Reviews are trickling in, and everybody loves Alex!

[seanan_mcguire]

Tor.com has posted a lovely review of Half-Off Ragnarok, and says, " One thing that always amazes me about Seanan McGuire is how she can take a theme, and run with it. In this case, it's finding multiple kinds of cryptid who all fit into the overlapping 'snakes' and 'things which petrify you' categories, and making them all seem completely reasonable, if a little irrational. (It roughly compares to that time Jim Butcher worked five different flavors of werewolf into a single book.) Watching her characters deal with such hazardous and bizarre things as basilisks and gorgons, lindworms and more, is kind of like taking a tour through a very deadly theme park made up of alternating parts awesome and terrifying. Come to think of it, that sums up this series quite nicely."

Also...

"Don't go into this book looking for great literature or deep thoughts. Go into it because it's slightly over-the-top fun, a genuinely entertaining good time, an urban fantasy that, despite the title, isn't about the imminent end of the world. The best way to describe this is to say that McGuire writes for a wide audience, and this is an accessible series that doesn't require a lot of commitment. Better still, this book effectively acts as a jumping-on point to those just coming in."

Full disclosure: the reviewer has been a friend of mine since I was fourteen. But he's never let that force him to be nice to me when he didn't want to, so hey, we're all good (love ya, Mike).

Medusa's Library has also posted a review of Half-Off Ragnarok, and says, "This was a delightful book all the way through. Seanan is, herself, a trained herpetologist, and her love for the reptiles shines through. Also, there is an awesome animal called a Church Griffin (cross a Maine Coon cat with a raven) named Crow who I want to wrap up and bring home. The Aeslin mice that featured prominently in the first two books have their own part to play here too. Hail! Hail the subplot of the mice! Hail! (The anthropologist in me desperately wants to interview a colony of Aeslin mice as soon as possible!)"

Yay!

Everything is lovely, nothing hurts, and Half-Off Ragnarok can be yours this coming Tuesday.

Comments

[geekhyena.livejournal.com]

Yay! Looking forward to having it to read while I recover from surgery. *reads review* I also now want a church griffin, despite the fact that my landlady would kill me for having one. It'd be worth it.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

It would WRECK your shit.

[kerrykhat.livejournal.com]

I'm so excited for Tuesday! I have Half-Off Ragnarok and the Welcome to Night Vale show to look forward to. What a good day. :)

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

WOOT.

[melebeth]

I'm so glad there are Aeslin mice. I mean, I read all your books, whether or not they are present, but I am always happiest when I get to visit with them. Plus, it is an excuse to celebrate with cake and cheese! Or possibly, in this case, coconut cranberry cookies and cheese. Hail the release day!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Hail!

[thebluerose.livejournal.com]

Mine is on its way but I wont get it for another week and a half! Have to avoid ALL THE SPOILERS between now and then.

I just found out that I may lose my job in the latest round of jobcuts so this is a much needed cheerup :(

[jenfullmoon.livejournal.com]

You have my sympathies about your job :( Hope finally getting to read the book helps.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I hope that didn't happen. :(

[thebluerose.livejournal.com]

In the end, thankfully no, but it was a very stressful 5 weeks before I finally found out.

[ailsa-cf.livejournal.com]

These reviews have made me even more excited for this book - it's one of the few things I've asked for for my birthday (next Tuesday) so I'm keeping my fingers crossed, and if it doesn't turn up as a present from family, then I know exactly which bookshop in the city will have a copy. *g*

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[anne_d]

I'm really looking forward to this - and very glad I preordered it, as I'm not up to the drive to B&N yet, stupid post-surgery recovery. I'd have to wait in any case, and this way you get another sale on the first week, I hope.

[jenfullmoon.livejournal.com]

I pre-ordered this time (instead of running in during lunch on Tuesday to see if it came in yet, and around half the time someone else got it first in this town o' geeks) but they told me it probably wouldn't be in until Wednesday night. GRRRRRRR. My Tuesday will be awful at work, I need it :P

[jenfullmoon.livejournal.com]

Hahah! They called and said I can get it on release day!!!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I hope you are feeling better.

[rhoda-rants.livejournal.com]

HAIL!

I'm excited--will be doing my part to get it on the library shelves. (I work at a library now--it RULES.)

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[bekitty.livejournal.com]

SNEK! \o/

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

SNEK!

[oneminutemonkey.livejournal.com]

No one would trust me if I wasn't fair, unbiased, honest, and sometimes overly enthusiastic. :)
And in a side note, you are NEVER ALLOWED to meet our newest cat, Gideon. He is large, fluffy, sweet, ridiculous, goofy, and you would steal him in a heartbeat. If Gabriel inspired you to get a Maine Coon, Gideon would inspired you to commit heinous acts of genetic engineering to create more cats just like him. :)

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

KITTY.

I love my Maine Coons, though. I have no intention of ever going back to smaller cats.

[berry-k.livejournal.com]

I think the Æslin Mice should get their OWN NOvel, so there,

[jenfullmoon.livejournal.com]

Oh god, I just pictured how the mice would write a book. HOOOOOO BOY.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Nope.

[amy estes (from livejournal.com)]

I think the Aeslin Mice should get their own scripture! And history books!

.... Now, I want some kind of incryptid Adopt A Colony organization. :)

[oneminutemonkey.livejournal.com]

I think they need some sort of picture book. :)

[ironed_orchid]

HAIL!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

That might increase the population...

[librarygrrl]

Yay!!!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Glee.

[gothrockrulz.livejournal.com]

Yay for good reviews!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

So pleased.

[alicebentley]

With my new job I'm working weekends - so pleased to have Tuesday and Wednesday off this week. I know just how I'm going to be spending the time.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[phoenix-singing.livejournal.com]

I'm off Tuesday. I know what I'll be doing. :D

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

YAY

[ladymurmur.livejournal.com]

Very excited for Tuesday! :-)

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I am glad.

[beasting-quest.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the good reviews. So looking forward to the book!

(I'm reposting because this was apparently flagged as spam; if lj does it again, I'm not doing anything, as not to spam you (kind of bizarre, really).)

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

It's no problem, really. And I do manually unspam legit comments.

[thedragonweaver.livejournal.com]

Looking forward to the spoiler thread!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[elialshadowpine.livejournal.com]

Yay! (And I would expect nothing less.)

Also, I will be sitting like a cat at a mousehole over at Amazon to get my lovely kindle copy tonight....

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Hee.

[sirfox.livejournal.com]

aeslin mice... and snakes.

oh, dear.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Yup.

[jesslynh.livejournal.com]

Any idea of when the audiobook will be released? I've got the Kindle version, but would like to have both.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Alas, I never know this.