TELL ME: Are you a bold, impulsive adventurer, or more of a careful, plan-ahead type? What would it take to push you into taking a big risk? . I’m asking because #mybookalphabet letter for today is R for Rhosmari, the heroine of ARROW — who is definitely a cautious planner. But she also cares deeply about doing what’s right and protecting the people she loves — and that drives her to leave the safety of her magical Welsh island home and step into a strange and often dangerous new world. . Rhosmari is described early in the books as having deep brown skin and thick, “clove-coloured spirals” of natural hair, because at the time I wrote ARROW I’d seen very few descriptions or portrayals of faeries who weren’t white. I also made her the most beautiful faery in all the books and gave her the most gorgeous butterfly wings (they’re Blue Morpho, if you want to look them up!). . Writing Knife, the heroine of Book 1, was fun because I could count on her to do the bravest and most reckless thing in any given situation. Linden, the heroine of REBEL, was full of passionate feelings and naive but well-meaning impulses that could easily get her (and Timothy) into trouble. But Rhosmari… well, I’m not claustrophobic, but otherwise she’s a lot like me. She’s got a scholar’s temperament, not a warrior’s, and she prefers to think carefully before she acts. She’s wary of trusting the wrong people, and the worst thing she can think of is making a mistake that hurts her and those she loves. . So of course, that’s exactly what happens to her in ARROW. Because no matter how well prepared you try to be, life seldom turns out quite the way you plan… . . . #fairies #fairy #fantasy #fae #fairytale #faery #fairybooks #fairyfriday #faeriesofinstagram #magical #enclaveescape #enclavepublishing #noordinaryfairytale #faeryrebels #yabooks #IReadYA #yareads #speculativefiction https://www.instagram.com/p/B-0Bm3HAmbX/?igshid=r5s103ryphag