NIGHT AND CHAOS odds and sods

[naomi_jay]

Novel Addiction is running a giveaway for NIGHT AND CHAOS right now (and right here), so if you'd like to be in the running for a copy, just head to the post. 

In other news, Free Book Reviews had some kind and (to me) fascinating things to say about NIGHT AND CHAOS here. 

I am looking forward to further works from this author and was glad I chose to go ahead a read a fantasy novel diguised as a romance.

So the interesting to me bit is that the reviewer thought this would be romance, which he usually avoids, but ended up considering it a fantasy, which he enjoys. Obviously I'm really pleased he ended up liking the book despite it not being something he'd normally read, but moreover, I'm intrigued to see which genres he classifies it under. When I originally started writing NIGHT AND CHAOS, I envisioned it as a romance. I quickly realised that wasn't going to happen and refocused it as an urban fantasy. I still consider it urban fantasy. But I can see the elements that would slot it into the romance or fantasy genres too. I love that you can have so many different, and equally true, interpretations of the same book.

Comments

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

I like books that cross genres, although it can make them hard to market. I still insist "Storm Chaser" is a romantic-comedy action-adventure, but that doesn't keep it from being sold as a romance.

[naomi-jay.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the novel that got me my first agent was one of those "where do we put it?" novels. I think it's ultimately for the readers to figure out!