the whole series, because it takes him awhile to get
past what this song describes.
10) Roar by Katy Perry.
I used to bite my tongue and
hold my breath
Scared to rock the boat and make
a mess
So I sat quietly, agreed
politely
I guess that I forgot I had a
choice
I let you push me past the
breaking point
I stood for nothing, so I fell
for everything
You held me down, but I got up
Already brushing off the dust
You hear my voice, your hear
that sound
Like thunder, gonna shake your
ground
You held me down, but I got up
Get ready cause I’ve had enough
I see it all, I see it now
Persephone started the book shy,
and easily pushed around but by the end of the first book she'd grown much more
confident in herself and her abilities and she fought back. There's a lot to
this song that doesn't fit, but the basic attitude of it fits
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