I have been reassured that I am not alone in my reaction.  Today a friend pointed out that Shades of Milk and Honey is on Amazon. There’s no cover image yet, but seeing it on the website makes it seem much more concrete.

August 3rd release date, 272 pages. Hardcover.

I went to the bookshelf and pulled down a Tor hardcover (Lamentation by Ken Scholes) and flipped to page 272 just to get a sense of how thick the book would be.  Persuasion, by Miss Austen, for the curious, is 288 with introductions.