The Empyrean series author breaks down one of her steamiest scenes.
With those six words, author Rebecca Yarros had readers falling even more in love with Xaden Riorson.
“I’m a weird plotter,” she says.
Rebecca Yarros, Iron Flame.Katie Marie Seniors; Entangled: Red Tower Books
There’s no love triangle here.
There’s no struggle here."
But that includes his ex, gryphon flier Catriona, with whom Violet instantly clashes.
“Cat is power hungry,” she clarifies.
“It’s a power struggle and no one would ask that about a man.
A man would do whatever it would take to get that crown.”
“That he made his choice, and the problem was actually Violet not trusting herself.
It has nothing to do with her not trusting Xaden.
She doesn’t trust herself.”
“He’s not there for that.”
Instead, she just tries to see how far she can push the envelope with her editor.
“So, I fling it out there and I’m like, ‘And this is this!’
and I wait for her to be like, ‘Pull it back.’
But she didn’t, she let it run.”
And for that, we salute her.
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