I know some people say Chalene is annoying, but I like her personality
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I know some people say Chalene is annoying, but I like her personality. I am using this with turbo jam I just started so I will post again in about a month.
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Life with vampires is difficult for Sookie.  She used to spend all her time trying to stay out of trouble, being one of the most seemingly boring people you could meet, until a vampire walked into Merlotte's bar one day.  And everything changed.  Now Sookie can't seem to stay out of trouble.  I swear, every time you turn around, there's Sookie in trouble again!

The second book in the series, like on True Blood, takes place mostly in Dallas where Sookie is helping to investigate the disappearance of a vampire.  And while the show does operate in parallel with this book, there are enough differences in this one that it kept me much more entertained.  There were times during the first book that I thought I was going to fall asleep because the TV show had mirrored it so closely.  The second one did not suffer from this problem, and I liked it a lot more because of it.

Some of the same issues that I had with book one, and with the TV series for that matter, remain in this book, mainly that Sookie is rather annoying at times, and Bill is just...ugh.  I am so not a fan of Bill Compton.  But there was a lot more Eric Northman in this book, and that is much more up my alley.  Ladies - we get a good description of Eric wearing a lycra outfit.  And since Eric is so yummy, well, it's a pretty nice picture that I *wish* had translated over to television.

Although we're dealing with supernatural beings throughout much of this series, the book did raise some interesting questions I hadn't thought about in awhile in relation to the show - particularly along the lines of persecution and hatred of a type of person for something that is out of their control.  The Fellowship of the Sun, an anti-vampire church, is present throughout most of this book, and presents a somewhat sad mirror into what things can still be like in our society.  The book is worth reading for the view of these fanatics, if nothing else, at least in my opinion.

One complaint I do have is that from pretty much the start of the book, one of my favorite characters from the TV show, Lafeyette, is killed off.  That was a little bit of a slap in the face, I almost thought it was a joke at first, and it did take me some getting used to.  Even now, the knowledge that the book version of the series will have no more LaLa - it makes me want to cry a bit.  I'll miss you, love!
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After reading the first three, although I did like the story itself, wasn't exactly sure if I understood or even liked Ms. Seeton.  What was her claim to fame? Just a bumbling fool or an elderly woman with a cunning ability to solve crimes? Well, she's no Miss Marple!  Instead, she's a good soul with a kindness extending to her perception of others.  She does get into some dangerous situations but mainly due to her widely publicized reputation for solving crimes.  Her claims to fame extend to astute observations of people and her uncanny ability to draw people as they truly are rather than portray them based on outward appearance.  Her duty to doing what's right even in the face of danger endears her to the  police as well as the public.  She, of course, is unaware of her reputation for solving crimes and believes herself to be identi-kit artist who assists the police in identifying persons-of-interest.  Now, I understand and I like her and the cast of characters who short her.  Good read you can finish in a few hours.
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I know this one got some bad reviews,  but I attribute that to people feeling compelled to bash what's popular.  I like this version of the story. Reading Christian's thoughts was fun. He's more sarcastic than I'd realized,  and his politeness is automatic although not always genuine.  I'll never understand his contradictory comfort levels of course. Ana can't touch him, he never opens up to his loving family,  but he lets his maid see his play room and he remains close friends with his child molester. Overall,  I really had fun reading this.
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I'm really enjoying this series.  The two women don't split up, so there is some overlapping narrative.  Not sure how I feel about the two men that have been added.  I like Ivan, a good foil and partner for Lea.  I really dislike Antonio, though.  He's arrogant, judgmental and doesn't have a lot of respect for Rachel's decisions or her ability to handle herself; It irritates me that she hasn't more firmly punted him to the curb.  He's portrayed as the kind of guy that is used to getting any female he wants, whenever he wants, so he smirks at her reluctance and irritation one moment and then judges her the next.
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There's something about the character and the way the book was written that appeals to me.
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I loved the previous book The duet so I expected the same feeling about this story.. but I didn't like the personality of Cammie so much, so she irritates me most of the time.
This feelings put the book down for me a bit, even though it was written very well and the rythm of story was nice without blind spots.
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If the author's goal was for me to dislike her heroine, she certainly succeeded.  Although I can't imagine her goal was for me to thoroughly dislike her book, I'm afraid she succeeded there too.
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I chose this rating because she made it very easy to like or dislike her characters.  She gave you a great feel for small town politics and dealings.  It was hard to like the juvenile suspect and, as a matter of fact, I hated him and would have had no problem seeing her bring some serious harm to him just so I would have some lessening of the frustration I sometimes felt. But I loved feeling that because it added to my enjoyment of her story.
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I do think there is a point to the idea that Genevieve is a bit too high profile of a vampire in the WHFRP world.  That being said, she's a good character, and it's a good collection.  There is a decent number of the stories she's not in or in as a cameo, so that complaint is valid.

Definitely think worth picking up.
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Gawd, I don't want to write this.  Because I hate to write negative about anyone who really puts their heart out there for us all.  And what little I've read about this woman is that she is an awfully fine person.

I hardly know her songs, though they are of course on every radio every day, thus I've heard them, some.  But this is the first I've give it a spin, a bunch of her songs.

I like them.  I do.  But I like Three Musketeers bars, too, sweet outside, insubstantial goo inside.  It just makes me think of LA type music, and/or hollywood movies -- slick, over-produced, likeable, but empty.

So. I like some of the songs but wish I didn't, and I don't, afterwards.  I think she is a fine woman, and giving us what she has to give, just not to my particular taste.
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There were things I liked and disliked about this one. The voice was fun, but I didn't particularly feel anything towards the main character, especially at the beginning when it's clear that most of her life revolves around her boyfriend and she doesn't have any of her own goals or aspirations. She gets better as she tries to discover what she wants out of life, but it's a long time coming. I liked Oliver a lot, and the tone was always light enough to keep a smile on my lips (even though not everything that happens in this book is happy, the tone doesn't get bogged down with angst, which I appreciate).
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I really hadn't been that interested in Picnic's romantic life honestly. But I can't say I really hated this story. I think my biggest issue is that I found London to be a lot self oriented and really annoying and you'd think that would wear off at some point but she kind of maintained those annoying attributes straight through. And honestly it could be a personality thing. Some people will like her I'm sure. She reminds me of too many people who try to control everyone and everything around them and those people annoy me.

Picnic was alright. Though again I have trouble with this relationship as he does maintain a number of other physical encounters to basically rub her face in it. And then toward the end when the bit crescendo happens... well I'm still really torn on that moment and the subsequent continuation of the relationship.

I don't want to give away about that. I mean with in the first pages of the book you can kind of anticipate how that whole scenario will ultimately go down. And I'm not saying he's not justified in being mad. But I was pretty uncomfortable everything went down reading about their relationship after that point.
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While its true the heroine started out as the "feisty" type and there was some things I wished could gave been different I actually ended up liking this more than I had expected.
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I am not a fan of Cara. I didn't find her spunky and independent, I thought she was obnoxious, selfish, spiteful, and cruel. The tricks she plays felt too much like a quintessential mean-girl for me to be amused by them. The political intrigue interests me enough to check out the next book, Im very interested in seeing where that storyline takes us.
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I love all of her music but I think this is my favorite (maybe I'm just a bit of a bad girl!)
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Loved it although Storee was starting to get on my nerves with her insecurities. I'm glad she came to her senses with a little help from Joseph