Dear Ms. Vaughn: When your debut book, Warprize, entered the market, it was 2005. High fantasy romance wasn’t (and still isn’t) thick on the ground. I fell in love with Lara, the Warprize, and Keir, Warlord, and their attempts to teach each other the best of the urban and plains’ ... more >
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” ... more >
Dear Ms. Vaughan, Jane and I have both heaped love on all three books of your “Warlord” series. To me they seemed fresh, new and filled with characters I loved. I dove into each one eagerly anticipating it. Okay, maybe the sweat stuff in book two dragged on too long ... more >
Dear Ms. Vaughan, I’m a greedy reader. I want it all: solid worldbuilding, strong plotting, and heartstopping romance. But I know that’s a tall order, so if a book can hit two out of three, I’m happy. This is one of the reasons why I like reading across genres because ... more >
Dear Ms. Vaughan And so it ends. Warlord brings to a close the stories of Lara and Keir which began two years ago in the surprising debut of Warprize and continued in last year’s Warsworn. In a genre full of vampires, werewolves, dukes and carriages, this series brings the reader ... more >
Dear Ms Vaughan, Enough with the Sweat! Enough with the fever, raving, bathing and sickness. Give us more pattern dancing and combat trials. More fun and less grim. And please make Lara less of a little martyr who feels compelled to help even her enemies. I wanna see her kick ... more >