Cover Reveal: FIRE WITH FIRE by Destiny Soria

I am so excited to bring you today’s post. This is one of the highlights of my blogging career and I feel really honored to be hosting Destiny Soria’s cover reveal for her 2021 Spring release, Fire with Fire. Before we get started, Destiny and I don’t want to distract from what’s happening in this country. We both support Black Lives Matter and want to share a couple of resources with you where you can help either financially or with your signature. Please take a look at these and contribute if you are able. Thank you.

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I was first introduced to Destiny Soria through her debut novel Iron Cast. It’s one of my favorite historical fantasies. If this is your first introduction to this author, I encourage you to check out her previous novels as you eagerly await this 2021 spring release. Before the cover reveal, I asked Destiny a few questions about her upcoming novel Fire with Fire. Check out the interview below along with a few teaser images.

1. Fire with Fire focuses on two sisters, what can you tell us about these characters and their relationship with one another?

Eden and Dani Rivera are from a family of legendary dragon slayers. Eden, the older sister, is ambitious and driven to become the best slayer of her generation. Despite her dedication, Eden is continually frustrated by how effortlessly Dani seems to best her in every aspect of training, even though Dani cares more about her friends and summer job than she does about slaying dragons. The tension between the sisters reaches a boiling point when Dani discovers that she has a magical bond with a dragon and must decide once and for all where her loyalty truly lies.

2. Your previous two novels (Iron Cast & Beneath the Citadel) were both character-driven and friendship focused. Can we expect the same with your upcoming release?

Absolutely! I loved exploring the complexities of friendship in this novel, as well as the even messier complexities of family. Of course, that’s not to say there’s not also a fair supply of magic and mayhem driving the plot. Even though this book has a contemporary setting (the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee), I hope readers of my other books will find familiar enjoyment in the friendships and snark.

3. This is one of the first times I’ve seen a dragon fantasy with Latinx characters (the other is Amparo Ortiz’s upcoming release, Blazewrath Games), tell me why you decided to explore this particular myth with these characters rather than traditional Latin American folklore.

Like Eden and Dani, I’m half-white, half-Mexican-American, but I was raised mostly divorced from my Latinx heritage. There’s often a strange kind of alienation experienced by biracial children. When I was growing up, I knew I wasn’t white (not even passing), but I also had so little connection to my Mexican family and traditions, that I didn’t feel like I was allowed to claim my Latinx heritage either. I’m still learning how to navigate my own biracial identity, and in writing these characters as a reflection of my own childhood experience (minus dragons and magic, alas), I hope there are others who can see themselves represented as well. Latinx and biracial identities are an infinitely rich tapestry, and there are so many wonderfully diverse books out there. I hope we can keep seeing more and more represented in YA literature, especially in books where the characters’ identity isn’t the sole focus of the book.

4. Fire with Fire is your third novel, what was different about writing this one? Anything get easier or harder?

You’d think that writing books would be the sort of thing that gets easier over time, but in my experience at least, writing each new book is like jumping out of an airplane with no certainty that your parachute will open—or that you’re even wearing one. The only thing that gets easier for me is recognizing my own weaknesses. This is my first time writing in a contemporary setting, so that presented a whole new host of challenges. In particular I’ve learned just how outdated my taste in music is, heh.

And now for the big reveal…

I love this cover so much! The color scheme is gorgeous and I cannot wait to see how the colors pop in person. Special shout out to Viv Tanner who illustrated, visit their site here and Mary Claire Cruz who designed the cover, visit her site here.

Learn More About Destiny Soria’s Fire with Fire:

Title: Fire with Fire
Author: Destiny Soria
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children’s
Release Date: Spring 2021

      “Dani and Eden Rivera were both born to kill dragons, but the sisters couldn’t be more different. For Dani, dragon slaying takes a back seat to normal high school life, while Eden prioritizes training above everything else. Yet they both agree on one thing: it’s kill or be killed where dragons are concerned.
      Until Dani comes face-to-face with one and forges a rare and magical bond with him. As she gets to know Nox, she realizes that everything she thought she knew about dragons is wrong. With Dani lost to the dragons, Eden turns to the mysterious and alluring sorcerers to help save her sister. Now on opposite sides of the conflict, the sisters will do whatever it takes to save the other. But the two are playing with magic that is more dangerous than they know, and there is another, more powerful enemy waiting for them both in the shadows.”

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Destiny Soria is a Young Adult fantasy author and freelance writer. Her debut novel IRON CAST is about magic, mobsters, and two best friends kicking ass in 1920s Boston. Her second novel BENEATH THE CITADEL features rebels, seers, and stolen memories. She lives in Birmingham, AL, where she spends her time trying to come up with bios that make her sound kind of cool. She has yet to succeed.

FOLLOW DESTINY SORIA:

Website: http://www.destinysoria.com/

Twitter: @thedestinysoria

Instagram: @thedestinysoria

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dlsoria

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14757755.Destiny_Soria

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What do you love about the cover? Are you also looking forward to Destiny Soria’s upcoming release Fire with Fire? Let’s talk in the comments!