The news is in, and...

[seanan_mcguire]

...it turns out Alex Price is just as popular as his sister!

I am delighted to announce that Half-Off Ragnarok debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List in position #18, a new high for this series. With every book, we inch a little closer to the top ten, and I couldn't be more delighted.

I was very nervous about this book. I announced from the start that InCryptid was going to be a family affair, but it's still hard to switch protagonists, especially when people seem to enjoy the one you already have. I did see some early rumbles from people who were sure that the books wouldn't be any good at all without Verity there to anchor them, and I have been incredibly relieved and delighted to see my readers embrace Alex with open arms.

I love all the members of the Price family, and more, I love the way I can use them to show different things about one another. Verity doesn't see how much her dance career hurts Antimony, who has never been allowed to pursue anything she really loved in the same way, and Antimony doesn't see how much Verity works and sacrifices for the things that seem to come to her so easily. Having both of them onscreen lets me explore both sides of the story. It's wonderful.

Alex has one more book to go, next year's Pocket Apocalypse, and I hope you'll like it just as much as you did this one. Thank you all so, so much.

It's been a lot of fun so far.

Comments

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Doing it for a FAMILY TREE, which is NOT bare text, and would require setting up the connections between family members (which is a graphic, and is essential for it to look enough not like crap for me to put on my website), is not a basic thing. Also, my website? Is not a wiki. It's never going to have all the spoilers, for everything, forever and ever, amen. No.

[museclio]

I'm a scientist. While I liked Verity, and liked the books, I *loved* Alex.

[triskelmoon.livejournal.com]

NYT! YAY!

[geekhyena.livejournal.com]

I sat down yesterday with the book and didn't get up until I was done. IT WAS AWESOME. I'm really liking Alex, and I look forward to seeing more of him! And Crow's personality reminds me so much of the Maine Coon I had as a kid - it's making me wish I had time/$ for a cat again. Once I get my PhD.....

Have people tried to breed "fancy" types of basilisk, like how there are chickens that look like poofballs or have really elaborate tail feathers?

[yellowblackhaze.livejournal.com]

If anything I think I liked Alex even more than Verity. I think I identified more with him than I do with many characters that populate the genre, of course he also had an Australian tagging along with him for the ride and that didn't exactly hurt things from my point of view down here.

[greyduck.livejournal.com]

I received the book for my birthday (well, my secondary partner took me to Powell's and asked, "What would you like?" because she's awesome that way) and it was the first thing I devoured out of the small stack of books which came home with me. I love it to pieces, and will soon have to go back through the three books (and various side stories) for a full-up reread. Also: Oh, Sarah.

Well done, you. Here's to many more, and continued successes.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

[ironed_orchid]

The other thing that made me REALLY happy was realising that we were going see a continuation of Sarah's storyline. Which made it connect up with the events of Midnight Blue Special.

[ironed_orchid]

I recall there was some discussion of a fan run wiki for the Toby Daye books, which would not be Seanan's job to organize. There could also be something like that for the InCryptid series, with warnings including spoilers at the top of entries e.g. "spoilers for [book]".

That said, having read all the short stories and noticed references in the books, I know exactly how Fran and Alex are related. The clues are all in the text.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Annie's special.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I miss that show so much.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Aw, I'm sorry.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

HAIL!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

He's a special guy.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

That is awesome.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Glee, says I.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Oh, absolutely. But very few of them have lived.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

My Australian beta makes sure Shelby sounds like a real person, and not a Californian or a cartoon. :)

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Glee.

[shiyiya.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! And well-deserved. I devoured it in short order, with glee, and I loved it. Looking forward to the next one, and then I'm looking forward to more Antimony! I've loved her short stories. (I backed Glitter & Mayhem just for her.)

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Hooray!

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

This has prompted a fairly long discussion of "Which would you rather have - a church griffin or a rose goblin?"

I'm on team Spike - because allergies

[beasting-quest.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! I certainly adored Alex and the extended family. The gorgons were great as well! And I still want a mini griffin, despite their affinity for destruction. <3

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Yay!