A Lick of Frost, by Laurell K. Hamilton
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keilexandraA Lick of Frost
by Laurell K. Hamilton
274 pages (hardcover)
Genre: Fiction/Fantasy/Romance
Question: why does the library catalog label this as MYSTERY on the spine? This isn't even Anita Blake, which is pseudo-mystery. Speaking of which, I'm seeing a curious parallel between Merry Gentry et. al. and Anita Blake et. al.--Doyle = John-Claude, Kitto = Nathaniel, Frost = Micah... The cover of Merry's latest story is (appreciably) less risque. This implies less sex and more plot, which is (thankfully) a promise followed up on. There is an important revelation that patient fans won't want to miss--finally, some progress!
Character comments: I heart Veducci. He was awesome and amazing in a non-Mary-Sue way, a rarity in these books. And, as I discovered while reading, I love Doyle more than Frost.
The Wiki entry on LKH is interesting; for one, she's straight-out described as "an American supernatural erotica writer." But then again, later the article praises her style; frankly, I hate it and always will. I read her purely for escapism and characters.
Elements of deus ex machina are still present--slight SPOILER alert--Doyle's healing was rather abrupt, almost a cop-out. I do hope Frost's change is permanent, because I love the bittersweetness, but I don't think Hamilton has the guts for it.
And that's all. I've decided to keep this public, like all of my bookposts since I started logging them in one linkpost (i.e. the Guestbook, for layoug coding convenience). It'll take this journal's "rating" up to a solid PG-13, but I can live with that.
by Laurell K. Hamilton
274 pages (hardcover)
Genre: Fiction/Fantasy/Romance
Question: why does the library catalog label this as MYSTERY on the spine? This isn't even Anita Blake, which is pseudo-mystery. Speaking of which, I'm seeing a curious parallel between Merry Gentry et. al. and Anita Blake et. al.--Doyle = John-Claude, Kitto = Nathaniel, Frost = Micah... The cover of Merry's latest story is (appreciably) less risque. This implies less sex and more plot, which is (thankfully) a promise followed up on. There is an important revelation that patient fans won't want to miss--finally, some progress!
Character comments: I heart Veducci. He was awesome and amazing in a non-Mary-Sue way, a rarity in these books. And, as I discovered while reading, I love Doyle more than Frost.
The Wiki entry on LKH is interesting; for one, she's straight-out described as "an American supernatural erotica writer." But then again, later the article praises her style; frankly, I hate it and always will. I read her purely for escapism and characters.
Elements of deus ex machina are still present--slight SPOILER alert--Doyle's healing was rather abrupt, almost a cop-out. I do hope Frost's change is permanent, because I love the bittersweetness, but I don't think Hamilton has the guts for it.
And that's all. I've decided to keep this public, like all of my bookposts since I started logging them in one linkpost (i.e. the Guestbook, for layoug coding convenience). It'll take this journal's "rating" up to a solid PG-13, but I can live with that.
