Olivia Destiny loves her boring job as a billionaire pirate sorcerer who solves the complications of ancient and cute space-faring kittens. But being the heir and daughter of the Emperor of the Universe is a bait that a mysterious and painfully charming vampire from another dimension cannot resist, and she is hurtled into a reckoning with her notorious rock star past. Her love for a gorgeous, grey-eyed bloodsucking monster may be the only thing that can save the tiny, adorable, space kittens who taught her to love in the first place.
Written in the inimitable style of Finnegans Wake, but with more Yiddish, and with the pleasing pacing of Remembrance of Things Past, this is the first novel to receive an eight figure advance, which it was given on the basis of a rough sketch of the first paragraph.
- 114 city worldwide author tour with The White Stripes opening for each appearance.
- Ten million first printing copies already pre-sold out.
- Releases June 1 in English, with a new language in translation releasing each day following to mid July to a total of 46 languages.
"Yeasty, astonishing, Faulknerian, and then some."
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"I thought we were coming towards the end of story, but I see now that one of us has just touched the beginning."
-Toni Morrison and Cormac McCarthy (said simultaneously, after which they looked at each other in surprise, and said "Weird!" also simultaneously, which caused them to laugh nervously).
"A dense and impossibly difficult easy summer read. Prepare to be up all night working your way through the first sentence. (Warning! Cuter than cute kittens alert!)"
-New York Times Book Review
I must read this book NOW! Just, if you can, please tell me, on a scale of 1-10, how cute are the kittens in this book?
ReplyDeleteI'll wait here for an answer.
I am not going to say 11 because it is such a cliche, and I only got to read part of one sentence with kittens in it. But apparently Library Journal said in their 14 page review that this "Extraordinary book explores new territories of cuteness in which 'awwww' fluctuates with 'Awe'.
DeleteI thought this post was funny, and I know what you mean, but your reply here is my favorite part.
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