{"id":3686,"date":"2011-02-17T06:30:08","date_gmt":"2011-02-16T17:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=3686"},"modified":"2011-12-26T13:50:26","modified_gmt":"2011-12-26T00:50:26","slug":"catanetwork-reviewers-choice-award-2010-for-the-heir-of-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2011\/02\/17\/catanetwork-reviewers-choice-award-2010-for-the-heir-of-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Single Titles Reviewers’ Choice Award 2010 for “The Heir of Night”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The CataNetwork <\/strong>is a US-based site of “websites and communities for the lovers of romance novels.”<\/p>\n

Hold on, you say, The Heir of Night<\/em><\/strong> is not a romance novel.<\/p>\n

I agree that it is not, but it appears that the CataNetwork<\/a> <\/strong>reviews titles across a range of genres including Fantasy and reviewed Heir <\/em><\/strong>on November 23—with the tagline “I was immediately immersed and mesmerized by this dark epic fantasy…”<\/em> You can read the full review here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And yesterday I received an email notifying me that:<\/p>\n

“<\/span>THE HEIR OF NIGHT has won a coveted CataNetwork Reviewers’ Choice award for 2010.\u00a0 CataNetwork reviewers have chosen your book as one of the best books that they have reviewed for Single Titles this year.\u00a0 Thank you for sharing your talent with all the readers as you entertain us with your stories.”<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Needless to say I was taken by surprise–but very pleased! Thank you very much, CataNetwork. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

SFX Review:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I also received notice yesterday that The Heir of Night<\/strong><\/em> has been reviewed—ahead of its UK<\/strong> release on March 3—<\/strong>by SFX Magazine<\/strong>. And it’s a nice review, with the reviewer describing Heir’s<\/strong><\/em> take on the traditional epic fantasy as “refreshing”\u00a0 and a “well-told tale that gives several new twists to a tried-and-tested formula.”\u00a0 Overall, Heir<\/strong><\/em> is summed up as an “enjoyable read.”<\/p>\n

I also note, given my recent guest post on “Writing Strong Women in Fantasy”<\/a> on Mary Victoria’s blog<\/a>, the SFX reviewer’s comment: “Also refreshing is the issue of female soldiers: there’s no discussion or worthy treatise on why women are not just equal but head the Earl’s Honor Guard — they just are.”<\/em> But you’ll have to read my post<\/a> to know why reading that was an “Ah, yes!” moment for me.:)<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

And then there’s “Book Smugglers”:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just to keep everything in perspective, Thea of the Book Smugglers<\/a> romance & speculative fiction review site disliked pretty much everything about Heir<\/strong><\/em>, up until ca. page 260 when she out it down in black despair.\u00a0 You can read the full review here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So it was kind of nice, as I’m sure you can imagine, having read all that to get the SFX review<\/strong> and notification of the CataNetwork Reviewers’ Choice Award 2010<\/strong> in the post the very next morning.<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

To sum up<\/strong> … I guess from 5-star reviews and Reviewers’ Choice Awards, through a “well-told tale” that is a “refreshing” and “enjoyable read”, to a “did not finish”—well you’d have to say that it’s a “ride” at least!<\/p>\n

I set out my “thoughts on reviews” in this post of September 25 2010<\/a> and it probably forms my soundest overall response to “the ride” for those who wish to read it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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