Where did you get your inspiration for this colorful and dangerous planet? A lot of times, Ogra feels so foreign yet so familiar at the same time. Our heroes find refuge on Ogra early on in the novel. Cisi endures that but to a greater degree, because of her currentgift.ģ. I experience a great deal of privilege in this world, but even I know what it’s like to come up against people who try to shape me into something sweeter and kinder than I am. I basically wrote Cisi from the place inside me that understands exactly what that feels like. Women are socialized to make people comfortable - speak gently, apologize often, couch requests in soft language to make them sound less demanding-but that is often extremely limiting, essentially trapping women inside these unspoken rules so they can’t express themselves fully. Cisi’s currentgift (the term “gift” in these books is a bit ironic, because often “currentgifts” are more curses than gifts) is essentially the exaggeration of what many women experience in the world. You know, it wasn’t all that challenging, which I think is pretty telling. How did her gift challenge your writing of her?

Out of everyone in the world that you created, I find Cisi’s current gift to be the most fascinating, especially the aspect where she can’t express what’s on her mind.

Why did you choose to tell parts of The Fates Divide (including the opening chapter) from his perspective?Įijeh resolved one of the big problems I had in The Fates Divide, which is: how do you show things that are happening on the other side of the galaxy without having a bunch of characters standing around futuristic space TVs? Through his perspective, these big events become personal, which was a huge help, plot-wise! But he also offered the opportunity to get into some of the weirdness of currentgifts - how they are as much curses as gifts, how they change and shift and warp as a person goes through life.Ģ. I found the addition of Eijeh’s voice to be the most interesting. While Carve the Mark was told from two different perspectives (as well as two different narrative voices), you diversified the storytelling in The Fates Divide even more. Our interview with Veronica Roth is spoiler-free, but if you haven’t read The Fates Divide yet, be warned: This interview may make you want to do so immediately! Related: ‘The Fates Divide’ by Veronica Roth review: Fans of ‘Carve the Mark’ won’t be disappointed Author Veronica Roth answers all of our burning questions about ‘The Fates Divide’ġ.

The Fates Divide by Veronica Roth