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For those who have read Retribution,(view spoiler)[ Julien makes a comment about Soren and his feelings for Michel. Why do you think Soren feels this way for him? (hide spoiler)]Any speculation? As the author, I'm curious to see what people thought of that.

❃ Brandy ❃ wrote: "How far is too far? One might say that the "memory thing" was too far, unforgivable & unjustified. But was it? I just don't know... Maybe I'll find out in books 4&5? lol ."

Michel does what he does always because he thinks it is the right thing to do but we're faced with the old 'ends justify the means' problem. How far would an individual be willing to go to save someone's life, or to prevent a war, or to stop one?

Michelle (Angelique Beau Pre) wrote: "S.E. wrote: "Michelle (Angelique Beau Pre) wrote: "That's a tough choice. I really like both of them, and at various times throughout the series really dislike both of them as well, but I still hav..."

I will - I am so BRUTAL to him in Book 4 and 5. You may hate him at times. I know Eve will. He will hate himself. And that is all I will say. ;)

❃ Brandy ❃ wrote: "S.E. wrote: " Question: Do you think it is possible for a vampire and human to be equals? "

In the true sense, no. They're not equals. However, mutual respectful of the other, yes. Should M & J..."

Both Julien and Michel know what is coming -- a war between humans and vampires over who will have power over the other. They know what Blackstone wants. Dominion. The brothers know that Eve is key to possibly allowing or preventing that from occurring. They are faced with a time constraint as well -- they know it is coming and soon, and feel they are limited in being able to prepare properly.

As a result, they end up doing things and treating people in ways that they wouldn't normally. When you're in a life or death battle, how much is forgivable? How much is justified?

Michelle (Angelique Beau Pre) wrote: "That's a tough choice. I really like both of them, and at various times throughout the series really dislike both of them as well, but I still have to say it's Michel. His beautiful, tortured soul ..."

Ahh, you love the beautiful tortured soul? ;) He has some very trying times coming up in Book 4 and 5.

Poor Michel... I am such a mean sadist of a writer.

❃ Brandy ❃ wrote: "Even though I'm still partial to Michel, as of book 2, I really think she needs them both, but for different reasons. I may end up changing my mind as the series progresses, but they both are bene..."

No one person is perfect -- they lack something or other that their partner may want or need. What does Julien lack that Eve needs or wants? What does Michel lack that she needs or wants?

❃ Brandy ❃ wrote: "@ Wendy I'm not sure that I read the relationship between Eve & J very equal or maybe I was missing something. J didn't try to actually dominate her like M did, but he still wanted her submission ..."

Question: Do you think it is possible for a vampire and human to be equals?

I watch TVD and SPN. Usually watch TB but for some reason, I stopped this season. I don't know why... Lost interest in Eric, who was the reason I watched. Dexter. Game of Thrones RULES! Can't wait for S3. Everything superhero for me, and all things SciFi and Fantasy. Crime stories.

Alisa wrote: "I just finished It started off slow but once it picked up it was good. Nice sex in the clouds scene. :) Now back to reading LOD series. On book three [bookc..."

Crap! Can you guys quit with all the great sounding books already? My TBR pile is seriously growing and I have books to write. ;) Gonna put this series on my list. Four Horsemen? Sounds right up my alley!

Alisa wrote: "I just finished It started off slow but once it picked up it was good. Nice sex in the clouds scene. :) Now back to reading LOD series. On book three [bookc..."

Sex in the clouds scene? Oh, oh... Guess this is going on my TBR pile!

Wendy wrote: "I think she has to choose and currently I think she should choose Julien. He offers Eve the opportunity for a relationship as an equal. Don't get me wrong I see the attraction to Michel but ultim..."

Julien is clearly far more straight-forward and upfront with Eve. Michel thinks he has his reasons for his behaviour. Perhaps Books 4 and 5 will clarify what's behind this... ;)

Wendy wrote: "One of the points was that the M&B audience wants lots of dialogue and action(!) and very little explanation. Whilst I don't think we're natural M&B readers here there are some similarities with the genre and preferred styles and that does impose restrictions on how you get necessary information to have the story make sense to the reader but not interrupt their reading and pull them out of the experience."

I think we're OK here about spoilers as there is a warning on the topic title.

I tend to like a fast read, so my writing is probably a bit too short on the description and long on dialogue and action. I aim to alter that and try to keep the pace up but maybe linger a bit more in certain scenes in Books 4 and 5.

I intend to listen to each one of these and add them to my iTunes playlists so I can listen when I'm writing. So thanks for posting!

We have had the strangest weather -- flipping rapidly between -40C to 2C, freezing rain, three feet of snow, blistering cold. We've had more snow in one month than all last year. But we're troopers here. We just complain a lot and pride ourselves on how tough we are. I tend to think we're crazy... If I can escape, I will as soon as possible.

As to Eve, she has some epiphanies (view spoiler)[as she experiences life as a vampire. It changes her more than just physically (hide spoiler)].

Wendy wrote: "Having resisted it when everyone else was reading it I wondered if the Dominion books hadn't filled that gap for me and if I would be disappointed. Sounds like it's all 3 or none then! "

They are very different books from the Dominion series, although there is lite BDSM in both and some dark psychological themes. If you enjoy love stories, fantasizing about living a wealthy life, a bit of kink, a deflowering, some interesting psychology (for Christian Grey) and a bit of intrigue, it's a fun fast read. I read it over the course of three or four days, one book downloaded as soon as I finished the previous one. It's not Anna Karenina but every now and then you need to eat chocolate, not broccoli.

It's hard not to like bad guys. They have balls, and we tend to admire people will balls. Even if we dislike what they do, their sheer audacity makes us admire them.

A question for those who have read all three books -- does he come off as just plain bad or are there examples where he seems to show more to himself?

I thought it was fun and a whole lot of fantasy wish fulfilment, preferred Christian's character to Ana (have a serious weakness for Doms) and was really pleased that it made the big time and introduced women to kink who maybe never knew about it - and yes I know it was kink lite but still libidos and fantasies everywhere were revved up because of EL and Christian Grey!

What do you think Eve should do about the Twins?

Talk about anyone else - Vasily, Ed, Terri, Vasquez, Dylan, Sarah, the poor neglected cats, Papa Hayden, Marguerite, Danielle, the poor neglected cats...

A very badass and manipulative bastard, Soren is everyone's nemesis. What do you think about him?