A few Stranger links

[rachelmanija]

Sherwood and I wrote an article in the Guardian. Just to clarify, Yuki does not have superpowers. He is really good with animals, though.

A fun review by bookelfe/skygiants.

Comments

[nenya_kanadka]

This book is getting me through the holiday season. I am slipping off to read it right this moment, in fact, as the crowd of (very lovely!) people at dinner has gotten to be too much.

I think I ship Mia/Jennie, but I'm only halfway through. My favourite evil carnivorous mutant plants are the singing trees, or possibly Dr Lee's medicinal plants. :D

[rachelmanija]

AWESOME. I love hearing stuff like that.

The singing trees are everyone's favorite mutant carnivorous plants. ;)

[nenya_kanadka]

SO MANY carnivorous plants! ALL of the flora wants to eat you!! Am v curious about the whole thing with the singing tree(s) and Ross though. Hmmm.

Also omfg the twist with Felicite! Aaahh! Just got to the post-party freakout. O.M.G.

Anyway. Omg.

[rachelmanija]

HA HA HA. I can't tell you how many people have emailed me to say that they're reading and enjoying, and then follow up immediately after hitting that part.

Hostage has more on Ross and the trees.

[nenya_kanadka]

Ha! Well, someone on meme had said something about wanting "all the Felicite gen" so I figured that either they just reeeallly liked her political scheming or that she'd do a heel-face turn at some point. (Which she may yet do, idk, she's got a heart buried down under all that lace...somewhere. Maybe.) This, though? This I did not expect, though in retrospect of course there's foreshadowing.

O.M.G.

How many books are there?

[rachelmanija]

Four: Stranger, Hostage, Rebel, Traitor. With the possibility of more, or of related novellas/short stories. But four for sure.

Hostage is up next. Felicite is in it, but doesn't have a POV. So if anyone starts reading there, they won't know what her deal is until they read Stranger. (The POVs rotate. Ross, Mia, and Jennie have POVs in all four, but other characters are in one or two or three of the books.)

[nenya_kanadka]

Makes sense about the POVs. Ross, Jennie, and Mia are pretty much my favourites anyway so that is great. Just finished the book this morning at the doctor's office and am already jonesing for the next one, so glad it's a series. :D

(Oh no Laura Hernandez I liked her! ;__;)

[laurashapiro]

I finished Stranger last night, and I enjoyed it so much! Excellent worldbuilding, and the characters are compelling and unique. I can't wait for the next one!

[rachelmanija]

Oh, that's great! I'm so glad you liked it.

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

Yay! Well done on the article, but much more so on the book.

[tool-of-satan.livejournal.com]

The Guardian! Nice!

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I think this is awesome.

[egelantier.livejournal.com]

congratulations on the article!

this should be an interesting article to read.

[ancientone.livejournal.com]

hope your getting all the time you need to write like you want.

Hey, it is a great article.

[ancientone.livejournal.com]

I just read it through. Good job!