What Authors Say About Nan Hawthorne's Reviews
"There are some people who you get the feeling just skim a book, grab a quote or two and use that as the basis for their reviews. This is not the case with Nan Hawthorne. In her reviews of The Last Seal and The AmberTreasure you get the sure feeling she has read every word. More than that, you feel she has got to know the characters as you know them with all their quirks and vanities. Nan reads books because she loves books and if you get a good review from her it is because she enjoyed it. That said Nan always makes constructive comments that could improve the work and that is appreciated by me.Richard Denning, author of The Amber Treasure
, The Seventh Seal, and Tomorrow's Guardian
. http://www.richarddenning.co.uk/ "Nan Hawthorne was the first reviewer to praise my debut historical novel, The Afflicted Girls
, in which I reconstruct an infamous village through its many people, explaining each of their parts in the witch-hunt of 1692. Nan acknowledged the choices I made as a novelist (even the unpopular ones), and was proved right. My book has now been awarded a Silver Medal for Historical Fiction by Independent Publisher in their National Book Awards Competition. Of course, I am extremely pleased to be contributing an original perspective and probable solution to a 300-year old American History mystery." Suzy Witten, Author of The Afflicted Girls (A Novel of Salem) Winner of 2010 IPPY SILVER MEDAL for Historical Fiction/Military Fiction "As a reviewer you hit on many of the things I consider most important to good writing and into which I put a good deal of effort. To wit, a variety of real characters who grow and develop not because the plot requires them to, but because of everything going on around them and the time they live in." Anel Viz, author of The Memoirs of Colonel Gérard Vrielhac
. "I liked your review because you read carefully. Other reviewers don't. You gave attention to the genre, the characters, the setting, and the details. You were not hung up over the fact that it wasn't a standard romance. You are, in fact, the first person who is not a romance reviewer to review it. It was nice to be seen for itself, rather than through romance colored glasses." M. Kei, The Sallee Rovers
"Unlike many reviews that just give a basic run-through of the plot and basically say 'I liked it' or 'I didn't like it,' Nan Hawthorne offer something more, a shrewd and penetrating look at the work in question; she sees things that sail right over the heads of many reviewers. As an author, I have always felt that Nan understood Exactly what I was trying to do with my books, rather than getting blindsided by or wrapped up in what others have seen as sheer sensationalism or gratuitous content. She has seen these things for what they really are, and, even more importantly to me, seen past them and noticed things that have fallen by the wayside in other reviews. I have complete confidence in her as a reviewer and know I can trust her, whether the book is good or bad, to give an honest, straightforward opinion. She is, in my opinion, one of the finest book reviewers currently on the web." Brandy Purdy, author of The Boleyn Wife
and The Confession of Piers Gaveston
. http://www.brandypurdy.com/
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