Devoted is the sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel Elixir

Elixir (novel)

Elixir is the debut young adult novel co-written by American entertainer Hilary Duff with Elise Allen. It was available at booksellers on October 12, 2010. It is the first in a series of books that Duff is committed to do. Elise Allen collaborated on the first book with Duff, and became committed...

 by American entertainer Hilary Duff

Hilary Duff

Hilary Erhard Duff is an American actress, singer-songwriter, entrepreneur, and author. After working in local theater plays and television commercials in her childhood, she achieved fame playing the title role in the Disney Channel television series Lizzie McGuire. She also reprised her role in...

 with Elise Allen. It was published and released to booksellers on October 11, 2011. It is the second in a series of books that Duff is committed to do.

Creation Process

After the release of Elixir in 2010, Duff stated that she would write a couple of sequels to Elixir, all in collaboration with Allen. In an interview with CosmoGirl!, she said: "Clea has been on an emotional rollercoaster, so that is probably where the next book will start. Clea will need to find a way to pick her self up and put the pieces of her life back together. Who knows how long that could take? And what her next move will be? Hopefully her dreams will guide her. IF she can dream.". However, she said that nothing had not been put down as yet and that she and her co-writer, Allen, were simply playing around with different ideas. On October 18 2010, Duff posted on Twitter about a sequel: "Can't believe so many people have read the book already! Yipeeee! Starting the next one in two weeks". Devoted, hit the book shelves on October 11, 2011.

In an interview with MTV

MTV

MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

, Duff said that "'Devoted' picks up basically where 'Elixir' left off, and Clea has a lot of big questions to answer and decisions to make." She also said that plans for the third and final book in the trilogy

Trilogy

A trilogy is a set of three works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as three individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games...

were being discussed and that "I don't think it will be as long. It will be a wrap up, kind of where they are now and what exactly happened to the Elixir, whose hands it's in, what ends up happening with Sage."