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by Pembroke Sinclair
Publisher: Booktrope
Publishing Date: January 17, 2014
Genre: YA, Paranormal
Guest Post from author Pembroke Sinclair:
I have always been intrigued by the notions of good and
evil, angels and demons. When I was an
undergraduate in college, I took a 17th century poetry class and read Paradise Lost by Milton. His portrayal of the Devil fascinated
me. It made me think about what it meant
to be “good” and what it meant to be “evil” and how the lines between were
often blurred.
I remember distinctly the professor asking the class what we
thought the Devil looked like. There
were the general answers of being large and red with cloven hooves and a
pitchfork. He just smiled, then asked us
what we thought angels looked like. We
answered that, and then he commented that Lucifer looked just like an
angel. After all, that’s what he was before
The Fall. Over time, his looks were
altered, but he was very distinctly angel in appearance.
That concept just stuck with me, and I often wondered if
Lucifer ever had second thoughts about what he’d done; if he ever sat in Hell
thinking, “Well, that really wasn’t a good idea.” Isn’t that the first step down the road of
forgiveness? Granted, he would have to
ask to be forgiven, which he never did because his pride was much too
great. That and his jealousy. He really doesn’t like humans.
But the point for me is that good and evil really are never
as clear cut as we want them to be.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m pretty sure the Devil is plenty evil, but he
knows how to be good, and if he wanted to, he could probably be good
again. Angels have the capacity for
evil, as we’ve seen with Lucifer and his friends when they rebelled against
God. What’s to stop others from going
down the same path?
The Spawn cartoon series (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_McFarlane's_Spawn)
also had an influence on my fascination with good/evil, angels/demons. Spawn wants to return to Earth to get revenge
on the man who murdered him and to be able to see his wife. He makes a deal with a demon to be in Hell’s
Army (Hell has to have an army because of the war raging with Heaven, which
also has warrior angels that fight against the Hell Spawn), and he comes back
to Earth and actually does some nice things for people. He isn’t completely evil, but he isn’t
completely good, either.
Humans are much the same way. Some of us strive for goodness, but we don’t
always reach the mark. Some people try
to be totally evil, but they aren’t always successful. Humans have to have both traits of good and
evil to exist, and good can’t exist without evil and vice versa. It is these things that make us who we are,
that sculpt our personalities.
I really enjoy exploring those aspects that make us
human. Katie, Wes, and Josh are merely
trying to find their place in the world.
They think they know what they are supposed to do, but as they make
their way through life, they discover things are always as clear cut as they
expected them to be, and they have to react accordingly. Sometimes, they discover that their reactions
aren’t what they expected them to be.
About the Book:
Katie wants to invest her heart and soul in love, but she may lose both to Hell.Katie, a senior in high school, is torn between loving the “good” guy, her childhood friend Wes who makes promises he doesn't keep and abandons her when she needs him the most, and the “bad” guy, the new kid at school Josh who is also a real demon from Hell. Katie wants someone who pays attention to her and puts her first, but what is she willing to give up to find him?
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