No, you're not crazy -- there was no February book of the month. However, I got in two in about a week this month.
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs. The main character, Mercedes "Mercy" Thompson is a car mechanic and a Shifter -- she can shift into a coyote at will. She works on a VW bus for a vampire, her old boss is a gremlin (metal-working fae), and her trailer's property backs up to the local werewolf Alpha's mansion. I was pleasantly surprised by this book. Mercy is not one of those do-anything-totally-invincible heroines that authors of this genre like to write. She's fallible, she's funny, and she's furry (occasionally). At the end, she has two dominant weres vying for her, to which I say, "Who says you have to choose?" ::grin:: It's not as cheesy as it sounds, and the book isn't loaded with tons of sex or even sexual tension. The latter is there, but the plot dominates. I've ILLed the next book in the series.
The Morrigan by Annette Maxberry. This book had a lot of potential to explore the reincarnations of the Morrigan, Bedb, and Macha through time, but it fell so flat. Over and over and over. I kept reading it, hoping it would get better. ::blows raspberry at book:: Don't waste your time.
Next on my list -- Eragon by Christopher Paolini. Saw the movie when I was home with Jonikka and Eric, thought I should see what all the fuss is about with the book.
1 comment:
Hey, watch those rasperries! I'm getting a lot of spray. I'm the author of The Morrigan, and I do appreciate your honesty and certainly defend your right to dis it with all you've got. It's a free country right? But I wanted to let you know that I didn't know a blessed thing about the Morrigan until I wrote the story. The entire thing came to me in a dream--including the names of the characters. I just wrote what I was told. Maybe I'm not a great writer, but I take dictation pretty well. Blame your goddess if you don't like the story. :) No, I have to accept the full brunt of your frank criticism. I'll work harder next time.
Annette Maxberry
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