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[meganbmoore]

To cleanse my brain and remind myself that Cassie Edwards is not representative of the entire genre, I shall read a couple of good romance novels next. Well, Loretta Chase and Elizabeth Thornton usually write good books, so I shall assume the recent book by each that I have is good. Uhm...seriously...most things would look good right now. After that, I shall return to epic fantasy because...uhm...it's all, novelwise, I seem to really be inthe mood for the last couple months. Due to yesterday's infusion, I have...a wide selection. The first 4 are continuations of series I'm already reading. The others, as far as I know, are the first books of their series. If I am wrong, I feel I should be told.

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And, since I am in the mood, fantasy vids.

This one cracks me up because of the song choice(yet, I can't 100% say it's inappropriate)

And, because nothing says "love" like an abducted, injured woman...

Comments

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

I would have been fine with the history stuff if it had been pertinent to the story, but most of it was just there for "hahaha...look at how much I know!"

Plus, I wasn't really big on any of the characters.

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

Ah, I adored Claire and Jamie, and found a lot of the minor characters likeable (or for the villains, unlikeable but interesting) as well. And that was the first thing I ever picked up that was even close to falling into the romance genre, so having SO MUCH history and of such an interestingly bloody sort really helped me get past that mental block; if it had been more tightly focused on the love story I honestly would have had more trouble getting comfortable enough to enjoy it...

The more recent books haven't thrilled me as much as the first because a lot of the minor characters I liked are dead or gone, and the new ones who've taken their place I'm mostly neutral-to-hostile towards, so I really resent their stories taking up space where I'd rather see more history-wallowing or more Claire and Jamie.