The Belgrave Legacy Blog Series: Day 8

Welcome to the Day 8 of The Belgrave Legacy Blog Series. The series spans from September 20, 2016) to November 1, 2016. Each week, there will be a theme with 2 blog posts (Tuesday and Thursday).

This week's theme is Powerful Giants.

Here are the past posts, in case you missed any of them:
9/20: How I Got the Idea
9/22: The First Draft
9/27: Meet Fawn Belgrave
9/29: Meet Caleb Pearce
10/1: Book Boyfriend Giveaway
10/4: Tarot Reading
10/6: Grimoires
10/11: GodMeet LuciferI'm going to come right out that my Lucifer is not a devil with horns, nor is he a guy with a burning face (à la the CW show Supernatural). The man I pictured as my fallen angel, king of Hell, is a handsome devil. In more literal terms, I'm talking about Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore on the CW show The Vampire Diaries.

Unlike my God, I make my Devil more sympathetic than is orthodox. But, like the fallibility of my God doesn't make him wrong, humanizing Lucifer doesn't excuse his awful actions throughout mythology (yes, I'm calling the Bible mythology) and my novel, The Belgrave Legacy. My treatment of both powerful giants only makes them more well-rounded characters rather than the embodiments of two opposing extremes.
Because, it turns out that Lucifer and God have a complicated past. They didn't just appear as rivals without any backstory here. And while the Devil is still a corrupting force and none of his actions are one I would condone, the does have reasons for his vengeful mission of taking over the Earth and conquering Heaven for himself.

I can't really say more without spoiling a chapter in Part 2 of The Belgrave Legacy, but if you'd like to get the whole story, you can preorder my book now. And, if you're impatient for this story (like I am when there's a book I really want to read), then you can subscribe to my mailing list and receive Part 1 immediately! Part 1 includes a glimpse at how God and Lucifer interact, how they came to make the bargain that propels the plot, and how the Devil ropes Caleb Pearce into doing his dirty work yet again.
About ​The Belgrave LegacyTitle: The Belgrave Legacy
Author: Zara Hoffman
Genre: Upper YA Paranormal Romance
Publisher: ZH Press
Publication Date: October 31, 2016
eBook ISBN-13: 978-0-9864279-1-6
eBook Length: 403 pages

A Reluctant Heroine. A Snarky Angel. A Big Mess.

Fawn doesn't believe in magic. But when she is unexpectedly thrust into the middle of an ancient feud, she must learn to control her powers.

Caleb is sick of Hell. But when a simple seduction becomes complicated by real feelings, he is forced to pick between keeping his past or fighting for his future.

Can this young witch navigate a dangerous world with the dark angel assigned to romance and seduce her by her side?

The Belgrave Legacy is an upper-young adult paranormal romance novel with a feminist twist. Filled with magic, witches, angels, demons, Zara Hoffman's "coming of age" story will keep you turning the pages until the very end.