One and a half hours to go

[ksmith]

I should get offline now.

Gacked this from james_nicoll. Ok, more proof that writers should not respond to negative reviews. Yes, LKH goes overboard and repeats the same points over and over and over--much like she does in her books--but...

...I haven't read an Anita Blake book since Obsidian Butterfly, which I bought in hardcover since it was an Edward book. Edward is my favorite character in that series. The sociopathic monster killer with the nickname Death. Go figure.

After OB, I waited for the next book, then heard rumbling about the turn the series was taking. Reviews weren't good, even though sales were through the roof. I have nothing against good sex scenes, and LKH does a decent job, but I really liked the police procedural aspects of the older books, and that seemed to have fallen by the wayside. So I stopped reading.

But I read this diatribe, and what do I see about the next book,The Harlequin? Edward plays a major role. So does the ardeur, apparently, which has me wondering whether Anita and Edward...

Now I doubt this, because Edward is married...I think...and mortal besides, and I don't think the ardeur works with mortals. But I may buy this book, which I read about in the author diatribe against reader/critics, because Edward's in it.

There's a moral in here somewhere, but damned if I know what it is.

Comments

[juliabk.livejournal.com]

I like to see writers weigh in on questions about their work (note I'm talking about reader discussions, not reviews). I'm perfectly capable of running an alternate universe in my head if they're taking their 'real universe' in a direction I'd rather they didn't. :-) I'm also perfectly capable of continuing to argue my point even after The Authority has said otherwise and left the conversation. ;-):-) (Me? Stubborn?)