FIRE and ICE / BITTERSWEET Dream Cast
Here are some of the actors I picture to play the main characters from the series:
Aimee Teegarden as Lorelei
Avan Jogia as Adrius
Nick Roux as Zantheil
Morgan Freeman as the wizard Hawthrin
Eva Green as the ice witch Octahvia
Effy Stonem as Venus
Zoe Kravitz as Abby
Predrag Bjelac as King Oberon (Lorelei’s father)
Amy Brenneman as Mab- Queen of Air and Darkness (Zanthiel’s mother)
Idina Menzel as Vivianne (Lorelei’s mom)
Yael Grobglas as the summer faerie Amaryllis
Now it’s your turn, for nyone who’s read the series, I’d love to hear your ideas! Who would you like to see play Lorelei, Adrius and Zanthiel on the big screen?
Freeze
Faerie
Song Trilogy
Book
2.5
Michele
Barrow-Belisle
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Romance
Publisher: Astraea Press/
Cleanreads Publishing
Date of Publication: September 1,
2016
Word Count: 70,000
Cover Artist: AM Designs
Book Description:
In a twisted game of following
impossible clues to ceaseless dead ends, The Shadow Faerie Zanthiel is forced
to search for the girl he'd let go.
Lorelei may be out of his life,
but she’s never far from his mind with the prophecy pulling them together. They
both feel it, yet they both have reason to fight it. He might not be able to
have her, but no force in this world, or any other will stop him from saving
her.
Time is running out, and Zanthiel
has only a fraction of it left to find her, before those hunting her find
either one of them.
PROLOGUE
My blood froze
to ice in my veins when I saw her.
Lorelei.
Lying there
broken. Bloodied. Bruised.
I'd kill whoever
did this to her. Then I'd slaughter their entire family line. My steps hurried,
but I could not reach her quickly enough. She was pale. Weakened from the loss
of too much blood, and too much cold, and too little hope. Her light was fading
from this world and all others.
"No. No.
NO. I will not let you die. I forbid it, do you hear me?" My voice rose as
I scooped her into my arms, barely any weight at all, which set my fears even
deeper. Live. You must live. Live. For me.
I had to get her
help, but I feared there wouldn't be anything left of her to save once I had.
My powers were useless against whatever treacherous magic this was, but there
was always an undoing. A workaround for nearly all spells, even a curse or hex.
Something had to be able to change this, reverse the effects and restore her
life. A cure existed—I wanted to believe that. It just meant finding it.
This was my
fault. Things of beauty are never meant to be broken. But I did this. I allowed
her into my world, into my life, and I broke her. I deserved to suffer the same
fate. Worse than her fate. I never intended to be her nightmare, only her
savior. And I failed. Vows signed in blood, giving me ownership of something no
one deserved—her body and her soul.
Flames ignited
from within, consuming her whole, ‘til only her ashes remained. Like a breath
of snow and ash they fell gently upon subtle winds—air and shadow carrying both
in equal measure to their final resting place. To love someone is to grieve
them. For it thrusts you into a black hole—an abyss from which you can never
escape.
She was worth
fighting for. This time, I would fight for her, until my last breath.
****
I awoke with a
sharp gasp, ripples of fear tensing every muscle in my body. It took several
breaths to realize it had been a dream. No, not a dream. A dream implies
something unreal. Wild imaginings of the mind. This was something else. It was
a foreshadowing. A glimpse of what may come to pass. But why was I seeing it?
By now she'd be leagues from here, safely back in her own world. There should
be no cause for what I'd witnessed. Pain and suffering were not supposed to be
her future. I'd rather it was mine.
I pushed off the
fur pelts and climbed from of the wilted mattress stuffed with dry leaves. I
was grateful to the Dwarf Tilak for allowing me to stay in his home. A hovel
really, but shelter nonetheless. I was still being hunted by Queen Mab's
armies. I'd deserted her and the marriage agreement I'd entered into, and word
would have spread by now. Thankfully, Lorelei was safely back in her world,
with the elf Elf Adrius. I could almost hear her chastising me for not using
his name. And I knew it well, for we were friends once.
The human world
was her home, but it could never be mine. I did not belong there. Each visit
was the same as the one before, and it was only her presence that made those
visits tolerable.
Humans—you could
smell their weaknesses. Their needy desires. Their constant craving for more.
Their eternal fear. Like a toxic cloud that hovered over their land. It
sickened my stomach with each inward breath. I'd hold it for a moment. Then
another. Then gasp for air when I could hold it no longer. Ignoring the stench,
I'd searched for her. For her face. Her smile. Her eyes that shone in the
dimness of her world. The fear strangely mixed with curiosity when she would
set her eyes upon me. And without fail, she’d smile.
No one else
would see me but her. I was careful. For to break that code would mean my
death. Her father was specific in his orders. "Watch her. Keep her safe.
But remain unseen by the humans." But she wasn't human. Not fully. She was
part fey, like I was. And from the very first moment I saw her, she stole my
heart away.
I shuffled to
the wash basin, splashed icy water over my face and dried it on my sleeve. My
hand slid across the uneven surface of the mirror. The cracked glass scraped my
palm, but I kept it there, watching the blood drip down the surface before it
froze to crimson slush.
Leaning in, I
stared at the reflection, at the steely eyes glaring back at me. Full of
accusation and blame.
I lost her.
No, I didn't
lose her. I threw her away.
She was my
protégé.
We were never
supposed to be together. Never meant to fall in love.
I was careless.
She got hurt.
And now she was
gone.
A dreamer at heart, Michele
Barrow-Belisle has always lived with one foot in this reality and one foot in
another, one of her own imagining. So it follows that she would grow up to
write about the characters from those enchanting worlds she knows and loves so
well. A fan of all things romantic, her young adult novels are populated with
scintillating witches, vampires and fey.
Her bestselling debut book series Fire and Ice (Faerie Song Trilogy) was
optioned for a major motion picture this year. Michele resides in southern
Canada with her hubby and son who indulge her never-ending obsession with
reading, writing and most importantly… chocolate.
Website: www.michelebarrowbelisle.com
Facebook Author Page: www.facebook.com/authormichele
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1 comments:
Such a gorgeous dream cast! And some lovely new faces too! My picks: Mia Wasikowska as Lorelei. Liam Hemsworths as Zantheil. And Ezra Miller as Adrius.
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