The Eugene Weekly has a nice review of Shades of Milk and Honey that manages to talk about the book without being spoilery. Kowal has a good time with the tropes and tweaks of this sort of story, making both sisters sympathetic and tossing a few obstacles into the way, but Shades sparkles to particular […]
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The Powell’s Books blog has a glowing review of Shades of Milk and Honey. This is what a book crush is all about, this finding of a volume that is your perfect fit, the book you’ve been waiting for without ever knowing that you were waiting for it. This is one of those books that,
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The August issue of Booklist reviews Shades of Milk and Honey Take Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and add a dash of magic and you have this delightful story by Mary Kowal. This is the story of two sisters, Jane, who is more magically talented, and Melody, a stunning beauty, and their quest to find love
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I’m completely thrilled with this review from The Book Pushers! Be warned that it does contain some minor spoilers. I found Shades of Milk and Honey to be the utmost charming read that features the touch of magic and the fantastical. While in some ways this is an adaptation, in other ways, it’s completely different.
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Cory Doctorow at BoingBoing, says very nice things! Shades of Milk and Honey is the hotly anticipated debut novel from Mary Robinette Kowal, who has already made a name for herself in science fiction with a series out outstanding short stories. It’s a Regency drawing-room romance, told in pitch-perfect style, with one important difference: these
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Hurrah! From the August issue of Romantic Times comes this really lovely review of Shades of Milk and Honey. RT Rating 4-1/2 Star Top Pick If Jane Austen had written a fantasy novel, Shades of Milk and Honey would have been the result. Written with painstaking attention to detail, Kowal’s prose is serenely evocative of
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From the June 15th edition of Library Journal comes this really lovely review of Shades of Milk and Honey Readers will be disappointed only when they finish this enchanting story, which is suffused with genteel charm. The author’s judicious and effective changes to aspects of daily life clearly communicate how similar but different this world
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I think this might be my favorite review of all time. Dan Wells, author of I Am Not A Serial Killer. Apparently, Shades of Milk and Honey has left him somewhat irked. It’s a shame, because this review just makes me giggle. Here’s the problem: Mary Robinette Kowal is too good. Not only is she
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Here’s an excerpt of the first official review of Shades of Milk and Honey from Joe Sherry of Adventures in Reading. No matter whether one comes into Shades of Milk and Honey as an unabashed fan of Jane Austen or, like me, avoids the stuff like the plague, Mary Robinette Kowal has delivered a debut novel
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