Writing Blood Red was like walking through a haunted forest. Beautiful, treacherous, and full of echoes I wasn’t always ready to hear.
Now that it’s published, I find myself looking back with a kind of reverent disbelief. This book wasn’t just a retelling. It was a reckoning with sisterhood, shadows, and the terrifying truth that sometimes, the people we love become the ones we have to run from.
🥀 Why Blood Red Was Personal
This was never meant to be a story about a princess saved by love.
It’s a story about a queen who has to survive it.
In this version, Snow White is no longer the innocent girl in the forest. She’s something far more dangerous—a sister who let the darkness in.
And Estrilda, once content to stand in the background, is forced into the light, becoming the one who must face what Snow has become—and decide what lines she’s willing to cross to protect the kingdom they once shared.
Writing them both was a study in heartbreak:
- How far will you go to save someone who’s already gone too far?
- Can you mourn someone who’s still breathing?
💔 What Surprised Me While Writing
I thought I was telling a fairy tale.
Instead, I ended up telling the truth.
Behind the magic and the monsters, Blood Red is about the stories we inherit—and the power it takes to rewrite them.
It’s about loving someone who’s becoming unrecognizable.
It’s about standing at the edge of a curse and daring to walk forward anyway.
Estrilda’s journey became a mirror—one that reflected not just duty, but doubt. Her story is about resilience born from ruin. About standing tall in the ashes of what could have been, and daring to hope anyway.
And Snow? Her descent wasn’t just villainy. It was pain twisted into power. It was love that festered. It was a curse she chose to wield.
🖤 Now That It’s Published…
Letting go of a story like this is never easy.
These characters have lived in my bones, whispered in my dreams, and shadowed my own reflections.
But I’ve learned that sometimes, the most powerful thing we can do is let a story go—and trust that it will find the people who need it.
To everyone who has read Blood Red, who saw themselves in the dark, who felt something twist and heal inside them—thank you.
You are why I write.
🌙 What Comes After the Final Page?
Blood Red will always hold a piece of me. It’s more than just a book—it’s a scar and a song, a love letter to those who’ve been hurt by the ones they trusted most, and a battle cry for those still finding the courage to stand in their truth.
If the story moved you—or if you’re just now ready to step into the shadows of Avalora—Blood Red: The Rise and Fall of Snow White is available now on Amazon.
🩸 Step into the story.
🩸 Face the darkness.
🩸 Discover what’s left when the fairy tale burns down.
👉 Buy Blood Red on Amazon
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Thank you for reading, for feeling, and for letting this story become a part of your world.
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