Let me know if you’ve read Wicked Saints or if you’re planning to soon! I will be waiting anxiously by the mailbox for my special edition hardcovers. To sum up, this book is one I love dearly and I am so excited for it to be out in the world! It was such an honor to be included on the Blog Tour team, and Wednesday Books just continues to put out one amazing book after another. Gods and the concepts thereof are no strangers to YA fantasy, but I wanted to dig into theology and fanaticism and the grittier things that come alongside religion. I’m fascinated by how religion can be used in fantasy, and I have my own particularly complicated feelings on religion and it all kind of collided in this book. Bed & Board 2-bedroom 1-bath Updated Bungalow. Wicked Saints A Novel Something Dark and Holy (Volume 1) Author: Emily A. Question #3: Religion plays a huge role in this book, what drove you to put religion, and religious doubt specifically, at the forefront of Wicked Saints? And when I was designing the Vultures it stemmed from the question of how could you make vampires worse in a world where magic can be fueled by blood? Also I just like DRAMA and they’re very dramatic. I just like designing monsters 🙂 There is a lot of vampire folklore in Poland - it’s everywhere. Did their design stem from something that kept you up at night? Question #2: The Vultures keep me up at night, they are absolutely terrifying. Together, they must assassinate the king and stop the war. A boy with a monstrous secret waits in the wings. A prince in danger must decide who to trust. A girl who can speak to gods must save her people without destroying herself. It is Young Adult Fantasy with some Romance.Wednesday Books publishes it. She gives so much but she asks for so much in return. Goodreads Summary: A girl who can speak to gods must save her people without destroying herself. It is Book 1 of the Something Dark and Holy series. I’m not sure if that’s totally worth the extremes she requires, which is part of the fascination. She also has the nice perk of being the goddess of all magic, so, that’s nice. Question #1: If you could have 1 of Nadya’s gods at your beck and call, who would you choose?Īs potentially controlling as Marzenya can be, I find her utterly fascinating.

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