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[Virginie]

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Virginie wrote: "Finished! [spoilers removed]

Will comment more once I get some sleep x)"

Sweet dreams. And I've had hours to digest and I'm still not over that. Not even a tiny bit."

Nope, me neither.

[Virginie]

Roman (view spoiler)[ I became worried he would be killed when he started investigating Georgina's contract. I never expected he would do something so brazen as going to Hell in person to help Georgina though.
I'm really sad he didn't get his happy ending. His evolution in the series was great; he went from crazy stalker on a killing spree to supportive, solid friend ready to lay down his life for Georgina to get her HEA (with another man).
I knew it was a long shot to hope for his survival, with his nephilim status and all. But still... 😭😭😭😭😭😭 (hide spoiler)]

[Virginie]

Random moment that had me crying of laughter: (view spoiler)[ The bowling show-off between Nanette and Jerome... I get it was something organized at a moment's notice by Jerome in order to distract Georgina but... The whole idea is so ridiculous!

I loved how Peter got pissed off and finally went in "vampire mode". He is always so neurotic and obsessive that I forget he's a thousand-years-old badass. (hide spoiler)]

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

We really binged this out this week... what are you guys reading next?

[Diana Stormblessed]

Virginie wrote: "Roman
I'..."

(view spoiler)[I still hoped. So hard. I was hoping for a miracle till the last page. (hide spoiler)]

[Diana Stormblessed]

Iain wrote: "We really binged this out this week... what are you guys reading next?"

Yes, what's next on our PNR list? I'm trying to catch up with my previously scheduled buddy reads right now, but I should be refreshed and ready to go again by next week :-)

[Virginie]

I only have Age of War to read, and my next BR is the 23rd :D I want to start White Sand though (the prose) so I won't read as fast as the last 3 Georgina Kincaid ^_^. Other than that, I'm game!

I think we talked about Gena Showalter at some point, but I'm up for anything. Do you guys have a series on your TBR you're itching to get to?

PS: Want to re-read White Sand, Diana? :D

[Diana Stormblessed]

Lol, not ready for a White Sand reread. I think my next Sanderson reread will be Mistborn.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

It's not PNR, but I've been thinking I'd like to re-read

Agatha H and the Airship City
Agatha H and the Clockwork Princess
Agatha H. and the Voice of the Castle

They're steampunk graphic novels / comics books that have been novelized into traditional books and released as audiobooks...

The only problem is that it's taking forever for the 4th novel to come out (4yrs and counting)... the books cover the first 7 volumes of the comics, so far... Act 1 of the comics includes 13 volumes, and they're currently on the 4th volume of Act 2 (volume 17)... so there's a lot of material waiting to be novelized... and you can find that material HERE if you just want to read the comics, but I've been waiting for the novels since I listened to the audiobooks last summer... (I think they're just busy with the comics to find time to write the novels at the moment... and novelizing requires additional material)...

Summary: So, they're steampunk novels, set in a world ruled by Mad Scientists (until they get distracted with their genius)... a lot of the rest of the plot is best discovered, I think... my favorite characters are the Jagermonsters... Frankenstein supersoldiers that suck at seduction

If you guys are interested, maybe a new thread is in order... I know Virginie likes graphic novels... this is about as close as I get these days...

And there's a talking cat (robot?)

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Virginie wrote: "I only have Age of War to read, and my next BR is the 23rd :D I want to start White Sand though (the prose) so I won't read as fast as the last 3 Georgina Kincaid ^_^. Other than that, I'm game!

I..."

This comment is serendipitous... I swear I started writing my long post before this appeared :D

I've kind of been scrapping a lot of my BR schedule in favor of romance/PNR and other non-Fantasy BRs...

Still need to read Age of War, tho... and then I only have Shadows of Self, Heir of Novron, Human Division, Trail Through Time, Percy Jackson 4, Wrath of Empire, Rithmatist, and Bookburners for the rest of the month... and these weekly random BRs... positively empty schedule :D

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Only actual PNR suggestion I have in my TBR anymore (that isn't book 20 in a series) is Eternal Pleasure... it's supposed to be this really weird PNR series with reincarnated Dino-shifters brought back to life to save the universe, or something... Lena read it in 2016, and I think I hear about it around then from the Felicia Day book club vodcast, as well...

[Virginie]

Iain wrote: "Still need to read Age of War, tho... and then I only have Shadows of Self, Heir of Novron, Human Division, Trail Through Time, Percy Jackson 4, Wrath of Empire, Rithmatist, and Bookburners for the rest of the month... and these weekly random BRs... positively empty schedule :D "

Easy peasy! :p

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

I'm eagerly awaiting your next pick. I wanted to join with GK but I'd already read her. :)

[Virginie]

Dino... shifters? O_O

I'm intrigued lol.

[Diana Stormblessed]

Lol, it's weird enough to be interesting. I can do dino shifters. Is it PNR? Are there adult scenes (in human form I hope cuz otherwise that might be TOO weird for me)? I'm only signing on for books with adult scenes ;-)

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I think so... it's been awhile since I heard things about it... details are fuzzy... I know it's PNR... the title sure sounds adulty enough :)

Agatha H, on the other hand, is very much on the UF end of the spectrum, romance-wise... and YA/NA...

[Virginie]

So I checked, I have access to all 3 books. I kind of want to try this weird Dino-shifters series, if you guys are interested 😂

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

What 3 books?... The Gods of Pleasure?

[Virginie]

Hum... Gods of the Night. Gods of Pleasure is a much better series name though x)

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I actually just started clicking around... Nina Bangs looks like such a wholesome older woman... to have an author name like that and write these dino books... kinda like Anne Bishop with her Black Jewels series and Others...

Anyway... looks like Nina Bangs didn't write much for the past couple years, but God of Pleasure is getting reprinted after a long stretch of being out of print, in prep for a 4th book coming out in October... perfect time to be reading these if we like them... the synopses sound like there are 11 dino Gods to mate away...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Virginie wrote: "Hum... Gods of the Night. Gods of Pleasure is a much better series name though x)"

I mixed up the series and book names :)

Or I was thinking of myself, again ;)

[Virginie]

Hehehe :)

[Diana Stormblessed]

So I'm looking for Eternal Pleasure?

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Yea you are..........................

(I blame Virginie :D... all her threads end up in the gutter)

[Virginie]

You should always be looking for eternal pleasure. But yes :p

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Iain wrote: "Yea you are..........................

(I blame Virginie :D... all her threads end up in the gutter)"

Virginie wrote: "You should always be looking for eternal pleasure. But yes :p"

My pre-blame game is ON POINT :D

[Virginie]

Hahaha. Yup! Spot on! It's good to know I'm fulfilling your expectations.

[Diana Stormblessed]

Virginie wrote: "You should always be looking for eternal pleasure. But yes :p"

I'm always looking for eternal pleasure. Even after I finish it I have a feeling I'll be ready for the next big thing.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I'm gonna start this.. it'll probably take me a little while, since I have to read it on my Kindle, but I've been struggling with Ocean Light for over a month now, barely touching it, so hopefully this engages me more...

Eternal Pleasure

[Virginie]

Nice! I'm curious to see what you think of it. I'll probably start once I finish Age of War, and read it alongside White Sand.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Starts off promising... not sure what I was expecting, after what I'd heard, but the writing is pretty solid...

Prologue: (view spoiler)[ Evocative... reminded me of the opening of Bitten where we're introduced to Elena just before she has to shift into a wolf on the full moon... (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 1: (view spoiler)[ The intro of Kelly is pretty innocuous... chauffer for Ty the dinosaur... I'm so used to the women in PNRs stumbling upon the supernatural men in combat and getting sucked into the supernatural world for their own safety...

Eternal Rider
The Darkest Night
Kiss of Fire

This is refreshingly different, to me........ and then primal fear throws a momentary damper on the erotic thoughts :D

And at the end, a serial killer story is light reading after driving Ty from the airport to his Houston condo... with a little interlude in the woods... (hide spoiler)]

Question: (view spoiler)[So this whole series takes place between 11/11/11 and 12/21/12?... From what I understand, the Eleven were brought out of slumber to avert the Mayan Apocalypse... or something... (hide spoiler)]

I'm only a handful of pages in, but it's promising so far... dunno if I'll be this thorough with all the chapters, but while I'm at home, I'm taking Virginie-style notes as I read...

[Virginie]

Good to know :D Yay for the notes!

[Laura]

I'm confused. What are you guys actually reading? 🤔

[Virginie]

Eternal Pleasure

Because dino-shifters. DINO-SHIFTERS!!!

[Laura]

DINO-SHIFTERS!!! - OOOOKKKKK - have fun!!! I'm out of here! (*quietly but extremely quick - exits the room*)

[Diana Stormblessed]

Lol, I probably won't start till next week. I have a few more books to catch up with but last things scheduled on the tracker start on the 15th so end of the month is easiest for me.

[Virginie]

Will start tonight. Just finished Age of War and I'm emotionally spent. Can't read White Sand right now :p

I need sexy dino-shifters!

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I haven't had as much to say since them first chapters... or as much time to read my Kindle...

Dino-shifters might have been an over-exaggeration... seem to be the souls of Dino-warriors in human bodies... they have a bit of a ghostly soul-form...

My question: (view spoiler)[if Fin and the others are all dinosaurs, and have been dormant for 65 million years, how/why are their other animal souls floating about... that jaguar-chef and the horse-courier... do animal souls do this naturally, or is someone else picking and choosing? (hide spoiler)]

[Virginie]

Iain wrote: "Starts off promising... not sure what I was expecting, after what I'd heard, but the writing is pretty solid...

Prologue: [spoilers removed]

Chapter 1..."

Prologue: (view spoiler)[ Agreed. That was a strong start! (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 1: (view spoiler)[I'm usually annoyed by the first-sight-"OMG he's soooo hot"-fawning over the vampire/wereworld so I was pleasantly surprised that she saw scared shitless first. Attracted to him, but mostly scared.

I liked her reaction when Ty got out of the car and headed to the forest: "Uh-oh. He's crazy. Should I leave him here? Nope, need the money. Dammit... Where's my pepper spray?" x)

Of course, reading a serial-killer story is the best way to relax after a very scary moment. Sure! lol (hide spoiler)]

About your question: (view spoiler)[ Yup, that's what I understood too. I think each novel will be focusing on a different dino. (hide spoiler)]

[Diana Stormblessed]

Where did you guys find this book? I can't find it at any library and even Amazon doesn't have the kindle version.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I think the ebooks are out of circulation at the moment... probably change with the re-release in August... Amazon has a few physical books for sale... Hoopla has the 3rd ebook (might be regional?...)

[Virginie]

Got them from a Swedish library.

[Diana Stormblessed]

So started tonight. Finished chapter 2 and I got to say I'm not sure if it's for me. It's written like the typical adult book. Instalove, scary alpha male, poor helpless stupid heroine (who's painted as being totally bad ass but in reality puts herself into really bad situations and always needs saving), with poor decisions made to further a plot that's iffy at best. And you know each book will be about another member of this dino posse. Reminds me of Black Dagger Brotherhood. I'll probably still read it, since I read BDB after all, but I've lowered my expectations.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I entered with low expectations... sorry if I didn't make that clear... the books were recommended to me as ridiculous... the things me and Virginie seem to be enjoying are the elements that defy the expected formula... even if they quickly rever back...

Now that you mention BDB, I'd say one mark in Gods of Night's favor is the lack of a Szpecial Lhanguage... that got annoying after awhile... For Truth, My Brother...

[Virginie]

Finished last night. I rushed through it 'cause I needed to read something ridiculous and fast to help process Age of War (which seriously damaged me emotionally :O).

Like Iain said, I was interested in the unusual elements of the story but... Let's just say the 'scary alpha male' trope doesn't go away, on the contrary. Urgh.

[Virginie]

Ending spoilers/rant (view spoiler)[

So... I was hoping it would be explained at some point but nope! Big bad cosmic immortal is defeated by a song. Sorry, brain music. Huh. So, Nine can tear apart "cell by cell" werewolves just by thinking of it, but he can't stand a little music. OOOKKKKK.

(hide spoiler)]

[Diana Stormblessed]

Iain wrote: "I entered with low expectations... sorry if I didn't make that clear... the books were recommended to me as ridiculous... the things me and Virginie seem to be enjoying are the elements that defy t..."

Lol I kinda of liked the weird jargon. Though I do admit it got annoying after a while.

But seriously, if I was working as a driver and someone was getting into the car who left me irrationally scared shitless and oozed a need to get laid, I don't think any amount of pepper spray could keep me there. Getting raped is not worth paying off college debt.

[Diana Stormblessed]

And I like how in the meeting when they talk about how he put them in super erotic bodies so they won't have a problem getting laid, one of them asks about what if they fall in love yada yada. And Fin responds with how something like that is sooo unlikely. My eyes did a roll all by themselves. I couldn't even control that level of eye roll 😂

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Iain wrote: "I entered with low expectations... sorry if I didn't make that clear... the books were recommended to me as ridiculous... the things me and Virginie seem to be enjoying are the element..."

What grew annoying was how every special word pretty much meant exactly what the regular spelling meant, just in relation to vampire society... so why even have special spellings... and the list of terms was growing long by the time I quit at book 9...

[Diana Stormblessed]

Iain wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Iain wrote: "I entered with low expectations... sorry if I didn't make that clear... the books were recommended to me as ridiculous... the things me and Virginie seem to ..."

Yeah it's like she started well intentioned but then ran out of creativity