Because Sometimes PM Gets Old For Longer Conversations....

[redbrunja]

For rameena: Okay, which characterization choices bothered you? Because I got frustated with the second to last book (still haven't read Witch Witch, Black Curse) because it seemed like it was all about Rachel's sex life, and it was falling into the Anita Blake pit where everyone wants the heroine's ass. And then there was all this plotty stuff that was WAY more interesting than the boys in Rachel's life.

(FYI, flist - if you you also have thoughts about this, feel free to jump in.)

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[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Oh no, that makes total sense.

And while I understand why you feel that way about Rachel and Ivy, that totally wasn't my reading of it.

I really like how we've been given hints from the very first book that Ivy thinks Rachel can fix her, and has been maneuvering their relationship so that Rachel would be willing to do so.

Which is fucked up, manipulative, and kinda romantic all at once.

Rachel letting Ivy treat her like a lover, for me, it ties into the whole mess that is Rachel's love life. Plus, I honestly feel that she's more interested in Ivy than she's willing to admit, and that's half of the problem right there.