Best Book Lists, New Review, and Dark Triumph Countdown!

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Just popping in with some news. Well, lots of news, actually.

I’m HUGELY thrilled to report that GRAVE MERCY has made a number of year end, BEST OF 2012 lists–Publisher’s Weekly, School Library Journal, and Amazon! My sincere thanks to each and every one of you who read this book or blogged about it or recommended it to a friend. Truly, this entire year has been one amazing milestone after another, and seeing my name on those lists with so many authors I have admired for so long is just…gobsmacking.(I have been using that word a lot this year.)

Not only that, but it’s also on the Texas Library Association’s  TAYSHA’s list as well!

And speaking of the Texas Libarary Association, I have an exciting travel schedule shaping up for 2013 and will be going to lots of lovely places! Maybe I’ll even get a chance to meet YOU! (And no, that wasn’t a non-sequitur as I will be at TLA in 2013–so it was a totally logical segue.)

Aaaaand, the first official review for Dark Triumph is IN. It’s from Booklist, and it’s a STAR!!

My two favorite lines. Well, okay, three favorite lines…

“. . . in this book, the wounds are deeper as Sybella must come to terms with her past and how her secrets tie and untie her to a knight who is the bane of her existence and her hope for the future. LaFevers is that wonderful sort of storyteller who so completely meshes events, descriptions, and characters that readers get lost in the world she’s concocted. It’s a place where history mingles with mystery and love is never expected.”

::happy sigh::

And lastly, there is now a handy-dandy countdown widget for DARK TRIUMPH!

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We had a very fun Dark Triumph ARC giveaway on Twitter last week, and I will be having more in the coming months. I’ve also created a Facebook page for the His Fair Assassin books, so if you prefer to get your information and updates on Facebook, please feel free to LIKE the page. (Or even if you don’t–consider liking it anyway because it makes my publisher SO happy…)