Incidentally, if you hadn't heard: the next ATLA comic will be Smoke and Shadow, about an attempted coup against Zuko. It comes out in October. I am excite.
There's also something called Legacy coming out (also in October) that's supposed to be sort of like Aang's diary. I am less excite about that (because it sounds like it's mostly rehashing old ground), but, who am I kidding, I'll be buying a copy. Because I'm obsessive like that. Also, it might have neat worldbuilding stuff!
I had not heard -- thank you for telling me! Attempted Fire Nation coup sounds very intriguing! I wonder if we'll finally get some closure with Azula (and Mai, I guess...)
There are! :D They take place in the span of time between AtLA and Korra, and sort of bridge the worldbuilding (or at least it seems to be their intent). They are not as good as AtLA, but pretty good nevertheless, on the whole. They go like this:
The Promise -- Zuko (and Mai, and Zuko's family) and Aang-centric, and I think the most ambitious thematically, dealing with what happens in the aftermath of 100 years of Fire Nation aggression, post-colonialism and such.
The Search -- the story of what happened to Zuko's mother. The weakest of the three, IMO.
The Rift -- Toph-centric, and thus pretty fun. Industrialization and progress vs conservation and tradition (in, you know, the form of a comic book based on a kids show).
And from ambyr's comment above, sounds like another Zuko-centric one is coming.
Each of them have been published in three parts, although I believe the older ones have complete single-volume editions as well.
I think 'Duchess War' might have been my least favorite of the Brothers Sinister series (or, no, I think I liked 'Talk Sweetly to Me' least, so I don't recommend that one), so I think there's a good chance if you liked it, you'll like the others even more. All of the books have that anachronistic feel, but I like it; it's like the fluffy, id-pleasing ridiculousness that I always wanted and never knew.
And I'm glad you liked Partner! It was a lot of fun. There will be a third book eventually, and I'm looking forward to it.
Thanks for the warning on 'Talk Sweetly to Me' -- I confess the "mathematically minded" in the blurb intrigued me, but I want to be careful about these. (I was also trying to understand how the people in it were connected to the Brothers Sinister -- I didn't recognize either of the principals' names.) And that's good to know that the others are better.
I'm currently about 60% through Laura's Wolf, and thus rapidly running out of Werewolf Marines, so, will be joining you in waiting impatiently for the third DJ book very soon!
Yeah, I was very excited for 'Talk Sweetly' based on the blurb, and possibly that was problem: my expectations were too high. I also quite liked Milan's earlier Turner series (also historical, a bit more typical "romance" than her self-published books) and her newest one, 'Trade Me' (a modern day 'billionaire' romance, though it's not much like the typical billionaire genre at all).
I'm definitely planning to check out "Trade Me", because it sounds like the female lead's family dynamics are interesting, and I'm curious about her immigrant background. Also, I gather it's set at UC Berkeley, which is my alma mater, and once I found out Courtney Milan had apparently attended Cal herself, I'm even more intrigued by the setting :) Plus, I just like things set in the Bay Area in general.
But I'm probably going to give the trad-published titles of her a pass, because the things I've heard about the ways in which they're different from her self-published books makes me thing they wouldn't work for me.
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There's also something called Legacy coming out (also in October) that's supposed to be sort of like Aang's diary. I am less excite about that (because it sounds like it's mostly rehashing old ground), but, who am I kidding, I'll be buying a copy. Because I'm obsessive like that. Also, it might have neat worldbuilding stuff!
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The Promise -- Zuko (and Mai, and Zuko's family) and Aang-centric, and I think the most ambitious thematically, dealing with what happens in the aftermath of 100 years of Fire Nation aggression, post-colonialism and such.
The Search -- the story of what happened to Zuko's mother. The weakest of the three, IMO.
The Rift -- Toph-centric, and thus pretty fun. Industrialization and progress vs conservation and tradition (in, you know, the form of a comic book based on a kids show).
And from ambyr's comment above, sounds like another Zuko-centric one is coming.
Each of them have been published in three parts, although I believe the older ones have complete single-volume editions as well.
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And I'm glad you liked Partner! It was a lot of fun. There will be a third book eventually, and I'm looking forward to it.
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I'm currently about 60% through Laura's Wolf, and thus rapidly running out of Werewolf Marines, so, will be joining you in waiting impatiently for the third DJ book very soon!
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But I'm probably going to give the trad-published titles of her a pass, because the things I've heard about the ways in which they're different from her self-published books makes me thing they wouldn't work for me.
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