Possibly the Best Monday Morning EVAR

[swan_tower]

If I have to be jolted awake by my alarm on a Monday morning when I don't really want to be up yet . . .

. . . then this is the sort of thing I want waiting for me when I sit down at the computer:

Stunningly conceived and exquisitely achieved, this rich historical fantasy portrays the Elizabethan court 30 years into the reign of the Virgin Queen, often called Gloriana. Far below ground, her dark counterpart, heartless Invidiana, rules England's fae. Brennan (Warrior and Witch) pairs handsome young courtier Michael Deven, an aspiring agent under spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham, with bewitching fae Lune, who attempts to avoid Invidiana's wrath by infiltrating Walsingham's network in mortal guise. History and fantasy blend seamlessly as Deven and Lune tread their precarious tightropes between loyalty and betrayal. Brennan's myriad fantastical creations ring as true as her ear for Elizabethan and faerie dialogue. With intriguing flashbacks to historical events and a cast of deftly drawn characters both real and imagined, Brennan fleshes out the primal conflict of love and honor pitted against raging ambition and lust for power in a glittering age when mortals could well be such fools as to sell their souls forever.

That, folks, is (I believe) my first-ever Publisher's Weekly review.

It's starred. And the at the top of the SF/F/H section, too. (Page down if you're looking for it in context; there's no way to link directly to that graf.)

(It also happens to be the thing I had to redact from my earlier post; I didn't realize I wasn't supposed to mention it until the review itself came out. But I only knew the review would be good; I didn't know what it said until this morning.)

So, yeah. A very nice thing to wake up to. Paired, as it happens, with an e-mail from a super-sekrit individual planning a different kind of interview for Midnight Never Come, who also loved the book. Did somebody declare today Ego-Stroking Monday and not tell me?

Comments

[wldhrsjen3.livejournal.com]

w00t! That's wonderful! (And I have to say, I have been looking forward to this book ever since I first saw you on LJ. I can't wait!)

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

After months'nmonths'nmonths of waiting and wondering if my book will ever be out -- it's suddenly starting to feel real.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[ckd]

Congratulations!

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Muchas gracias!

[kwaller.livejournal.com]

Eeeeee!!! You're STARRED! *glees*

We get PW here at the office, and I believe that I am going to grab that particular issue and do a little happy dance with it. : )

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

You think you are -- I'm just waiting to wake up enough to trust myself behind the wheel of a car. <g>

[eclectician.livejournal.com]

Nice! *stroke*

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

<purrs>

[kendokamel.livejournal.com]

Oh, hooray! :D

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

*bounce*

[danielmc.livejournal.com]

that is a good monday morning.
congtrats

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

I may have to break my ban of "no self-promotion at my students" and tell them about this.

[squirrel-monkey.livejournal.com]

Awesome, and congrats!

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

That is a hilarious icon, and very fitting for my current mood. ^_^

[unforth.livejournal.com]

Yay! That's AWESOME! Oh, and I can't wait to read it!!! Yay!

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

I guess I did good this time . . . .

[brian-ohio.livejournal.com]

Holy Guacamole! That's made of awesome. What a great review. Congratulations!

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Thankee!

(At some point I should do something with my morning other than stare at the review and grin . . . .)

[catrambo.livejournal.com]

That is just plain too awesome for words! Go you!

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Danke!

[kmousie.livejournal.com]

Many, many congratulations! That's just wonderful! *happy dance* Squee! You should definitely share it with your students.

Happy Ego-Stroking Monday!

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Eh, I try not to seem like I'm using the class as a platform for my own writing. I mean, I talk about things I've written, because they're examples I can discuss in detail -- but I also talk about lots of examples that aren't mine.

[faerie-writer.livejournal.com]

Wheeee!!!! :D

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

<happy dance>

[ombriel.livejournal.com]

Whoa, awesome! Congrats!

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[wadam.livejournal.com]

What a great review. Congratulations! If I couldn't wait for the book before, such is really the case now.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Me neither. Not to read the book (of course), but to see it out in the world.

[tybalt-quin.livejournal.com]

Very many congratulations!

:pointy dance of excellent review joy:

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Pointy dance . . . ?

[deadboxoffice.livejournal.com]

Way to go!

-Shawn

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[wishwords.livejournal.com]

Wow! What a fantastic review. Not only is it complimentary, it's intelligent. Congratulations.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they manage to be substantive without being spoilery -- and all in the space of 155 words. Reviewing well is a fine and under-appreciated art.

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

The sleepy version of that is more or less what I said when I saw it. (It came out rather zombie-like. <g>)

[sora-blue.livejournal.com]

That is a stunning review. :)

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

I knew it was going to be good.

I didn't know it was going to be that good.

[d-c-m.livejournal.com]

YAY!!!!!!!!!!! *does happy shimmy*

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

<lol> Love the icon.

[milbrcrsan.livejournal.com]

Eh, I'm not surprised. You're a fantastic writer after all. ;) I figured you'd get a review that great, especially since you did all that research. :p

But congrats on the awesome review! That must feel wonderful indeed! :D

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

But there's a personal element in reviewing -- something may just not be to the reviewer's taste, and that will color their response. I can't control that, no matter how hard I work on the story.

[querldox.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Danke!

[m-stiefvater.livejournal.com]

That is an AWESOME review and congrats -- you must be through the roof.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Very much so.

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

AWESOME.

Huge amounts of congratulations!

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Thank you!