Life is the Teacher by Carrie Vaughn-Emma! This was about Emma from the second Kitty Norville book and I loved it. Just don't do that anymore, okay? Because most of you can't do it well and then it just makes my soul hurt. (Like A) Virgin of the Spring by Susan Sizemore and Denise Little-Please, please, please, I am begging of you, stop trying to rewrite Arthurian legends. When this story ended-abruptly, I might add-I actually made a little noise of despair, kind of like I do when a really good show flashes "to be continued" on the screen.
And she left out the gratuitious sex in order to give me realistic characters and a moving plot. I mean, okay, yeah, "nichtraven" and "sex witches" (you almost lost me with that one, Lilith) but damn if her writing isn't good. I am totally checking out Saintcrow's books. I didn't want to read about the main character's tattoo fetish and I didn't care about the "curse turns man into tattooed dragon dude, only true love can turn him back" plot.īrother's Keeper by Lilith Saintcrow-I loved this. And it wasn't even good sex!Ĭurse of the Dragon's Tears by Heidi Betts-You know how some romance novels just sort of stick one or two paranormal characteristics in there over the top of your regular everyday romance and think it counts? That's what this was.
It's like Arthur wanted to write a novel but only had the space for a short story so cut out everything but the sex. To Die For by Keri Arthur-These people kept interrupting the plot to have sex! Every single time anything happened they'd take a sex break. Look, when you're riding off into the night on top of a mysterious horse and then banging the guy that appears out of nowhere you've lost me. Ride A Dark Horse by Susan Krinard-Curse turns man into horse, only true love can turn him back. That was enough to make me consider checking out one of Banks' longer works. Did I like the widely diverse characters of all different genders, races, and nationalities? Hell yes.
Banks-Did I like the plot? No, not at all. I'm not sure there's much more to say other than "incubus," "romance," and "hate."Įquinox by L.A. I did like her main character, she was different enough to make me ignore the worst of the romance.ĭemon Lover by Cheyenne McCray-I hated this. I enjoy her writing style but this story was a bit Broken Boy for my (newly wounded) tastes. Liu-You know how I said I liked Liu's work in the previous anthology? Well, not here. It had a character I liked, a plot I didn't figure out immediately, and true to form Huff included a gay man because she likes her sexual diversity she does. Music Hath Charms by Tanya Huff-Hey, who knew Tanya Huff could write sex like this? My gods, this was hot. I mean, all these books are "Something Hell." And then when it occurred to me I thought it would be more romance novel than anything else. The "Hotter Than Hell" thing went right by me.
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