When women do these things they are called wicked, nasty, a shrew. To quote myself, “When men do these things-gamble, lie, cheat-as characters or even in real life, they are often lauded as clever, intelligent, savvy. Then, last summer, I was welcomed back to discuss The Queen Will Betray You and the double-edged sword of being an ambitious woman in a hyper-patriarchal world. The first time I was here, I wrote a post about turning the damsel and her tale on its collective head by engaging with the archetype in a way that makes a male character the “damsel” and the female character in the position of playing “savior” while dissecting the patriarchal framework that supports and reinforces the generations-old damsel trope. I’m extremely lucky that this is my third time in three years sharing The Big Idea about my gender-swapped damsel-in-distress books- The Princess Will Save You (2020, Tor Teen) and The Queen Will Betray You (2021, Tor Teen). In author Sarah Henning’s third and final installment of her The Kingdoms of Sand & Sky novels, The King Will Kill You, we’re taken on a journey through what real change looks like, and are shown how it is both quick and slow at the same time.
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