The rights to the book were sold to the United States before it was published and Akenine was named by Aftonbladet, the largest newspaper in Sweden, as one of three debutants not to miss in 2014.
Rättigheterna till boken såldes till USA innan den blev publicerad och Akenine blev utsedd av Aftonbladet som en av tre debutanter att inte missa under 2014.