Oh, wait! That's a reference to the Greek myth wherein Discord isn't invited to a wedding, so to cause a ruckus she chucks a golden apple in amongst the guests inscribed "To the Fairest"--right?
I didn't make the connection until you mentioned Hera, because she was one of the three goddesses who wanted the apple.
I had an idea about a "storeroom" like this--it was really more of a library in my mind, and there were real objects as well as mythological ones kept there (like Aristotle's lost treatise on comedy), but it sounds similar to what's in this book.
"I suspect those of us who've read Gaiman's Hugo Award Winner are going to see this book as a lighter, fluffier version of the same premise, and that's not wholly a compliment."
Pretty much.
I felt similar on this one. It's not necessarily a bad book, but between the many POVs and time lines, the comics book moments, the romance, and all of the high drama related to the storeroom, there's just too much going on in this little book for it to hold up to Vaughn's other works.
I haven't read Gaiman's book yet (only book of his I've read is Coraline) so I didn't notice anything along those lines. The book was a little hard for me to get into but by the end I really enjoyed it and I'm hoping for/looking forward to? a sequel. I've read her first Kitty novel and I'm not sure if I want to proceed with the series or not.
I've heard a lot of mixed reviews on the first Kitty book. Vaughn was the very first urban fantasy author I ever read, ever, and I fell in love hard with the series. I think the first four books are excellent and show a lot of growth for Kitty herself, and then after that, the series has become . . . not generic, but not quite as tightly knit as the first four are emotionally. Of the first four, the second book reads the most traditionally UF, but book three has a shocking twist, and book four brings things full circle back to book one. If you do decide to continue, I hope it helps having that in mind!
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I didn't make the connection until you mentioned Hera, because she was one of the three goddesses who wanted the apple.
I had an idea about a "storeroom" like this--it was really more of a library in my mind, and there were real objects as well as mythological ones kept there (like Aristotle's lost treatise on comedy), but it sounds similar to what's in this book.
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Pretty much.
I felt similar on this one. It's not necessarily a bad book, but between the many POVs and time lines, the comics book moments, the romance, and all of the high drama related to the storeroom, there's just too much going on in this little book for it to hold up to Vaughn's other works.
Oh, and I also liked the setting too.
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Have you read Voices of Dragons yet?
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Yesh, I am the necro-commenter. >.
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I've heard a lot of mixed reviews on the first Kitty book. Vaughn was the very first urban fantasy author I ever read, ever, and I fell in love hard with the series. I think the first four books are excellent and show a lot of growth for Kitty herself, and then after that, the series has become . . . not generic, but not quite as tightly knit as the first four are emotionally. Of the first four, the second book reads the most traditionally UF, but book three has a shocking twist, and book four brings things full circle back to book one. If you do decide to continue, I hope it helps having that in mind!
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