Welcome to Once Upon a Retelling! I'm a huge fan of retellings, and I'm really interested in hearing about authors' own love of the original stories, and what inspired them to retell those stories. And so Once Upon a Retelling was born, a feature in which I interview authors about their versions of well-loved tales.
Today, I'm really excited to have Kristina Pérez stopping by the blog today to talk to us about her debut YA novel, Sweet Black Waves, a high fantasy retelling of the legend of Tristan and Eseult.
Can you tell us a little about Sweet Black Waves? What kind of a retelling of Tristan and Eseult is it?Sweet Black Waves is a retelling from the point of view of Branwen, who is traditionally Princess Eseult’s lady’s maid. In my version, Branwen is also the cousin and best friend of the princess as well as a healer who is developing magic of her own. My retelling is also a second world fantasy in which Ireland has become Iveriu and Cornwall has become Kernyv. I made this decision in order to give myself more flexibility with the source material and to make it fully Branwen’s story.
