Episode 4: Once Upon a Thorn: Rewriting Beauty and the Beast with Bestselling Author Kate King

🎙️ Welcome back to The Mythic Mic Podcast, where myths intertwine with reality, legends come to life, and fantasy is more than just a story! In this episode, host Bethany Amanda is joined by USA Today bestselling author Kate King, whose new romantasy A Thorn in Every Heart is a lush, emotional portal fantasy where Beauty and the Beast collides with Anastasia. If you’ve ever dreamed of escaping into a snowy realm of curses, secrets, bodyguard romance, and self-discovery—this is your moment.

🗝️ What if your one-night stand didn’t end with regret… but with a kidnapping to a cursed fairytale realm? 🌹 What if Belle was your grandmother—and the real story wasn’t the one in the storybooks? ❄️ And what if rediscovering yourself meant stepping into the cold, cursed dark… and falling in love?

Kate takes us behind the scenes of her enchanting new series, The Enchanted Legacies, and opens up about what it means to start over at 30, why she intentionally wrote a fantasy for women who grew up on portal stories, and how character art (including the spicy kind!) adds a whole new layer to the reading experience. We also geek out over libraries, Libba Bray, and the YA fantasy books that shaped us.

Oh, and did we mention there’s a magical GIVEAWAY? Stay tuned. 👀

🔥 IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT…

✨ Why A Thorn in Every Heart is the grown-up fantasy you didn’t know you needed
✨ How Beauty and the Beast and Anastasia inspired Kate’s icy, star-lit fantasy world
✨ The magical elements behind Alix and Daemon's slow-burn, bodyguard romance
✨ Why the heroine being almost 30 matters—and what it says about the future of the genre
✨ Tropes galore: one bed, one horse, “touch her and die,” secret identities, found family, and more
✨ The surprise of reader fandom and the real hustle behind indie author life
✨ How genre boundaries in publishing are changing—and what it means for authors
✨ Spicy character art, winter vibes, and fairy tales with a twist
✨ A rapid-fire round that includes a cat sidekick named Sushi 🐱

🌟 ENTER THE “THORN IN EVERY HEART” GIVEAWAY 🌟
To celebrate this dreamy episode, Mythic Mic is hosting a special giveaway that includes:

📚 A sprayed edge paperback of A Thorn in Every Heart
✍️ A signed bookplate
👜 A fairytale-themed tote bag
📖 Bookmarks + magical Beauty and the Beast-inspired merch

📅 Giveaway ends April 11, 2025 at 11:59 pm EDT

HOW TO ENTER: Follow @MythicMicPod on Instagram for details.

CONNECT WITH US:

📖 Follow Kate King – @katekingauthor
🎙️ Follow The Mythic Mic Podcast and Host Bethany Amanda – @MythicMicPod and @BethanyinFantasyland
🛍️ Order A Thorn in Every Heart on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Thorn-Every-Heart-Enchanted-Legacies-ebook/dp/B0DNNDGMST) or Barnes and Noble (https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-thorn-in-every-heart-kate-king/1146578948) 

✨ Don’t forget to rate & review! If this episode cast a spell on you, leave us a review—it helps bring more magic (and more giveaways!) to your ears.