I love Seanan McGuire’s body of work. (Note: I review a bunch of her books so I am copying part of some of my other reviews here to save time.). She has quickly become my favorite living writer and I feel very lucky that she is so prolific. I was first introduced to her work when her book Parasite, written as Mira Grant, was nominated for a Hugo Award. I loved it and quickly devoured the Newsflesh series before I realized that Mira Grant and Seanan McGuire were the same person.
I started reading her works under her own name, starting with Sparrow Hill Road, which is amazing, but I picked it because I was intimidated by her long running October Daye series. But the Velveteen Vs. series holds a very special place in my heart.
When I was very sad and in a very rough place I needed a new audiobook to listen to, something to distract me from everything. And I found the first two Velveteen books on audible. They were perfect. They were exactly what I needed at exactly the right time. I loved the world Ms. McGuire had created where superheroes were a mix between reality tv stars and child actors. These were wonderfully developed characters that came alive and the fact that they had powers and domino masks didn’t make them feel any less real.
I was overjoyed when Subterranean Press and NetGalley awarded me an eARC of this volume (I had already preordered my hardcover edition). I am thrilled that more people will get to read and enjoy Vel’s story. And I am beyond ecstatic that another volume is coming and that Vel’s story will come to a natural endpoint, even as I hope beyond hope that there will be more stories beyond the currently in-progress long awaited fourth book.
This book is a gift. Enjoy it.
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