Apparently JK Rowling is publishing a book for adults.

I'm intrigued. Though I like to think it will be a more adult sci fi/fantasy, I don't want her to do what some other authors I liked have done, and write a "darker and edgier" (read: angstier and gloomier) version of the story she wrote before. That's kind of why I was always glad there was no "Harry Potter: The Adult Years" series.

On the other hand, I always felt that she had an amazing world built, but because she decided to write not only with one POV, but the POV of what started out as an eleven year old kid, she was very limited. It didn't help that the audience was quite young. Don't get me wrong, I think JK Rowling did a great job building as much as she did - but at the end of the day, there's so many loose ends she never explored. I'd like to see what she could do with adult characters.

I think that there's a risk of people expecting this book to be Harry Potter II, and there being a certain amount of backlash if it isn't. Now, it would surprise me if it weren't also fantasy, or at least didn't pull from fantasy or folklore in some way - but that could be done with anything and not necessarily be concrete fantasy the way Harry Potter is. On the other hand, she's great with mystery, so I could see her tackling that genre. Or something entirely different. In hindsight, maybe returning to fantasy would be risky, because it could be seen as in her world - if that's what she would be going for, okay, but if she's trying to move away from the series, it might not be what she wants.