A Festival of Skeletons

Ebenezer Sink is a man who knows how to color-coordinate. But when the cross-dressing mortician's deathtelling ability goes on the fritz, he takes an irresistible cook, a malcontent merkind, and a recovering addict hunting for necromancers. This darkly comedic fantasy comes from the mind of New Zealand author RJ Astruc!If you have no interest at all in reading a fabulous, well thought-out, engaging story, stay away from RJ Astruc's writing--you'll get sucked in and read it anyway. The moment I started reading, she dragged me along for an extraordinary, outrageous ride through a perfectly ordinary universe filled with murder, madness, mystery, magic, merfolk, and morticians. Dark humor, light humor, macabre doings, cute little outfits, deluded cops, and afternoon tea with reformed alcoholics are all just the tip of the iceberg in this story. I'm not only reserving bookshelf space for the printed edition of A Festival of Skeletons, I'll be reserving reading and re-reading time for it, too. Be careful of this one, readers; you won't want to put it down, either!~ Jean JohnsonNew York Times Bestselling Author of the Sons of Destiny series"A Festival of Skeletons is a character driven novel that had me cracking up left and right...there's witty banter and a wonderful flow to the novel that's reminiscent of Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel. The plot follows an even pace with plenty of surprises that are perfectly foreshadowed. I was kicking myself that I didn't catch on to them earlier, but I was amazed at how wonderfully put-together this story is."- Only the Best Science Fiction & Fantasy"A Festival of Skeletons is like a love child of Terry Pratchett and Robert Rankin - a pacy, intelligent comedy novel that's crazier than a cat on catnip, with excellent characterisation that doesn't take itself too seriously. Highly recommended."- SciFi & Fantasy Books