May 2 2011
Dear Ms. Vaughan, Jane brought it to my attention that “Warprize,” your first novel and the first book in this series, is being reissued this month just as a book which is (I think) loosely related to it is being published. She asked if I’d be willing to revisit “Warprize” and I agreed. Princess Xylara(…)
Apr 15 2011
A reader alerted me to a passage in the Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide wherein Stephenie Meyers elaborates on the perfect vampire. A couple of years ago, Alisa Valdez Rodriguez blogged that Meyers’ was racist and gave a point by point summary supporting her claim. I and dozens of other bloggers refuted that claim(…)
Apr 14 2011
Dear Ms. Archer, My track record with space sci-fi romance (SSFR) has been terrible of late. There are moments when I wonder why I continually punish myself with middling (at best) SSFR when there is so much incredible romance reading available out there. But I do it because I’m hunting for that perfect mix of(…)
Apr 13 2011
Dear Ms. Pon, I read your debut, Silver Phoenix, when it was first released and enjoyed it. Like Jane, I’m a big fan of multicultural stories and it was wonderful to see a YA fantasy featuring a setting based on ancient China. So I’ve been looking forward to your follow-up for a quite a while.(…)
Apr 5 2011
Dear Ms. Lo, When your debut novel, Ash, was released to much fanfare and acclaim, I snatched it up and read it with excitement. So I was a little disappointed to learn that I didn’t seem to love it as much as everyone else did. I figured it just wasn’t for me — too much(…)
Mar 30 2011
Dear Ms. Creasy This is the sequel to Song of Scarabaeus and I definitely think that readers should read Song first. Children starts where the cliffhanger ending of Song stopped: our bio tech heroine, Edie Sha'nim, in desperate need of neuroxin, a toxic drug that her half Talasese heritage needs to stay alive. If Edie(…)
Mar 9 2011
Dear Mr. Rothfuss, By February I had heard enough people mention how eagerly they were awaiting the sequel to your first novel, 2007's The Name of the Wind, that I was intrigued and decided to pick up the first book in the series. The Name of the Wind begins this way: "It was night again.(…)
Jan 11 2011
Dear Ms. West, I fear my epic reading muscles must be atrophied. I realize I’ve been reading many young adult novels and paranormal/urban fantasies in recent months, but I think it’s warped my expectations for how long it should take me to finish a book! I’ve reviewed the Elantra novels you write under the Michelle(…)
Dec 16 2010
Dear Ms. Downum, I snatched up your debut novel, The Drowning City, when it was published last year. I’d been anticipating its release since the acquisition announcement. Traditional fantasy books about female necromancers? Sign me up! Unfortunately, the reality didn’t live up to my hopes and I found myself unable to get into it at(…)
Dec 9 2010
Breaking from our usual procedure at Dear Author, this is an early review. Twilight’s Dawn doesn’t come out until next March but Jane and I believe that readers should be forewarned. The first half of the review is spoiler-free. The second half, however, is not. I’ve clearly marked where that section begins so readers can(…)
Dec 1 2010
Dear Ms. McKinley, Your fantasy books made my life in middle school. I was in a precarious reading stage where I just didn’t know what I liked. Harry Potter was wrapping up, and I wasn’t sure if the fantasy genre was still my thing. While not every book tickled my fancy, (some were real stinkers)(…)
Nov 2 2010
Dear Ms. Jemisin, Earlier this year I read your debut fantasy novel, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, and enjoyed it quite a bit. So when it came time for your sophomore effort to be released, I made sure to request a copy. The Broken Kingdoms is the second book of the Inheritance Trilogy, of which The(…)
Oct 26 2010
Dear Ms. Wilson: This is a tough book to review because it is the fifth book in an epic romance fantasy story and this story brings to conclusion plot arcs that began in book 1. For that reason, the measure by which I have judged this book is how satisfying I found it to be(…)
Oct 14 2010
Dear Ms. Hobson, The first books that were ever read to me-’aside from children’s picture books that is-’were C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia, thus establishing a long history of love for the fantasy genre. As a child, my favorite books were those that had any kind of magic, fairy tale or fantastic elements in them.(…)
Oct 8 2010
Dear Ms. Shinn, I have long been a fan of your Samaria series (Janine introduced me to it), but hadn’t read any of your books in several years. When I saw that you had a new book coming out that wasn’t part of an existing series, it seemed like maybe it was time to get(…)
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