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As you likely already know, the Extra Podcast for August is All About Unlucky Like Us. These post-release podcasts are some of our biggest of the year (and some of our absolute FAVORITES!), and we'll go in-depth about the novel and share some behind-the-scenes tidbits in the creation of the book! 

Initially, we were reluctant to take questions for this one since answering them usually takes 2-3 days and we wanted to allocate more time to writing, but we really want to make sure we hit some of the talking points that interests you, so we've decided to take some questions! We'll be answering about 10 of them on the podcast, and then the other questions will help us narrow down talking points and your interests regarding Unlucky Like Us ☺️

Let us know in the comments what you'd like us to discuss and/or answer for the All About Unlucky Like Us podcast. Note: there will be spoilers in the comment section, so if you have not read this novel yet, we highly suggest not scrolling through the comments! Thank you all in advance for leaving questions! You all are so incredibly thoughtful and we love reading your insights!! 

The Main Bonus Scene is coming later today, so be on the lookout! It's a lengthy one!! Also, we're hoping to record this podcast very soon. If not tomorrow, then it'll be early next week, so we suggest getting your questions in as soon as possible. 

We hope you're having a wonderful, magical week! *sprinkles fairy dust* 

xoxo Krista & Becca

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Haley Secen

There were a LOT of tearjerker scenes to read in this book - which one (only one) was the hardest to write/made you cry the most? Lilo’s wedding vows were “I’m certain that in every alternate universe I am always, always in love with you” and I felt like that parallels OG Luna and Variant Luna both falling in love with Donnelly. Are these similar sentiments for the two couples on purpose or happy accident? Please please tell me there were repercussions for that news channel for sharing those photos of Lily after her assault.

Andrea

- Maybe it’s my paranoia and trying to find Easter eggs when there aren’t any, but why did you have Donnelly’s moms last name on his birth certificate be illegible? Is this something that’s going to come up in the future or is it a last name we know? Say nothing if yes. - Another VERY important question… who died at the end?

Sioned

Can we expect to see more of a friendship between charlie and luna in NLU/future books? I can’t explain how much I love them together but luna and charlie’s friendship just makes sense 🫶 It feels somewhat innocent especially for people that are FAR from innocent lol

Sioned

Could you share a little bit about the other smaller storylines including other characters that you didn’t put in? Not the exact things obvi but if you wanted to put, I don’t know like someone meeting their future partner or something? I also really like how you incorporated the donnelly takes Beckett to work bonus into the book! It wasn’t surprising for us patrons but I’m sure you really melted some other peoples hearts when they read that scene!

Kristin McCall

Had you been planning the amnesia trope when you wrote Misfits, and how did you come up with the idea to have misfits be Luna’s telling of her and Donnelly’s story that she would find in Unlucky to help her understand what they were to each other? I thought that was SO CLEVER and gasped/cried when she started reading the Misfits prologue when she found it 😭😭😭

Arling

We pretty much know how Lo feels towards Donelly and his family but I'm really curious to know what are the other core eight feelings towards them, Connor obviously doesn't feel as welcoming bc of the Beckett incident but what about the others? I'd like to know 🫠

Lucia

Can you talk a bit about why Donelly didn't talk to Beckett after the attack? I found it super strange and I need that friendship to get better, it's absolutely breaking my heart. And could let us a bit inside Beckett's mind and explain a bit why he was so hurt and taking it out on Luna?

Dana Hasan

1. When i read the sence where Luna find out about her diary and "Dear Unearthly Reader..." (first of all i scream and kick my feet!😂🤩) i kind of wonder if you plan that luna lose her memory from the start of the series or you thought about it later on the book... 2. Probebly more people will ask and i not sure if it spolir or not. Is Luna gonna get her memory back ? ? Or are we suppose to wait (not so patiently) for book 3 to know ?😅 3. Not a qusiten but i want to thank you so much for writing one of my favorite trope (amnesia) ! With my favorite misfit/unlucky alien couple ! 😍😍🥰🥹🥹 LUNNELLY FOREVR

s

can you talk more about cassidy’s birth? how were moffy and farrow at the hospital, who proposed the name, how did the other react etc

a

can you talk more about donnellys dad and their dynamic, and what the dads intensions are

Sioned

How have the young hales and cobalts reacted towards becoming aunts and uncles!? Also when is sulli supposed to give birth? I swear it was meant to happen in unlucky but I’m probably wrong x

Alex Eastaugh

What was your favourite scene to write in unlucky like us and which one was the hardest? Love you guys thank you so much for creating this world!!

booky

How did the younger kids and Jane and thatcher react when they found out about Lily and Luna . Were there some who displayed anger more at the situation than sadness ?

Arrow

Why did you decide on the amnesia trope and how did you prepare for it? Where do you see it taking Luna’s character?

Nicole

I really want to know more about Farrow's realizations about his relationship with Donnelly

shi luvs st.cobalt

This might be something that’s discussed in NLU - but I was wondering if Rose and Connor‘s feelings towards Donnelly changed at all after hearing that he helped Jane give birth? I was also hoping that you could touch upon Phoenix’s official introduction during the podcast (🥁) and possibly mention: • When in the timeline the call between Tom and Phoenix happened (was it during MLU)? • If there are any bands that remind you of Nothing Personal’s music / their performance style. • How you came up with the name “Phoenix” (I always love the names that you come up with for characters & Phoenix isn’t a common one - so I’m soo curious about how that came about)! I’m so excited for this podcast! 🤗🤎

Elle

How do you come up with the different narrative styles the Famous Ones and the bodyguards have in their respective books? With Donnelly I enjoyed the multiple journal entries and yet with Luna, her “Dear Unearthly Reader” was subtle throughout the book until we got to the end

Teresa

1. If Kinney wasn't there would Luna have let the book case fall on her? 2. Who are the sources Loren mentioned that told him about how Donnelly has been with Farrow his entire adult life. Iam guessing either Akara or Oscar. 3. Farrow brought up an option of Donnelly going to therapy and doing a sleep study is that an opening to getting some flashbacks to Donnellys past if not in the book then bonus scenes?

Yasti

In the epilogue of Infamous Like Us it says that Seven was born on April 7th :) And Unlucky Like Us ends in December, so it’s still quite a bit of time until he’s born!

Teresa

1. When did you come up with the fact that Donnelly family is male dominated with very few females born . Is this from a family you personally know and when did you have the family tree worked out fot his family? 2.Are we going to find out about the time Donnelly was in a group home ? 3. What is the timeline from Lovers like us when Donnelly mom broke her parole and was arrested again to now when she's still in jail did she get out again or has she been in there since the second book.Thanks for doing this 😄

Sioned

Ooooh I completely forgot that tidbit! Thank you yasti:)

m

I see that one of Lunas professors is Wyatt Rochester, will the Rochesters possibly make another appearance again? And will thye be problematic

Sioned

What was your favourite one liner to write in unlucky? You’re guys jokes keep me up at night 😂

Evie N

Will we ever meet any Donnelly’s that are female? Donnelly and Sean are slowly re- building their relationship. Will Donnelly and his mum ever have some kind of relationship in the future? Also will we find out more about Donnelly’s mum side of the family?

Evie N

What will happen to Donnelly now he has been moved to triple shield? He is now Epsilon. So does this mean he can't live in the penthouse anymore?

Gabby Rojas

1. when did luna start writing her diary? Was it from the beginning of the events from misfits or whenever her and donnelly started getting close. 2. what were some of your favorite scenes to write in ULU? 3. is donnelly and beckets friendship gonna get better?? 4, How did you come up with the amnesia trope? How did you prepare for it?

Teresa

1.How did you ladies choose the names for the new babies and did you debate if Donnelly would be named after Farrows baby or Jane's? 2. Did you consider putting a scene in with Rose? And I understand Connor and Rose anger but Connor specifically is all about logic so was he not told that Donnelly had absolutely no idea that his family would attack Beckett and that he isn't to blame?

s

please talk more about farrow and donnelly’s relationship especially how donnellys breakdown was something they had never encountered in the their relationship before and how it acted as a turning point

Sascha

I feel like my questions might all be a spoilery for the next book but worth a shot I just wanted to clarify a few things, Luna’s diary that she finds, only covers misfits like us right? Also is there any hope that Luna will regain her memories? Lastly: how dare you 😭 kidding obviously but omg I don’t remember the last time I cried so much

Teresa

Before Misfits came out Loren finding out Donnelly went down on Luna was the characters and us as readers biggest fear. Is that still something to worry about him finding out or it's just something he never needs to know about?

Kayla Reynolds

How long had you known that Farrow and Moffy’s daughter would be named Cassidy? Or did you decide on that more recently? I love all the meaning you put in the names! And the moment with Farrow and Moffy FaceTiming Luna and Xander when she was born was one of my favorites from the book!

Ema Marković

Will we also get Special bonus this month I know that you both usually post this bonus when you hit goal on patreon, last time was for 2000 Now I see there are 2500 of us, so is there possibillity for this month that we get Main,Extra and Special bonuses?

Lauren Kay

did maximoff become a human heart eye emoji when he saw farrow’s new hair??? BECAUSE I DID

Yasti

Glad I could help! :)

Sioned

I think they stopped doing that? I’m not sure though I might be mistaken but I’m sure they made a post about it quite a few months back xx

Sioned

Oooooh! I’ve been wondering if that’s toms crush 🤔🤔 irs got to be if k&b only just introduced him, right? Thoughts? Xx

Ema Marković

I'm not sure, I just know that they usually do it for when they hit goal for how many patreons they have Last time it was last year for 2000 people (I think it was august last year)and before that was for 1500, so they usually do it for like bigger numbers and noe they hit 2500 I think they only skipped once or just traded it for extra bonus and not special bonus because they didn't have another bonus at the time

Sioned

Ohhh ok ok I get you! If I’m wrong I’m happy about that 😂 I’ve loved all the special bonuses so far xx

Ema Marković

Yess, I liked the most thoes special bonuses, maybe because they are always longer, I'm not sure 😅. But I just searched on patreon "special bonus" to see if they posted about it that they aren't doing it anymore, but I didn't find it Maybe if it was said in interview? But I really hope that there will be special bonus

Yasti

I don’t think it is. In MLU I *think* Tom says that his crush doesn’t know him personally. Phoenix definitely knows him personally since they’ve interacted a few times before, so it surely can’t be him

Yasti

What was the fate of Tom’s injured hand?

Yasti

Will we eventually (either in NLU or the Cobalt Empire series) find out what Eliot’s secret was? The one he backed away from saying last minute?

Yasti

Can I just say I looove the idea of all the cobalt boys modeling suits for Rose. Did all of them agree to it really quickly or did any of them have reservations about it? And how did Rose pitch it to them?

Yasti

Is there potential for a bonus scene in the future where we’d get to see Ripley’s reaction to being a big brother?

Yasti

I was wondering if you’d be able to talk about Beckett’s feelings and attitude towards Luna? I find it very interesting. Especially considering he’s still a bit on the meaner/colder side to her even after she lost her memories, which we can see when they’re all in Hell’s Kitchen watching his interview. Has he not thought about how confusing that must be for her, considering she has very little context as to why he’s acting this way towards her? I would think that, considering how genuinely kind of a person he is, he would know better than to act that way after she’s been through such a traumatic thing (at the hands of the same people who tried to hurt him, too!). Does he feel any guilt about the way he’s spoken to her, maybe?

a

can you talk about the Xander/ben/harriet scene pleasee

kelsey

1. Were you intentionally cagey with Donnelly’s mom’s maiden name? I figure this isn’t something you can really talk about without spoilers, but will that name play a part in Nobody Like Us? 2. What made you decide to use the memory-loss trope? And barring whatever happens in Nobody Like Us, what made y’all decide Luna wouldn’t get her memories back? 3. What was the hardest scene to write in this book? And not only emotionally hard for you as writers who love your characters, but also from a technical standpoint? 4. I’d like to ask about the timeline for BASS: I didn’t realize till my reread of Misfits in preparation for Unlucky, but in the “two years ago” flashback Luna was looking up fanfic for BASS and in Unlucky there’s still only been one season…and they watch that season finale live in Misfits. I’m not quite sure what I’m asking but I guess I’d love some elaboration on the timeline of it all. My brain likes to overanalyze these things lol 5. I like to think that when Luna lost her memories she just became more like herself, but what aspects of her character were you ladies most excited to “change”? To piggyback off that, which relationships are you most excited to build back up again now that luna could be considered a “blank slate”? (personally, i’m rooting for another sulli/luna arc. i just keep thinking about luna getting sulli a pregnancy test and being the first to know about it and now NOT REMEMBERING it 😭)

Kelly.

Can you tell us anything about Rose and Connor’s reaction to Donnelly delivering baby Maeve? Or even anything about them as grandparents?

Lauren Johnson

Why was Charlie hurt by Farrow calling him Oscar’s baggage and telling him to come collect him? What was he feeling in that moment?

Lauren Johnson

Was Charlie hurt that Oscar couldn’t even look at him after he went after Donnelly?

Teresa

After reading the latest bonus scene from you ladies from Maximoff POV, I putting it out in the universe that I hope when Ripley grows up he becomes a professional Race Car Driver!!

Yasti

I’d love to hear more about this scene, it was really entertaining! :D Why did Xander decide to introduce himself to Harriet? He didn’t have to do all that

Yasti

How did the rest of the family find out about Luna’s amnesia?

Sioned

💀💀💀💀 poor tommy

Lauren Gibbs

What led to the decision to use the amnesia trope? I remember you talking about how this book had a trope you'd never written before in a previous podcast and that made me SUPER curious what it could be, and BOY was I shocked and impressed at how well it was written. But is there anything specific that led you to want to do this trope? Or was it more of a wanting to try new tropes generally and deciding on amnesia? I'm so curious!! :)

A spector

I’m super curious how Rose and Connor feel about being biological grandparents to Cassidy? Given Rose’s history as a surrogate how would this shape their relationship with her? I’d image they will both react differently…

A spector

Can you confirm that the triad announcement on Dec 15th about the marriage and pregnancy (from infamous like us) was a distraction in time with Cassidy’s birth? And what role did it play? Was it to allow them to get to the hospital or leave or something else?

Dani P

This may be too spoiler-y, but what are the details of Donnelly's move to Triple Shield? Will he get to continue living in the penthouse? Will Sinclair now be his boss? If so, does Sinclair now have the power to transfer Donnelly off of Xander's detail? Could Sinclair fire Donnelly for bs reasons? Did Price promise Akara that he would make sure Donnelly isn't bullied or did Akara just throw Donnelly to the wolves without any protection? Also, did Akara purposely wait to tell Donnelly or did things just time out so Akara couldn't tell Donnelly and had to do it through email (which seems a bit impersonal/calloused for Akara)? Sorry if this is a bit ramble-y or spoiler-y but it feels like this could be a nothing-burger or it could break up the SFO family.

a

what made you decide on the ending that someone in the family is dead?

Teresa

Can you go into detail about O'Malley mind set, why would he say those things to someone who has amnesia and is struggling to remember the last couple years of her life. It just seems cold heartedly cruel , especially when I thought everything was OK between O'Malley and Donnelly.

Teresa

I know you can't confirm anything ,but if you had to choose 3 bodyguards to write a story for who would be the 3? You can even say Price since he's been there since the Addicted series😄

Yasti

I don’t know if this is too spoilery, but could you talk about Quinn (possibly) being in an abusive relationship with Nessa? Or is that something we’re going to find out more about in the future?

Arwen

apart from donnelly, who would you say was the most hurt by luna’s amnesia/memory loss?

Yasti

Such a great question! 😮

Sioned

HAHAHA the death glare charlie would give you if he saw this 🤣🤣

kelsey

the scenes that highlight female friendships in in both the addicted series and in like us are my favorite parts of kbr’s books! so i definitely agree with you on the frog and harriet front, too 🫶🏼

Teresa

Did you ever consider Farrow and Maximoff having a boy, Donnelly kept asking if they were sure it wasnt a boy he almost had me convinced that it would be a boy 🤣

Teresa

You ladies have introduced the Donnelly family as very large is there a chance in future books you hope to write a story about one of them, if none of them are good then maybe a redemption story? I already know you have the next few years set for what you'll be writing but further I'm the future if it's an option

Teresa

Iam one of those who are hoping for more Circus is family books but I meant for them as potential love interests for the characters we already have, could be someone for the cobalt since we don't know all their love interests or even the girl squad. Also Dishonestly yours trilogy is a completely separate book universe from the Addicted/like us world (for now) it would be cool if the Donnellys showed up in the Dishonestly yours series. 😎

A spector

Imagine using all that intellect for good…Maximoff’s daughter would definitely want to save the world

Jennifer Hillius

Does the cobalt jet smell like potato chips because of Oscar?

Yasti

Could you talk a bit more about Gabe and MK? Did he just show up at the hospital completely to Moffy and Farrow’s surprise, or did they know he was on his way? Did he stay for the whole birth? When did his relationship with MK start (it had to have been after ILU but… I have so many questions lol)? 🩷 Also, MK mentioned possibly leaving Philly (or at least that’s how I interpreted it) in a previous book, but now that she and Gabe are seeing each other, she can’t possibly be leaving any time soon, right? :)

Kelly.

I would love to hear more Gabe and MK!!!

Yasti

Could you also talk more about Frog? What was happening when Banks defended her from Epsilon? How is she feeling about Quinn working so closely with her? How does Quinn feel about it? Did they share a hotel room when they all went to the Fanaticon Convention? Is Frog doing okay by the end of ULU? I felt sad for her that 1) she sort of lost Luna, 2) she tried being friends with Donnelly and he was too pre-occupied to deal with her, 3) Epsilon is bullying her and undermining her and 4) she’s hanging around some sketchy guy that’s probably too old for her and potentially taking advantage of her vulnerability? 🥺

Yasti

Xander and Luna’s hug after the convention was so sweet, it made me teary 🥺 I really liked seeing a bit more of their sibling relationship

Yasti

Now that Thatcher’s been suspended, is there somebody else who’s taken over his job as a Lead for the time being? Also, is Jane just getting a temp bodyguard at the moment?

Teresa

Please explain WHAT Becketts problem is ,because right now he's acting like a jealous ex boyfriend, it's making me think he has a crush on Donnelly Please let me know if iam looking to much into his reactions 🤣

Safiyyah R

Would love to hear a breakdown and talk about the process of writing the scene where Loren and Donnelly are at the hospital (chapter 25) and they hug and Donnelly still feels like he didn’t do enough :(

kelsey

oh, this is an interesting question and i’d love for them to talk about it! i’m thinking about how good both rose and connor are at compartmentalizing, but i’m also thinking about if cassidy *looks* like jane, it’d have to be like looking into the past for them. and we all know how they feel about time

Yasti

Is Eliot still unemployed by the end of ULU? What does he spend his days doing?

Yasti

Omg 🤭 That would be convenient!! 💁🏼‍♀️🎀

Sioned

OH MY 👀👀👀