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jennifer_book_geekFirst Rider's Call by Kristen Britain: I can't believe so little happened in such a long book. Door-stopper books are a pet peeve of mine, especially when nothing is resolved in them. I really hope this doesn't turn out to be a never-ending series of many 600 or so page books, especially since Britain writes so slowly. Anyway, this book was okay, but I nearly stopped reading it several times because it dragged a lot in places. I think it could have been shorter and I really don't think this series even needed to be a series, it could have been one stand-alone book. But that's not what the market demands so it's dragged out forever. I'm also finding this series rather bleak and I wanted something a bit more along the lines of comfort reading. And then there's the romantic entanglements. [rolls eyes] Ugh and the resolution of the Mornhavon story in this book seemed like a total cop-out.
I did like the camaraderie of the Green Riders and I enjoyed learning more about the First Rider (even if her story was heartbreaking). I am looking forward to The High King's Tomb, if only to see if there's some more satisfying resolution to some of the conflicts in the series (really, I'm hoping that the third book is the final one).
Ally by Karen Traviss: I love this series to death. I'm not quite sure how Traviss is going to wrap the whole series up with only one book left, but she's got me hanging on every word. I love a lot of the characters and I love the ecological themes. I love Shan's relationship with Ade. Some events upset me and piss me off in this series, but I never feel jerked around or emotionally manipulated like I have with other books and especially with certain TV shows. Bad shit happens here, but it happens for a reason, not just to piss off the audience. Traviss' view of human nature is more bleak than mine, but I can totally see where she's coming from and in this series, the human race might deserve what's coming to it. I can't wait to see Shan's reaction to a certain event in this book and damn it, I wish she hadn't ignored Rayat's messages. Rayat as someone I loved to hate throughout the series but now I'm wondering what's going on in his head. I also loved to hate Lindsey Neville, but now I kind of like her even though she just keeps compounding one error with ever greater ones.
One of the most fascinating elements of this series for me is how differently c'naatat affects each host.
Fortune's Fool by Mercedes Lackey: I don't know if I've just read this series too quickly or if it's starting to go downhill. It was cute, funny, and sweet but I found myself growing impatient with it and instead of the end leaving me warm and fuzzy, I just felt blah. Lackey's love scenes really grate on the nerves, especially since she's normally a fade to black author, but it's like she read some how to write bad love scenes for romance novels manual and just regurgitated it on the page. She's usually feminist and homofriendly, but in this series, she has offended my feminist sensibilities and she completely ignores gays. I hesitate to say she's sold out to Luna but her dependence on romance cliches in this series grated on my nerves from the beginning, and now it's getting to be infuriating.
Also, I feel like this series really doesn't have much more it can do. This book just repeated a lot of things from the first two books. I'll probably continue reading the series since I'm already invested in it and it's still one of the best Luna series, but there's much better romantic fantasy out there.
Regarding the Bathrooms: A Privy to the Past by Kate Klise: This was a cute YA book but the fact that it was all written in letters and articles nearly broke my brain. Plus I wasn't really in the mood for YA (unless it was YA fantasy).
Fifth Quarter by Tanya Huff: I'm really kicking myself for not reading Huff's books sooner. I have nearly all of her books and I've had this whole series for years and just never got around to it until now. Well, now I'm committed to attacking the TBR pile/ shelf-sitter books. I love this series because the characters are so real, the society is egalitarian, sexuality is fluid, and this is totally superficial, but the men are quite sexy. ;-) The incestuous longing aspect didn't bother me, but then I grew up reading V. C. Andrews. I loved Vree, Bannon, Gyhard, and Kylene. The body sharing gender-bending aspect also appealed to me. And I loved the strange romantic interest that developed between Vree and Gyhard. I can't wait to read No Quarter, so I'll be reading that as soon as I finish the book I'm reading now. Fifth Quarter was definitely the first half of the story and I recommend having No Quarter close by so you can read it right away after finishing Fifth Quarter.
Cast in Shadow by Michelle Sagara: As I've mentioned before, I haven't had much luck with the Luna books I've read so far, but I loved this one. I love Kaylin's sarcastic personality and the other characters were great too. The setting was gritty and it reminded me a bit of some cyberpunk and urban fantasy settings. And I was thrilled when the dragons turned out to be, well, real dragons! I'm looking forward to reading Cast in Courtlight, so I requested it from another library and I should get it this week.
I did like the camaraderie of the Green Riders and I enjoyed learning more about the First Rider (even if her story was heartbreaking). I am looking forward to The High King's Tomb, if only to see if there's some more satisfying resolution to some of the conflicts in the series (really, I'm hoping that the third book is the final one).
Ally by Karen Traviss: I love this series to death. I'm not quite sure how Traviss is going to wrap the whole series up with only one book left, but she's got me hanging on every word. I love a lot of the characters and I love the ecological themes. I love Shan's relationship with Ade. Some events upset me and piss me off in this series, but I never feel jerked around or emotionally manipulated like I have with other books and especially with certain TV shows. Bad shit happens here, but it happens for a reason, not just to piss off the audience. Traviss' view of human nature is more bleak than mine, but I can totally see where she's coming from and in this series, the human race might deserve what's coming to it. I can't wait to see Shan's reaction to a certain event in this book and damn it, I wish she hadn't ignored Rayat's messages. Rayat as someone I loved to hate throughout the series but now I'm wondering what's going on in his head. I also loved to hate Lindsey Neville, but now I kind of like her even though she just keeps compounding one error with ever greater ones.
One of the most fascinating elements of this series for me is how differently c'naatat affects each host.
Fortune's Fool by Mercedes Lackey: I don't know if I've just read this series too quickly or if it's starting to go downhill. It was cute, funny, and sweet but I found myself growing impatient with it and instead of the end leaving me warm and fuzzy, I just felt blah. Lackey's love scenes really grate on the nerves, especially since she's normally a fade to black author, but it's like she read some how to write bad love scenes for romance novels manual and just regurgitated it on the page. She's usually feminist and homofriendly, but in this series, she has offended my feminist sensibilities and she completely ignores gays. I hesitate to say she's sold out to Luna but her dependence on romance cliches in this series grated on my nerves from the beginning, and now it's getting to be infuriating.
Also, I feel like this series really doesn't have much more it can do. This book just repeated a lot of things from the first two books. I'll probably continue reading the series since I'm already invested in it and it's still one of the best Luna series, but there's much better romantic fantasy out there.
Regarding the Bathrooms: A Privy to the Past by Kate Klise: This was a cute YA book but the fact that it was all written in letters and articles nearly broke my brain. Plus I wasn't really in the mood for YA (unless it was YA fantasy).
Fifth Quarter by Tanya Huff: I'm really kicking myself for not reading Huff's books sooner. I have nearly all of her books and I've had this whole series for years and just never got around to it until now. Well, now I'm committed to attacking the TBR pile/ shelf-sitter books. I love this series because the characters are so real, the society is egalitarian, sexuality is fluid, and this is totally superficial, but the men are quite sexy. ;-) The incestuous longing aspect didn't bother me, but then I grew up reading V. C. Andrews. I loved Vree, Bannon, Gyhard, and Kylene. The body sharing gender-bending aspect also appealed to me. And I loved the strange romantic interest that developed between Vree and Gyhard. I can't wait to read No Quarter, so I'll be reading that as soon as I finish the book I'm reading now. Fifth Quarter was definitely the first half of the story and I recommend having No Quarter close by so you can read it right away after finishing Fifth Quarter.
Cast in Shadow by Michelle Sagara: As I've mentioned before, I haven't had much luck with the Luna books I've read so far, but I loved this one. I love Kaylin's sarcastic personality and the other characters were great too. The setting was gritty and it reminded me a bit of some cyberpunk and urban fantasy settings. And I was thrilled when the dragons turned out to be, well, real dragons! I'm looking forward to reading Cast in Courtlight, so I requested it from another library and I should get it this week.
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