Oh, The Disappointment Bites

[redbrunja]

For one glorious moment, when I saw this title: Men of the Otherworld I thought Kelly Armstrong had fulfilled my wildest dreams and wrote an awesome, glorious books focusing on one of her best characters ever, Lucas Cortez. *fangirls*. (FYI, Paige Winterbourne, his awesometastic wife, is the best character she ever wrote).

But noooooo, it's about stupid Clayton, who only exists so Elena, this series' resident Mary Sue can get her rocks off. (And yes, that is very, very harsh, and it's not that bad, but Elena has a WAY too high ration of angsty trauma to everybody-thinks-she's-gorgeous-ness.)

Also, Patricia Briggs continues to sell her soul to the popular kids, instead of writing winning and original fantasy. Want to bet this one has a contractually obligated everybody-loves-the-heroine clause too?

Comments

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

Dammit, I just picked that one up! The cover blurb sounded good 'cause it had werewolves (which are my weakness) and it was getting away from the Mercy series which I was finding tiresome.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Okay, first read the first Armstrong book, Bitten.

Possibly before that, read Blood & Chocolate (Annette Curtis Klaus), Kitty & The Midnight Hour, and The Silver Wolf.

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

*shuffles 'to read' pile accordingly* Gotcha.