Christina Boyd reviews debut authors Elizabeth Watson’s Rise of Scarlett Heroux . It begins with a gut punch and never loosens its grip. Set in Soleil—a sleek, modern fantasy world where magic is outlawed and politics are lethal—the novel opens with Scarlett Heroux witnessing her father’s assassination and being forced into his parliamentary seat before she’s had time to grieve.

Christina Boyd interviews debut author Elizabeth Watson: I first met Elizabeth Watson through Bianca Marais' Great Beta Reader Matchup. After a couple of exchanges, Elizabeth, Sarah Dohlman in Australia, and I decided we were a match and would like to continue working together. That was over two-years ago, and we met via Google Meet every other week to discuss the pages we had critiqued. Elizabeth and I even met in real life when her family traveled to Seattle for a quick pe

INTERVIEW by Christina Boyd: Bianca Marais is the cohost of popular podcast The Shit No One Tells You About Writing and bestselling author