Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake (Interview + Giveaway).

Girl of Nightmares (Anna #2) by Kendare Blake.
Audience/Genre : Young Adult/Horror,Paranormal.
Publication : August 7th 2012 by Tor Teen.

It's been months since the ghost of Anna Korlov opened a door to Hell in her basement and disappeared into it, but ghost-hunter Cas Lowood can't move on.

His friends remind him that Anna sacrificed herself so that Cas could live—not walk around half dead. He knows they're right, but in Cas's eyes, no living girl he meets can compare to the dead girl he fell in love with.


Now he's seeing Anna everywhere: sometimes when he's asleep and sometimes in waking nightmares. But something is very wrong...these aren't just daydreams. Anna seems tortured, torn apart in new and ever more gruesome ways every time she appears.


Cas doesn't know what happened to Anna when she disappeared into Hell, but he knows she doesn't deserve whatever is happening to her now. Anna saved Cas more than once, and it's time for him to return the favor.

I'm so freaking excited to have Kendare Blake on the blog today! I loved Anna Dressed In Blood and the second & last book in the Anna Series, Girl Of Nightmares is out soon. So I've got an interview, followed by a giveaway for you :)

I’m sure you’ve been asked this before but what inspired you to write a story about a dead girl and a ghost hunter?

It might sound weird, but the whole idea for writing ANNA came from the urge to play the video game SILENT HILL. But I was scared to. I have a thing about SILENT HILL, I love the games, and the atmosphere, but I'm too chicken to make it through on my own. So I make someone else play it while I hide behind my hands and scream at them what they should be doing. Anyway, from that urge, came the urge to write something gory, something horrifying. And there was Anna.

If you had to describe Girl of Nightmares in 3 words, what would they be?

Ooh. Hmm. Quest of Blood.

Which do you prefer - writing from a male or female POV?

I like both. Violet, from my first novel, was a nineteen year old college student. Cas is a seventeen year old ghost hunter. I don't think it would be possible for me to write a VERY feminine female. That would be an interesting challenge, actually.

How many books are you planning to write in the Anna series?

GIRL OF NIGHTMARES is the last. Unless Cas changes his mind.

Your favorite scary movie?

The Nightmare on Elm Street series, of course! While they're not technically scary, they're a lot of fun. I prefer the one where the dog pees fire. Which one is that? Three? Four? I think four.

Which genre do you like reading the most?

I guess my two favorites would be philosophical literary and dark or weird fantasy. But I don't like to genrelize! And I apologize for using that word. I swear I'm not trying to make "fetch" happen.

Favorite quote?

Ever? That's tough. The one that springs to mind right now, not my favorite is one by the philosopher Nietzsche, and I might be paraphrasing: "I despise myself, but also esteem myself, for despising."

Totally random but pick one – Harry Potter, Twilight or Hunger Games?

Harry Potter. Is it weird that I haven't read the other two? The Hunger Games is at the top of my pile.

What’s your favorite book of all time?

ALL TIME? These are hard questions. How about, The Mists of Avalon?

You have another book coming out next year – AntiGoddess - can you tell us a bit about it?

Love to. ANTIGODDESS kicks off a trilogy about dying greek gods. Each of them is dying a particular, horrifying, slow death, and Athena and Hermes sort of band together to figure out why. Along the way their paths cross with mortals, teens who are reincarnated heroes. As they seek answers, other gods also seek their own solutions. Some of them want to take the world down with them, and some want to save it. It's death and blood and greek. And love.

Kendare's clearly super fun to talk to, I loved her answers. I'm a fan of all things horror myself! Okay, okay, now for the giveaway!

Giveaway Terms and Conditions :

• Giveaway is International as long as The Book Depository ships to you.
  
• Prize is a pre-ordered copy of Girl of Nightmares.
  
• Giveaway ends on 6/20.
  
• Winner has 36 hours to respond or a new one will be picked.

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Kendare Blake is an import from South Korea who was raised in the United States by caucasian parents. You know, that old chestnut. She received a Bachelor's degree in Business from Ithaca College and a Master's degree in Writing from Middlesex University in London. She brakes for animals, the largest of which was a deer, which sadly didn't make it, and the smallest of which was a mouse, which did, but it took forever. Amongst her likes are Greek Mythology, rare red meat and veganism. She also enjoys girls who can think with the boys like Ayn Rand, and boys who scare the morality into people, like Bret Easton Ellis.

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