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Blood Wyne, Yasmine Galenorn. (The continuing saga of three half-Fae sisters in the Otherworld series, this one concentrates on Menolly, the vampire. An odd name, that, though the author says she didn't gakk it from Anne McCaffrey. At any rate, the worldbuilding and characterization in these books are very good, and something explosive happens in this book that sets up the next book quite nicely. I can't wait.)
Afterlight, Elle Jasper. (Before I bought this book, I read a review suggesting it was just meh, and I agree. Maybe it's because I definitely lean more towards the urban fantasy side of the urban fantasy/paranormal romance divide--I want stories that concentrate on the worldbuilding and mythology, not whether Guy Gets Girl. This book is more romance, which is not a bad thing in and of itself, even if it's not my cup of Earl Grey. What's bad about this book is its total mediocrity: the characters are flat, the romance unbelievable, the mythology bad, and what worldbuilding there is--not much--is poorly thought out and explained. I didn't quite throw this book against the wall, but I'm certainly not keeping it.)
Changes, Jim Butcher. (Good heavens. The latest entry in the Dresden Files is a classic example of what some writers advocate: Torture Your Character. In this book, Harry Dresden gets tortured in spades. He loses everything: his job, his office, his car, his cat, his dog, his apartment, his freedom (he makes a very bad but necessary bargain), his former lover, his daughter, and--in a slam-bang climax--possibly his life. I say "possibly" because the series is to go on, and in this world even death isn't necessarily the end. But man, what a wide-eyed, sweat-soaked, knuckle-clenching ride.)
Afterlight, Elle Jasper. (Before I bought this book, I read a review suggesting it was just meh, and I agree. Maybe it's because I definitely lean more towards the urban fantasy side of the urban fantasy/paranormal romance divide--I want stories that concentrate on the worldbuilding and mythology, not whether Guy Gets Girl. This book is more romance, which is not a bad thing in and of itself, even if it's not my cup of Earl Grey. What's bad about this book is its total mediocrity: the characters are flat, the romance unbelievable, the mythology bad, and what worldbuilding there is--not much--is poorly thought out and explained. I didn't quite throw this book against the wall, but I'm certainly not keeping it.)
Changes, Jim Butcher. (Good heavens. The latest entry in the Dresden Files is a classic example of what some writers advocate: Torture Your Character. In this book, Harry Dresden gets tortured in spades. He loses everything: his job, his office, his car, his cat, his dog, his apartment, his freedom (he makes a very bad but necessary bargain), his former lover, his daughter, and--in a slam-bang climax--possibly his life. I say "possibly" because the series is to go on, and in this world even death isn't necessarily the end. But man, what a wide-eyed, sweat-soaked, knuckle-clenching ride.)
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