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Originally Posted by fjtorres
I try to be polite. 
And I wasn't sure it was fair of me to compare her to Tanya Huff just because I discovered them at the same time. Huff is a more versatile writer.
Anyway I did get a look at one of the latter ones, set out west I think, that had a vestigial story. It was a quick read: one (skinny) chapter of plot, skip three (fat) chapters of sex, rinse and repeat. Didn't even have to leave the library.
Again, it sells.
Somebody likes it.
Edit: conversely, there is another long running urban fantasy series that started out with some fairly explicit sex scenes grafted onto a comedy that, yes, drifted away from sex and romance to outright comedic urban fantasy. If she would only rewrite the first volume or two I'd be recommending it all over. As is, I can recommend her latter rom-coms: like the one about the mermaid that's allergic to seafood. (Mary Janice Davison, btw).
There's a *lot* of fun and frothy rom-cons out there.
Hard for the publishers but good for readers of the genre. (My mom.) |
I'm assuming that her target audience isn't reading those books in the library. At least, I hope not.
