The First Review
Well, last week the first of the ARCs (Advanced Reader Copies) went out to the bloggers participating in the Release Day Blogging event.
Yes, I was a bit nervous.
This series is WAY different than the Wasteland novels.
It’s not first person male point of view. There aren’t 400 year-old demons as main characters. No ancient Guardians. . .
Violet Midnight is a vampire book!
YIKES. I said vampires!
But trust me…the vampires in this book don’t sparkle. They’re just plain…evil
Back to my point…I tend to digress when I’m nervous. LOL.
The first ARCs went out last week, and that’s when the nail-biting began. It’s scary sending out your “baby” to people to read who are outside the critique group and editors who’ve read the manuscript. What if they all hate it? What if..What if..What if..
Then I got a little twitter note from someone reading it telling me they were enjoying it. **Happy Dance**
And then…
More nail biting ensued, and then I worked up enough courage to click into Goodreads to see what the verdict was.
I nearly fell over with excitement. This story has a LONG history, one I’ll share eventually, so it was just nice to see it start off with a good review.
I know the low-ratings/reviews will come, because I know I can’t write something everyone will love. But it was nice to start it off on a high note.
October 16th is coming…so stay tuned for Emma and Jake’s story.
In the mean time, you can follow Emma on Twitter and Facebook to see how her vamp-filled college life is going. And if you want a chance to win an ARC of Violet Midnight, CLICK HERE for the chance.
11 Comments
Ciara Knight
Congratulations on the five star review.
kendallgrey
Congrats on your great review!
Shelley Munro (@ShelleyMunro)
Congratulations, Lynn. That first review is always a scary proposition.
Brinda Berry (@Brinda_Berry)
Yay!!! I’m so glad that the first was such a great review. Congrats!
Lynn Rush
Thanks. It’s always nail biting time when it comes to reviews. The first one is the toughest, so when it turns out good, it makes it fairly tolerable. 🙂 LOL
Sam @ Realm of Fiction
Evil vampires are the best. 😉 Congratulations on the first 5-star review! 🙂
Lynn Rush
Thanks, SAM!!! 🙂 I do love me an evil vampire. There are a few “good” ones out there…Particularly Rebecca Zanetti’s vampires in her Dark Protector series. YUM!
Alex J. Cavanaugh
A five star review is great!
And glad your vampires are evil.
Lynn Rush
What, Alex, you’re not for the sparkling vegetarian vampires ? LOL. I loved those, but I love the evil ones just a bit more. 🙂
Victoria
Aww…Lynn. *blushes* I’m so happy that you enjoyed my review and I’m even MORE happy that you shared Jake and Emma’s story with me. This book will explode once people get their hands on it and I can’t wait to see your success grow even more. 🙂
Lynn Rush
Thanks, Victoria!!!