Welcome to Swoony Boys Podcast! This is our stop on the Seafire Tour! When our friends over at Penguin asked if we wanted to be a part of this tour, our answer was a big huge YES!
We have a super fun character interview to share with you today and we can’t wait for you to get to know more about this book, its characters and author, Natalie C. Parker! Before we get to that, let’s learn a little more about the book first…
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Seafire by Natalie C. Parker Published by Penguin Group, Razorbill on August 28th, 2018
Genres: Adventure, Fantasy
Pages: 384
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After her family is killed by corrupt warlord Aric Athair and his bloodthirsty army of Bullets, Caledonia Styx is left to chart her own course on the dangerous and deadly seas. She captains her ship, the Mors Navis, with a crew of girls and women just like her, whose lives have been turned upside down by Aric and his men. The crew has one misson: stay alive, and take down Aric's armed and armored fleet.
But when Caledonia's best friend and second-in-command just barely survives an attack thanks to help from a Bullet looking to defect, Caledonia finds herself questioning whether or not to let him join their crew. Is this boy the key to taking down Aric Athair once and for all...or will he threaten everything the women of the Mors Navis have worked for?
***Character Interview***
Today we’re sitting down with Caledonia from Seafire. Hi! Welcome to Swoony Boys Podcast! We are so ridiculously excited to have you here and we can’t wait for our readers to get to know you a little better. Ready to get started? Here we go…
Emma:My favorite spot is both a spot and a time of day. Our sun sail is what feeds the ship; it soaks in the sun’s rays and uses them to power our engines. Without it, we’re at the mercy of the winds and tides. . .and that’s no way to live in the Bullet Seas. I love the climb to the top of that mast in the morning before the sun has risen. There is nothing like standing so far above everything as fire slicks across the ocean and is snatched in the scales of that sail. It reminds me every day that we are all powerful, and that power isn’t a state of being, but a process.
The hardest part is that I am always captain first, friend second. If I want to protect them as individuals, I have to consider the ship before everything else. No matter what.
The best part is knowing that I have the finest crew on seas. There’s nothing we can’t do if we’re working together.
I’m certain Hime would use lovely words like brave and strategic and loyal, but Pisces? I think Pisces would be a bit more brutal. She’d probably say I’m uncompromising, myopic, and distant. And that’s fine by me. Of course, Redtooth would probably just say captain, captain, captain.
For them, I’d say Hime is gentle, devoted, and eager. For Pi? Well, she’s everything to me and I’m not sure how three words will cover it, but…compassionate, clever, and intuitive.
I haven’t killed him yet.
Oran? I know you can’t hear me, but I’m laughing right now. He brings information and a lot of irritation. But my girls, they bring so much more.
Hime brings her healing hands, Amina her creative mind, Redtooth is all heart with a dash of fists, and Lace is all fists with a dash of heart. And then, of course, Pisces is the one without whom I wouldn’t be here at all. She keeps me grounded and connected to the rest of the crew.
My mother Rhona was my first hero. She was both the ocean and the ship upon it, an unpredictable, unknowable force of tides and hidden depths, and the place I felt most safe. I work every day to do her memory justice.
That wasn’t so bad, right? Thanks again for stopping by to chat with us!
***Meet Natalie C. Parker***
Natalie C. Parker is the author of the Beware the Wild duology, the Seafire trilogy, and the editor of Three Sides of a Heart. She earned her BA in English literature from the University of Southern Mississippi and her MA in gender studies from the University of Cincinnati. She grew up in a Navy family finding home in coastal cities from Virginia to Japan. Now, she lives surprisingly far from any ocean on the Kansas prairie where she runs Madcap Retreats with her wife.
Thanks for stopping by! Happy swooning!
Make sure you check out the other stops on the tour below:
WEEK ONE
- August 20 – Bibliobakes – Review
- August 21 – My Friends are Fiction – Creative Instagram Picture
- August 22 – Gladiatorglory – Moodboard
- August 23 – YA Books Central – Author Guest Post: What gave you the inspiration for this book?
August 24 – Starcrossed Book Blogger – Review
WEEK TWO
- August 27 – Here’s to Happy Endings – Creative Instagram Picture
- August 28 – NovelKnight – Review
- August 29 – Utopia State of Mind – Author Guest Post: Who would be in your pirate crew and why?
- August 30 – @Darkfaerietales – Creative Instagram Picture
- August 31 – The Fandom – Author Guest Post: Natalie C. Parker’s favorite stories of sisterhood and survival.
WEEK THREE
- September 3 – IceyBooks – Quote Candy
- September 4 – Novel Novice – Styled by the Books
- September 5 – The Young Folks – Author Guest Post: What was the world building process like? What type of research was involved in creating the world/learning about ships or sailing and what was the inspiration of the world and story?
- September 6 – Lindseyybooks – Review + Creative Instagram Picture
- September 7 – Brittany’s Book Rambles – Spotlight + Listicle
WEEK FOUR
- September 10 – Cayla Reads – Review + Playlist
- September 11 – Herbookstacks – Review + Book Aesthetic
- September 12 – Swoony Boys – Character Interview
- September 13 – Book Is Glee – Creative Instagram Picture
- September 14 – Sarah June – Review + Creative Instagram Picture
