A good review of Shell Shocked

[valarltd]

To be honest, nbrooks and I worried about this one. A disabled Iraq vet, a double amputee and they're having sex? explicit sex? Sometimes with toys? And one's pagan? nobody will want that.

We figured it would be hard to place. Nuh-uhnh, the pub approached us. We figured it would be hard to sell. Nuh-unh. Peaked at number 8 on ARE's best seller list before it fell off. We figured the critics would hate it. They've loved it. Someone explain this biz to me in words of one syllable or less.

Anyway, Obsidian Bookshelf reviewed it today. Aside from some trouble with the blurb, Val really liked it.
http://obsidianbookshelf.blogspot.com/2009/12/review-shell-shocked-by-angelia-sparrow.html

"Shell Shocked is a subtle and remarkable story and is not to be missed!"

I like the phrase "A bold departure" as well.

Rainbow gave it 4.25 stars
http://www.rainbow-reviews.com/?p=1930

Literary nymphs went 5 nymphs
http://literarynymphsreviewsonly.blogspot.com/2009/10/shell-shocked.html?zx=7352c9202818016e

At Good Reads Carole gave us 4 stars and talked about it
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7062490-shell-shocked

Romance Junkies spoke well of it and highly rec'd it.
http://romancejunkiesreviews.com/artman/publish/contemporary/Shell_Shocked.shtml

Comments

Re: What's the fuss?

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

See, you have perspective.

There are some who say you shouldn't write disabled characters if you're not disabled or work closely with disabled people.

There are some who think amputee sex is fetishistic or just gross.

We stepped VERY far out of the "hunky gay white straight acting atheist with money" norm for this one.