She'd meant to just put the book down and skitter back towards the edge of the store, and probably head home. Maybe, if she was really feeling restless about the book, she might go ask Zach whether anyone had said anything about it yet. This stranger's comment piqued her interest, however. The book had only be released today, so either he was speaking from no experience or he had something to do with the publisher's house. She hadn't met anyone from the publishing house, obviously, but she'd written to them fairly extensively during the editing process, so she was certainly curious which one it was standing before her. Or, if he was making this up and he hadn't read the book yet, what was his connection to it that had lead him to make a comment like that out of nowhere? It was hardly going to be a best seller — the subject matter was fairly niche. Not everyone had an interest in werewolves, or research — certainly Juliana did not look like the type of person who would.

"Have you read it?" she asked curiously. "I thought it was only released today."