Richelle Mead's Work! (Board Member goes pro)

[Starbeam]

Just finished "Storm Born", the first of the Dark Swan series (and I am so gonna be dragging myself at work tomorrow, since I stayed up this late to finish it), and I have to say, *THIS* is how Laurell K. Hamiliton's Merry Gentry series should have been done! It's got all the elements (heir to a faery king who's obliged to produce an heir, magical power-ups), but with 90 percent less pr0n (not to say that the love scenes aren't hot-hot-*HOT*, they just don't take up 90 percent of the book).

Don't forget that the main character is also *NOT* interchangeable with the main character of her other series.  Unlike LKH, where you can substute Anita for Merry and not even know the difference.  Aside from one or two mentions of how unhumanly red Merry's hair is.

[Matrix Refugee (formerly Morraeon)]

Don't forget that the main character is also *NOT* interchangeable with the main character of her other series.  Unlike LKH, where you can substute Anita for Merry and not even know the difference.  Aside from one or two mentions of how unhumanly red Merry's hair is.

Hee, I knew I was forgetting something, which is likely to happen when I post a review at three in the morning. :: laughs at self::

[meg_evonne]

My Succabus Heat arrived today.  In duplicate from Amazon again!  Arghh.  Rather than return, I'll drop a copy off at the library...  This pre-ordering from Amazon always gets screwed up! 

[Starbeam]

I'm gonna pick up my copy at Borders this afternoon.  Was frustrating me the last week or so; I knew there was a book coming out the end of this month, and I had to search through amazon for the different authors I read to figure out it was this one.

[Matrix Refugee (formerly Morraeon)]

Got mine yesterday, just started reading it...

[Starbeam]

Bought it Friday night, finished it Saturday morning.  And now I have to wait til April for the next one.   

[meg_evonne]

yeah, I use the... only so many pages per night crew.  Not sure which is the worst--reading immediately or forcing yourself to read it slowly...

[Mij]

yeah, I use the... only so many pages per night crew.  Not sure which is the worst--reading immediately or forcing yourself to read it slowly...

I usually read a book once through at my normal speed, then go back (if I liked it) and re-read it more slowly.

[THETA]

Succubus Heat was great. 

The line that made me feel the most was when Georgina admitted she didn't want to make immediate peace with Seth out of pride.  I personally could relate.  When a relationship ends, i end it with an ax and refuse to look back.   

My favorite issue addressed was the question of "Why do people have to make deals with the devil to get what they want?  Why can't they make deals with angels too?"

Fantastic and the end wasn't as anticlimactic as the last two.  The last two had such a huge build up and then it had like a four paragraph resolution.  I like books to end with a bang (and not just the romantic one either, i need action).  I also have a weird soft spot for Jerome.  Maybe it's the John Cusack look or how he swings between protecting his people and being an asshole.  I dunno, but i like him and Carter and Hugh. 

One thing i kind of didn't like but was okay with

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was the romantic character suicide of Dante.  Ms. Read spent the book making him a good guy even though Georgina's getting together with Seth and then BAM convenient way to get rid of him.  He's evil.

  It just seemed too convenient.  I'm not a fan, but it could have been worse or stupider.  It was fine really.

[meg_evonne]

About half way through, slowly reading on purpose... no other books coming out until like AUGUST! arghh... 

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but so far, I'm liking Seth again.  I was getting tired of him...  Just can't figure out why they are playing it so coy--hey the time frame window is open, jump on it guys! 

[Noey]

Just read Succubus Heat. Pardon me while I do my fangirl squee dance! * *

I think my favorite thing about the Succubus series is that the characters are so human. They screw up, they make decisions, and I don't necessarily always *like* them when they make certain decisions, but I don't doubt for a second the reasons why they do what they do. They make sense. Wanna shake them sense, sometimes, but sense nonetheless.

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Like Seth, for instance. I have to disagree with you, Meg, because I'm actually liking him less this time around. It bugged me that his soul didn't have a guilt stain before the cheating, because he never did tell Maddie that he was dated Georgina, then broke up with Georgina and hooked up with Maddie on the same damn night. That kind of thing might have influenced her decision to date him. Maddie deserved fair warning.

Instead, this entire relationship a waste of Maddie's time and warm fuzzies that'll only hurt worse when she finally finds out. Sure, he cheated, but he's been lying by omission to Maddie all along. Georgina's on the hook for it too, but Seth's the one who made that mess. It makes him kind of a scumbag even before the cheating, in my eyes. If he was truly concerned about Maddie's happiness, then he'd let her go to find someone who's actually devoted to just her. Instead, he's being pretty self-centered and not seeing things past his own nose. He's a coward. Smack him in the head with a comb till some sense falls in, I say.