magicnoire.livejournal.com ([identity profile] magicnoire.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] meganbmoore 2008-12-08 10:24 pm (UTC)

I didn't particularly like it. It's one of those books people either like or dislike. There's not much in between. I found the prose off-putting, the heroine boring, and the relationship between the heroine and the love interest had about as much chemistry as a pair of socks.

Marjorie's main flaw as a writer, and I feel I can say this because I've read so many of her books, is that she often lets both the prose and plot get away from her. The ending of Red Heart of Jade, for example? Was a incoherent, hot mess. It's a pattern that carries throughout all her books, to greater or lesser degrees. She likes having crazy plots so when she nails it, it's awesome. But when she doesn't, it's ugly. (see: Red Heart of Jade)

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