Reading roundup
21. Seanan McGuire, Rosemary and Rue -- I think this is another case where my expectations for the book were too high (mostly thanks to the extreme devotion of Toby's supporters on chickfight), and so I ended up liking it less than I would have than if I'd come to it "cold". I still liked it, and definitely plan to continue reading the series, but it didn't
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Also Toby just feels so overpowered by him, as opposed to Connor who is like a puppy
Heh, Connor is very puppylike, both in personality and in the selkie description he gets. I'm actually not a huge fan of overpowered (male) love interests for female protagonists (part of the reason why the vampire romance books bore me, I suspect), but it does make for some fun interaction meanwhile.
All I can think is that he is going the Molly/Thomas route and he wants her to be displacing her feelings for Harry onto his brother. But it still makes no sense with what was in any of the books, especially the last one. And it is icky and lame. And I hate it.
Word to all of the above. And, if he is going the Molly/Thomas route (which I wouldn't be opposed to; I like Justine a lot, but, as another f-lister pointed out, she's been rather scarce lately, which doesn't bode well for her), it's not like Molly needs to be displacing her feelings for Harry in order to be drawn to Thomas. Molly/Thomas is already so logical yet gloriously trainwrecky, and Thomas is gorgeous, tragic, has wrestled with inner darkness just as Molly has, and is a freakin' incubus -- it's not like there are not enough other reasons Molly would fall for him. (I could also -- after reading a couple of fics -- see Molly/Ramirez, as a much fluffier sort of relationship.) But Harry/Molly = WTF and NO and EW.
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Well, it seems likely to me that Toby will end up accruing more power (like Harry has) and that by the time that we get to endgame there won't be that patriarchal and vaguely creepy power differential.
Molly/Thomas is already so logical yet gloriously trainwrecky, and Thomas is gorgeous, tragic, has wrestled with inner darkness just as Molly has, and is a freakin' incubus -- it's not like there are not enough other reasons Molly would fall for him. (I could also -- after reading a couple of fics -- see Molly/Ramirez, as a much fluffier sort of relationship.) But Harry/Molly = WTF and NO and EW.
Agreed. Also I honestly feel like Molly has gotten very little character development to make me want to ship her with anyone.
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