I’m going for the longest blog title record today.
It’s the release day for Clean Sweep graphic novel!
I remember attending a video writing seminar with Ilona and Gordon years ago – before I got to know them or became Mod R (my final form) – and asking them if they had professional wishes which hadn’t yet materialized. Gordon reached out a hand and brought out a graphic novel from their shelves and said: “This! I would love to see our work as a graphic novel or comic.”
Well, yesterday I got to send them a link to someone’s excited post about receiving their Clean Sweep graphic novel one day early. Full circle there hehe.
Congratulations, House Andrews! And to many more wishes coming true (especially when it means more stuff for the Horde to devour).
Some order links: Amazon Kindle | Amazon Paperback | BN | Apple Books
The graphic novel is the Tapas model turned into an ebook and paper book. You can see a video of someone browsing it here. It’s volume one, the first half of the Tapas run, as it was too long to fit in one book. Volume 2 will probably be around October-ish.
Giveaway
Ilona beloves us so she got her hands on some of the cool sticker sheets that were a prize for the US-only giveaway by Andrews McMeel Publishing. So we’re holding another giveaway and this time we’ll have 5 international winners (outside US).
To enter, comment below and tell me what is the first thing you would do if you were a guest at Gertrude Hunt and also your country of residence. The giveaway will be open for a week.
I’m not entering, but I have one word for you and that word is: DONUTS.
Ok, here’s another five: good luck and happy reading!
Amazing.
ok, if I were a Guest, I think ill ask Dina to take me shopping to Baha Char
or ask Orro to make me the best chocolate chip cookies ever
i cant decide!
Argentina in tha houseeeee
Was I possibly the first to comment? Wow! But anyway once again would just like to say – thank you so much for your wonderful books.
First thing would probably be to see what kind of room Dina would make me, but after that I would go to eat something Orro made.
From Finland
This is exactly what I thought!!! I would want to absorb the room, pondering if I learned something about myself from the design. I’d then want to have some or Otto’s wonderful food.
I wondered if I might ask Dina if I could pet Beast (dog lover here), but wasn’t sure if that would cross an edicate line…
USA, Illinois
I would love to see a bedroom/library Dina would make me. I am unfortunately in the US but I still wanted to answer the question 😀 good luck to y’all over the pond
Before I even read your comment about “DONUTS” my first thought was eating Orro’s food especially a donut. Great minds think alike!
I even know which one I want to ask for, and it’s not one of the Officer Marais ones! It’s the small emerald green donut he made for Tony at the beginning of Sweep of the Heart. What flavor is green? Is it lime, is it green apple, is it mint, is it some Baha-charian creation of alien flavor?
It would be Tony, Gaston and me, the gastro-triplets 😀
Have a meal from Orro. Great minds think alike! I had to laugh at your Donut comment. I think I would also love to see how Gertrude Inn would read me and build my personalized room. Hmmm. I am an Ex-Pat living in the Southern Alps of Japan.
Good Luck everyone!
I would go see how my room was prepared!
Country of Residence: USA
I would look at the photo of Dina’s parents to see if I recognized them.
Hehe! Good reference!
I totally agree with eating Orro’s food! But I would love a tour first! Thanks for the chance and congratulations!!
Kim USA
I want to see the ballroom! Maybe attend a fancy ball there.
Can’t decide between eating Orro’s food and just exploring the inn to see if the physics break my brain 😂
I’m in the UK.
The first thing I would do is ask to help envision my room. I love the idea of building a room for my dreams…
Congratulations on this Happy Book Birthday! So much hard work and effort from EVERYONE involved!
The first thing I would do to when arriving? I would have to thank them and Gertrude Hunt for their hospitality and then I would love to go to my room to see and get design tips for a restful bedroom.. and then nap ‘cuz I never seem to get a easily or well and I’m all for that.
Greetings,
Good luck everyone! I would beg to see my room being made! Then I would run to the food! Lololol.
Thank you for the books, and the giveaway!
Kat
Head for Orro’s kitchen for a snack on the back porch.
I’d befriend Beast and Olasard first things first. Animals are awesome
Based in Singapore! 🙂
Based in Singapore, I’d befriend Beast and Olasard first things first. Animals are awesome 🙂
+1 – this was my first thought as well!
I’m in the US, so I don’t think I get to enter, but it would be EVERYTHING! Just kidding, I know that’s not answer. Ok, Orro’s food first. Snacks/meals all the way. 🤤
Happy Book Birthday to House Andrews! I’m glad that Gordon got his wish fulfilled! 🥳
It seems there would be quite a congregation in the kitchen.
I would most definitely first sample whatever Oreo has on offer, But then I would like to explore my room an the rest of the inn.
I’m from Germany btw.
Take a walk through the apple trees with beast
The first thing? I think perhaps an Orro-produced tea (with all the goodies). Then off to see the glorious room that Dina has prepared for me.
(Not entering — I pre-ordered, so I’m good.)
Also, ModR, are you sure that this is your final form?
Definitely the most powerful 😀 . I have a Mod Hammer and everything!
After reading your comment Mod R I thought “so, you’re now the Thororator.” 😁🔨
Just wanted to be sure that we were leaving room for ever-evolving superpowers. 🙂
I’m sure Mod R can level up, her power ups just won’t be as physically evident 😂
The first thing I’d do if I were a guest at Gertrude Hunt is track down The Ripper of Souls for some snuggles.
This comment is coming at you alllll the way from Canada 🥰
meet everyone up close for sure to see if they are the same as in my mind. especially caldenia..
Im from Cyprus
This looks amazing! I read the Tapas version but I like hard copies for graphic novels so will be buying this too.
by the way, as anyone heard from Arcane Society about when the box will be shipped? wondering if they’ve updated it to anything more specific than “probably March”
It just says “This will ship in March 2024.” on the website. So, definitely this month, but I know they had thousands of orders, so luck of the draw if yours is one of the earliest shipped 🙂
That’s seriously great news, all the orders! I love to hear the back-end parts of writing and publishing and getting books onto hands,and I know that pre-orders and first-month sales are super important.
It’s similar in video games, except we also track first year sales — a game might have bad press, but sell 8mil copies over its first year, which is enough of a success to get funding for a sequel. On the other hand, I’m used to games that have about 1,000 people working on them in total over 3 years, so it’s… not quite book writing. We do have story and narrative departments though!
First, I would like to see what Dina designed for my room. I hope I get a view of the orchard! (In terms of food, it would be a toss up between one of the egg dishes, or a fast food hamburger reject!). I’m in Canada!
I would enjoy eggs, three ways. Can’t miss the woven bacon basket!
Greetings from Canada!
I would ask for the otrakar room so I could have best cup of tea over fire!
Thanks for opportunity and hi from Scotland
Check out my room! I’m very interested to see what I would get.
Country = Canada
The very first thing I would do is to watch Orro cook. That would make my brain very happy!
I would want to try Orro’s food as well as the room Dina recreated of the seat for the Liege of Green Mountain .
I’m from Canada
First thing I would do is ask for a snack. Preferably something with apples :). Who can resist sampling Orro’s cooking as soon as possible?
United States of America
Take a walk through the apple orchard and have a cup of tea while watching all the inn shenanigans unfold 🙂 I’m from Germany
I’d just happen to arrive at lunchtime and mention I’m hungry (wink, wink 😜) while envisioning my room as a treehouse library and bribing Caldenia to sit with me by employing the mysterious Mello Yello (which other than a canned beverage I’m still fuzzy on because I’m in the UK which is where you can send the stickers WINK, WINK, WINK 😉).
If winks count for anything. . . .
If I ever had the opportunity to enter Gertrude Hunt would be run to Orro’s Domain, plunk down in the nearest chair and state, “Orro, I’m famished, please feed me!!!”
Of course, he would already have food and drink placed in front of me before I got to “I’m”
LOL
I live in the USA
I’m from US, so don’t know if I can enter. But after I checked into the Inn, I would look at my special room then ask Dina to take me to Baha-char. I want to look at the other shoppers and stores and check out the Yarn shop that Dina had mentioned. And buy some some beautiful yarn. Afterwards I want to have lunch that Orro created and chat with Caldenia.
The first thing I would do is ask to see the room created for Hiru. Floating in a pool looking at an Alien Aurora Borealis, It seemed like one of the most beautiful rooms Dina created.
We are joining you from the UK.
I would ask for my own inn.
USA
I’m from the U.S. and the first thing I’d do would just be enjoying the room Dina designed specifically for me.
Oh darn. This will teach me not to multitask. Totally missed this is international only. ☺️
I think the very first thing I would do is ask for hugs from every being in the inn. USA
Visit Dina’s orchard, with all the beautiful apple trees. Give the ones George broke a cuddle too.
England, UK
I would go to the snowy lodge where the cat alien species (can’t remember name) went on her date. I’d love to curl up with a book next to a fireplace and admire the snowfall.
USA
I’m from USA.
The first thing I would do, would be check out the dining room and grab a bite to eat.
The first thing? I would be so excited and enquire what other guests are there. I d love to meet Dina and Sean and find out what excitement is brewing up presently. I m partial on the donut front – but an Orro special lemon muffin…… and I hope the ripper of souls might sneak into the most amazing room Dina would have made up for me and have some cuddles. I would lean back in one of the comfy chairs and re- read the Kate Daniel’s Series………
I m from Germany – although I d rather be on Daesyn
So amazing and cool. I would want to walk among the apple trees and then retire to drinking tea and some of Orro’s food while reading a new Ilona Andrews Book!
First thing I would do is look at the room they made for me in Gertrude Hunt.
I am from the Netherlands.
Last. E mail address was wrong
hmmm. the first thing I would do after examining my amazing room at Gertrude Hunt would be gorging myself on all of Orro’s amazing food!
Country:USA
I would love to see what room would be created just for me and try and sneak into some other spaces which I’m sure I wouldn’t get away with. I’d spend all my time waiting for the next meal time to enjoy the wonders of Orros cooking. I’m from Scotland.
I’m in Brasil, and the first thing I would do is ask for no! heat!
I want a personal weather bubble to follow me around everywhere on the premises, rigged with a perfectly chilly temperature. Gods, I don’t want to sweat anymore, I want this summer to endddd 😭
WOW, well it’s a toss up between having would would probably be the having the best meal of my life and in my custom room having the best sleep of my life. Everything else about the Gertrude Hunt would be icing on that cake!!
Canada! (the soggy west coast – ugh, no more snow/sleet)
Thanks for the opportunity. I am looking forward to this as I had issues with Tapas cutting off portions so I could not read it online. (and I prefer hard copies, tbh, cause I am old school).
Ooh can I get a ride in the koo-koo cage? That always makes me think of the scene from Toy Story with the coin-operated arm picking up the aliens…
Then a mango-inspired dish from Orro. Yum.
Happy bookday!
The very first thing I’d do in Gertrude Hunt is try desperately to see if I could rearrange my room, realise that’s terribly rude & then track down Caldania to people watch with a sharing bag of fun yuns and a 6 pack of mello yellow.
and because I’m an idiot who can’t read apparently I’m really hoping that adding that I’m in England here doesn’t discount me from the give away 😬
It won’t, no worries 😊
ahhh!!! First thing would be to try Orros cooking. The descriptions always make me drool, and I want to eat it all!
And then I’d go see what room Dina made for me, because I don’t know what my perfect room is, but I’m sure she does 😛
in the US!
I’d get a permanent room because you would have to pry me out.
After being amazed at my perfect room I’d ask for Oreo to make something for me to try.
I’m from Canada
In the US, first thing I would do is have Orro make me a gourmet buffet and of course pay my respects to Caldenia by asking her to join me.
Get into my room and see how Dina views me and make the room to fit me.
Followed by sampling Orro’s food.
Country: Canada
Beg Orro for food and ask to see the ballroom if it hasn’t been repurposed (sooo pretty)
thanks so much
Romania
Lovely book, and thanks for the lovely game. I’m in the U.S.; the first thing I’d do would be to request a meal served on the patio overlooking another planet’s ocean.
I would order a meal, any meal depending on the time of arrival, done by Orro.
I live in Germany.
Looking at the other posts only after I posted I guess literally everybody wants food done by Orro…
Well,,the second thing I would want to do is watching the other guests.
The first thing I would do if I were a guest at Gertrude Hunt would be to find out what time breakfast, lunch, and dinner are served so I dont miss a meal that Orro prepares.
I am in the USA.
I would want to check out my room first then have a meal prepared by Orro. Dream vacation!
I live in Ireland.
eat all the meals from Orro!!!! All the love from Australia!
Got it!! They had a copy at B&N so I lucked out!!
I’d ask for a mango cupcake and a cup of tea to be enjoyed on the back porch with Olasard on my lap preferably while Sean and Arland are sparring…
Phew – so many good things in one sentence 😁 I’m from Germany.
I would try to make friends with Beast.
Country of Residence: USA
USA. Have a conversation with Caldenia. ( or maybe just listen to her talk).
I am reserving the ocean dining room and waiting to meet everyone 🙏
my first action as a guest would be to request snacks and a hot beverage in the library (or reading room)
USA
Ask for a tour! I need to see physics warped with my own eyes
Canada
Ours just arrived and my daughter is SUPER excited. Happy book birthday!
I would go to the kitchen where all the wonderful food is created. Hoping that the chief would take pity and fix something special just for me.
If I got the chance to stay at Gertrude Hunt. After I’d hugged Dina and Sean. I would love to have tea with Caldenia and get all the gossip and her insight into what’s happening in the neighbourhood. I’d take some Haggis to Orro and ask him to make something spectacular with it. I’d then ask Dina to take me to my room, I’m so excited to see what she would make for me.
I’m Scottish and I live in Scotland, U.K
Mangoes 🥭 🥭. I would love Orro to make me anything with mangoes.
Country USA
I’d probably want to walk around the orchard and see the grounds! I’m in Canada.
I’d sample the food! I’m from the US .
I am pretty sure my room would look like a log cabin and it would be raining. I would flop down in a couch and read a book 🤣. US 🙂
Many congrats!
I would ask Orro if he could make me afternoon tea with several delicious pastries.
No shame. No regrets. lol
I’m in Germany
Order the perfect meal from Orro.
I am in the US.
USA. I actually did visit and the first thing I did was ask to play a game of Dominion Chess with Caldenia. Fortunately Orro decided we needed snacks and brought my favorite, his mango ice cream! I needed it as Caldenia was crushing me. I left the Inn to go to Daesyn to attend the wedding of Maude and Arland. I can’t wait for the Lantern Vigil to the bridal tree! The Innkeeper Universe is my favorite to visit. I highly recommend staying at Gertrude Hunt! Enjoy your stay.
I’m not entering, but I wanted to congratulate Gordon on achieving another of his professional ambitions. It’s a significant milestone in your career, and I hope it brings you much satisfaction.
Hello from the Philippines! I confess, I would immediately want to see Baha-char. After exploring, I would have a yummy snack from Orro, then see the room that Dina had prepared for me.
I agree with Lilith that I’d ask to head straight out to Baha-char. Rooms are great but the opportunity to see a sunny new world wins hands down!
From cold UK
Omg, I miss the sun so much in London. The last vitamin D drop in my body died of loneliness and my nose is frozen. Ilona made me so jealous saying they’re having such a warm spring they need to turn on the AC already. Imagine, golden light instead of fluorescent grey skies!
If those of us in Texas could bottle up the warm, sunny weather we’re having, and send it to the Horde members in the UK, we would. 🌅🥰
Country: USA
First thing: either explore the magnificent comfy room made for me or enjoy a meal crafted by the amazing talented Chef, Orro.
I would ask where the library was and spend all my time in there, sat in a window alcove overlooking the apple trees.
UK
This is so cool.
I’d probably hang out with as many alien guests as possible before getting the best sleep of my life in my perfect room. 😌
(France)
I have a whole itinerary planned. Starting with an escorted trip to Fiber Row at Baha-Char, returning to the Ocean Dining Room for whatever Orro wants to serve (but fingers crossed for high tea), and lastly to stay in the Rustic Alpine Lodge on the unknown planet.
Country: Australia
i daydream about the mango cupcake Orro made to bribe his way back into Dina’s good graces with that she then took/used to convince his former master to come to the festival. Philadelphia/USA
If I were a guest at Gertrude Hunt, I would sit in my custom designed room and vibe for a while. Then I’d stroll through the apple trees until dinner time when I’d feed my face. 🙂
I am super excited for all the Innkeeper media!
If I could visit Gertrude Inn the first thing I would love to do is a tour of all Dina’s amazing room ideas, and then have a nice meal with Orro’s expertise 🙂 I’m a reader who loves House Andrews books from Spain!
Sample Orro’s donuts. USA
I would want a space. A large one, with powers to modify everything in it. EVERYTHING!!! I’m just a dreamy architect from Brasil.
I want to have a culinary experience with orro’s food. i don’t know which planet i’d come from, but a peaceful one. a delicious one.
I would absolutely want to have a nap on what would be a bed perfectly suited to me. I bet it would be amazing.
I’m Australian, currently sweltering in our very fun heat wave
I would ask Caldenia how her nephew and his bride were doing while having Orro’s delicious snacks between us. Then I would find my room and wallow on the bed with a goofy smile on my face.
After all that, I would ask Dina how Maude and Arland are doing, and when and where the wedding will be.
Don’t put me in for the drawing. 😊
I would go to the kitchen with the hope of being fed 😆 United States
first thing would be to see the pantry – I want to see the over 3000 square feet of kitchen happiness; then I would ask to have access to Ba’ha’char; then I would have my dream room created – congrats on comic release !!! (Victoria BC Canada – a great place to visit btw…..House Andrews could consider it – there are many fans here!!)
I would ask for my room to be filled with Companions ( Mercedes Lackey was my intro to fantasy) and dragons. I would also ask for mango ice cream.
I am from USA.
I would make myself at home in the kitchen with mint tea and a book, while ease dropping on all the gossip 😁
If I was a staying at Gertrude Hunt, I would request a formal luncheon with Orro preparing dishes of his choice. I would love to have Dina Demille as my hostess and Caldenia as our guest. I live in the USA
from the UK
Go and sit in the orchard with a book I picked out from my designed room! Because the room would have to have a bookshelf to make me feel at home, I just know it.
USA
I absofreakinglutely love the graphic novel. Got my precious 2 hours ago and now doing a re read!
Thank you🥰
I’m with almost everyone else – I would love to see what my room would look like! Something about seeing myself through someone else’s eyes would be super cool. This would, of course, be followed up with as much exploring of the inn as it would allow!
Location: USA
if I were a guest of gertude hunt I would probably want to talk to oro to get advice for feeding my poor mom with her food allergies. I live in the United States
Hi, the first thing I would do is ask for funyons and Mello yellow. my country is the United States
Would love to see/try Orros interpretation of a high tea or eggs three ways.
South Australia
Make a whole weekend of it. First day: go shopping in Baha-char. Second day: try to talk ANYONE into taking me for a galaxy flight. Third day: just hang out with the Lady, eat all of Orro’s foods, watch Dina and Sean moving the Inn around for the next guests, and shake hands with Marais and his spouse.
I’m Canadian and I’m in for stickers!
(Is this allowed?)
Yes 🙂
So excited to see you growing, I mean to see you expanding….into other works!!!!! Keep up the good work, we’ll SWEEP up the rest!;). I’m in the United States. I would knock, greet Dina & ask to spend the weekend at the Inn. Would certainly want to walk the Apple Orchard (Apples are my favorite snack). Would love to talk food with Orro as I too am a chef.
Bonjour!
I am probably disqualified from this giveaway (because Quebeckers are banned from ALL contests outside of our province, due to ridiculous government regulations 🙄) but anywho…
As heavenly as it would be to taste something from Orro’s cuisine, it would be more fun to request a slice of Dina’s cake and see how long it would take for her to sneak into the forbidden domain to get it done! 😏😉😋
Merci beaucoup ❤️
You’re not excluded 🙂 and I might have some good news for you https://www.blakes.com/insights/win-or-lose-quebec-contest-laws-have-changed#:~:text=Sponsors%20of%20publicity%20contests%20no,these%20requirements%20have%20been%20repealed.
OMG! Thank you, thank you, merci!!! You are BRILLIANT, Madame Mod R!
Cheers 🥂🍾🥳❤️
Oh noo it’s sold out on the Amazon Au website 🥲 hope it restocks soon
I’m in the US and I would love to try one of Oreo’s lemon muffins or the mango ice cream. Then I would love to sit by the pond. I enjoyed the Tapas version of Clean Sweep very much. Thanks for the giveaway.
That’s Orro, not Oreo. Darn autocorrect.
First thing is a delicious breakfast by the Red Cleaver Chef – eggs 3 ways and donuts (strawberry please). Second walk in the orchard and pick apples. Third go sit by the pool. I’m in Canada.
Love this for the BDH!
First thing I would do is put on my stretchy pants so I could comfortably gorge myself on all of Orro’s delicacies. :-p
I would totally want Dina to make me an underwater themed room, so I can sleep with the fishes! (Think large fishtanks as the walls.) Or at the very least get a room with a balcony that overlooks an ocean planet!
USA
I would like to see the orange ocean of Kolinda.
I am from Canada.
I would love to see the apple trees. I’m in Canada (and with the kind of winter we’re having here, our apple trees might bloom soon!).
mello yellow
Australia
Have tea with Dina and Caldenia! I. The special tea turret with the red garnet table.
Then go down to see what Orro is cooking for dinner!
ok, I do want to eat all of Orro’s food, but the first thing would be to see if I could get the inn to listen to me so I could modify my own room.
and I’m from the US
I am in the US
I would definitely ask Orro to cook something new and exciting and out of this world for me to taste before checking out my room!
I’m from New Zealand.
I would wile away time by designing a suite… and enjoy sleep in the perfect bed… followed by the joy of reading in the orchard on a blanket… spring… vacations… one so close and the other so far away
If I were a guest, I would ask if I might have tea with Caldenia on the balcony. I have so many questions I would ask … and I would definitely enjoy the food. I’m in the USA, good luck to the international wing of the BDH…!
I would like to see the apple orchard, especially the one tree that Sean took “extra” care of 😉
From the US
Hi from Canada.
First thing first, go to my special designed -by Dina and Gertrude- room 🛌with a view on the orchad to have the best rest ever; then have high tea made by Orro🫖🍰 with Caldenia and Dina.
I really want to stroll to Baha-char too 😊.
Congrats HA and especially Gordon for a dream come true 👏.
I enjoyed the graphic novel but was disappointed when it finished half way through the story as there was no advice on the purchase site that this was only part 1 of the story.I think the publishers are a bit cheeky charging $ 13.99 ( Australian = $ 9.08 US) for half the story so I hope House Andrews were well remunerated for their creativity.
I quite enjoyed the “ comic” version though Sean and Arland looked more teenage boys than tough soldiers. I wondered is that graphic comic style to draw people like that? Plus Mod R could you explain why sometimes Dina and Sean are drawn like little comic children? I’m an older reader and only used to comics rather than graphic novels.
Yes, those are manga and anime handsomeness standards at play with Sean and Arland 🙂.
As for the childlike drawings, it’s called chibi style and it is used as comic relief in manga and anime, giving additional emphasis to a character’s emotional reaction, mostly in funny contexts- usually embarrassment or cute outrage 🙂.
I would eat something made by Orro! Then settle into a room with books and a fireplace, overlooking the orchard. I live in the US.
I would like to have a room that features a window offering a view of a planet where it perpetually rains.
Country of residence – Australia
It was fun to read on Tapas and so exciting when the graphic novel release was announced.
Congratulations to Gordon on getting his wish fulfilled but it’s a win for all of us!
I am from the US. I would truly want to sit in the Heart of the Inn and feel the magic!
The first thing I’d do after expressing appreciation for my individualized designed room is ask if I could have some mango ice cream! I love mango, mango ice cream, and I can only imagine how amazing Orro’s must taste. Dina said it was amazing.
country: the US
To my gorgeous room designed by Dina, a lovely rest, then so love an Orro breakfast, then a walk in the Orchard.
From New Zealand
I would greet the Innkeeper and sweetly ask if I might sample Oro’s mango ice cream – even before being led to my undoubtedly fabulous room. I am from Canada 🇨🇦.
1. Pet Beast and make her my friend
2. chat with Caldenia and get tips on how to terrorize my enemies
3. have a snack and see if Orro will let me touch his quills
4. try to see if gertrude house will communicate with me on potential of becoming an inn keeper
Hello, from Singapore
I can’t wait for my copy of the book to arrive. Amazon U.K. says it’ll be shipping towards the end of the month though so I have a little longer to wait.
I would love to see what kind of room Dina would dream up for me so that would be my first stop at the Inn but I’d definitely be heading to the kitchen not long after to taste some of Orro’s amazing creations. I think I’d start with eggs three ways but there would have to be a donut or two for dessert.
Thanks for the giveaway! I’m in the U.K. (England if you want specifics)
first thing at Gertrude Hunt as a Guest?
Ask the meal schedule!!
(which is donut adjacent?) lol
USA
Depending on the time of day that I check in to Gertrude Hunt, I would like to have afternoon tea prepared by Chef Orro in the liege lord of Green Mountain’s throne room reproduction or brunch by Orro in the Ocean dining room. If the chef agrees, I would request Dina’s egg sandwiches from book 1. I am in the US.
Hi all
My first thing I would do at Gertrude Hunt is to ask Orro to dazzle me with his food 😏 I don’t care what he cooks, I would eat anything.
I’m from Luxembourg. A tiny country in the heart of Europe 😀
Thank you House Andrews for your amazing stories you write. I read them constantly. they are my comfort books.
have a nice day
Martine
There are soooo many things I would like to do. Eat Orros food, see my perfect room, watch the other guests, talk to one of my favourite book couples, go right on through a portal, search for hidden places…
I would probably just be totally overwhelmed, jump around and squeal.
Rebecca, Germany
1st thing I’d do is check out the perfect room Dina would’ve created for me with a view of that alien ocean and dragons. then down to the dining room for one of Orros meals. then explore the rest of the public areas of the inn.
oh and I forgot… a shopping trip to Baha Char
The graphic novel looks so pretty. I’m happy house Andrews got their wish, more for the horde lol.
The first thing I would do if I were to visit Gertrude Hunt was take afternoon tea in the gardens. I love flowers and the gardens must be just full of interesting plants and trees.
South Africa
Australia – Ask to see their library. I bet they have some really cool books.
Happy book birthday!
If guesting at Gertrude Hunt, I’d ask to take tea with Caldenia…
From sunny Australia
After the last couple months I had at work, I’d probably want to hole up and have _nobody talk to me_ for at least 72 hours. Just me, a clean and airy room, a water feature, a library and Orro’s cooking, no questions asked. Heaven. I’d probably be ready to explore more adventurous and exotic places in the Inn after that 😉
(residing in the Netherlands)
I’d definitely ask Dina to make my dream room.
I’m in Australia BTW.
As a guest of Gertrude Hunt the first thing is have breakfast made by Orro – eggs three ways and of course donuts. Then I would request a shopping trip to Baha-char and after that Afternoon tea with Caldenia then a ride through the mesas and plains on the home planet of House Krahr.
From Seattle , WA. U.S.A.
First things I do, when ever I check-in any place, is to test the bed by faceplanting into it 😉
Belgium
As I am a curious and inquisitive person, the first thing I would want to do is see my room and then eat one of Orro’s meals, either in the garden or on a balcony with a view over another world.
Country of Residence: Germany
Hello,
I’ve seen many great ideas in the previous comments, but I’d also love to have a chat with Dina so she can tell me all her best guest stories.
It seems to me she has an amazing – and endless – supply.
I’d obviously need an Orro made snack to sustain me while I’m listening. I trust he would size me up instanty and design the tastiest treat ever!
Greetings from France.
Hi there! Happy Book Birthday to everyone!
I would be so excited to be in the Inn I don’t even know what would I do first. Maybe meet Orro and have some of his delicious food on the patio with Dina and Caldenia, enjoying the view of the apple trees. I really love how Dina speaks about them, how she loves them, that the blooming trees where the first sign that the Inn was still alive when she first come to Gertrude Hunt <3
And my country of residence is Slovakia 😀 😀 Greetings from Europe 🙂
I would ask for some Orro’s famous food 🙂
I am from Slovakia
I will ask for a room with a nice warm balmy beach view to get away from this cold spell, where I could walk out to the beach where I am the only one and not packed with people and tourists. Eat Orro’s food and sleep. I’m so tired, I could sleep for a week! I’m from the UK.
I would take a tour of Gertrude Hunt and then have a taste of the delicacies Orro makes.
Hello everyone, I reside in Malta, Europe 🌞
I woould ask for my room, I want to see what Dina would create for me😀
Hungary
I would ask for permission to go through the door to Bah ha char to explore😃
I’m in the uk.
Eat all of Orro’s amazing food!! I live in Denmark
I would be delighted to be invited to a tea with Caldenia.
I’m from Germany.
All the best and thanks for the best books ever
Valeska
I would have meal with my hosts, and hopefully some of their friends, cooked by their amazing chef Orro with a can of mellow yellow. Fantastic food, great conversation and a holiday to remember for a lifetime.
I’m in Australia.
I would eat Orro’s food because if anyone can make gluten free, nut free, dairy free taste good, it would be him!! I live in Yokosuka Japan
I would want to play with Beast in the apple orchard!
Country of residence: Japan
Where have I been. I totally missed the graphic novel news… I just checked on Amazon in Germany and they state publication date is October 22nd. Okay, I suppose I will have to wait a bit longer then… 🥲🙃
Anyway, I’d first enjoy Orro’s food and drink on the back porch with Diana and Sam, especially to give Gertrude time to build the for me individualized room. I would love to know what that looks like…
Greetings from Germany. 😘
Just ordered it, delivery is estimated at November 5th. By then volume 2 hopefully will be available, too. 🤪
Hi Nicole, I’m fairly sure you might be looking at the second volume 🙂. If you follow the links above, you’ll see the first volume is available now. Here it is on Amazon Germany https://www.amazon.de/Ilona-Andrews/dp/1524888680/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=262KU6N6AKB8B&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.arnRbs-RDE-935k7oBw0U8RvwVedH8ntq8zeJViq-Sscw2MAQzJOmxA_-ZlLQnjwtwd4JR1GmLedjXhEsOw5SE_-Aipn2KztTApLPoEqPRu2bkmiuTIJayGUBn2sGO-jCj028Nmiy7XGgGJZ-0qvpNiAsuh0nwXCD1skbLXNM74xaZwYpQjrTZboSn0ZcqagV9t3pTcJPBGtqFbTbYvOtg.Zp8MGSfeYCsntnVjF5ldED2Z1GVHVO4jINTnyGt1n9Y&dib_tag=se&keywords=clean+sweep+graphic+novel&qid=1709717356&sprefix=clean+sweep+graphic+%2Caps%2C74&sr=8-1
Thank you Mod R.
Yes, I must have had something with my eyes… now it says vol. 2. There is a saying in Germany wich translates to”l must have had tomatoes 🍅 on my eyes” or I’m loosing my mind… 🤣🤣🤣
Anyway, now I pre-ordered vol. 2 already and ordered vol. 1 as well. 😍🥰
I would ask Dina to take me shopping in Baha-Char, with a stop off to meet the lees. Then back to the Inn for a relaxing nap and dinner by Orro.
A dream vacation indeed!
I’m in the USA
Happy book birthday! I loved this on Tapas 🙂
I’d give Dina a hug, then ask Beast and Olasard if I could give them some scritches while heading to Orro in the kitchen for a donut.
I’m in Switzerland.
Easy! eating Orro’s food. Even a simple omelet will be divine, I’m sure, but I’m dreaming about that Mango cupcake 😍
Thank you for the opportunity to be in the giveaway!
I’m from Israel.
I would also sneak a peek in Orros kitchen and hope for one of those tiny strawberry crêpes… mh~ :3
Greetings from Germany. 😀
I am french, so the food is very important. 🙂
The first thing I would do (after thanking Dina for accepting me) would be to taste Orro’s incredible food and I will continue by having tea with Caldenia to discuss how to conquer the world.
So as I said, I live in France and I am a huge fan of your work.
I got my copy. I actually ordered it for my grandson for his birthday. He loves graphic novels. I think if I got to visit Gerturude Hunt the first thing I would do is explore the Inn and the grounds especially the apple trees. And then have a cup of tea and a donuts.
The first thing I’d do? Go to the kitchen and ask for whatever amazing thing that Orro is making!
Country? Australia
Definitely a meal by Orro!
Thanks for the giveaway, I’m in France!
I would most definitely immediately plant myself in a position to be fed by Orro. Which is probably going to be a popular answer 😂 second stop would be a visit to the orchard.
Cardiff, UK
A nap, probably the best nap I could ever have in the best room I could ever dream of. From the far away land of New Zealand.
I would have tea with Caldania, then check to see what Orro has whipped up. US
Oooo- Shopping at Baha-cha! Definitely the first place- but with suitable back up 😉
I’m here in sunny Australia! 🙂
I would explore my magical room made just for me 🙂
Country: Canada
Thanks for the contest!
I would check my room first! And then taste Orro’s food.
From Spain!
I would want to try whatever snack time food Orro had created and sit on the porch and talk nothing’s with Caldenia, force her to practice small talk. Discuss her flowers and visit the orchard.
I would ask Dina for a toddler play room where I could safely unleash my two-year-old twinsand a resting chair for a tired Mom. She did so well with Wing’s room, I’d love to see what she comes up with for my children.
With the bags under my eyes I probably wouldn’t even have to ask her for that. She’d take a look at me, then my kids’ mischievous smiles and understand precisely what our family needs…
Greetings from Austria!
Ohh, twins. I so hear you. I had primary care of my twin nieces when they were 3, and between the sleep deprivation and watching Frozen/Tangled 4423424235 times, I honestly don’t remember a while lot of details. Which us sad now, because giving them back was like tearing my own heart out.
They’re 10 now and so kind and compassionate and weird and funny and I’m so fortunate to be in their lives! They come over for sleepovers so their mom can get some rest, and we started doing Lego builds on Skype during the pandemic and never stopped. It lets them chat away, I get to hear all about their lives, it’s wonderful.
But… yes. At 2 they were either simultaneous crying or egging each other on, you’d get one down and the other would start up.
I hope you can get some rest and some extra sets of hands! After a while I was tossing them at anyone so I could go pee without an audience talking through or sticking their fingers under the door…
They do eventually settle a bit, and figure out they have speeds other than “stampede”. Unfortunately I think that took until they started kindergarten to start to sink in…
(What slowed them down the best was having an elderly cat who was easily scared. One if the girls was DETERMINED to make friends with her, so we did a lotof quiet sitting and not-looking-at-you with treats. Her smile the day my sweet old lady climbed into her lap us one of the best memories I have <3 ).
Good luck! You're doing awesome!
So many choices! It would be so interesting to see what kind of room the Inn (and Dina) would make for me. I also would love to see if realty matches my mental picture of Orro. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
From Alberta, Canada
First thing after entering Gertrude Hunt and after checking into my wonderfully personalized room I would go down to the lounge having a cup of tea with the best sandwiches Orro can serve and watching the other guests. Love from Germany. No stickers for me though, send them to someone who wants them very much.
I would hug everyone (who cares about stuffy innkeeper rules) and then float in the Hiru’s room drinking excellent hot chocolate and eating waffles (the heart-shaped ones) with ice cream, all made by Orro of course.
Germany
I would ask to join the crowd in the kitchen for Orro’s food, then see where and what my window in my room looked out to.
I’m from the UK
I’d ask for a Burger King cheeseburger meal just to see the tears of desperation from Orro…
I live in the United Kingdom.
Take a bath. Perhaps for a few days if the inn can keep the water hot and deliver my food to me (well of course it can, but I’d ask politely).Gosh I miss baths.
COR: UK
I would ask to see the kitchen and go all fan-girly on Orro and ask for a DONUT.
I’m in Canada.
I received my copy yesterday. Squee! it’s a gift for my son in May. Will I preread? We’ll see.
It would have to be asking Orro for afternoon tea with him as my special guest. I live in England and cannot thank you all enough for including international readers
I would request a bedroom of my dreams with a gorgeous feast from Orro. I would then start reading the book and Thank Gertrude House!
USA. Oregon
I’d want to meet Olasard and Beast. I ended up naming one of my cats after him and it would be so cool to meet the original and Beast is an amazing puppy and needs all the pork ribs ever.
Quickly followed by an Orro snack and if they had time trying to make friends with Dina and Sean.
I’m from Maine in the United States
The first thing I would do is to sink into my perfect-for-me room overlooking the orchard. I can’t wait to see what Dina designs for me!
I live in USA.
walk the orchard, USA, duck confetti
I’d ask for a grand tour of Gertrude Inn, before enjoying my perfect (for me) room.
United States
I’m from the US so probably can’t enter but I would love to eat Orro’s food and meet Caldenia haha.
Swim in the hidden pond.
USA
Thank you for the giveaway.
The first thing I would do is explore the Inn.
All the love from India.
If I were a guest at Gertrude Hunt, the first thing I would do is give Orro the basket of the sweetest mangoes in the world from the island of Guimaras, in my country, the Philippines and watch him make a dessert out of them. 😁
With the Australian summer I’ve just gone through, Cyanide’s snow lodge sounds like absolute heaven! Especially if there’s a haughty alien snow leopard in need of “all the attentions” 🙂
Happy happy book birthday!
I live in Canadaland.
I’d definitely want to check out my room, both because I love Dina’s flair for decor matching the person even if she doesn’t know them well, and because I would have asked for something that might help relieve my chronic back pain. I can just picture melting into a bed, cradled perfectly in such a way that the pain would, if not be gone, definitely be lessened.
That plus a hot tub = bliss! That always works wonders unknotting the muscles that are so upset just after sitting up all day, nevermind things more strenuous.
My One Orange Brain Cell cat would likely make a break for it at some point and encounter other guests or permanent residents, and if a very helpful and moderately gay vampire knight or other so inclined non-human guest gallantly offered to assist me (especially in unwrapping my cat from someone’s arm), well. I’d just have to find a way to thank him/them.
I mean, if I already have my cat with me, there really is no reason to go back home except Stuff! Maybe it would be the start of a whole new adventure. No matter what, though, I know it would be one heck of a good time 🙂
(My cat would require sun puddles to nap in no matter what side we were facing, people to pet him, laps to sleep in, and general adoration and adulation. But he gets that all the time.)
First thing would be to eat whatever delicious meal is prepared by the master chef Orro.
Canada
Visiting Gertrude Hunt would be a treat. Fmthe first thing for me would be asking Ddina or Sean for a stay. Then asking for a tour so I could get to see the different views they have through the windows of that incredible House. And last but nor least asking for an Orro’s snack!!
I would ask Dina where Sean is so I can tell him too bad I’m a cat person. It definitely would not be so that I could secretly bask in his glory and strength. Definitely not.
From Canada!
I would immediately begin studying on how to become an Innkeeper.
US
At Gertrude Hunt after settling into my room I would ask for a snack. Am dying to taste Orro’s delicacies. They always sound so wonderful.
Tina from the USA
Thanks for the giveaway! If I was ever at Gertrude Hunt I would sit with Caldenia, drink tea and people watch. From USA.
Love your books so much, have reread them so many times. My happy place books xxxx
Upon arrival I would be so excited to see what style of room the Inn and Deena had designed for me, so I would go straight there and then sample Orro’s cooking!!!! I would love to enter the fantasy of these novels for a stay at Gertrude Hunt ❤️
I live in the US
I would invite a space chicken to have dinner, prepared by Orro, with me.
I would love to see what kind of room Dina and the house would make for me. Also would love to sample any of Orro’s cooking!!
Thanks for the giveaway!
Usa
First thing would be to say hello and introduce myself. 😉
Then I would love to have a tea in the kitchen.
If it was a dinner time then I would like to eat something potato based that I have not eaten before.
What can I say. My travels are very food motivated. :))
Country: Poland
Congratulations!!
I’d stay in my room for a polite length of time, wander the halls looking at everything the inn would let me see, stop by the kitchen for snacks, and then beg to visit some other world connected to Gertrude Hunt. I’m from Iceland.
The first thing I would do is check out my room, then sit on the back porch while eating a meal from Orro. From Florida.
Ask Orro to cook a meal for me…
Meal from Orro
Canada
Say hi, pet Beast, ask for a room, guided tour of Bar-ha-cha, and a dinner by Orro 🙂 – Singapore
Have Orro whip up a wonderful dinner with… something chocolate for desert.
US
I would ask for a luxurious bathroom, with a deep tub facing a rainforest view, and a little hearth nearby… And maybe some chocolate chip oatmeal pecan cookies😁
Maddy from United States
Thank you!
Food always comes first! And then exploration!
If I were a guest of Gertrude Hunt, the first thing I would do is visit Oro, and make friends with him. I would let him know I am available to sample anything he desires!
I would love to say something about designing a room but the honest answer would absolutely involve Orro’s cooking. XD
I’m in the US.
Go see Orro in the kitchen and ask him to make something to eat.
Canada
Happy Book Birthday!
That would be a hard decision because I would love to see what room Dina came up with, so that I might even postpone the visit to Orros kitchen until afterward.
The first thing I would do is pay my respects to Dina’s parents as I enter the inn and then enjoy a leisurely Orro dinner with my hosts. Perhaps Beast might sleep on the end of my bed in the room that will I hope come with a comfy chair and a library of all my favourite books.
From Australia
I’d probably remake the rooms a million times just to see what was possible! And of course ask Orro for something yummy to eat 💜
Country: USA
I’d love to eat something made by Orro, check out my room and chat with Dina!
India
Congratulations on the publication. I’ve been reading Clean Sweep on tapas. I would love to have tea on the back porch with her Grace.
Oops. I’m in Louisiana.
The first Thing I would do is ask to visit Baha-char!
From the US
🙂
Go see Orro for some fabulous food and then explore!
USA
An Orro meal (or snack or anything) is low hanging fruit, though I’m not sure that’s a good idea as I wouldn’t want to be ruined for all other food!!
I would definitely ask to see some of the rooms that Dina made for her guests. The Hiru’s room jumps to mind first.
Country: Canada
I sense a theme here: Go Orro!!!!
USA
I would park myself at the dining room table, and eat Orro’s food all day long.
United States
I would have Orro prepare prepare a divine meal for me in his kitchen kingdom!
I would be tucking into a meal made by Orro. I’m in Canada.
I am not the first (and won’t be the last I’m sure) but it would def be to cozy up to Orro for an amazing meal.
Thank you so much for all your books. Love being swept away in a new IA world (or revisiting ones again and again!)
Anna (Canada).
Congrats! I would ask for their most amazing room and hope it had clouds in it hehe
Country of origin: Spain
Congratulations! Big, long round of applause! Yippeee! Love it, of course.
I’m in the US, but could not resist the question.
The first thing I would do is reach out to Gertrude Hunt and see if I had any magic. How would I know if I’m an Innkeeper if I’ve never met an Inn?
We all have magic 😉
I would want to be pampered at Gertrude Hunt. Eat the wonderful food, laze around and chit chat with the other guests.
I love these stories….all stories. You are a great writing team. Thank you!
I am in the USA
First: Eat a dessert made by Orro & thank my lucky stars. Second: Explore the house. Next: Find a nook and Eat donuts and cookies while reading one of the HA books. Oregon, USA
I’d head straight to the kitchen!
USA (one of the southern states where food is revered)
Ask to see the ballroom. I want to see the mosaic and stare at the ceiling.
country – Australia
I never read graphic novels. I wasn’t going to get this one, but you showed me a picture of Gertrude Hunt and she looks just like I saw her in my mind!!! So it is on its way to me and will arrive tomorrow!!
It is hard to tell you how much I LOVE the Innkeeper series!
+1
I would go meet and cuddle Beast and then go get some snackies from Orro! Sarah, England
I would ask for a mountain of homemade donuts and mango muffins, to eat by the ocean in Kolinda’s dining room.
Or I would ask for a fabric shopping trip in Baha-Char?
Ahh the possibilities are endless!
Laurence, from France
Eat! And compliment His Foodie Highness, Orro. (Canada)
The first thing I’m doing is making friends with the dog! Located in the US 🙂
I would take a doorway off world! From United States
If I were a guest at Gertrude Hunt, I would love to sit down to have tea with Caldenia (at least in part to partake in Orro’s snacks) and ask her advice on how to deal with my ex-husband. I most likely would not follow said advice, but I would enjoy daydreaming about it for decades to come.
I’m in the USA.
I thought my copy was coming in a few weeks, so I was VERY PLEASED to get it yesterday. The GN is awesome, funny, engaging, and just perfect. Had to pull my nose out of it to get back to work on my online classes–looking forward to reading more later. Love the Innkeeper books–please don’t let their story end.
If I were a guest at Gertrude Hunt, I would request a room with a night sky view, bathed in moonlight, have a mini pond with warm water to sink my self. Just let the bed lay out in the open not far way, no bugs allowed except the passing fireflies.
Sincerely,
Right now at the Scotland, UK
Hello from the Philippines! Happy book birthday to this graphic novel.🥳 first thing I would do if I were a guest would be to grab welcome drinks and snacks by Orro, and also ask what else he plans to cook during my stay.😆
What would I do if I were a guest at Gertrude Hunt? Ask to visit Baha Char! That, and enjoy Oro’s cooking, of course.
I’m in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. I live in the only rainforest in the Northern Hemisphere.
I would have a meal by Orro. Than my room. Priorities!
I reside in Canada.
Probably anything there with a famous chef! But I love desserts!
I would definitely try Orro’s food!
I’m in the UK.
The first thing I would do is ask for a room with a forest and a gurgling stream. I am in the USA.
Either straight to the kitchen with Orro, or to my room which would essentially be a luxurious spa bathroom. I’m in the United States! And super excited to read the graphic novel!!!
I love a great room/retreat space. I also am someone who has a tough time making decisions (because I like so many things), so I would want to see what Gertrude Hunt and Dina came up with for the best space to fit me during my stay. Then, I would unpack my bags so I could pretend I lived there (I do this on all vacations), and finally sit up in my bed for awhile – and probably read a book with the fireplace going (because there would definitely be a fireplace).
United States
I would get a glass of sweet tea, sit out on the porch, and pet the deceptively cute dog. The inn is a place for peace (theoretically).
I’m from the USA.
I would ask for the most comfiest bed in the universe for humanoïdes and then hopefully have the most rest full sleep imagineable. I live in the Netherlands.
I would politely ask Caldenia for investment advice. 🙂
Like so many others, from Canada.
I would build my dream room then take a nap! I’m in the US-hope it’s open for us too~
This giveaway is for outside US only, as the description says. The publisher already ran a US-only one, so this is a balancing out 🙂
We will have more giveaways in the future open to everyone!
Have a cautious cup of tea with the permanent resident. United States.
The first thing I’d do as a guest at Gertrude Hunt? eat everything on the menu!!!
{I’m in the US)
Ordered my comic but I’m going to enter as I’d love to have a “collectors” copy too! 😉 I’m located in Canada and I’d get the best bath lovers/roman spa room possible and then go read some books while soaking in bubbles! I wouldn’t say no to having some donuts and wine as well. 😉
Hi Jenn, there seems to be some confusion: the giveaway prize is the sticker sheet, not a copy of the book 🙂
Napping under the apple trees, probably. USA
I was traying to think something original and witty but couldn’t😂 The first thing I would is go see my awesome room and try to meet as many aliens as possible.
Greetings from the Basque Country, Spain🤗
echoing many, I would enjoy my room and eat amazing food prepared by Orro.
Utah, USA
Donuts!
Sry, Orro! Although I call myself a foodie, I would just enjoy my room and sleeeeep like forever. I am a mum of a little boy. No more words needed 😜
I would probably want to look around everywhere, maybe take a walk in the orchard, then def try to befriend Orro and EAT. USA
The first thing I’d do is say hello to Gertrude Hunt. I’ve loved the inn since Chapter 1.
Congratulations, House Andrews, and many more such happy days in the future!
Romania
I would take a bar chair or high stool to Orros kitchen and watch him kook. And maybe convince him to let me taste a couple of things 😬
I’m from the Netherlands
The first thing that I would do upon visiting the Inn would be to look at the portrait of Dina’s parents to be sure that I didn’t recognize them. I know that Dina would appreciate the answer and recognition of her dedication to the search. I also really want to know what happened to them!
Manitoba, Canada
If I won a stay at Gertrude Hunt, I would look forward to having tea with Caldenia. This way I would be able to swap barbs with her as well as sample Orro’s cooking!
If I won a stay at Gertrude Hunt, I would look forward to having tea with Caldenia. This way I would be able to swap barbs with her as well as sample Orro’s cooking!
Ontario Canada
I would want to eat something Orro prepared as soon as I checked in.
The first thing I’d do is ask for a section of the garden to be accessible inside my room and read a book with fire outside-but-still-inside, while the night sky is my ceiling. ooh. (Not entering giveaway, couldn’t resist the prompt)
Thank you! I have gotten my son (42) to read your books. He enjoys them as he drives around SoCal for his work.
Now I am going to get the grandsons to read your books.
I would have to check out my room. I know it would have a beautiful view of the ocean because it would be designed just for me. Then I might have to try to slip out the back door and visit a few of the shops.
Good afternoon. The first thing I would do as a guest is to play with/pet Beast if she would let me. 🤪 United States.
I would go to see my room, and ask for Orro to surprise me!
I would like to explore everythimg. might need years 🙂
Valencia, Spain
Order a meal!
I would request to sit on the back porch, maybe in a rocking chair, with a glass of ice tea.
I would enjoy a meal that Orro made. 🙂
One: I would explore the room Dina created because those always sound amazing and Two: I would order food from our favourite oversized porcupine! I’m in Canada
Hi, I’m from New Zealand and if I got a chance to stay in Gertrude I’d give Beast a cuddle!
I’d ask Orro to make me some flan. I haven’t found any that was truly good in the past 20 years….sigh.
USA
Ask to have afternoon tea in the ocean dining room, with a view looking out over kolinda 🙂 UK
The first thing I would do is play with Beast if Dina okayed it! I am in the USA, Montana
First thing I would do sis definitely have a meal cooked by Orro. Who could pass up whatever a Red Cleaver chef whips up?
I’m from the US
My copy delivered today. It is AMAZING! I am so excited that this was created. I will treasure it always!
Have tea in the kitchen watching Orro cook and Her Grace Caldina spar. USA
So many choices for the inn comment. I would wish to have a lighted warm pool to swim in with a view above of a night of shooting stars and other cosmic events, while having a swim up dining ledge with Orro’s eggs three ways, tea with biscuits, and mimosas made of mango and sparkling white wine.
Congratulations on the graphic novel release!
Canada
I would be eating whatever Orro wants to cook and then I’d want to go to the market where I could get killed. LOL
Noooo, Dina would have your back! 😀
Happy book birthday!! Pets are welcome, yes? I would request that the Inn tire my puppy out! whilst my elder doggo and I get to watch from a safe distance and, of course, enjoy the Inn’s hospitality ourselves. Team Orro for the win! Until then, going to eat GF lemon blueberry muffins fresh from the oven and read my new graphic novel while furry ones recover from rainy day walk. [USA, so best of luck to international horde]
I’d love to help Dina in her gardens! Then, I’d go to Orro’s kitchen for breakfast! And I’d like to be introduced to Olasard.
I’m from U.S.A.
I’d love to help Dina with her gardens! Then, I’d go to Orro’s kitchen for breakfast! And I’d like to be introduced to Olasard.
I’m from U.S.A.
I’d love to take a tour of Gertrude Hunt and her grounds. It all sounds so amazing! I’m from the US.
I’d beg to be Orro’s official taster and kitchen drudge.
Yes, I am an American foodie who seeks to broaden her intergalactic culinary horizons
What I would do first … Room service…..ocean room , giant balcony…and a spa bathroom. 😁
Anita…USA
first thing I’d do would get a medscan! maybe also see if there’s an existing method to fix my eyes. then chow down on all the food and check out as many of the rooms as possible.
usa
I think the first thing would be to just appreciate the inn, unless I had travelled in the TARDIS, where else would physics just provide flexible guidelines rather than laws? It would be amazing. I would also like to experience Oreo’s seventh attempt to produce a double Grand Burger with cheese.
From England.
So I’ve just sat down (over the last 4 weeks) and read the entire Innkeeper Series. Can we expect another? It seems like the arc isn’t finished. Dina hasn’t found her parents but she does know they’re alive. If there is a plan for another, is there a time line?
The Innkeeper series is not over 🙂 . There will be at least one more full-size novel, but not for a while, as other projects take precedence. The Innkeeper books are usually serialized on the blog first, so this is the best place to hear about them.
I’d ask Orro to make me a dessert buffet!
(USA)
Hi, I live in the US. If I was able to visit Gertrude Hunt I would be so excited. The first thing I would have to do is make sure I met Orro and let him know how much I was looking forward to tasting all his foods but especially desserts! I’d also ask if I could watch him bake sometime. Maybe I’d learn some techniques and wonderful recipes. Even if I didn’t, just watching a Red Clever Chef in the kitchen would be amazine!
I am from Canada and I would ask Orro 🦔 if he would make a mango cheesecake. I may only be human, but I do still love my mangoes!
I think I would like to make friends with Beast and the Ripper of Souls, before having Orro-made tea amongst the trees in the orchard.
I am in New Zealand.
I would want ask to see the orchard, then go see what’s for lunch 😂 USA
eat anything and EVERYTHING orro would make for me… maybe live in the kitchen for a while.
Utah, USA. 🥰
also, it looks like the rest of the horde runs on their stomach as much as I do. 🥰😍 I swear every comment involves Orro sooner or later. 😅🤣
Go to the door to Baha char and United States
Aussie here.
I would have to have a go seeing if I could make my own room, just in case I could! Then eat Orros cooking of course, either as a celebration or as a consolation meal 😉
Hello, I would ask Dina if she could invite Cookie for a special dinner! Food, courtesy of Orro, and I would get to meet one of the cutest beings in the Universe!
I am in Canada.
Omgosh where do i even start? Probably weep tears of happiness lol. I honestly would just love to meet all the characters that have become so real and precious to me. All of them! From dina to gaston to arland!
Id also love a tour and to see the room dina would create for me! Than a meal by orro! And maybe just maybe have a peek out of the new door gertrude hunt built to see the land where maud lives! But def just meet everyone would be mindblowing.
Im from canada!
Oooh I can’t decide if I’d want to eat something Oreo made, pet Beast, or see my room first. Choices are hard!!!
USA here!
Orro darn auto correct!
If I were lucky enough to stay at Gertrude Hunt I would be sitting at the dinner table waiting for one of Orro’s fantastic meals. Country USA
Sit by the pond and take it all in.
Happy Book Birthday!!
I would thank Dina for allowing me to stay at her inn and ask for a tour, starting with the portrait of her parents. I would love to explore all the space-warped nooks and crannies of Gertrude Hunt, especially the linked worlds. The best part would be meeting all of the residents!
USA
I would want to see the innkeeper’s broom.
From States.
I would ask for some delectable baked goods from Orro!!
Australia 🙂
I’d like to say something clever, but I would likely do the same thing I do when visiting any home with pets – make friends with the fur babies. I am always popular for giving scritches.
from USA
I’d go for a walk under the apple trees, they won’t be around forever. Maybe trees are a Canadian thing. 😉
I would have Dina make a room for me and yes, then I would ask Orro to chef for me.
I’m writing from Australia… sometimes I laugh at the creatures described and think “We probably have something like that here!” 😝🙃
Drop bears, drop bears, what’chu gonna do, what’chu gonna do when they drop on you 😀
Dear authors
I want to say I enjoy all your books and have them all in multiple formats. In the graphic novel version, please ask the artist not to draw officer Maris so dark. I could barely make him out on the page. He blends right in the background. Or please don’t make the background so dark. I do hope this does not come across as complaining. I only wish the best for you and family and ModR.
Thank you for the feedback, Charlotte, we will pass it on to the publisher 🙂
I would ask to visit the apple orchard and sit by the pond enjoying a gluten free (o have celiac) selection of Orro’s lemon muffins and chocolate donuts. Somewhere in the galaxies he would have the ingredients to make those!
I am from the U.S.
Oh, my! The FIRST thing I would do is pay my respects to Her Grace, Caldenia Ka Ret Magren, because yeah…and then I would hope for a lemon muffin from Orro. Greetings from the U.S.
1. Check out the photo of Dina’s parents to make sure I’ve never met them.
2. Ask Dina to take me to Baha Char 🙂 I want a drink with the bubbly things that pop 😋
If I were a guest. I would be all about my room and the Orro’s food. Then I think I would want to wander the house and garden to find a place to read and observe.
United States
Eat Orro’s food, bask in my room and request a shopping trip to baha char 😄
India here
first thing you would do if you were a guest at Gertrude Hunt..
thank them for having me and ask (i’m not sure if this would be against the questing laws) if i could invite my mum and dad so they could use the meditechs that Maud gave them to get rid of all the aches and pains that 84 years olds have.
(not asking for a longer life – nice thought – but just a more pain free one so they can enjoy getting out more and the kids, grandkids and great grandkids)
wouldn’t mind asking for my husband and myself too but lets not be greedy here
I would have a helping of Orro’s eggs – UK , love and reread your books all the time xxx
Poland here. So the very first thing after entering the Inn would be… taking off my shoes. Old habits die hard 😂
But right afterwards I would politely inquire if Caldenia would do me an honour of sharing a tea? ❤️
to be clear is it only open to non us readers or everyone?
Only non-US, international readers 🙂 . The publisher giveaway was US-only, this is a balancer to that.
(Non-entry US here). Im stuck cleaning out a huge storage space today so my current wish would be to enter a mess room and just watch the inn reset itself a few times ***sigh***
Ask Dina you take me to Bahachar
Tenerife, Canary Islands.
I’ll love to sit in the garden with Caldenia if she is willing, while trying out Orro’s cooking.
I would 100% ask Dina to make me a room, Orro a snack, and get a bunch of cuddles from Beast!
I want to see the room for me !!!
worship at the feet of Orro and hope to watch him work, and taste his patisserie.
This is a hard choice!!!
I think first I would request a pitcher of lemonade that won’t raise my blood sugar – Orro is up to the task!
I’m in the US.
Fried dough. It doesn’t matter where the cuisine originates from, it just needs to be a form of fried dough. It’s my weakness and I’d love to see what Orro could do!
Also, I stopped by my local comic shop yesterday and while they didn’t have the book in stock, they were able to order it for me!!! So happy to support a favorite place and favorite authors at the same time!
In the US
Eat of course, try Orro’s cuisine!
Love these stories
US, Virginia
If I were a guest of Gertrude Hunt I would ask for tea and Doughnuts!!! I would then flop on my bed and revel in the quiet (I live in a house that could be considered a Rube Goldberg device). Aaaahhhh quiet…
hi, Lara from new Zealand, I would definitely immediately have lunch, second only to swimming in the natural thermal pool in my bedroom and watch the sun set change the colours of the room.
!!!!! First I would squee from being a guest at GH, hang out in my room for awhile to take it all in, and then emerge to try whatever Orro has cookin’ and mingle with any other guests. I’m in the USA.
Definitely a trip to Baha Char.
US
I would like to have tea with Caldenia.
Germany
I would go in and pet Beast and then have tea with Caldenia. I have so many questions for her
I would ask for a selection of delicacies to taste while I sank into relaxation. In USA
I would be torn!!! So many things I would want to do! Like investigate my room, explore the gardens, talk to Sean, but I think I’d have to go with asking for a lovely treat on the dining room Kosandian enjoyed that opened up to Calinda. That sounds just… magical and peaceful
USA
Introduce Caldenia to ketchup chips (from Canada).
I would ask if I could stay forever! And offer to pay for my stay by being a sous chef to Orro! (United States)
The first thing I would do is ask Dina to allow me to view all of the inns recordings, while I eat snacks prepared by Orro to have while I watch them! So many great moments in the books to be seen for real!
DONUT
Honestly? I’d just be happy to be there for a vacation :p
I’m US based!
If I were a guest, I’d want to get settled into my room first, I’d want a room that looked like Lothlorien at night 🙂
USA
As a first time guest I’d figure out all the crazy stuff I could ask for from Gertrude while I enjoy the most epic meal from Orro. Maybe tea with her ladyship. Down under in Australia!
I would love to eat some of Orro’s food but then would love to snuggle with the ripper of souls as I love cats.
I am from England
as a guest, I would ask very nicely to sit in a corner of the kitchen to watch Orro cook and live on smells and *drama*
ack in the US!
If I were a guest first thing I would do is ask to eat one of Orro’s meals and then just keep going. 6 meals a day seems about right.
I live in Norway 🙂
I would love a high tea! Orro’s amazing food with an intergalactic tea while overlooking the orchard. 🙂
USA, Colorado
I don’t qualify, I’m in the U.S, but I’d be torn between wanting to hug the inn and sampling Orro’s egg purse, yum yum, without the cucumber 🤓.
Check out my room! (U.S.A.)
Canada
Enjoy eating Orri’s meals, insist on meeting Caldenia (even if that might not end well)
I would have tea with Caledonia!
Uuu.
Tea with Caldenia. World domination master class 🤷♀️ Too lazy to do it but good knowledge 🤷♀️
Greetings from Finland!
I would definitely love to go to Baha Char!
My copy arrived yesterday. My mistake was in allowing my darling child (10 yo, LOVES graphic novels) to open the package. I haven’t seen it since. Sigh. I suspect that I’ll have to buy another one and open it in my closet all alone if I want to actually get to read it.
oops. sorry. USA
What would I do first thing when I became a guest at the Gertrude Hunt? ( Besides ooooh and ahhh to Dina as we went to my room to unpack?) Yes, I’d head for the dining room for some of Orro’ s cooking!
USA
I would ask to see the kitchen and then have tea and cookies in the yard! 🙂
USA
Donuts? Aw damn, they’re in my mind now! We have an amazing shop here in Montreal, Canada! It’s called Bernie Beigne, they are divine 😍 Innkeeper is the only serie I haven’t read from them! Maybe it would be nice to discover it through the eyes of the graphic novel!
You should definitely give the Inn adventures a go! 😁 Learn the delights of donuts, ripper cushions and so much more!
I would ask Orro for a dish, the most delicious chicken in the galaxy! I am from Mexico.
Ooh whatever Oreo wants to feed me!
hmmm first thing? explore the inn & possibly also take a peek through it’s portal/doorways!
Ireland
I would seek out both Beast and Olasard and try to cuddle/play with them!
From Greece.. Thank you HA for your books!
I would eat whatever Orro was serving
Donuts were my first thought as well. Orro’s coffee and donuts be the first thing for sure.
First thing I’d do is ask permission to watch Oro prepare a meal – any meal.
USA
If I were a guest I would have to ask for their version of my favorite dessert: cfreme brulee. At age 75 I can ask for it with fresh berries and whip cream too!
Is it breaking the fourth wall to ask Dina for an Ilona Andrews themed reading room? 📖
Gertrude Hunt = Happiest Place on Earth. 🌎
Sunny Melbourne – Australia 🇦🇺
🩵 Stickers!!
I’d ask Fina to design me a room not connected to my kids or partner it would be my oasis😍 the I’d go to baha char and get some yarn!!
Dina for Pete sake😩🤦🏼♀️
I would firstly see my room and then talk to the other guests, who knows what could follow!
Calling in from the UK
After seeing my amazing room and petting Olasard, it would be time for dinner in the Ocean dining room, maybe its a buffet and it has all the food…After dinner watching sea creatures and visiting with other guests. Then shopping in Baha char.
Checking in from Rhode Island, US.
I would like to have tea(and survive)with Caldenia ka ret Magren. I would of course being Mello Yello cans and a bag of Funnyuns too.
I live in New Zealand.
have tea (survive)with Calsenia and being Mello Yello for her.
I live in New Zealand
Being a guest at Gertrude Hunt is a dream come true💃🏻. I would love to see what kind of room Dina makes for me and visit all the rooms Dina ever made especially the Hiru’s🌌. Have the tastiest food of Orros🤤. And last but not least go shopping to Baha char with Dina and watch her bargaining with Nuan Cee with some of the items I bring from home……
I’m from India 🇮🇳
And of course tea with Caldenia as long as she doesn’t think of me as a tasty snack🙃
And meet Miss Ripper cushion if possible as the door to Daesyn is open now🚪
Eat Orro’s food!
USA, NY
If I were a guest, I’d definitely want to visit Baha Char, but I’d want to walk among the apple trees and peek into the huge pantry. And meet Caldenia and Orro! I guess I’d want the full experience. 😄 I’m from the United States.