Category: Jeffrey Overstreet

Cyndere’s Midnight — An Interview With Jordam, The Beastman

Cyndere's Midnight By Jeffrey Overstreet

Today, as part of Day Three of the CSFF Blog Tour, I wanted to interview one of the main characters of Cyndere’s Midnight, Jordam the Beastman. ;D

Now if you haven’t read my review of Cyndere’s Midnight, take a look.

And if you haven’t read my interview yesterday with the author, Jeffrey Overstreet, please do so!

Now bear with me, I know interviewing Jordam, a murderous beastman, is dangerous.

All precautions have been taken, including putting myself into a cage in Tillianpurth.

And I’m not afraid to talk to him. Really. After all, isn’t he a tame beastman?

Well, I hope he is. Read on at your own risk.

(Click the following link to keep reading — interview below!)

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Cyndere’s Midnight — An Interview With Jeffrey Overstreet

Cyndere's Midnight By Jeffrey Overstreet

This is day two of the CSFF Blog Tour, and we are reviewing the MOST EXCELLENT craftsmanship of Jeffrey Overstreet.

(If you haven’t read my full review of Cyndere’s Midnight, you can do so by clicking here.)

Today I am “pleased as pear cider” to present an interview with Jeffrey Overstreet regarding his latest book, Cyndere’s Midnight, conducted via email over the last few days.

And he gets some extra points here because I didn’t give him much time to answer these at his leisure, one of his answers coming in at 11:00pm, and another at 1:00am!

He is very busy not only with his day job, but also finishing up the third novel, Cal-raven’s ladder, the Gold Strand in The Auralia Thread.

And if you take the time to read the interview below, there are some fascinating scoops on that third novel, and a bit about the upcoming fourth novel—hooray!

(Click the following link to keep reading — interview below!)

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Cyndere’s Midnight — A Full Review

Cyndere's Midnight By Jeffrey Overstreet

Today is day one of the CSFF Blog Tour, and we are reviewing the EXCELLENT craftsmanship of Jeffrey Overstreet.

In particular, we are looking at his second novel, CYNDERE’S MIDNIGHT, the blue strand of the Auralia Thread.

The Cover

To begin with, I really want you take a close look at the incredible cover of this book.

Some books have great covers and poor writing. Here, the artistry of the cover matches the quality of the authorship.

The First Book

I reviewed the first book of this series, Auralia’s Colors, last year as part of the tour, and if you are not familiar with the series or that book, please take a look at these posts:

Not only have these posts proved popular on my blog, but the first one is MY MOST POPULAR book review of all time—by almost double the number of hits than its nearest competitor! If that is any indication of the books popularity and sales, then Jeffrey is well on his way to making a permanent place for himself in the halls of great Christian fantasy authors.

(Click the following link to keep reading — there’s lots more below!)

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Auralia’s Colors – Of Villains & Beastmen

There’s been multiple people who have commented on my “lack of a villain” ideas I floated around yesterday. Here are a few.

Marcus: How interesting that you wanted a literal villain to focus on.

Tim: I hadn’t really thought about the lack of a true villain in Auralia’s Colors. The Queen could be seen as a villain. She turned Abascar’s focus inward, and away from The Keeper. As the Wintering continued, these traits deepened; becoming a part of successive generations like the young girl with the kitten.

Rachelle: I hadn’t noticed the lack of a villain.

So why did it strike me as so odd? I’ve been analyzing and re-analyzing to figure this out, and I think I have a conclusion, at least for me, as to why I felt the lack of a villain.

(NOTICE: PLOT SPOILER BELOW, so only click if you have read the book!)

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Auralia’s Colors – A Full Review

I have finished reading Auralia’s Colors, and I must say, I am impressed.

Auralia's Colors

So, click the “Read More” button below, and read my full review of the book, including the following sections:

  • Basic Plot
  • The Author
  • Who Will Like This Book
  • World Building
  • One Annoying Thing
  • Christian Content
  • The Bad Guy?
  • Science Fiction?
  • Powerful High Point
  • Overall Opinion
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