SUBJECT: Zo CATEGORY: Spirit
“Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.”
- Fun Adam (Via Twitter)
When I wrote “Transitions”, I had Devon, Alex, Strydar, Kyle, Aidan, Hanna and Aubrey as main characters. It was a lot of work juggling all those personalities, hopes, and dreams. Well, mostly because it was my 1st novel. I was very proud the day I penned the final line. At the head of all of it tho’ was Matiko. The story was about Aidan but you were really following Matiko’s journey from addict to full fledged human being.
At the center of Soul of Moons is Zo.
Look wise, Zo is mixed. Her mom is white and her dad is an African American male who wouldn’t know her if he passed her on the street. She’s about the same height as Archer but she’s got these long, lithe legs. Zo has great legs! She has kinky mixed people hair. Her eyes are hazel. She’s, in every sense of the term, beautiful. None of that means anything to her though. She would love something ANYTHING to identify her as an element.
She’s amazing, powerful and tough. She stands up for herself which is a full time job when she gets most of Raina’s jabs. Zo is, as Raina puts it, “an idiot savant.” She is an element but you only get to see glimpses of it here and there. She doesn’t have full access to her powers like the other elements which causes them to treat her as if she’s useless.
They also have a hard time accepting that about her. Raina has hair that looks like it’s on fire, Garrett has sheer hair, Coral’s skin and hair alone IDs her, even looking at Archer you can tell something’s not quite right… Then add Zo. She looks like anybody you could pass on the street. As they’re always saying “She looks like them”. It’s hard to be taught about someone your whole life and then having that person turn out to be someone like Zo.
Nobody knows what Spirit is. Which causes Raina to make joke upon joke about it not being anything. She’s the absentee element. The book, Soul of Moons only tells her about the other elements and tells her limited information about her own. But, she knows it all by heart. She’s not a fast learner like the others.
Zo has something NONE of the other elements have. She has Charlotte, her mom. Charlotte was a homeless woman who traded her womb for room and board for 9 months. Zo doesn’t hate Charlotte for it but she does find it hard to connect with her. Especially after meeting Mirra who they pretty much gave Charlotte to raise. Zo is jealous of Mirra. Mirra is everything Soul of Moons says Spirit should be AND she was brought up by her mom. It sucks to be Zo.
BUT, despite these things, without them, Zo wouldn’t be Zo. The trails and tribulations make her stronger than most. She can take it.
She’s Spirit. It is the most powerful element. Spirit binds them all.
Just don’t tell Raina that.
Speaking of Raina, SA has decided that Raina and Zo will be a couple. Not a lovey dovey, OMG just kill them already Twilight couple but a couple nonetheless. There won’t be somebody on the sidelines pining over Zo or slicing their wrists, bawling their eyeballs out for Raina. It’s not that kind of thing. What Zo and Raina have is a connection that can take them through anything. Yes, even Raina’s constant ribbing. Zo ignores it anyway. It’s a love that neither one of them see coming. Zo always runs to Raina when something goes wrong. Even from the beginning. I must admit, SA has outdone himself with the character development on this one. You don’t see the relationship between Raina and Zo coming. It’s an undercurrent. In most stories I’ve read over the years, you pretty much know out the gate who’s gonna be with who unless there’ a love triangle, then you’ve gotta root for somebody. With Zo and Raina, you root for them. You root for Raina to get over herself and tell Zo what she really thinks and you root for Zo to wake up and realize her life wouldn’t be the same without Raina in it.
It gives you a love that you can bet on. You would never bet against them.
Besides, why would you?
It’s Zo and Raina.
Later
- Fun Adam (Via Twitter)
When I wrote “Transitions”, I had Devon, Alex, Strydar, Kyle, Aidan, Hanna and Aubrey as main characters. It was a lot of work juggling all those personalities, hopes, and dreams. Well, mostly because it was my 1st novel. I was very proud the day I penned the final line. At the head of all of it tho’ was Matiko. The story was about Aidan but you were really following Matiko’s journey from addict to full fledged human being.
At the center of Soul of Moons is Zo.
Look wise, Zo is mixed. Her mom is white and her dad is an African American male who wouldn’t know her if he passed her on the street. She’s about the same height as Archer but she’s got these long, lithe legs. Zo has great legs! She has kinky mixed people hair. Her eyes are hazel. She’s, in every sense of the term, beautiful. None of that means anything to her though. She would love something ANYTHING to identify her as an element.
She’s amazing, powerful and tough. She stands up for herself which is a full time job when she gets most of Raina’s jabs. Zo is, as Raina puts it, “an idiot savant.” She is an element but you only get to see glimpses of it here and there. She doesn’t have full access to her powers like the other elements which causes them to treat her as if she’s useless.
They also have a hard time accepting that about her. Raina has hair that looks like it’s on fire, Garrett has sheer hair, Coral’s skin and hair alone IDs her, even looking at Archer you can tell something’s not quite right… Then add Zo. She looks like anybody you could pass on the street. As they’re always saying “She looks like them”. It’s hard to be taught about someone your whole life and then having that person turn out to be someone like Zo.
Nobody knows what Spirit is. Which causes Raina to make joke upon joke about it not being anything. She’s the absentee element. The book, Soul of Moons only tells her about the other elements and tells her limited information about her own. But, she knows it all by heart. She’s not a fast learner like the others.
Zo has something NONE of the other elements have. She has Charlotte, her mom. Charlotte was a homeless woman who traded her womb for room and board for 9 months. Zo doesn’t hate Charlotte for it but she does find it hard to connect with her. Especially after meeting Mirra who they pretty much gave Charlotte to raise. Zo is jealous of Mirra. Mirra is everything Soul of Moons says Spirit should be AND she was brought up by her mom. It sucks to be Zo.
BUT, despite these things, without them, Zo wouldn’t be Zo. The trails and tribulations make her stronger than most. She can take it.
She’s Spirit. It is the most powerful element. Spirit binds them all.
Just don’t tell Raina that.
Speaking of Raina, SA has decided that Raina and Zo will be a couple. Not a lovey dovey, OMG just kill them already Twilight couple but a couple nonetheless. There won’t be somebody on the sidelines pining over Zo or slicing their wrists, bawling their eyeballs out for Raina. It’s not that kind of thing. What Zo and Raina have is a connection that can take them through anything. Yes, even Raina’s constant ribbing. Zo ignores it anyway. It’s a love that neither one of them see coming. Zo always runs to Raina when something goes wrong. Even from the beginning. I must admit, SA has outdone himself with the character development on this one. You don’t see the relationship between Raina and Zo coming. It’s an undercurrent. In most stories I’ve read over the years, you pretty much know out the gate who’s gonna be with who unless there’ a love triangle, then you’ve gotta root for somebody. With Zo and Raina, you root for them. You root for Raina to get over herself and tell Zo what she really thinks and you root for Zo to wake up and realize her life wouldn’t be the same without Raina in it.
It gives you a love that you can bet on. You would never bet against them.
Besides, why would you?
It’s Zo and Raina.
Later