They were just always my favorite couple from Greek Mythology. I have never really been drawn to others the way I have to them, asmany of you. I think also, given that the original myth was Hades abducting Persephone, I always hoped that they were actually really inlove because that is a far more pleasant thought.

I had two main ideas, I think. 

I have always wondered what the world would look like if something like The Illiad was our chosen biblical work and not the Bible andthat was really the root of New Greece. Then, at the time, I was horrible at growing plants or keeping them alive, and I thought, wouldn’tit be interesting if Persephone, the Goddess of Spring, could not grow a single thing? I just followed that line of thinking and startedwriting A Touch of Darkness.

No, because Hades’s POV is already written into CHAOS along with a POV from Dionysus and Theseus.

Right now my plan is to write about Aphrodite and Hephaestus and Ariadne and Dionysus. As I explore Ariadne and Dionysus, I hopethat Medusa’s character will talk more (in Chaos, I felt that she was very emotionally stunted, which surprised me) because I hope towrite about her and Athena later. 

Each POV, I feel, highlights different gods for different reasons because they all have different relationships with each other. Forexample, I think we will see more of Eros and Ares from Aprodite’s POV and more of Medusa from Dionysus’s POV since she will,essentially, become his protegee.

I think Aphrodite and Hephaestus are far more interesting than Aphrodite and Ares, plus, I feel like Aphrodite and Ares are really justbest friends.

Right now, my intuitive answer is that it will be multi-pov and just one book. The final chapter of A Touch of Chaos is the first chapter oftheir book, so it is truly a continuation of the world of New Greece.

Yes. I’m not sure what that book will look like. I think some of it will cover things that happened during the HxP saga and some of it willcover the aftermath of Chaos.

No, though stay tuned for some fun short-stories!

I really enjoy side characters, sometimes more than the main characters. I loved writing many of them including obvious ones likeHermes and Hecate, but even someone like Galanthis was such a joy to write. She doesn’t even talk but she’s still a fun and vital character.

I enjoyed Persephone far more than Hades. It was initially very hard to get Hades to speak, but his mind is also a very dark place and I feltthe weight of it every time I tackled another book from his POV.

LMAO. You do not have to worry about honesty from me. I say this often, though it is helpful to repeat–I do not think any of the relationships in my books are healthy. The goal, for me, is to try and show two people working through challenges in whatever way theirpersonalities allow in the moment. Ultimately, I want them in a good place by the end of the series–that is part of character growth, butjust because I write about a relationship dynamic, does not mean I think you should aspire to it at all (Adrian and Isolde, cough, cough). 

I think Hades and Persephone’s relationship is codependent. I think codependency is a scale. It can be relatively…fine and also not fineand quite toxic. 

I think Persephone’s tendency toward codependency comes from being under the thumb of a mother who did not show her love so sheclings to the person who does (initially reluctantly because she has trust issues). I used to be very codependent in my own relationship(for transparency, I have only had one relationship with the person I eventually married). Overtime, I have learned to be more independent of him which is its own freedom. 

For Hades, he never thought the Fates would grant him love–so they both are sort of under this cloud of deep and strange gratitude forone another…except that what it allows for is this tendency to not doing anything alone and to be controlling over Persephone in somereally weird ways. 

Toward the end of Chaos, I think we start to see them both standing more and more on their own. As I write other books within theworld, I look forward to seeing them lean on each other less and less.

Box sets are typically released after the completed series has been out for a year or more. As of right now, I have no timeline orinformation on a box set for Hades and Persephone but it sounds like something that will not happen until 2025 or 2026.

I am sorry, but Chaos is the final book. 

I know you have read this series from start to finish and feel there should be more, but when I tell you there isn’t enough for a true story–a true plot–believe me. That isn’t to say I won’t feel inspired to write short stories for you, because I definitely have a list going. 

I know there are loose ends, I agree–but that is because they are for Aphrodite and Hepheastus and Ariadne and Dionysus to explore.Why? I don’t know, it’s just how my brain works. I have always, always envisioned the final chapter of Chaos as the first chapter ofAphrodite and Hepheastus’s book.

There won’t be another Hades and Persephone book after Chaos, but the world continues from the end of Chaos via the Aphrodite andHephaestus book, Temptress of Fire and Fury. Of course, we will see Hades and Persephone and many other characters in that volume as well!

I would say Darkness, Fate, Ruin, Retribution, Malice, Gods, then Chaos. HOWEVER, you can really read however you want except I dorecommend reading Gods before Chaos. You can also participate in the tandem read which was created by reader, Rachel Feinstein. You can find the guide here.

I have seen readers get the Hades’s mark bracelet tattooed on them and I have a couple images for that, but feel free to customize as yousee fit–I think that if Hades’s marked you, the bracelet would be a reflection of your soul, so make sure you do something you love!

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Also, one reader got Are you well? tattooed on them in the font from the book and that was beautiful.