Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: excited
  • Music: Counting Crows, "Rain King."

Tanya Huff! Now at a bookstore near you!

...well, Tanya Huff's new book, anyway. Today is the release of The Enchantment Emporium [Amazon]|[Mysterious Galaxies], the latest awesome adventure in awesome adventuring from Tanya Huff, the woman who basically woke up one day and said "hmmm, I think I'll create a genre." (Seriously, if you like books about vampires, or anything in the urban paranormal class of books, you should buy this book just to say thank you.) Better, she and I share a publisher, which means I had the opportunity to find out early just how awesome The Enchantment Emporium really is.

How awesome?

Damn awesome. I've been reading and loving Tanya's work for years, but I haven't enjoyed one of her books this much since Summon the Keeper (which I read about eight or nine times over the course of a single summer, because I loved it that much). The Gale family is enthralling, their mysteries just mysterious enough to keep me reading, and just clear enough not to become annoying. The language is gorgeous, and the story is a hell of a lot of fun. If I have any complaints, it's that this isn't a series yet, so I can't promise more. Then again, sometimes the best stories are the ones that stand all by themselves.

The Enchantment Emporium: because while we can't be absolutely certain WalMart is ripping holes in the fabric of space and time, who wants to take the chance?

Available now from a bookstore near you, assuming you live somewhere where there are actually bookstores. If not, it's available from Amazon and Mysterious Galaxies (here, have the links again: [Amazon]|[Mysterious Galaxies]), and there's even a Kindle edition if you live in an atmosphere hostile toward paper.

Yay!
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seanan_mcguire

June 2 2009, 14:39:45 UTC 8 years ago

Brand new world, a lot of the same "feel" as the Keeper books—serious without being angsty, snappy without being overly flippant—and a really awesome central character.

Plus the chapter dingbat is a yo-yo, and it's hard to get much cooler than that.

jimhines

June 2 2009, 14:42:25 UTC 8 years ago

"Plus the chapter dingbat is a yo-yo"

I'm sold.

seanan_mcguire

June 2 2009, 14:44:20 UTC 8 years ago

I know, right? How can you not love it?

jimhines

June 2 2009, 14:46:30 UTC 8 years ago

You know, a long time ago, I was pretty good at yo-yo tricks. Juggling too. I should get back into practice. If nothing else, it would be a fun way to liven up slow panels :-)

seanan_mcguire

June 2 2009, 14:48:01 UTC 8 years ago

Wait, seriously? I did not know that! (Obviously, since you just told me, but I'm expressing surprise and delight. Just work with me here.) I come from a carnie family. You break out the yo-yo, I'll make the funnel cakes, we can stun-and-sugar audiences into buying our complete works.

jimhines

June 2 2009, 14:53:02 UTC 8 years ago

Strictly amateur-level. I can do a handful of yo-yo tricks*, keep the juggling clubs in the air long enough to make the 4-year-old laugh, stuff like that. Not ready for the flaming chainsaw of death though.

Mm ... funnel cakes. I like this plan :-)

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*Rock the baby is fun. Whip the baby round and round is better.