Okay, first of all, I just looked, and you can pre-order Liar's Moon at Amazon for $11 right now. ELEVEN DOLLARS. That's ridiculously cheap. So if you were a fan of StarCrossed and you haven't already pre-ordered Liar's Moon, you should probably go and do that right now. Because who knows when the price will change, right?
If you haven't read StarCrossed yet, you have plenty of time to get caught up before Liar's Moon comes out: it only pubs in November. So head over to your library—or, as I said at Kirkus earlier this week, if you're a fan of McKinley and Pierce and Cashore and Turner and Kushner, it'd be a safe one to just go ahead and purchase—and pick it up.
No, I'm not secretly working for Scholastic or anything. I just really, really love these books. And I want to walk the walk, as it were, after writing about how we should be evangelizing about our favorite Deserve To Be Better Known books before they actually need the help.
Anyway. For those of you who've read StarCrossed...
The last time Digger saw Durrel Decath, he was headed off to his arranged marriage. That was about a year ago.
So you can imagine her surprise when she's picked up off of the street (that part isn't the surprise, as it comes with the territory when you're a thief) and chucked into a jail cell (also not the surprise) with DURREL DECATH (surprise!) who's there because he supposedly killed his wife (MEGA EPIC SURPRISE, because, people, this is DURREL DECATH. He doesn't go around killing people. He just... goes around being awesome. And, you know: Dreamy.).
Anyway, Digger gets out of prison, and the sleuthing begins! Unfortunately, the more she finds out about Durrel's situation, the worse it—and he—starts to look...
Meanwhile, Prince Wierolf and the Sarists are (hopefully) getting ever closer to winning the civil war, Digger's illustrious zealot of a brother is showing more of an interest in her (which she in no way welcomes), and her investigation is starting to result in information about some ugly, ugly doings by some powerful, powerful people.
Like I said over at Kirkus, Bunce totally switches things up in Liar's Moon: It reads more like a noir fantasy than anything else, which isn't at all how I'd have described StarCrossed. The change took me by surprise, but in a good way.
ALSO, HOLY CRAP, WAIT UNTIL YOU READ THE SHOCKING TWIST.
YOU. WILL. FAINT.
And then you'll have to join me in that corner over there, where I'll be standing around, panting for Book Three.
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Previously:
My love letter to the series at Kirkus Reviews.
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Book source: Review copy from the publisher.
I have just started Starcrossed and was kind of hoping that you weren't going to say that. Off to pre-order (it's £1.70 for the Kindle version - that $2.70-ish in your money!)
Posted by: Nic Dempsey | 09 September 2011 at 03:44 PM
HOLY COW. That's AMAZING. How is that even possible? Could it be a typo? Is it a SUPER-SECRET special?
Posted by: Leila | 09 September 2011 at 03:53 PM
Okay, technically those must not be spoilers, but now that I don't have the book in my hand and know that DeDreamy Decath is on the loose - well, not really - I'm dyin' here. Must hie me to The Book Depository...
Posted by: tanita | 09 September 2011 at 04:20 PM
Not spoilers! That happens in the FIRST CHAPTER! Or, well, you find out why he's in jail in the second chapter, but... yeah. A LOT HAPPENS.
And I love the Temple, where all of the Tiboran (the thieves' god) followers hang out. Wicked awesome.
Posted by: Leila | 09 September 2011 at 04:24 PM
WHY NOVEMBER WHY. *dies*
Posted by: Maureen E | 09 September 2011 at 08:12 PM
Plenty of time to re-read StarCrossed, then!
Posted by: Leila | 09 September 2011 at 08:15 PM
Thank you!! You're getting me excited for this book all over again! :) And that e-book price is NOT a typo (or a secret)--it's a super promotion to help Digger find even more fans! ~ecb
Posted by: Elizabeth Bunce | 09 September 2011 at 08:16 PM
I am ridiculously excited for this book and all the other good ones that are coming out this autumn (I swear, I'm going to need to get another job to pay for all of these new books and records that are simply begging me to buy them).
Posted by: Jenn | 12 September 2011 at 12:58 PM
Just finished this - and can join the crowd eager for Book 3
Posted by: Stephanie | 09 November 2011 at 02:04 PM
YAYYYYYYYYYY!!!
Posted by: Leila | 09 November 2011 at 02:22 PM
Finally finished this. Joining you panting for book three. That was an awesome twist there. Also: Durell is quite dreamy.
Posted by: Melissa (Book Nut) | 10 December 2011 at 11:51 AM