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Richelle Mead's Work! (Board Member goes pro)
Matrix Refugee (formerly Morraeon):
Reading Succubus Dreams as of now, and picking up Shadow Kissed tomorrow. I've been dilligently trying to spread the word about Vampire Academy, in the hopes that one day it gets the same rave reviews as a certain badly written vampire teen series. Every bookstore I go into, I routinely move copies of Vampire Academy and Frostbite in front of *those* books, and I've been reccommending it high and low.
BookLover♥:
--- Quote from: February Matthew D on November 12, 2008, 10:54:38 PM ---I was kinda like you were after I read it BL but at the same time, I can see where the guy was coming from after he did that.. I am really wondering what is going to be happening in the next one for sure... I did here that Richelle did finish the Heat and it is on its way to the editor...
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I can definitely see where he was coming from, and there were enough issues leading up to it. (spoilered because it gives away the character) (click to show/hide)And I don't begrudge him for wanting to move on for a variety of reasons (even though the romantic in me wishes it would work out).
My disconnect with it is that Seth is continually represented as a respectable guy with a pretty pure soul; from my perspective, he lost major, major ground in both of those. He was an ass, not only because he cheated -- and not just by making out or something, but by having sex, which according to his character is very serious -- but also because he pretty much went straight from telling her how much he loved her and would do anything to be with her to having sex with someone else (and deciding that he didn't want to be with her), and because he let her find out through Maddie, and even seemed like he expected to get through Christmas day without telling her. He acted like a total jerk.
Again, I realize that even nice people do mean and stupid things sometimes, especially when confused or frustrated. But it really ruined his character for me.
I noticed that Heat is set to come out next summer, versus next fall, so at least we don't have quite so long to wait to see how the story unfolds.
meg_evonne:
I guess I have a different take on the Seth angle. (click to show/hide)Yes, it came as a wow--but it was set up, it's just sad sometimes when characters head away from places that you've assumed they were. To be perfectly honest, Seth was boring the 'crap' out of me and I'm glad to see her heading forward. JB mentioned that he needed to slap down the side characters occasionally. I think Seth has been slapped down, in the kindest possible way. I mean look what JB did to Michael, ouch! That is a slap down!
It wasn't going to be a happy ending as far as I could tell anyway. Requited love is nice for awhile, but not for a life time and there was the mortal angle to deal with, which Richelle handled well, IMO.
I'm much more invested in thinking that a time will come when Georgiana is hopefully 'redeemed' at some point and she and the angel find a strange weird attraction that lingers on the 'oh so wrong' side for some added spice. :-) Through the series I've felt that there were references that might have held that Seth was more than he seemed, even a vague wonder in my head if he were the original lover she done wrong in grecian times. Would be fitting to realize she never should have been with him anyway--and this time it worked out the right way? Does that make sense?
Starbeam:
--- Quote from: meg_evonne on November 13, 2008, 05:57:59 PM ---I guess I have a different take on the Seth angle. (click to show/hide)Yes, it came as a wow--but it was set up, it's just sad sometimes when characters head away from places that you've assumed they were. To be perfectly honest, Seth was boring the 'crap' out of me and I'm glad to see her heading forward. JB mentioned that he needed to slap down the side characters occasionally. I think Seth has been slapped down, in the kindest possible way. I mean look what JB did to Michael, ouch! That is a slap down!
It wasn't going to be a happy ending as far as I could tell anyway. Requited love is nice for awhile, but not for a life time and there was the mortal angle to deal with, which Richelle handled well, IMO.
I'm much more invested in thinking that a time will come when Georgiana is hopefully 'redeemed' at some point and she and the angel find a strange weird attraction that lingers on the 'oh so wrong' side for some added spice. :-) Through the series I've felt that there were references that might have held that Seth was more than he seemed, even a vague wonder in my head if he were the original lover she done wrong in grecian times. Would be fitting to realize she never should have been with him anyway--and this time it worked out the right way? Does that make sense?
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The way I read it was (click to show/hide)that Carter's trying to get Georgina to figure out that there's a loophole in her contract with what's his face, and that it has something to do with love and choosing to go forward because of love. If I'm remembering right, he keeps telling her that it's Seth's choice to make, not hers, and to trust in love. So it sounds to me that if she and Seth were to consumate their relationship, and do so because they love each other, it would have a major effect on the contract. Just don't know what kinda effect. And Carter seems to be like a guardian angel for Georgina.
meg_evonne:
--- Quote from: Starbeam on November 13, 2008, 06:41:52 PM ---And Carter seems to be like a guardian angel for Georgina.[/spoiler]
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agree on Carter. I still think it's more complex than that, but only time and Richelle will tell us :-)
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