“So I definitely planned out those beats and really important moments,” she continued. “And there’s a point in the origin of this story that’s very fundamental to how this book ends. So, yeah, for the first time in my life, I’m organized.”
Additionally, in addition to wanting to ensure her world-building was thorough and immersive, the 41-year-old was also aware of what she calls potential “pitfalls” when drafting the second book in a trilogy, especially if readers have fallen deeply in love with the characters from the first book. In this case, the enemy-lover relationship between the human Saeris and the fey kingfisher.
“It’s notoriously difficult to write,” Curry said of the sequel. “It’s hard to maintain the level of chemistry between the characters and maintain the momentum of the story because the book is a novella and it’s a strange place to find yourself. Book one has the blockbuster scene of the first kiss and the first exchange of ‘I love you’ when they first get intimate with each other. Then in book two it can feel a little flat at times. ‘Are we dating now? What are we?’ It’s like, ‘What are we doing?’
