So, a friend gave me the first three books of Nalini Singh's Hunter's Guild and I read them in three days.
I enjoy them; they're "cookie books" - fairly predictable but with enough politics and shifting/changing worldbuilding to intrigue, and so easy to nom nom nom. I prefer her Psy-Changeling series, but this one is enjoyable enough that I just bought the next three books, yesterday at lunch, and by the time I went to bed, I'd finished two more of them.
*sigh*
I do find the way she genders the characters during sex irritating (feminine softness, masculine hardness, etc.) and I would really like one of her women to walk away from the 'heart of darkness' guys, instead of standing by her man. And yes, the "standing by your [insert partner here]" is reciprocal, but I do love my heartless/pragmatic bitch-women and I would really like one of the women to take the "I can never love" guys at his word, use him for sex, and then walk away out of self-preservation, even if her heart is broken at the separation. And yes, I know, traditional romance tropes, etc. BUT.
It's still enjoyable reading.
Also: is anyone else tired of Nora Roberts' obsession with the Irish? I swear, one more Irish sorcerer/witch/wiccan/spirit thingy and I'll just...
I read her most recent first-of-trilogy - something about stars? It was...enjoyable enough, just nothing terribly new.
Also, I love La Nora, but dear heavens are her characters Whitey McWhiterson and don't you notice it! Maybe I've just become allergic to ALL THE WHITE PEOPLE EVER after reading Singh, whose heroes and heroines are white, and black, and everything in between. Although she does tend to describe non-white skin in food terms.
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Writing
I got Smut Swap and one Ship Swap done. Not quite as good as I wanted, but I still have another Ship Swap and the MCU Rolling Remix to get in before Sunday. And everything wants to go epic right now.
UGH.
I enjoy them; they're "cookie books" - fairly predictable but with enough politics and shifting/changing worldbuilding to intrigue, and so easy to nom nom nom. I prefer her Psy-Changeling series, but this one is enjoyable enough that I just bought the next three books, yesterday at lunch, and by the time I went to bed, I'd finished two more of them.
*sigh*
I do find the way she genders the characters during sex irritating (feminine softness, masculine hardness, etc.) and I would really like one of her women to walk away from the 'heart of darkness' guys, instead of standing by her man. And yes, the "standing by your [insert partner here]" is reciprocal, but I do love my heartless/pragmatic bitch-women and I would really like one of the women to take the "I can never love" guys at his word, use him for sex, and then walk away out of self-preservation, even if her heart is broken at the separation. And yes, I know, traditional romance tropes, etc. BUT.
It's still enjoyable reading.
Also: is anyone else tired of Nora Roberts' obsession with the Irish? I swear, one more Irish sorcerer/witch/wiccan/spirit thingy and I'll just...
I read her most recent first-of-trilogy - something about stars? It was...enjoyable enough, just nothing terribly new.
Also, I love La Nora, but dear heavens are her characters Whitey McWhiterson and don't you notice it! Maybe I've just become allergic to ALL THE WHITE PEOPLE EVER after reading Singh, whose heroes and heroines are white, and black, and everything in between. Although she does tend to describe non-white skin in food terms.
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Writing
I got Smut Swap and one Ship Swap done. Not quite as good as I wanted, but I still have another Ship Swap and the MCU Rolling Remix to get in before Sunday. And everything wants to go epic right now.
UGH.