Justine Larbalestier

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Magic’s Child & Other stuff

The first offline review of Magic’s Child has appeared in Kirkus Reviews. They seem to like it. The entire review is riddled with spoilers so here are the highlights:

In this sizzling conclusion to a mordant fantasy trilogy, magic is more curse than blessing for 15-year-old Reason. . . . Alternating chapters by Reason, Jay-Tee and their friend Tom recount this crackling blend of fantastic adventure and soap-opera angst with vivid splashes of Aussie and American slang. . . . [A]dolescent readers will be left pondering their own hard choices. Not a stand-alone story, but the entire trilogy is a worthwhile purchase.

Not bad, eh? A number of pullquotes. Thank you, Kirkus!

In other news scifi.com’s Scifiwire is interviewing various award shorlistees, like, um, me for the Norton Award. I hear there’ll be interviews soon with Maureen Johnson and Scott Westerfeld. I assume they’ll also talk to Susan Beth Pfeffer and Megan Whalen Turner. Hope so!

In other news Rebecca designed this T-shirt in honour of Scott and mine’s visit to Houston. Isn’t it awesome?

Is that not the coolest Magic or Madness/Midnighters combination you ever saw? There are even butterflies! I love it!

Posted by Justine at 9:17, 9 March 2007 under Fans & readers, How To Ditch Your Fairy, Magic or Madness trilogy, Praising, Scott's books, Vainglory, Young Adult literature | 5 Comments »

Comments

  1. maureen Says:

    LarbFeld 2007 rox!

    March 9th, 2007 at 10:49 AM

  2. John H Says:

    excellent!

    although i think westerlestier would have been equally cool…

    March 9th, 2007 at 4:24 PM

  3. Rebecca Says:

    i am inclined to agree with john…. westerlestier is awesome. :D :D

    March 10th, 2007 at 2:27 AM

  4. John H Says:

    oh, and i just noticed — westerlestier has thirteen letters…

    March 10th, 2007 at 8:10 AM

  5. Maggie Says:

    I had to look up the word ‘mordant’ first, but, yes, Kirkus did seem to like MC! Congrats! :D

    March 10th, 2007 at 8:41 AM

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