*Urk* It's Hardcover --

[alfreda89]

I'm glad for Patricia Briggs that Fair Game was a hardcover release -- that suggests Ace Books thinks this branch of the Mercy Thompson Books can stand on its own. But my budget doesn't extend to hardcover right now, so I'll have to wait until either the library gets it or the paperback comes out.

Fortunately the library has it on order!

In the meantime, here's a silly, fun special effects romp over on Vimeo. It's like 1:30 minutes, so if you need a quick grin, enjoy!

Comments

[apricot-tree.livejournal.com]

I totally agree. A little tiny piece of me feels sick when a favorite artist goes hardcover. But I am happy for her. It is definitely worth the wait from the library. (I got it out of mine this weekend.) I really love the pairing of her two main characters.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Yes, I think the characters in A&O are quite interesting. Pat is not soft-pedaling how hard it would be for top predators to live in a society that controls and channels those instincts. And I like that it's a sweet romance -- I think those are actually harder to do well.

Thank heavens for the library! If I end up doing the Allie books myself, I will probably do a simultaneous library hardcover/paper trade edition. Because you gotta control costs somewhere! (For the older books -- the new one I'd do a trade/ebook release, I think. Depends on whether I could do a Kickstarter to fund the covers and first print run.)

[apricot-tree.livejournal.com]

It's one thing to spring hard cover prices for an unknown - even by a trusted author. But a reissue I can see in hard cover/trade paperback. Everyone who's worn out several paperbacks can go for a known quality. At least I would. I'm on my third copy of Night Calls.

I think so many rescue romances let the woman be the one being taken care of. But Pat's characters support each other in a way that is so real. It's really a well written book. I have one little thing that bothered me. But I won't tell you what till you read it. :)

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

That's kinda what I thought. A library edition sort of thing. Might do a hardcover version of the new one if there's demand, but not as the first issue.

Evil person. ;)

[6-penny.livejournal.com]

I love her book 'The Hobs Bargain'.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

So I'll put that one on my to-read list! I have a good friend who understands that if that's what is making the most money, Pat has to write that. But my friend misses all her lovely fantasies she did before.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

I ended up using my Xmas gift card for several books, including Fair Game, when I realized that I got several of Pat's books on sale when Borders went under. So thought I'd add to her numbers.

She did some awesome stuff in the book, and the ending did not come out of nowhere for me -- I could see that a flashpoint was quite likely approaching. Oddly, perhaps, the major sex scene did not work well for me. But then I've never been overwhelmed to the point of endangering myself for sex. We'll leave it there to not spoil anything for others.

Did like the book very much!