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Book #11: Ultraviolet, by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rj_anderson
Mar. 31st, 2011 06:26 amThis review is a bit different, in that it is my very first ARC (advance reading copy) review. This means that you cannot have the book right now, which is too bad for you. But you can order it, and it will be available on September 1, 2011 (or in June, from The Book Depository). The other difference is that I am going to try to make this review more “professional”, which means “less CAPSLOCK abuse”. We’ll see how well that goes. :)
I've read two other books by RJ Anderson, spent quite a bit of time talking Star Trek and Sanctuary with her, and was once even semi-kidnapped at a book launch to attend a family pizza party. All that, and I had NO IDEA what to expect with this book. Which was handy, because it defied absolutely every expectation I could have possibly had, even the part where I expected it to be good, which it defied by being amazing.
Here's the first cool thing about Ultraviolet: it is the most colourful book I have ever read. Going in, I knew exactly three things: 1. it had something to do with purple, 2. it had something to do with a murder, and 3. I had a sneaking suspicion I was going to love this book, because the teaser was brilliant.
Within the first few pages, I learned three more things in quick succession: 1. I should have bought chocolate to accompany me, 2. it was a good thing I didn’t have plans for the rest of the evening, and 3. I was really glad that I got to meet Rebecca last summer, because I was going to need to email her every 10 pages or so to tell her how much I was loving her book.
There are vague plot spoilers in the remainder of this post.
( I am going to fail absolutely in my attempts to describe what makes “Ultraviolet” so awesome. )
I realize the last book I reviewed also got the 10, but I’m going to have to make it two in a row: 10 out of 10 for originality, delicious prose, musical imagery, and a heroine that smelled so strongly of that colour past purple, I want to know what her song sounds like (except I think I already do).
I've read two other books by RJ Anderson, spent quite a bit of time talking Star Trek and Sanctuary with her, and was once even semi-kidnapped at a book launch to attend a family pizza party. All that, and I had NO IDEA what to expect with this book. Which was handy, because it defied absolutely every expectation I could have possibly had, even the part where I expected it to be good, which it defied by being amazing.
Here's the first cool thing about Ultraviolet: it is the most colourful book I have ever read. Going in, I knew exactly three things: 1. it had something to do with purple, 2. it had something to do with a murder, and 3. I had a sneaking suspicion I was going to love this book, because the teaser was brilliant.
Within the first few pages, I learned three more things in quick succession: 1. I should have bought chocolate to accompany me, 2. it was a good thing I didn’t have plans for the rest of the evening, and 3. I was really glad that I got to meet Rebecca last summer, because I was going to need to email her every 10 pages or so to tell her how much I was loving her book.
There are vague plot spoilers in the remainder of this post.
( I am going to fail absolutely in my attempts to describe what makes “Ultraviolet” so awesome. )
I realize the last book I reviewed also got the 10, but I’m going to have to make it two in a row: 10 out of 10 for originality, delicious prose, musical imagery, and a heroine that smelled so strongly of that colour past purple, I want to know what her song sounds like (except I think I already do).
