Suzette Henderson
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Sherrilyn Kenyon:
Hi, Sherri.Maybe this is just a pet peeve with me. Or maybe some of the fans are right in their opinions. But I just can't see comparing Ash and Styxx in saying who suffered the most. I feel that they suffered a great deal in some ways they suffered the same things and they suffered differently in some aspects There was a point why you wrote those two books and it wasn't to decided who suffered the most? (JMO)
Sherrilyn Kenyon
You're absolutely correct. Pain is pain. You can't qualify grief and suffering. We all have our own path to walk and the point of the books is the one line that Styxx says to Acheron: Just because you have it bad, doesn't mean I have it good.
Theirs is not a one-upmanship. It's brotherhood. Learning to forgive themselves and each other for being human and making mistakes. It's easy to get wrapped up in our own pain and grief and to forget that we're not alone in it. Injustice and tragedy takes mercy on no one. Sooner or later, it knocks on all our doors. We rise and we fall beneath its weight. And in those bitter hours, it shows us who we really are and what we're made of. But the trick is that when you are being crushed beneath the weight of those storms, to not lose that hope. To not lose that humanity within you. To hold it close and keep it sacred and remember that others suffer too. To reach out and help, even when you have nothing.
I love the fact that neither Styxx nor Acheron are perfect. It's their imperfections that make them real. And with every book, they are learning and growing still. Ash hasn't changed. He's the same great character he always was. He just had a family misunderstanding that he's working through :)
Hugs!
Theirs is not a one-upmanship. It's brotherhood. Learning to forgive themselves and each other for being human and making mistakes. It's easy to get wrapped up in our own pain and grief and to forget that we're not alone in it. Injustice and tragedy takes mercy on no one. Sooner or later, it knocks on all our doors. We rise and we fall beneath its weight. And in those bitter hours, it shows us who we really are and what we're made of. But the trick is that when you are being crushed beneath the weight of those storms, to not lose that hope. To not lose that humanity within you. To hold it close and keep it sacred and remember that others suffer too. To reach out and help, even when you have nothing.
I love the fact that neither Styxx nor Acheron are perfect. It's their imperfections that make them real. And with every book, they are learning and growing still. Ash hasn't changed. He's the same great character he always was. He just had a family misunderstanding that he's working through :)
Hugs!
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