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Did anyone mention the Amelia Peabody books? I loved that series so much... then Ramses turned into a douche and I had to walk away. I know, I know, lots of people love the series... but the appeal for me was the fact that Amelia was so flighty while thinking she was this strong independent kind of woman. Then things went from Ramses point of view and I completely lost all interest because the magic was gone.
How about Anita Blake, by Laurell K. Hamilton? I liked the idea of a bad ass vampire executioner, then around/after Obsidian Butterfly it turned into straight up erotica and I was like "Do not want." The last book of the series I read, I had to flip past like 200 pages to find 5 pages of plot, then it went back to the same sex scenes repeated dozens of times with just a change in hair color and guy. At least LKH was honest about what Meredith Gentry was going to be before she started.
Or Robert Aspirin. I loved his Myth series and his Phule's company, then he kind of lost the bubble. And now that he's dead, whoever's taken over for him just doesn't have that same kind of style and it's sad.
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