Heard back from Tor on why Topaz for some books...

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

I tried reading Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Dart. Got 15 chapters into it and gave up as there was nothing happening and nothing looking like it was going to happen. Bored me big time.

15 chapters? pfft That's nothing. These are very long, richly detailed books, and the first book in particular required a lot of set up before something game-changing happens. Once it does, it does with a vengeance. But if you like nothing but plot and getting in and out in 50,000 words, these books most definitely aren't for you.