Books.
Only two this week.
Tithe by Holly Black is a fun YA urban fantasy with real, flawed, three-dementional teenagers. The heroine, Kaye, becomes a pawn in the Seelie and Unseelie courts. And Kaye and her faeries are a whole lot more likable than the seelie and unseelie courts in another famous urban fantasy series I could name.
Knight of a Trillion Stars by Dara Joy: I loved this book, though not for its heroine, science fiction writer Deana Jones. Deana is not the sharpest tool in the shed, and has several moments of hysterical neuroses that really got on my nerves. No, the fascinating part about this book is Lorgin Ta'al Cru, the alien warrior who travels through space and time to earth, which is justthe beginning of the adventures he and Deana have. Lorgin is sexy as hell, larger than life, and every inch the alpha male. Sometimes, this manifested in me rolling my eyes, but Lorgin was so devistatingly sexy that I forgave him being a complete asshole.
Joy's secondary characters are also compelling. Most of them are obvious sequel bait, from Lorgin's half-brother Rejar, whose book I want to read, to the poor, tortured, angst-ridden Traed, and the revered mystic Yaniff. It's obvious that Joy loves her characters, and she made me love them, too.
Edited for grades: In hindsight, the white trash protagonist with the rebellious spirit who is also a teenager doesn't quite work for me, since I wasn't that teenager. So Black's book gets a B+. On the other hand, I remember dreaming about the characters in KOATS, which means I'll give it an A.
Tithe by Holly Black is a fun YA urban fantasy with real, flawed, three-dementional teenagers. The heroine, Kaye, becomes a pawn in the Seelie and Unseelie courts. And Kaye and her faeries are a whole lot more likable than the seelie and unseelie courts in another famous urban fantasy series I could name.
Knight of a Trillion Stars by Dara Joy: I loved this book, though not for its heroine, science fiction writer Deana Jones. Deana is not the sharpest tool in the shed, and has several moments of hysterical neuroses that really got on my nerves. No, the fascinating part about this book is Lorgin Ta'al Cru, the alien warrior who travels through space and time to earth, which is justthe beginning of the adventures he and Deana have. Lorgin is sexy as hell, larger than life, and every inch the alpha male. Sometimes, this manifested in me rolling my eyes, but Lorgin was so devistatingly sexy that I forgave him being a complete asshole.
Joy's secondary characters are also compelling. Most of them are obvious sequel bait, from Lorgin's half-brother Rejar, whose book I want to read, to the poor, tortured, angst-ridden Traed, and the revered mystic Yaniff. It's obvious that Joy loves her characters, and she made me love them, too.
Edited for grades: In hindsight, the white trash protagonist with the rebellious spirit who is also a teenager doesn't quite work for me, since I wasn't that teenager. So Black's book gets a B+. On the other hand, I remember dreaming about the characters in KOATS, which means I'll give it an A.