A couple things. A) The covers... they've been talked to death on this thread, but the naked women? Annoying. I mean, CotD and NiC were the only ones without a half-naked women on the cover (barring Micah, which I have my issues with that I'll get to in a second) and it gets annoying. B) Micah. I really dislike this book. It reads like a last minute slapped together story. I mean, the idea is good: Anita gets unexpectedly thrown together with the man she least understands in her life, character revelations and development ensue. But the way it was written: It was too short. The mystery hadn't had time to properly develop, and it was like an episode of Scooby Doo, introducing the bad guy as a afterthought, when we've never met him. Then with Micah, the scene in the hotel room felt very forced to me. He told her about his attack... but I can't explain it, it just felt like the wrong time for it. Then the sex scene was just their for the hell of it. "You're always so tight after I do you by mouth." That... that was just a bit ridiculous. Could just be my issues with oral on girls, but whatever. I just felt like her outline for writing it was: "Larry injured, Anita and Micah go to Philly, they have an insecure moment, Micah reveals something about himself for no reason, they fuck, anita gets scared by her power, but does nothing to stop its growth (though with DM coming out soon... I hope it deals with this), the bad guy gets mentioned as an afterthought, her zombie breaks the rules of zombies ( i think... it believed he killed him, but wasn't the point that it would go after exactly who killed it, not who it thought did? I don't know) and she goes home." Oh, and the cover had micah with straight and messy long hair. HE HAS CURLS. C) Not enough edward. I can't remember if he re-appears after OB, such as ID, but honestly, he's the benchmark for Anita. One thing I really do like about these stories is her inner conflict between her job, protecting those she loves, and her sociopathy. He is her benchmark for how far she's progressed. I'm really afraid that LKH will make her draw on Edward, and I love edward, so that would be sad. And pointless, cause in OB it shows he cares about her as a friend and all, so it would just be annoying. D) This baby stuff... wow. It really serves no real purpose. I mean, sure its like, "Oh crap, another complication" But really... it would fuck up her life a lot yeah, but if she had one 1. Abortion- She isn't catholic anymore, but I dont know her views on it 2. She has it, and then... who raises it? It would have soooo many fathers, and Richard would feel so bad about or 3. She prepares to have it and it either develops Vlad Syndrome or she gets hurt and it damages it. E) I realized that you use so many contractions when talking about this. -Stealthy Shade
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A) The covers... they've been talked to death on this thread, but the naked women? Annoying. I mean, CotD and NiC were the only ones without a half-naked women on the cover (barring Micah, which I have my issues with that I'll get to in a second) and it gets annoying.
B) Micah. I really dislike this book. It reads like a last minute slapped together story. I mean, the idea is good: Anita gets unexpectedly thrown together with the man she least understands in her life, character revelations and development ensue. But the way it was written: It was too short. The mystery hadn't had time to properly develop, and it was like an episode of Scooby Doo, introducing the bad guy as a afterthought, when we've never met him. Then with Micah, the scene in the hotel room felt very forced to me. He told her about his attack... but I can't explain it, it just felt like the wrong time for it. Then the sex scene was just their for the hell of it. "You're always so tight after I do you by mouth." That... that was just a bit ridiculous. Could just be my issues with oral on girls, but whatever. I just felt like her outline for writing it was: "Larry injured, Anita and Micah go to Philly, they have an insecure moment, Micah reveals something about himself for no reason, they fuck, anita gets scared by her power, but does nothing to stop its growth (though with DM coming out soon... I hope it deals with this), the bad guy gets mentioned as an afterthought, her zombie breaks the rules of zombies ( i think... it believed he killed him, but wasn't the point that it would go after exactly who killed it, not who it thought did? I don't know) and she goes home."
Oh, and the cover had micah with straight and messy long hair. HE HAS CURLS.
C) Not enough edward. I can't remember if he re-appears after OB, such as ID, but honestly, he's the benchmark for Anita. One thing I really do like about these stories is her inner conflict between her job, protecting those she loves, and her sociopathy. He is her benchmark for how far she's progressed. I'm really afraid that LKH will make her draw on Edward, and I love edward, so that would be sad. And pointless, cause in OB it shows he cares about her as a friend and all, so it would just be annoying.
D) This baby stuff... wow. It really serves no real purpose. I mean, sure its like, "Oh crap, another complication" But really... it would fuck up her life a lot yeah, but if she had one 1. Abortion- She isn't catholic anymore, but I dont know her views on it 2. She has it, and then... who raises it? It would have soooo many fathers, and Richard would feel so bad about or 3. She prepares to have it and it either develops Vlad Syndrome or she gets hurt and it damages it.
E) I realized that you use so many contractions when talking about this.
-Stealthy Shade