– If you could spend a day with one of your characters, who would it be and what would you do? She’s morally ambiguous, says what she thinks, and just sees life itself as a play thing. I love the main character Faline, but the funnest character to write was Marie, the succubi leader. – Tell us about your favourite character. This backstory is touched on throughout the book (more will unfold as the series progresses) and is the basis for the Wild Women’s belief systems and moral codes as well as differing values. – No spoiler, but tell us something we won’t find out just by reading the book jacket.Įach of the different Wild Woman types were created by a different goddess who breathed her life and abilities into her highest temple priestesses before her temple fell to patriarchal invaders. I came up with it and both my agent and my publisher loved the title so it stayed. The first book concentrates on the huldra, and their goddess/creatrix is Freyja, so that’s why I call it Freyja’s Daughter. who came up with it, did your publisher change it, etc.)Įach book in the Wild Women series is based on a goddess of each Wild Women group. – What’s the story behind the title? (e.g.

Until one huldra stumbles upon the truth when her own containment cracks open and her wildness flows freely. I wanted to tell a similar story, about folkloric women who used to be wild and free and powerful, who were told lies about their very existence, that their wildness must be contained due to its uncontrollable nature. While researching ancient goddess-worshipping cultures I noticed how mythology about goddesses and folkloric females shifted as women became more oppressed due to political and/or religious changes. Well behaved women seldom make history, but they still end up as the monsters in folklore. I am so excited to dive in!!!įREYJA’S DAUGHTER is the first in a feminist fantasy series and introduces Faline Frey, a bounty hunter and member of the Washington huldra coterie, who must unite the succubi, harpies, mermaids, and rusalki to rescue her sister and escape the clutches of the Hunters, the mysterious men who have been controlling the Wild Women for centuries.

Now only is it Urban Fantasy (one of my favs) and has an incredible premise, but it’s rooted in fantastic, women-power mythology that gives us all a wonderful twist to old tales. have I been waiting excitedly for this book. (See past author interviews at the end of this post!) Hello and welcome to my blog series dedicated to author interviews for 2018 debut authors! This has been started as a way to support some of my fellow ‘debutantes’ of 2018. Some of the genres may be a little outside while I usually write/talk about here, but each of these I share struck my interest in one way or another.

Freyja's Daughter by Rachel Pudelek