I think I was vaguely aware that Michelle Sagara and Michelle West were the same person when I picked up Cast in Courtlight at the library. I'm sorry to say that I'd read your 1st Sacred Hunt book at exactly the wrong time (ie, not really in the mood for Big Fat Fantasy), and then I had a run of bad-books-with-Jody-Lee-covers, so I'm afraid I shied away from everything else you wrote.
But being as I was desperate and remembered you as competent (it's been a bad month for picking out good books for me), I checked Courtlight out -- AND LOVED IT! Your plot was interesting! Your magic was interesting! Your characters were interesting and likeable! Your POV on life didn't make me want to slit my wrists! Also, I couldn't put it down.
So I made a point of immediately informing my romance/fantasy-loving best friend, and we are now planning to hit the rest of the series. I will probably go back and hit the Sacred Hunt books, too, but I may go looking for the Sun Sword books first. (Depends on what I find at the bookstore.)
Thank you again for writing Cast in Courtlight. Honestly, it was a breath of fresh air and good magic, too. :)
(I'm loving that new Jody Lee art style, too. Makes me happy to see an established artist stepping out of her comfort zone.)
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Date: 2007-09-12 03:09 am (UTC)But being as I was desperate and remembered you as competent (it's been a bad month for picking out good books for me), I checked Courtlight out -- AND LOVED IT! Your plot was interesting! Your magic was interesting! Your characters were interesting and likeable! Your POV on life didn't make me want to slit my wrists! Also, I couldn't put it down.
So I made a point of immediately informing my romance/fantasy-loving best friend, and we are now planning to hit the rest of the series. I will probably go back and hit the Sacred Hunt books, too, but I may go looking for the Sun Sword books first. (Depends on what I find at the bookstore.)
Thank you again for writing Cast in Courtlight. Honestly, it was a breath of fresh air and good magic, too. :)
(I'm loving that new Jody Lee art style, too. Makes me happy to see an established artist stepping out of her comfort zone.)