The first book of the Sin du Jour series by Matt Wallace, Envy of Angels, is on sale today for only 99¢! Each book in the series follows the staff of the world’s premiere paranormal catering company: a literal Hell’s Kitchen by way of Buffy the Vampire Slayer that Chuck Wendig called “a jaw-dropping horror-fantasy restaurateur Thunderdome that makes the ‘monkey brain’ scene in Temple of Doom look like something you’d see on Nickelodeon.”
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You can read an excerpt of Envy of Angels here on Tor.com (or listen to an audiobook excerpt), and make sure to check out the second standalone book in the Sin du Jour series, Lustlocked, available for $2.99, where the chefs and crew are set the culinary challenge of catering a royal goblin wedding… with some familiar faces. Eat up both stories so you can be caught up when Pride’s Spell hits this June!
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Nice story! I like my fantasy light and this seems to have many of the elements I enjoy in a book. Great job.
As a long time fan of Robert Jordan and now Brandson Sanderson, I have to say that Tim Pratt is fast becoming another of my favorite authors. The Marla Mason series is awesome, and here we have a new original intriguing story starting up. Can’t wait for the next post. Meanwhile, if you need a fix, checkout Bone Shop.
Cute!
The ending felt a little abrupt, though.
Ethan
Wow, what an utterly awesome story. The world of the story expands and expands becoming ever more fascinating with each paragraph. Surprises and wonders at every turn. I read the whole thing with an irrepressible grin on my face.
Great writing, but the story (sorry, author!) didn’t do it for me — turned out to be less a “story” than a method of revealing backstory.
I’d love to see a longer version where this only the jumping-off point, so those fantastic writerly skills can tell a “full story”…
That’s just me, though, I guess.
Great story. I love the device of the King going to save a world that he has apparently ruined. Great twist.
I like this style of narration a lot, a very personal way of writing, I think that Epic fantasy would become so much better if it had a narration style similar to this in that it was heavily first person personal language.
I agree with xxley. I too wish the author would be less giddy about showing us his clever world and spend more time on the story, conflicts, and characters. This would be great if fleshed out and expanded, so the author can take his time building the world unobtrusively in the background, where world-building belongs.
A nice, light, read. I enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing it.
A nice read. Thank you for sharing it.
Though I think it could have had a more stronger ending. This feels like I’ve only read the first chapter.
Not to use the common word parachute is also a nice twist. It makes me think of all those ingenious people who invented important stuff but gave the wrong name to it!
Thank you for that , it was a nice little teaser of a story, made me want to learn more of what happened before and how he will cope with trying to fix it.