Archive for February, 2009
Book Report: Dark Magic by Christine Feehan
February 25th, 2009
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Main Characters: Savannah and Gregori I love Gregori. I think he is one of Feehan’s best characters, but, Savannah got on my nerves for the first fourth of the book. I kept waiting for her to grow up and figure it out. I mean come on, she’s 23 years old and she was born and grew up as a Carpathian. Why oh why would she not understand how her own people mate? It made no sense to me, and then it only took a page or two to figure out what she was supposed to be doing before she had it all figured out on how to be as good of a life mate to Gregori as he was to her. I have to admit that I did like her much better after she figured everything out, but I do think it should have taken her a tad bit longer to figure out since she was in such a childish state. |
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Legend
February 22nd, 2009
Okay, instead of only toying around with Undying Legend, I am actually writing it again. It makes me very happy. I love it when I have a good story that needs to be written, just so I know what’s going to happen next. Once again my characters are surprising me, which is a wonderful thing, because those are always my best stories. Off to writing land.
Undying Life Finished
February 15th, 2009
Woo Hoo, I got a SHORT story finished, lol. Yeah, I know that over 26,000 words isn’t that short, but it’s a darn good try for someone who had difficulty telling a story in less than 75,000 words. It so totally didn’t turn out the way I thought it was going to, but that’s a really awesome thing. I love having to write just so I can see what happens in the end. I think it’s one of my better stories, and I love it. Now I need to get back to Undying Legend. Maverick really does need to get to his Bella and Bella really does need her legend. I think I have the Jacob problem figured out, so I can finally move forward. It’s only taken me a month to figure it out.
Book Report: Dark Prince by Christine Feehan
February 11th, 2009
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Main Characters: Raven and Mikhail I really liked this story. It has an interesting twist on the whole vampire love story thing. I was really worried that I was going to be getting myself into another Buffy and Angle Romance, and I ended up really liking it. There are many more characters in this story that I liked than just the main hero and heroine. I can’t wait to see more to see if this series is going to be as good as I think it will be. I know this isn’t very long, but as always, I am in the middle of writing something. Taking a break to read kind of sucks down on the time I have to write, so I just have to write faster to keep to my own deadlines and Undying Life is almost done. |
Two Novels, One Month
February 8th, 2009
Well, I did it. I wrote two novels in one month. Now I just have to figure out how to edit them both, but I can’t seem to stop myself from coming up with ideas for this series. The next story I am starting (Almost as I write this) is called Undying Life. It’s the story of Devon and of Seth. I am so excited about this, and I can’t wait to see if I can actually write a short story, since, well, you know, I can’t really write one to save my own life. Anyway, I know I am going to be able to do this so I am off to writing land.
Book Report: Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon
February 4th, 2009
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Main Characters: Grace and Julian
I have to admit that I almost put the book back on the shelf in the book store simply because of the name of the heroine. The name Grace grates on my nerves and I am not exactly sure why, but it looked interesting enough to at least try the first page before I left the book store. It was enough to make me want to read the whole thing, despite the horrid name of the heroine. (No offence to any Grace out there, it’s just one of those things. There are names I know I love that others would probably look at me with two heads if I ever mentioned in public.) I am very happy that I picked up the book. Grace was a lovable and warm character and I felt she deserved the hero she was going to get at the end of the novel. I fell in love with Julian almost from the moment he stepped out of the book – literally in the story. He had enough of an edge to him that I didn’t automatically think of him as a pansy hero who shouldn’t been on the shelves with romance heroes. I loved that Grace and Julian actually talked! They took the time to get to know each other and not just have a big old sex fest and expect me to believe some kind of life-long real love relationship would come from that. Both characters took to heart each other’s fears and desires to make their own decisions. Decisions that weren’t always in their own best interest, but instead in the interest of the person I am supposed to believe they love. The only place I felt this book fell short was in the use of Julian’s past bad-ass status. I believe the author should have done one of two things. Either made him less of a bad-ass or used it to its fullest during the course of a novel. There was one place where he should have reverted to his ancient times ethics and I wouldn’t have thought less of him, but more as a reader. All in all, it was a good and satisfying read. I would give it 4 1/2 stars out of 5. Good read and a book I am not sorry I bought. |
Halfway
February 1st, 2009
I am about halfway through Undying Wolf. It is turning out much differently than I expected it too, and surprise, surprise, Wolf had done things I didn’t even expect him too. Which is a good thing. I love when I think I know my characters and they turn around and totally turn around and do things I don’t expect them, too. This means he’s not going to be the same in this one as he is in any other novel, which is even better considering he’s one of my archetypes. Anyway, I need to get back to writing because I want to be able to say I write two novels in one mouth. Wish me luck!