~*~Princess Nya Vasiliev~*~
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Opal Reyne:
A Soul to Keep- I just finished, and I cannot believe how much I loved this book. Opal, OMGoodness! Thank you for penning such an awesome read. I finished this book and my review this morning and just... wow... Where did your inspiration come for this book? My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5004368058
Opal Reyne
I would say many things inspired me to write this series.
The anime, The Ancient Magus' Bride, really drew me deeper into the love I already had for skull headed monsters. So, I asked multiple fb groups if there were any smutty skull headed monster books I could read. Not one person could give me a recommendation. Not one.
My monster hasn't been made into a book yet. There were no bone daddies for me to froth over.
I debated for a while on whether or not I'd write them myself, but after reading Tiffany Roberts Ensnared, the first book of their Spidermate Trilogy, I thought... why not? If they could make a spider alien so smexy that even I loved it despite my fear of spiders, why couldn't I write the skull headed monster book I want to read?
So, I did. The Duskwalkers were partly inspired by Elias from The Ancient Magus' Bride and Wendigos. Although, my guys are very unique from both, as I'm the only one who has them have orbs that change colour depending on their emotions, become what they eat, gain humanity/intelligence by eating humans/intelligent creatures, and are soul eaters who bond by eating the soul of their chosen partner.
The world was inspired by the anime Demonslayer, as well as just goth, horror, cottagecore vibes.
I honestly thought no other Duskwalker could steal my heart from Orpheus from A Soul to Keep. He was the first one and the reason I'm still writing the series, but each one has stolen my heart as I've written them.
All the Duskwalkers are different, and we will continue to get variations of level of intelligence as we go through the series. Some will be smarter than others, but it's always the silly ones that will make me giggle the most - I'm excited to write more.
The anime, The Ancient Magus' Bride, really drew me deeper into the love I already had for skull headed monsters. So, I asked multiple fb groups if there were any smutty skull headed monster books I could read. Not one person could give me a recommendation. Not one.
My monster hasn't been made into a book yet. There were no bone daddies for me to froth over.
I debated for a while on whether or not I'd write them myself, but after reading Tiffany Roberts Ensnared, the first book of their Spidermate Trilogy, I thought... why not? If they could make a spider alien so smexy that even I loved it despite my fear of spiders, why couldn't I write the skull headed monster book I want to read?
So, I did. The Duskwalkers were partly inspired by Elias from The Ancient Magus' Bride and Wendigos. Although, my guys are very unique from both, as I'm the only one who has them have orbs that change colour depending on their emotions, become what they eat, gain humanity/intelligence by eating humans/intelligent creatures, and are soul eaters who bond by eating the soul of their chosen partner.
The world was inspired by the anime Demonslayer, as well as just goth, horror, cottagecore vibes.
I honestly thought no other Duskwalker could steal my heart from Orpheus from A Soul to Keep. He was the first one and the reason I'm still writing the series, but each one has stolen my heart as I've written them.
All the Duskwalkers are different, and we will continue to get variations of level of intelligence as we go through the series. Some will be smarter than others, but it's always the silly ones that will make me giggle the most - I'm excited to write more.
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