Kelly’s Reviews > A Brush of Darkness > Status Update

Ah. So you're finally going back to the kiddie porn. Good luck!

Heehee! Yeah, I basically got no reading done all last week. Long-distance BF came into town and then there was the holiday stuff.

The book is way better than the cover indicates. Very original.

=) Awww. You got to spend QT with the boyfriend. Definitely more important then staring at tweenage breasticles.

It's a relief to know that the book is much better than the cover. I'll wait to read your review-if you write one-before I add it to my TBR shelf. That's one of the many awesome things about having an ereader: you don't have to stare at the cover.

LOL, definite upside to e-readers, yes! :D I've been semi-embarrassed to be seen with this one in public.

LOL! That's how I felt when I was reading this book in class: . Then there was the one time in high school when my MALE history teacher caught me reading & asked me what it was about. I was like "You totally do not want to know."

I just recently bought . I had thought it was a kid's book and had skimmed past it every time I saw the cover online. Some of these publishers really need to work on the impression their covers give. Like the old Sookie Stackhouse covers.

I've actually thought about comparing to A Brush of Darkness--and not just because of the bizarre covers, even. I'm being reminded of Tempest Rising by the relative non-combat-monster heroine.

I haven't read it yet, but I'll keep it in mind when I do.

Catherine wrote: "I just recently bought . I had thought it was a kid's book and had skimmed past it every time I saw the cover online. Some of these publishers really need to wor..."

I like the old SS covers. =( I'm so sick of seeing all this True Blood shit when I've been reading SS before True Blood was even thought of. Hell, I was reading & loving it when it was still called The Southern Vampire Mysteries.

I didn't particularly care for Tempest Rising. I think it tried way too hard to be funny & fell on it's face.

They changed the series name? I prefer the old covers too. I'm used to them now and all my books are like that so I want continuity. But I still thought they were YA when I first saw them.

Yeah. It used to be Southern Vampire Mysteries but then they changed it because of True Blood, I guess. *shrug* Hmmm. I've never thought the covers were YA-ish, but now that you mention it...