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Ever want to ask characters from a novel what they REALLY think? Laura Anne Gilman delves into the heads of Wren and Sergei from her Retrievers series from Luna Books in a special character interview on her LiveJournal in celebration of her latest book Blood From Stone. Here’s a taste courtesy of Laura Anne!

Wren and Sergei talk about BLOOD FROM STONE

1. Give me a one-line description of your book. The hook, if you will. What’s the “Oooh, cool!” about the book?

For the series as a whole: “A magic-using self-admitted kleptomaniac/professional and her really sexy and deeply frustrating partner, an art dealer with a mysterious past and a slight sex/pain kink he really needs to deal with already, trying to balance work, love, and mayhem in a modern-day Manhattan where electricity = magic.”

For BLOOD FROM STONE specifically?

“Can I answer this one?”
“No”
“Why not?
“Because they asked me. You’re Male Lead — I’m the Heroine.”
“You’re going to gloss all over the stuff you didn’t like.”
“They asked for a hook, not a book report.”
“Ahhh. So what is the hook, Valere? Enlighten us.”
*glares* “After saving the world – okay, New York City – from the force of self-righteous do-evilers, we don’t get the downtime we so desperately deserve, but instead have to turn around and save my esteemed demon sidekick P.B. from the fate he’s been running from for the past *coughmany* years. Which will make a lot of P.B. junkies happy, because you get backstory and trauma, and lots of demon screen-time. I swear he has more fans than we do.”
“It’s the cosplay thing.”
“The what? No, don’t explain. I already know I don’t want to know.”

2. What’s the worst thing about your situation in the book? (Please describe the situation. In great detail.)

“Oh god, where to start? I’m dealing with flashback trauma, people who’re supposed to be dead coming back to give me shit, an old friend being threatened with slavery, and my apartment’s about to go co-op. And the job we’re on? It’s not even a paying gig. Talk about insult to injury.”
“You can’t pick one?”
“Not getting paid. Okay, no, all right, no. The worst thing about this I that if I screw up, P.B.’s screwed. You know what that’s like, having your best friend’s fate depending on you doing the impossible, and doing it perfectly? But hey, no pressure…”

3. What’s the best thing about your situation? (Again, details.)

“Ah… Sergei and I are finally having sex again. Seriously. I can handle most of the crap life throws at me, but not being able to touch him cause I was afraid he’d land back in the hospital? Unfun and really frustrating. I don’t handle frustration well.”
“There’s an understatement. But you honestly think that us having sex again is better than…”
*glares*
“Oh, right. Those are all spoilers, aren’t they? Never mind. Sex it is. Not that I’m insulted that you think…”
“Hey. Just because the lady wanted details doesn’t mean you have to give them to her.”
“Wrenlet, are you blushing?”
“No. Shut up.”

For the rest of the interview — including questions on their outfits, romantic entanglements (of all varieties ), and what they really think about Laura Anne — head on over to Laura Anne Gilman’s LiveJournal.

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