Michelle Sagara

Well, as a reader who has read both the West and the Luna novels, I personally was more than satisfied with both of them, and obviously the Luna novels are much less dense, but if one takes the Luna novels for what they are, not what they aren't (i.e. West novels), I don't see how readers wouldn't love them. ^_^ And while the "Sagara tone" is certainly a bit of a switch, especially initially, I found after reading the Luna novels that one of the things I value most about your work--and it's hard to describe, but I'd say the subtlety of your style would be as close as i could come (as well as a certain tendency to have a hint of the apocalyptic in the background, maybe ^_^)--was just as evident in them as it was in the West books. And I don't know how someone could call the Luna books boring, either, because (especially Courtlight) if nothing else the details are bloody fascinating.

Hmm, I don't really know if this reply is actually getting at the bookstore girl angle. If I had read the Luna books first I think I would have been quite happy to read the West books, but I think it depends on what aspect of the Luna books a reader valued--if they just want more brain candy, the West books would probabaly not be the best recommendation, but if they're in it for more than just the snappy pacing and dialogue and romance, then the West books could work too.

Hooray for Kallandras possibly having a different fate. He's one of my favorites. But then, almost all of them are.