WARNING: this is a post all about Tree Slayer. It may send you to sleep…
At the end of October 2020, Tree Slayer went on tour with Love Books Group for a week, stopping at different reviewers’ websites.
Sometimes the hosts shared an extract, sometimes – if they’d had time to read the book – they shared a review, and other times they interviewed me.
Just before the tour, Jacqui at French Village Diaries read and reviewed Tree Slayer. You can find her full review here and her interview ‘France et Moi’ here. You’ll find some great questions and silly answers there.
I’m not going to bore you with all the reviews, but here is a selection of my favourites.
“I loved the continuation of Rainbow’s journey and the development of her gift, and also the introduction of a new character Eole who I thought was a great addition to the book.” Mandy_87
“As lyrically and magically written as the first book, we are given a beautiful and thought provoking adventure. We see Rainbow grow further as a character and watch as she faces further challenges and new unlikely friendships along the way.” Reader of Rivendell
“I recommend both books Tree Magic and Tree Slayer as you won’t find anything quite like this kind of unusual magic anywhere other than from the perfect imagination of Harriet Springbett.” BookRead2Day
“Harriet’s writing is beautiful throughout and some of the parts of the story are quite thought provoking. This book is a young adult read, but just like Tree Magic it is a book anyone can enjoy. It is unique, perfect for nature lovers and a good way to escape reality for a little while.” Hannah May Book Reviews
“Harriet Springbett has a way of taking words, adding a touch of her own magic, and laying them on the page to form a lyrical prose which I thoroughly enjoyed.” Booky Charm
“I found the narrative imaginative, beautifully written and easy to visualise. Eole was a very interesting character and comes with his own personal backstory and journey. He added a good balance to the story opposite Rainbow.” Living In My Own Private Library
“This book is a really well crafted story, a perfect follow on from Tree Magic, the same descriptive writing and strong characters. A compelling tale of magic and strength. Loved it. A great read.” Daisy Hollands
“Harriet’s imagination is wonderful and these books are just small masterpieces created from her mind. And yes, they’re worth the read!!” The B00kreader
If you have already ordered and perhaps read Tree Slayer, thank you very much! The size of a readership determines whether a publisher is willing to invest in an author or not – i.e. publish their next book – so sales are obviously important to me. I hope you enjoyed it – if so, please let me know.
If you haven’t read Tree Slayer, you may like to order it from the new internet platform for independent booksellers at uk.bookshop.org. On this platform you can decide which independent bookshop receives a percentage of your purchase – and you still pay the same price as you would on Amazon. I love this idea of supporting your favourite bookshops while still having the advantages of ordering online.
Within uk.bookshop.org I have set up a shopfront. If you order books via my shopfront, I will get a small percentage of any purchases you make. This is a new system so I’ll be testing it for a while.
It’s also available from any independent bookshop in the UK, including Blackwell’s (as you can see in this picture on p58 of their Christmas catalogue).
For readers in France, you can order both Tree Magic and Tree Slayer from Le Texte Libre in Cognac and Bradley’s Bookshop in Bordeaux. During the lockdown, both shops are delivering orders.
Another way of helping authors is to order their books from your library. We receive a tiny payment (about 6p) each time our book is taken out of a library. So you can see why I’d be grateful if you could ask your library to stock both Tree Magic and Tree Slayer. Then you can read the books without having to buy them!
Finally, I can’t emphasize enough the importance of leaving a comment on Amazon and / or Goodreads, and of sharing posts on Social Media about the books you’ve enjoyed.
A comment only needs to be a single sentence saying (hopefully) that you enjoyed the book and giving it a generous number of stars! The more comments a book receives, the more visibility it has on Amazon.
Thank you, as ever, for your support.
This is the end of my post, so you can wake up again now!
Harriet Springbett's playground 