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ice_of_dreamsThis was one of my first urban fantasies. Initially I loved the story.
Unfortunately, right now I don't know why I put up with Rachel. She has more issues than Riley Jensen. She has the blood issue going, and she might have that issue with Ivy (which I'm still bothered reading) and now she has the added issue of guilt tripping for being happy when Kisten is dead. Along with missing Kisten.
*sigh*
Half of the first chapters, other than watching more demons approach Rachel, is watching Rachel dealing with her issues. The blood issue is frustrating enough, I just really don't want the entire issue with Ivy. I REALLY REALLY hate the issue with Ivy. Her issues with Kisten I could live with.
If Ivy and Rachel continue and Rachel becomes bi I am going to be seriously pissed. It's not that I don't like bi people, I just don't like it in my books. In the first person, when it says I etc with a GIRL. For example, if I actually went out and picked this book because I wanted to read on a Rachel Ivy relationship, I would be happy. Unfortunatly, I picked this book because I was following the Rachel Kisten arc, which has seriously been taken out anyway. Fortunately, I don't think it's going in that direction, because Rachel has put her foot down on the blood balance. But I never know with rachel. She changes her mind so much.
I LIKED Kisten. He was the nice beta male. A vampiric beta male, who would have thought.
He handled his own, he doesn't get pushed around and he was smart. He didn't have much air time because Rachel had too many a hectic job with all of the preternatural community, but hey, when he gets air time, it was great.
Unfortunately being offed in the fifth book kind of stops that for me.
As for the mystery, in this book it was more Rachel and her issues more than anything else. Most of the investigation was relegated to Ivy and David both of whom are not the POV's in The Hollows. Rachel only came in to bluff her way through. I suddenly realize that I would pick Moning's Fever and Frost's Dark Huntress over this series any day.
One good thing about this book is the introduction of Rachel's mom. She sort of comes off as a person half in Alzheimers and half out of it, but you'd get the reason for that in the book. BUT you get the answers to a lot of the family questions that have been haunting Rachel since day 1. Which I think is the reason why a lot of people like this book. For me, it was its saving grace. Without it, the book would have been bad.
I think another good thing about this is Trent and Quen. They're not just relegated to the political sidelines in this book, they're people and characters that you get to know. What exactly motivates Trent, how Trent thinks. Something that hasn't been shown before this.
I have to say though... the law on uncommon stupidity had me laughing.
Unfortunately for me the ending was good enough that I really want to see what happens next. Despite all the Ivy issues. *sigh* I took up the entire night to read and write this. Great no studying for OSCE.
Unfortunately, right now I don't know why I put up with Rachel. She has more issues than Riley Jensen. She has the blood issue going, and she might have that issue with Ivy (which I'm still bothered reading) and now she has the added issue of guilt tripping for being happy when Kisten is dead. Along with missing Kisten.
*sigh*
Half of the first chapters, other than watching more demons approach Rachel, is watching Rachel dealing with her issues. The blood issue is frustrating enough, I just really don't want the entire issue with Ivy. I REALLY REALLY hate the issue with Ivy. Her issues with Kisten I could live with.
If Ivy and Rachel continue and Rachel becomes bi I am going to be seriously pissed. It's not that I don't like bi people, I just don't like it in my books. In the first person, when it says I etc with a GIRL. For example, if I actually went out and picked this book because I wanted to read on a Rachel Ivy relationship, I would be happy. Unfortunatly, I picked this book because I was following the Rachel Kisten arc, which has seriously been taken out anyway. Fortunately, I don't think it's going in that direction, because Rachel has put her foot down on the blood balance. But I never know with rachel. She changes her mind so much.
I LIKED Kisten. He was the nice beta male. A vampiric beta male, who would have thought.
He handled his own, he doesn't get pushed around and he was smart. He didn't have much air time because Rachel had too many a hectic job with all of the preternatural community, but hey, when he gets air time, it was great.
Unfortunately being offed in the fifth book kind of stops that for me.
As for the mystery, in this book it was more Rachel and her issues more than anything else. Most of the investigation was relegated to Ivy and David both of whom are not the POV's in The Hollows. Rachel only came in to bluff her way through. I suddenly realize that I would pick Moning's Fever and Frost's Dark Huntress over this series any day.
One good thing about this book is the introduction of Rachel's mom. She sort of comes off as a person half in Alzheimers and half out of it, but you'd get the reason for that in the book. BUT you get the answers to a lot of the family questions that have been haunting Rachel since day 1. Which I think is the reason why a lot of people like this book. For me, it was its saving grace. Without it, the book would have been bad.
I think another good thing about this is Trent and Quen. They're not just relegated to the political sidelines in this book, they're people and characters that you get to know. What exactly motivates Trent, how Trent thinks. Something that hasn't been shown before this.
I have to say though... the law on uncommon stupidity had me laughing.
Unfortunately for me the ending was good enough that I really want to see what happens next. Despite all the Ivy issues. *sigh* I took up the entire night to read and write this. Great no studying for OSCE.
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Date: 2008-03-12 10:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-12 11:08 pm (UTC)Anyway...
Wait. Wait. Definitely wait for the paperback. Half of the stories were about her issues. The only time the story picked up was half-way through at around chapter 18 or so when they were already back to Al and the ever-after arc.
Of course the things with the elves kind of make up for a lot of things... but seriously not enough since that's just like a fourth of the book. As I said, half of it is just plain issues. You waited for the fifth right? you can wait for the sixth