Author Interview with Sweet Venom Author Tera Lynn Childs

I am so excited to have Tera Lynn Childs on the blog today. I adore her and her books! Today she's stopped by to answer a few questions I had for about Sweet Venom, her newest YA release! You can read my 5 star review for it here.

Grace just moved to San Francisco and is excited to start over at a new school. The change is full of fresh possibilities, but it’s also a tiny bit scary. It gets scarier when a minotaur walks in the door. And even more shocking when a girl who looks just like her shows up to fight the monster.

Gretchen is tired of monsters pulling her out into the wee hours, especially on a school night, but what can she do? Sending the minotaur back to his bleak home is just another notch on her combat belt. She never expected to run into this girl who could be her double, though.Greer has her life pretty well put together, thank you very much. But that all tilts sideways when two girls who look eerily like her appear on her doorstep and claim they're triplets, supernatural descendants of some hideous creature from Greek myth, destined to spend their lives hunting monsters. These three teenage descendants of Medusa, the once-beautiful gorgon maligned by myth, must reunite and embrace their fates in this unique paranormal world where monsters lurk in plain sight.

Thank you so much for joining us today Tera! Congratulations on your newest release. How would you describe Sweet Venom in three words or less?

Buffy meets mythology.

I loved your mythology and the unique spin you gave it. Did you find it challenging to add a creative touch to Medusa's lore?

There isn't actually that much information about Medusa in Greek mythology, so it was pretty easy to take the few "facts" we know about her and make them suit my purposes.

You have some awesome kick butt heroines in Sweet Venom. Which character do you feel you related to the most?

I am probably the most like Grace--eco-conscious, computer savvy, and maybe a little too much of a pushover. But there are definitely parts of me in each of the girls. I can be a bit aloof like Greer and I secretly have a tough girl side like Gretchen.

I adore the chemistry between Gretchen and Nick! What's something you admire about each of their characters?

I love that Gretchen is dedicated to her duty. Being the one responsible for keeping the human realm safe from monsters at such a young age is huge, but she just accepts it as her job. I love that Nick pushes Gretchen's buttons and that he won't back down from her, even when she's at her prickliest.

Can you give a hint about what we can expect in book 2?

Wow, in book two (Sweet Shadows) everything goes crazy. More characters go missing. Secrets are revealed. And we get to see what the abyss is like, up close and personal. By the end, I think every single character has gone through a big change.

Speed Round Questions:

Summer of Fall? Fall

Sports or shopping? Shopping

Flip flops or tennis shoes? Flip flops

Tropical island get away or ski trip? Tropical island

Drakis or Merpeople? (I know that's a hard one) Both! They can co-exist.

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Thank you Tera for stopping by!

You can find out more about Tera's books visiting her website, following her on twitter, facebook and visiting HarperTeen's site.

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