Book Recommendation

[rolanni]

I usually don't review science fiction or fantasy books here, on account of I know 'way too many science fiction and fantasy authors, that being the wages of sin having been Executive Director/Vice President/President of SFWA.

In fact, I know Patricia Wrede slightly. She's a very nice lady with a good deal of common sense, and if you're ever at a con where she's a panelist, it'll be worth your time to go and listen to what she says.

Pat has written a lovely, lovely book called Thirteenth Child, which I've just finished reading. The world-building is marvelous; the narrator's voice (yes, it's an "I" book -- deal) is pitch-perfect, and by the time you're finished reading the first page you're in-world so solid that coming out of the book is a little disconcerting.

Man, I wish I could write like that.

Y'all need to read this book. Really.

Comments

[kk1raven.livejournal.com]

I read Thirteenth Child a couple of weeks ago and very much enjoyed it.

When it comes to writing books that suck the reader into their world, I'd say you do write like that. Your writing is different from hers in other ways, but you're both authors whose books are hard for me to put down before the end.