She takes magic for granted and, in her mutability, in some ways lacks real emotional connection to other people. Thus, her morals and what she most values are different from the non-Tala. Because she’s been so many different kinds of animals, she sees the world through almost a prismatic lens of different sensory abilities. She loves shapeshifting and the freedom it gives her. Not only has she grown up in a culture with few restrictions on behavior or other social obligations, she’s also the most talented shapeshifter of her generation and capable of taking on well over a hundred different animal forms. Zynda is wild and free at her most basic level. This race of shapeshifters and magical beings has always been viewed from the outside before, so I wondered how writing this book would go. Zynda is the first time I’ve written in the POV of one of the Tala. These books are first person point of view (POV), so each is-as you say-time spent in a very different heroine’s head.

She is represented by Sarah Younger of Nancy Yost Literary Agency.Zynda turned out to be super fun to write. The eldest, a valiant warrior-woman, heir to the kingdom.

She can be found online at her website, every Sunday at the SFF Seven blog, on Facebook, on Goodreads and on Twitter. Title: The Mark of the Tala Author: Jeffe Kennedy Publisher: Kensington Books Publication date: May 27th 2014 Pages: 352 ISBN: 9780758294432 Source: NetGalley Rating: 3/5 Buy at: BookDepository Synopsis The tales tell of three sisters, daughters of the high king. Jeffe lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with two Maine coon cats, plentiful free-range lizards and a very handsome Doctor of Oriental Medicine. She's the author of the romantic fantasy trilogy, The Forgotten Empires, which includes The Orchid Throne, The Fiery Crown, and The Promised Queen. Andi, the other one.Andi doesn't mind being. No one says much about the middle princess, Andromeda. The youngest, the sweet beauty with her Prince Charming. Books in her popular, long-running series, The Twelve Kingdoms and The Uncharted Realms, have won the RT Reviewers’ Choice Best Fantasy Romance, been named Best Book of June 2014, and won RWA’s prestigious RITA® Award, while more have been finalists for those awards. The tales tell of three sisters, daughters of the high king. She is a hybrid author, and also self-publishes a romantic fantasy series, Sorcerous Moons. She is an RWA member and serves on the Board of Directors for SFWA as a Director at Large. Jeffe Kennedy is an award-winning, best-selling author who writes fantasy with romantic elements and fantasy romance.

The Mark of the Tala by Jeffe Kennedy