Carolin’s Comments (group member since Jan 02, 2014)

Carolin’s comments from the Spells, Space & Screams: Collections & Anthologies in Fantasy, Science Fiction, & Horror group.

Terry wrote: "I agree that UF doesn't lend itself to standalones, but Robin McKinley bucks that trend. For fans of coming-of-age UF or Dystopian, "Sunshine" is a gorgeous book. What a writer."

Precisely that was the first book I thought about when I read the topic. I love it. It manages perfectly to build the world in a good way but still the story come through just great.

I read A song of Ice and Fire at the moment, and it switch between characters all the time. In that books it is really a neciserity, otherwise it wouldn't get the story through in a good way, but it gets annoying sometimes. When you dislike the MC of the chapter it is hell, last week i read a chapter for three days just because I couldn't stand the MC, lol.

I like the series, but there are a risc in that as well. Elemental Assassin has been quite boring for the last books, it's the same same all the time. The author needs to change something to get the books to continue being interesting, and it's not that easy. You can't change to much, then the readers dilike it because of that.

I like when there are two series put in the same world, with some kind of correlation between the series. Like Mercy Thompson/Alpha and Omega and Cassie Palmer/Dorina Basarab. But the trick there is that the MCs must be so alike that it talks to the same public, but still different enough that it's not like reading the same story twice. But when th eauthor succedes it's great!

I haven't read The Brave Tale, so I'm totally down! Apparently I've missed out on Keeping it close as well, I'm in for that one as well.

I bought it on my Kindle as well, I rarely read real books at all any more.

How are you doing? What du you think so far?

Kim wrote: "Well if Stacia says it's good, then it must be!"

Yeah! I like how she compare the MCs, that was my thought as well. I like the anti hero chicks! Every other antihero is an alcoholic old male cop, helping ladies in distress. Chess and Annabelle are refreshing in the anti hero department, haha!

Did you know what I read in a review of this book?

"Stacia Kane blurbed this book and was one of the author's critique partners. And I'm not surprised that they're friends because I thought often of Stacia's character Chess from her Downside series as I read this story; Chess is also troubled, complex, depressed/anxious, determined to do the right thing for her friends even when it's dangerous, and fascinating. If you liked this book, check out Unholy Ghosts."

Whoopsie, I sort of happened to finish it yesterday. And I'm really impressed. Lately many books I've read been disapointing, except lite downside, but those were recommended personally instead of by goodreads, so yeah, I like it. I wait starting to discuss it until more of you are ready.

My kid is sick so while he spent the day with the TV I have laid on the sofa reading Dead on the Delta. And I like it. Really really like it. I've read 25% and think that it get 4/5 so far. I like how she doesn't shy away from describing how the MC feels, it reminds me a little about downside in that matter. Are anyone else up to start in on it soon?

I know that at least one of the Alpha and Omega books was partly from Charles POV, but it could have been the short story, Alpha & Omega, from the anthology On the prowl.

Have anyone read it? I started in on it the other day and I'm having some trouble actully. I don't know, I'm might picky after Kanes Downside Ghosts? But I'm finding myself getting iritated when the author more like TELLS me how the characters feels than making me see it through the text or through their toughts.

Like when Jesse thinks about Scarlet after one single night with her (lol, not a night like that!) and thinks "She's feeling sad", and I'm like, wtf? How can you, in the middle of discovering a whole new world, and being involved in a murder investigation, sum up Scarlet in "she's feeling sad". It's so strange imo, especially when the author expresses this via Jesse instead of via Scarlet or her feelings. There could be so many better ways to tell us this.

And this is me being me but I really hates when the tecnicalities get wrong. Scarlet drops Jesse off 2:45, in the chaptes in her POV. Jesse's shift starts 8:00 am in that chapter. In Jesses chapter, he get dropped 2 hours before his shift starts. And goes to his parents to eat breakfast with his mom (his dad is at work for some meetings). So here the timeline changes with 3 hours and how can this not be discovered?

I don't know, maybe it's because I'd read with a headache yesterday, but now I'm in no mood to start in on it again, lol.

Oh, how could I forget - Anna and Charles, from the Alpha and Omega series. (Same world as Mercy Thompson)

You're so cute!

mine must be the-one-not-Mircea in Cassie Palmer (he's my steady, I just say keep reading! I'm in love!).

Reyes Farrow a little bit and Death in Price's grave witch, but not as much as the first!

Oooh, good question! terrible and chess, charley and reyes, don't know if I have to pick just one.

Chess and Terrible because they both have a hard time trust someone other, and then suddenly both of them get to feel like they're more than misfits, like they are a part of something, like they in themselves are important and needed.

Chearley and Reyes because (view spoiler)[ it's so cute with the obvious attraction between them, and the fact that he fell in love with her ages ago and waited for her to be born, just aaaw cute! (hide spoiler)]

And why do you pick him or her?

And yes, of course it's ok to pick more than one! Haha!

Haha, I understand that. I should probably do that too, but it's hard when you've found something you like! ;)

Oh, sounds interesting! Thanks!

I thought about this when I finished Chasing Magic and she has this problems with her friend and was unhappy about it. And I felt like: yeah, sometimes you have this problems with your friend, ans it isn't fixable. And it's the same with love relationships as well - sometimes it's broken and that's it. But in books they always want to fix up everything but I feel like sometimes it isn't for the best. And in that regard I kind of hope that Kane doesn't repair the relationship that's broken.

The worst thing is when the authore brake the rules, lol. In Chicagoland Vampires:

(view spoiler)[I was mad when she let Ethan came alive again. Sometimes life suck and you have to deal with it! If you kill someone then the person is dead, and you don't get to make it okay like that again. You're breaking the rules! (hide spoiler)]

I think that someteimes the HEA isn't plausable so that rubs me the wrong way.

And dizzy - I agree with that the main plot must be solved!

Kim, yes, if you're only going to focus on the love you can be honest and write it as a Harlequin, lol.

Yeah, how do you feel about them? Should the MC find her prince charming and move in behind the white picket fence? Or should she at least solve the main problem mostly unhurt and solve the relations drama? Is it ok with that some things can't get solved, or should everything be ok before the happily ever after?

Yes, it's dangerous even, to romanticize that kind of behaviour. The author has a responibility: to make abusive, or behaviour plausible to lead up to abusive relationships seem ok is not to live up to that responsibility!

Have anyone here watched the Vampire Diaries?

In the first season Stefan is soft and mushy, always nice and cute. I was soooo team Damon. Somewhere during the second season they shifted for some reason, so Stefan got to be the bad boy while Damon got to be soft and mushy... Guess who instantly switched to team Stefan? Lol...