Nightrunner series by Lynn Flewelling

[just1kinkybitch]

Anyone read this series before? I must say this is an EPIC EPIC series. Read the first two book within a week. It's a fantasy/adventure genre with gay romance in it (though I do warn you it is not romance focused; it just has the elements of gay romance in it

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[just1kinkybitch]

I was 10% into book 3 and I dropped it. It got pretty boring (Partially because of the fact that she include too many names that were way too hard to pronounce and remember). I may pick up this series later. Skimming through book 4 gave me the same vibe as well and from the reviews I don't even get to see Alec and Seregil being together for like 70% of the book (which is absolutely bullcrap!)

It was so painstaking when Alec got kidnapped during book 2 and reading his situation was so heart wrenching but the moment he reunited with Seregil made it all worth it!

I was perfectly fine with the book being not sexually graphical and rather focus more on plot than sex.

I was quite interested in getting glimpses though just so I can read about Alec and Seregil first night together but seeing as how she didn't incorporate sexual acts in her other books (only vaguely) I doubt it can live up to what I expect.

I probably put this series on hiatus and maybe come back to it later, but definitely the first two book was amazing and made me squeal... especially the end with Alec and Seregil <3.

[speedtricks]

all that political stuff is interesting in a way, i guess, but it would only work if that was the main focus of the story, which it isn't. by the end of book 5, it was built up so much that i'm not even sure how she's going to juggle keeping seregil/alec in the limelight and making the political angle work.

i agree that the reunion in book 2 was great. book 4 pales in comparison to 2, partly because even when reunited, there was something else that had alec's attention.

ngl, i got glimpses for their first night too, but the scenes feel so abrupt. like in the beginning of the series, alec is completely weirded out by the idea of two men having sex. there was no smooth transition from uncomfortable to comfortable.

the first two were fantastic! i reread them all the time :D