"With his subtle, character-driven approach, Bledsoe skillfully fuses music, legend, and regional atmosphere to create something that feels like an unexplored corner of American mythology." – Publishers Weekly
“Always effectively subtle in how it employs the supernatural, with music central to the magic of the Tufa.” —Library Journal
“A fine installment in the popular series and a fine way for newcomers to join in the fun.” —Booklist
“This book is a graceful merging of magic and mundane that charmed me to my core.” —Bookworm Blues
“A fun, fascinating read that revels in elements of folklore, magic realism, and just good old fashioned suspense and interpersonal drama.” — Our Lives Magazine (Madison, WI)
Praise for the Tufa books:
“Long Black Curl makes me so happy that there are authors writing real North American-based mythic fiction...one that sits so well it feels like it's always been a part of us.” —Charles de Lint
“Beautifully written, surprisingly moving, and unexpected in the best of ways.” —Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author, on Wisp of a Thing
“Captures the allure and the sometimes sinister beauty of the Appalachian backwoods.” —Library Journal, starred review, on Wisp of a Thing
“It's no secret that music stirs the soul, and combining that with a folk-tale setting makes a deeply heart-rending novel." —RT Book Reviews (four stars) on Long Black Curl
“Haunting. . . . It's a mixture: folk tales and folk songs, updated with a dose of Sex and the City. Or, you might say, a rustic version of 'urban fantasy,' with its suggestion that there's mystery just around the corner, hidden behind even the dullest small-town facade.” —The Wall Street Journal on The Hum and the Shiver
“A lot of fun." —Booklist on Long Black Curl
This month I reached out to many of our previous Mind Melders to chat about the books they always find themselves thrusting upon their fellow readers. Tell us about a book that was particularly amazing, possibly one that flew under everyone’s radar, that you always find yourself recommending to people. These are the books you constantly […]
Some novels become living entities, spawning spinoffs in countless allied narrative forms. The Harry Potter series begat movies, a plays, and the Pottermore website; A Song of Ice and Fire currently spans five novels, a host of novellas and short stories, an in-world volume of lore, a blockbuster TV adaptation, video games, and countless other mediums. With that in mind, […]