Bronte-Marie Wesson

And I realized like halfway through the book that Nina in the books is like a curvy girl.

And I literally had to stop and be like, oh my God.

So like any of them, but Kaz Brekker.

Also as a Kane user.

Flawed and so lovable.

I got soft spot.

Yeah, it's...

If we're talking like the basic bitch answer is Game of Thrones.

The real answer is Warrior Cats.

I mean, being real, I used to be a bookseller.

You sell that to kids, and I'm like, it's Game of Thrones for 10-year-olds with cats.

It is a bonkers, balls-to-the-wall fantasy series dressed up as a bunch of warring wildcats.

And as a kid, that definitely changed fundamental things about the way I looked at stories.

And also probably my relationship with my house cats.

But I was like, wow, they're such a delightful inner world.

Meanwhile, none of my cats have had a single thought ever.

um the so for people who know the legend of zelda uh specifically ocarina of time which was the 90s the classic it's the legend of zelda but dark gay and for adults um not that the legend of zelda isn't for adults but it was written for 10 year olds so and tell us a little bit about like the overarching plot and world of the book uh the the

The hook at which I started writing it is the idea of two kingdoms who were trapped in like an eternal war because of this prophecy that was said a very long time ago.

But the prophet who spoke the words never spoke the words to end the prophecy.

So it's been a very long time of conflict and no one really knows how to get their way out.