Rachel’s Comments (group member since Oct 19, 2013)

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

The first Kate Daniels book is tough. I still haven't picked up the second one even though the end of the first book showed a lot of promise for the series.

Still have it downloaded and waiting though. Kim and Danielle are big fans of the series.

Oh I agree completely with the blank stares! That is so true.

See--I think I need a little more fucked up in my stories. That's why I love Chess/didn't care for the characters in this book.

Have you read the fever series?

Okay, so I finished this book today, and it was not an easy feat for me. I seem to be in the minority, but I just couldn't get into it. While I was really excited about the world-building and the uniqueness it promised, I was not enamored with the characters (any of them). I was bored by Meg, offended that a female author would do to a character what she did to Asia, and felt like there were too many POV characters.

Also, I felt like I needed a little bit more danger and intensity. It was kind of too much "watch how Meg makes friends"...which I didn't really get, either.

I hate it when I don't love the books I wanted to love ):

Luckily, I've got a lot of good recs from friends waiting for me. I think I'll recover.

Yeah, we could only ever get like ten people to vote in the poll with harassment, and four of them were people we talked to on a daily basis so. We kind of stopped with that.

The matches have been super entertaining.

I'm over here. Just been watching soccer and struggling with our BOTM.

The story definitely wasn't as complex as the others. That's what kept it from being 5 stars for me. Usually, there's a lot more going on and you can never figure out where it's going...and yet at the end it all wraps up perfectly. And it's amazing and perfect and you're surprised. That's what I missed from this book.

Also.

(view spoiler)[ I HATE paranormal babies! (hide spoiler)]

I do, as well. The previews are super creepy. I was really close to buying the first book this weekend, but Goodreads didn't really have anything particularly fabulous to say about it.

OH YOU'RE READING THOSE RIGHT NOW? YESSSSSSS. I love those books <3 I was hugely disappointed that the fourth wouldn't be out this summer but hey, what can you do? Authors. They know I'll wait forever 3.

I really hope I love this. It looks so good. It's been so long since I had a new series to obsess over.

It's been since Alex and Death <3

I watched it, Kim. I also had mixed feelings about it.

I just finished this last night.

And I really liked it. 3.5 stars, I'd say.

It took me a while to get into it. For some reason, I thought the way it was narrated was weird. It bothered me. It was third person but it felt like it wasn't or something. Once I got past that and was introduced to the story's antagonists I was hooked.

And I actually liked Ashley. What does that say about me?

Enjoyed all the character's really, and Miriam's back story. It was a quick read and kept me turning pages. Easy one for anyone in a book slump.

I'd love to hear what someone else thought of this one.

I didn't see that! That is awesome. Woo Reyes.

I love Silicon Valley. Fucking hilarious.

Just finished Blackbirds. Got Hillary Clinton's new book so I'm going to start that and an alien book I have this weekend.

You should read On Every Street real quick to help you get over it!

It seems like book 4 wasn't as big of a hit as the others.

In a world where magic walks and demons ride, you can't always play by the rules.
Jayné Heller thinks of herself as a realist, until she discovers reality isn't quite what she thought it was. When her uncle Eric is murdered, Jayné travels to Denver to settle his estate, only to learn that it's all hers -- and vaster than she ever imagined. And along with properties across the world and an inexhaustible fortune, Eric left her a legacy of a different kind: his unfinished business with a cabal of wizards known as the Invisible College.

Led by the ruthless Randolph Coin, the Invisible College harnesses demon spirits for their own ends of power and domination. Jayné finds it difficult to believe magic and demons can even exist, let alone be responsible for the death of her uncle. But Coin sees Eric's heir as a threat to be eliminated by any means -- magical or mundane -- so Jayné had better start believing in something to save her own life.

Aided in her mission by a group of unlikely companions -- Aubrey, Eric's devastatingly attractive assistant; Ex, a former Jesuit with a lethal agenda; Midian, a two-hundred-year-old man who claims to be under a curse from Randolph Coin himself; and Chogyi Jake, a self-styled Buddhist with mystical abilities -- Jayné finds that her new reality is not only unexpected, but often unexplainable. And if she hopes to survive, she'll have to learn the new rules fast -- or break them completely....

Miriam Black knows when you will die.

She’s foreseen hundreds of car crashes, heart attacks, strokes, and suicides.

But when Miriam hitches a ride with Louis Darling and shakes his hand, she sees that in thirty days Louis will be murdered while he calls her name. Louis will die because he met her, and she will be the next victim.

No matter what she does she can’t save Louis. But if she wants to stay alive, she’ll have to try

Ugh. We need answers ):

I read different stuff all the time, too. Basically all genres, though I generally avoid chick lit and YA. If you want, you can always post in the buddy reads thread and ask if anyone wants to join you in reading whatever it is you're reading (:

The ending was a little abrupt. I actually went bak and read it twice to make sure I didn't miss anything.

She does like to do that. With the details. I didn't mind it in this book, because I was interested in the rules for her ghosts and it's a first book. The information might be useful later. But I didn't love it in Newsflesh. The descriptions of all of the equipment and what it did was a bit excessive for me.

No takers?