When you’re a fan of romantasy books, you’re doubtless no stranger to the work of best-selling creator Callie Hart.
Hart has been efficiently publishing romance books for over 10 years, however BookTok, the studying neighborhood on TikTok, has lately bolstered her success greater than ever earlier than.
On November 18, Hart lastly launched Brimstone, her highly-anticipated comply with as much as Quicksilver, which took BookTok by storm in 2024.
Within the first ebook, the enemies-to-lovers romance follows Saeris Fane as she encounters and ultimately falls for Kingfisher, a good-looking Fae warrior, in a Fae realm she by no means knew existed.
Hart sat down with Life&Type to debate all issues Brimstone, what’s subsequent for the Fae & Alchemy sequence, and extra.
“There was quite a lot of data that also needed to be revealed in ebook two,” Hart defined. “So I used to be very excited to, you understand, open that up from Kingfisher’s perspective, particularly as a result of he clearly travels to Zilvaren. So we get to be taught much more in regards to the worldbuilding, you understand, the scene setting of Zilvaren and thru his eyes, which was actually enjoyable for me to jot down, and a distinct sort of tackle telling that facet of the story as nicely.”
Past the worldbuilding facet, Hart was additionally, after all, excited to additional discover Kingfisher and Saeris’ romantic relationship.
“Clearly there’s an enormous deepening of their connection and their relationship as nicely; it’s a large piece of ebook two,” she stated. “So attending to interweave new magic, new settings, with this sort of like blossoming, this flourishing of their relationship, was simply actually, actually thrilling, and I’m so glad that I received to share that with readers.”
Now that the characters are well-established, diving even deeper into the principle characters’ relationship was a chance Hart had been ready for.
“Having the ability to discover [their relationship] and increase on it and actually sort of peel again the layers and present the reader, like, you understand, the love that they really feel for one another and Kingfisher’s vulnerability that I didn’t get to share in ebook one, you understand, these, these components had been actually, actually enjoyable,” Hart stated.
The ebook can also be full of thrilling reveals, a lot of which need to do with the legal guidelines surrounding the several types of magic that exist within the ebook’s realms.
Spoiler warning for individuals who haven’t learn Brimstone but, however the energy of the Fae’s “true names” is tied to an necessary reveal.
“Folks had been speculating about [the names] in ebook one, [and] the place the Kingfisher’s true identify could be revealed,” she stated. “And we did get that reveal in ebook two, which was actually thrilling.”
Along with being obtainable in print and e-book editions, Brimstone can also be obtainable in audiobook format by Spotify audiobooks for an much more immersive reader expertise.
The audiobook format for Quicksilver was so standard that it landed within the ninth spot of Spotify’s International High Audiobooks in Premium of 2025 and was primary of their High Romance Audiobooks in Premium within the U.S.
“There are some sort of harrowing moments on this ebook as nicely, some actually, sort of emotionally like, you understand, powerful scenes to get by,” Hart defined. “So it took me some time to truly return and hearken to these, as a result of I used to be, you understand, very cautious about listening to it. It actually involves life while you hearken to the audiobook. You already know, it’s one factor studying it, however listening to it actually provides a visceral response.”
Wanting forward, Hart has massive plans for ebook three of the sequence already within the works, with it set to be revealed in 2026.
“I’ve had this entire sequence mapped out earlier than I wrote one single phrase on Quicksilver, so I’ve recognized precisely the place it’s going, what’s occurring, who these characters are, what their finish targets are,” she defined. “I’m about midway by writing ebook three proper now, and it’s all going to plan–that is the place I’ve my kind of villain snicker.”
Hart continued, “It’s so rewarding and fulfilling with the ability to, like, lastly, see these items fall into place. As a result of I used to be enthusiastic about a few of these scenes earlier than I even really had ebook one discovered. So, yeah, it’s actually fairly cathartic to see the whole lot sort of, like, neatly falling into place.”
