REVIEWS

ODDITY

Winner, Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire.

A thrillingly original fusion of adventure, magic and epic alternate history, ODDITY zings with storytelling panache. Peopled by rich, strange and delightful characters – both human and eerily otherwise – and featuring a superb heroine, it is inexhaustibly inventive, pouring forth new wonders with the marvelous ease of the magical Wineglass that never runs dry.

— Jonathan Stroud, author of The Amulet of Samarkand

This book…is brilliant. Packed with originality and dark whimsy, imagine Northern Lights colliding with Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. Highly recommended.

— Thomas Taylor, author of Malamander

Vividly depicted characters... carefully constructed settings... and the oddities at the tale’s center... mix the mundane and the impossible, driving a memorable adventure.

— Publishers Weekly

This strikingly original, beautifully written fantasy novel will appeal to high-level readers seeking magical adventure.

— School Library Journal (starred review)

Finely crafted. Open at any page and read any sentence. It will be masterful.

— ReadPlus

…fantastically imagined, expertly written…A thrilling and highly original story…

— Armadillo Magazine

This is a rollicking fantasy adventure…inventive, different and unusual…thoroughly recommended.

— Reading Time

Funny, scary, and deeply imaginative, Oddity is an off-kilter delight.

— Common Sense Media

Immersive and, as the title suggest, wonderfully peculiar… a Golden Compass for New England.

— John Sandoe Books

…reads like a richly imagined blend of Lloyd Alexander’s The Black Cauldron and Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass… Matches that stop time, an evil witch, and a talking rooster are but a few of the wonders Brown has in store for his readers.

— Booklist

A determinedly offbeat historical American fantasy. Brown’s first entry into children’s literature preserves his peculiar brand of whimsy in an episodic, often perilous adventure enlivened by charming woodcut-style illustrations…a good choice for sophisticated readers.

— Kirkus

Oddity is a delightful, action-packed fantasy featuring a colorful cast...a fiery heroine, a cruel twist of fate, and a few strange friends make Oddity a fantasy novel not soon forgotten.

— Foreword Reviews

CINNAMON AND GUNPOWDER

“Both sizzling and swashbuckling.”

— Kirkus Reviews

“Food porn and rip-roaring adventure...you’ll savor every bite.”

— NPR Book Review

“Brown explores the mysteries of flavor with prose that any word-savoring foodie will delight in.”

— Publishers Weekly

“Most unusual . . . Think Babette’s Feast meets Pirates of the Caribbean!”

— Library Journal

“Goodreads reviewers relish this swashbuckling romp...”

— Goodreads Blog

“A swashbuckler of a cookbook, and a romance, too.”

— BonAppétit.com

“Tantalizing descriptions... may send readers running to their spice cabinets...even as they are entranced by Brown’s delectable tale.”

— Booklist

“... a novel unlike any other you’ve read.”

— BookPage

THE GREAT DAYS

“Accomplished and enormously powerful.”

— The Philadelphia Inquirer

“With lyrical, confident prose, Brown makes August’s dark journey a harrowing, convincing look into the heart of cult life that should linger with readers.”

— Publishers Weekly