Heir to the Shadows [Feb 17, 2020]

[Jenna, I'd be free if not for Temper & Edgewalker]

Heir to the Shadows- Anne Bishop

February 17, 2020.

[Narilka]

In.

[Zaara]

You know the old MS Word helper which had that red bouncy ball? I loved that guy...esp when he boumce....
Wish I could post that instead of In....

EDIT: So I searched for "bounce gifs" to post and they're (view spoiler)[ alllllll bœœbs dammit! 😂 haha...I am such a douchebaaaag..... (hide spoiler)]

[Lau]

I think I'll do this one with you :)

[Narilka]

Zaara wrote: "You know the old MS Word helper which had that red bouncy ball? I loved that guy...esp when he boumce....
Wish I could post that instead of In....

EDIT: So I searched for "bounce gifs" to post and..."

hahahaha

[Narilka]

I started on Wednesday. Work has been keeping me so busy I've been too exhausted to read much or post at all. I think I'm one chapter in. It's just been picking back up with the characters. I should get going with speed this weekend.

[Narilka]

Through Ch 3 (view spoiler)[It took them long enough to get back to Jeanelle. The slow burn is irritating me atm lol I think things are about to get back into full swing.

I've been quite looking forward to meeting some Kindred :) Can't wait for Kaelas :D

Kiss Kiss! (hide spoiler)]

[Narilka]

Ch 5.2 (view spoiler)[I really can't wait for Greer to get it.

Had the first hint of amnesia. I had forgotten it took so long to come up. This book is such a slow burn. Poor Daemon.

My impatience is setting in a bit. I really want to get on with it already! (hide spoiler)]

[Narilka]

I must be the only one reading this right now :) Considering how behind I am I'll likely go straight on to book 3 when I finish.

Through Ch 11 (view spoiler)[So glad to see all the kindred. I totally forgot we meet Kaelas as a kitten along with Ladvarian as a puppy :) That scene melted my heart. Papa High Lord LOL I think I might need to pick up something where magical/talking animals are the focus in the future. Suggestions welcome. Nothing grimdark.

Good to see Luciver back in action.

I'm rather annoyed everyone is keeping Daemon from Jeanelle's memories. He really gets hosed in this book. Hope book 10 doesn't do similar. (hide spoiler)]

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Narilka wrote: "I must be the only one reading this right now :) Considering how behind I am I'll likely go straight on to book 3 when I finish.

Through Ch 11 So glad to see all the kindred. I totally forgot we m..."

I read this 2 days ago, and forgot to comment... I liked it more than my first read-through, but I'll have to wait until tomorrow to comment more...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Alright... so... haven't been doing a very good job of hitting BRs on-time lately... I just haven't been in the mood for the BRs I signed up for, and it's been a matter of reading at the right time/order to maximize enjoyment... and Zaara pointed out that me being late means I outpace less people (good excuse :D)

Anyway... I liked this a lot more on re-read... part of it is probably knowing the story/world better, and how everything is going to play out... in that regard, this book felt like it had less stakes, despite it having plenty of stakes going in blind, I think... you just trust Janelle & everyone to come in and swat everyone down, when they can't ignore the problem any longer... that seems like the author's problem/risk with this series (and maybe all her series?)... one side is just ridiculously more powerful than the other, and she has to spend all her time creating imaginary roadblocks to success...

Re:the rest... I get so focused on my annoyance with Janelle's amnesia, that I forgot all about Daemon's shitty situation in this book...

Re:animals: I see you have Stuff and Nonsense on your TBR...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Definitely need to jump into book 3, if we're going to be ready for book 10's release... and work has been similarly busy for me... eeking out as much reading time as possible, to the detriment of discussion/etc, is the only reason I've maintained my January numbers into February, because I don't get as much reading done at work as I used to...

[Narilka]

Timelord Iain wrote: "Alright... so... haven't been doing a very good job of hitting BRs on-time lately... I just haven't been in the mood for the BRs I signed up for, and it's been a matter of reading at the right time..."

I haven't read her Others series yet. Interesting to know she follows a similar pattern.

I agree with the less stakes thing and probably for some of the same reason. Which is weird because even knowing how book one was going to end I still felt anxious about Jeanelle's situation. Ilona Andrews wrote a blog post on the concept of "escalation units" and how usually it's these units stacks on top of each other that moves things along. For example: "Character is presented with an obstacle -> character overcomes obstacle -> the triumph creates a new, even harder obstacle." In action: "Indiana Jones makes his way through a Nazi camp and finds the site of the buried Arc of the Covenant only to be buried alive in it. " I wonder if it's maybe because of the slice of life mixed in with the action that it's slowed the pacing and tension down? The resolution of the escalation is too.. I don't know, doesn't amount to much other than good guys win? Never really thought my way through it before.

Now it's going to be on my mind when I read tonight :)

[Narilka]

Re:Animals. Isn't Stuff and Nonsense about animated stuffed animals?

[Narilka]

Ch 13.7 (view spoiler)[Jeanelle has been drugged and that counts as consent to marriage and sex? Then they wonder why she has a negative reaction and obliterates the main offender. Yeah. I'm so looking forward to the end of book 3! These people sure have a lot coming to them. (hide spoiler)]

[Zaara]

Narilka wrote: "I must be the only one reading this right now :) Considering how behind I am I'll likely go straight on to book 3 when I finish."

@Narilka,
Nope not alone. I'm here for the trilogy and I'm also superlate and still reading, started today and I'm 1/3 in, nothing much has happened except
33% (view spoiler)[ everything/everyone revolving around Jaenelle like the sun... she's recuperating slowly, nothing much else has happened yet in 200 pages, Dorothea is just a plain cardboard MWAAAHAAAHAAA... meanwhile I'm gritting my teeth bcuz I just can't wait for Yasi to be free... 😳 those descriptions of what he is going thru. When he was scared he might lose his wings, I felt like breaking something. (hide spoiler)]

That scene of Daemon (view spoiler)[ slipping into guilt and madness was wrenching too.
Teh last parts of Book 1 were so torrid (in the sense of turbulent/"urgently in flux") that I needed (thanks for that, did I remember to say?) to clarify why he had to force himself past Jaenell's barriers when she kept saying "no!" but its clear he still feels terribly guilty and now labouring under a big misunderstanding abt Saetan...
Nooooo 🚫 bcuz they were just starting to mend fences, their trust was so fragile yet...
Btw the father-son(s)-halfbrothers thing might just be my fave developing relationships/threads in this trilogy... that is if Yasi ever gets some pagetime with Satan. I think this might be on the agenda, tho... since the birthmother got one scene where we basically got the lowdown on the history/emotional backdrop. (hide spoiler)]

So far, I felt like I'm rereading Book 1. Middle book woes...but I guess more stuff will happen by the end...

[Zaara]

There was only one mention so far of (view spoiler)[ "cat" kindred? Being worn as cloaks and mittens and jewellery/status symbols and stuff... :/
Hope there's more about them... (hide spoiler)]

[Zaara]

Wait......
5.2
(view spoiler)[
Greer is NOT the thing lurking in the woods for nefarious spying purposes howling like a dog...so... who is it?
(hide spoiler)]

Btw, I can't believe the (view spoiler)[ "evil" side have not even figured yet that Jaenelle is still alive and just swallowed Saetan's cover story... not when she's going to school + having tutors in craft and apparently turning cities upside down on random shopping expeditions... all this reverential worship she's getting from absolutely everyone's getting kinda too cult-y and Jaenelle's starting to verge on the nausicuteness now...altho 😂 at Satan reading those novels...

J and Daemon don't even remember each other, xept for some shadow impressioms... wth!! (hide spoiler)]

[Narilka]

I finished. Definitely going directly to book 3.

WB Zaara! Can't wait to see what you think :)

I found this entry a tad frustrating because I know where they're going and kept wanting to skip ahead lol Its the first time I've felt that way during a reread of the trilogy. Maybe I'm more impatient these days.

[Zaara]

Read a bit more :D
End of 6; the scene where (view spoiler)[ all the friends come to visit: Are all fathers this overprotective or is Saetan a bit overmuch? I dunno how to judge the thin line... but 😂😂😂 poor Saetan, I can understand the feeling of being harried. Loving the vibrancy... now the kindred/friends are here and its not just grampas mooching arnd morosely in the Hall spazzing over Jaenelle.
(hide spoiler)]

[Narilka]

Zaara wrote: "Read a bit more :D
End of 6..."

Poor old papa Saetan :)