We’re thrilled to have here today Bianca Brosnan from Lyla Oweds’, Young Adult Urban Fantasy, The Grimm Cases series. She is coming to us all the way from the Northeast United States. It is a pleasure to have her with us today at Beyond the Books!
Thank you so for this interview, Bianca. Now that the book has been written, do you feel you were fairly portrayed or would you like to set anything straight with your readers?
Thank you for having me! To be honest, I have so many things to say—I don’t even know where to begin. For starters, everyone around me keeps throwing out the words ‘trauma’ and ‘recovery’, but I think they really don’t understand me at all. I’m completely fine. So what if I’m a little paranoid and anxious. As Finn finally admitted, almost everything I’ve ever worried about happens anyway, so it just means I’m right. I don’t understand why people can’t just take me at face value.
What do you believe is your strongest trait?
I’m clear-headed and logical. It’s everyone else who doesn’t get it.
Worst trait?
I have a tendency to be too trusting. Just look at what happened the last time I let someone in? My own best friend had me institutionalized.
If you could choose someone in the television or movie industry to play your part if your book was made into a movie, who would that be?
Demi Lovato
Do you have a love interest in the book?
I’m kind-of dating these four guys, but they’re not allowed to have a steady girlfriend either. So, it’s complicated.
But we are best friends.
At what point of the book did you start getting nervous about the way it was going to turn out?
Yes. I was positive I was going to be used in a cannibalistic ritual.
I was eventually right (or at least, they tried).
If you could trade places with one of the other characters in the book, which character would you really not want to be and why?
Finn. Because I hate him.
How do you feel about the ending of the book without giving too much away?
Well, my story is still ongoing, but as of right now I feel like I’ve made a lot of progress. I can be around other people without having an anxiety attack at least.
What words of wisdom would you give your author if she decided to write another book with you in it?
I would say to stop putting me in all these dangerous situations. I’m really tiring of having to kill people. I’m a pacifist at heart.
Thank you for this interview. Will we be seeing more of you in the future?
You sure will, I have thirteen more books to suffer through before Lyla finally gives me my happy ending.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Lyla Oweds is an Amazon bestselling paranormal romance and urban fantasy author who resides in the beautiful Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania. She grew up near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and is a native of Baltimore, Maryland, and has a deep appreciation for the paranormal, hauntings, and Edgar Allan Poe. As such, she loves all things fantasy, mystery, crime, and horror.
When not reading, writing, or working as a web programmer, Lyla can be found doing adult-y things such as being a mom to small children, cleaning, and gardening. She also frequently enjoys makeup videos, massages, wine, and coffee.
WEBSITE & SOCIAL LINKS:
Website: http://lylaoweds.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lylaoweds
ABOUT THE BOOK
The things I see aren’t for the faint of heart.
And I am no longer willing to ignore them. Not even when my family, and my best friend, tell me to keep quiet about what’s happening. They say people will think I’m crazy.
Maybe I am.
But the spirit haunting my professor’s house is definitely trying to tell me something, and I’m the only one who can see it.
The one person who can help me is my best friend’s brother. But I don’t know if I can trust him or his friends. Or if I can step outside the protective bubble I’ve built around myself.
At this point it’s a toss up: the ghosts will kill me or my panic attacks will.
Either way, I figure I’m going to die.
Beyond the Books 