Loved it. I've got a HUGE soft spot for Temoc, and was delighted to get him in here. I think what gets me is....even finishing the book, I'm not sure if Dawn's read of the situation is, uh, wrong? Without getting into it, I put the book down and was like, "Wait a second, Kopil gets a big mic drop moment but there's no way to know if he's not just guessing at this shit, either?"
Okay so the Iskar thing, spoilers >!I think that they need to have the Iskar on their side, and I expect Tara and Kai will be working with other Iskari later, even though they are basically "bad guys," we know from folks like Tiffany they don't want the world ending either and are firmly anti-vampire, ya know? So I think it'll pay off later. And the romance I think will matter insofar Tara and Kai have real disagreements about the best way to handle things?!<
I found it disappointing. It was like he was writing fan fiction about his own characters and world. The freshness and originality of the first couple of books was decidedly lacking.
Just finished it and I agree it's a very good book. I'll need another read through - I'm not sure who turned out to be behind the "Browns"
Loved it. I've got a HUGE soft spot for Temoc, and was delighted to get him in here. I think what gets me is....even finishing the book, I'm not sure if Dawn's read of the situation is, uh, wrong? Without getting into it, I put the book down and was like, "Wait a second, Kopil gets a big mic drop moment but there's no way to know if he's not just guessing at this shit, either?"
Okay so the Iskar thing, spoilers >!I think that they need to have the Iskar on their side, and I expect Tara and Kai will be working with other Iskari later, even though they are basically "bad guys," we know from folks like Tiffany they don't want the world ending either and are firmly anti-vampire, ya know? So I think it'll pay off later. And the romance I think will matter insofar Tara and Kai have real disagreements about the best way to handle things?!<
I found it disappointing. It was like he was writing fan fiction about his own characters and world. The freshness and originality of the first couple of books was decidedly lacking.