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Reader's Favorite Award
So far, I've had positive feedback on the book Models and Citizens from beta-readers. My first book review came in a few days ago from Reader's Favorite (also positive). I'm feeling pretty good about this book so far, and just "finished" the sequel Bodhi Rising.
“Models and Citizens is an action-packed rollercoaster of a novel that moves at a breakneck speed and leaves you asking for more. Author Andrew Sweet has created a fully-realized world in which sci-fi and reality blend together to form a dystopian masterpiece. The characters feel relatable, and you can't help but care for Harper's and Ordell's fates with each page turned. There are some striking similarities between the Human Pride Movement and supremacist organizations existing globally in our own world. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed the novel and couldn't put it down until I finished reading. I would highly recommend it to fans of dystopian novels as I found Models and Citizens to be unlike anything I've ever read before.”
— Reader’s Favorite
“Models and Citizens is an action-packed rollercoaster of a novel that moves at a breakneck speed and leaves you asking for more. Author Andrew Sweet has created a fully-realized world in which sci-fi and reality blend together to form a dystopian masterpiece. The characters feel relatable, and you can't help but care for Harper's and Ordell's fates with each page turned. There are some striking similarities between the Human Pride Movement and supremacist organizations existing globally in our own world. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed the novel and couldn't put it down until I finished reading. I would highly recommend it to fans of dystopian novels as I found Models and Citizens to be unlike anything I've ever read before.”
— Reader’s Favorite
Cover for Models and Citizens - Redone
Since the release is closing in (1/30), I've been obsessing over the details. The latest is that I have redone the cover for Models and Citizens. I've gotten good feedback on the new one!
Here it is in all of its glory! Please lmk what you think of it.
Here it is in all of its glory! Please lmk what you think of it.
Models and Citizens - Live Now!
Models and Citizens is live now!
So you don't have to look for the link (read on), here's how you can sign up for my newsletter:
http://www.andrewsweetbooks.com/newsl...
A huge weight has been lifted for me - I didn't realize how much stress I've been carrying. I hear it gets easier - definitely looking forward to it. I've been trying out ads trial-and-error in Amazon and Facebook, as seems to be the norm. So far, I've had pretty good success in driving traffic to my page and even have a handful of pre-orders out.
If you buy a copy - please don't forget to leave a review, in particular on Amazon. But mainly, I just hope you enjoy the story.
Fun little fact:
The last book in this series has been bouncing around in my brain for over ten years. It started out as a book about a woman in a coma (which works its way into the storyline in book 2), a fallen angel, and a radicalized religious group heralding the apocalypse. I think the only thing I kept was the woman in a coma, and she really only got a casual mention in the last novel. She plays a pretty prominent role in the second book as kind of a weird antagonist/protagonist (you'll see what that means). Whereas the original story all took place in her head, this storyline does not (let me dispel that theory right away :) ).
I think I'll drop some of Bodhi Rising in my newsletter if you want to pick it up there and have a look. You can sign up at http://www.andrewsweetbooks.com/newsl.... If you don't want to sign up and have bought a copy of the epub-version of Models and Citizens, the first chapter is there, but you won't get to the woman (now a girl in Bodhi Rising) who I'm talking about.
So you don't have to look for the link (read on), here's how you can sign up for my newsletter:
http://www.andrewsweetbooks.com/newsl...
A huge weight has been lifted for me - I didn't realize how much stress I've been carrying. I hear it gets easier - definitely looking forward to it. I've been trying out ads trial-and-error in Amazon and Facebook, as seems to be the norm. So far, I've had pretty good success in driving traffic to my page and even have a handful of pre-orders out.
If you buy a copy - please don't forget to leave a review, in particular on Amazon. But mainly, I just hope you enjoy the story.
Fun little fact:
The last book in this series has been bouncing around in my brain for over ten years. It started out as a book about a woman in a coma (which works its way into the storyline in book 2), a fallen angel, and a radicalized religious group heralding the apocalypse. I think the only thing I kept was the woman in a coma, and she really only got a casual mention in the last novel. She plays a pretty prominent role in the second book as kind of a weird antagonist/protagonist (you'll see what that means). Whereas the original story all took place in her head, this storyline does not (let me dispel that theory right away :) ).
I think I'll drop some of Bodhi Rising in my newsletter if you want to pick it up there and have a look. You can sign up at http://www.andrewsweetbooks.com/newsl.... If you don't want to sign up and have bought a copy of the epub-version of Models and Citizens, the first chapter is there, but you won't get to the woman (now a girl in Bodhi Rising) who I'm talking about.
Fresh from the Editor!
Bodhi Rising
Take a sneak-peak at Bodhi Rising (chapter 1)! Now available on my website, the first chapter of Bodhi Rising opens with Bodhi wandering the hallways of a mansion that is partially submerged under the ground. In Canada.
Fresh from the editor, Bodhi Rising picks up fifteen-years after Models and Citizens. The story answers the questions left open at the end of Models and Citizens (i.e. what happens to Harper), but in a way that I believe is consumable by itself. You don't have to have read Models and Citizens to be able to read Bodhi Rising, but doing so adds context and meaning that you may miss in the interplay between the characters.
Back from the editor, and absolutely on track for 5.30.2021, as promised!
https://www.andrewsweetbooks.com/br-sample-chapter-1
Take a sneak-peak at Bodhi Rising (chapter 1)! Now available on my website, the first chapter of Bodhi Rising opens with Bodhi wandering the hallways of a mansion that is partially submerged under the ground. In Canada.
Fresh from the editor, Bodhi Rising picks up fifteen-years after Models and Citizens. The story answers the questions left open at the end of Models and Citizens (i.e. what happens to Harper), but in a way that I believe is consumable by itself. You don't have to have read Models and Citizens to be able to read Bodhi Rising, but doing so adds context and meaning that you may miss in the interplay between the characters.
Back from the editor, and absolutely on track for 5.30.2021, as promised!
https://www.andrewsweetbooks.com/br-sample-chapter-1
Reality Gradient
Keep up with what's happening as I progress toward the publication of my first novel Models and Citizens in the new series Reality Gradient.
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