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Yes, I was very happy to see the Carroll books. I did not have all of them. I considered the Ellroy titles I did not already have, but passed. I had to draw the line somewhere. Yeah, I did not buy all of the Barker books, but several. Sounded interesting. Based on reviews, many people like her a lot, but many others dislike her a lot. Hopefully I will fall into the former category. |
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However, the "Dragonsbane" series (technically grouped as the Winterlands books) runs to four volumes thus far, and I really, really wouldn't call them "lighter", considering the direction the follow-up trilogy takes. (Basically, if one thought that Darwath sounded too grimdark, the demon queen portion of the Winterlands saga goes much, much grimdarker.) For prospective readers who want a more optimistic series with more romance-y elements in them, I highly recommend Bride of the Rat God (standalone set in 20s Hollywood), The Windrose Chronicles (80s era computer programmer kidnapped to a Regency-esque magical world) and the standalone sequel (follows a different character in the same world and can be read alone) Stranger at the Wedding, which is an excellent mystery w/strong romantic elements, and the Sun Wolf and Starhawk books, which feature a more classical fantasy setting amidst a mercenary group. Quote:
The Asher & Ysidro novels got picked up not because of the vampire craze recurrence (or at least not solely because of that), but because Hambly's Benjamin January novels (excellent and recommended to those who haven't tried them before) have done so well with the sales in their Severn House revival that the new publisher which is known for doing mainly mysteries went and offered a contract to pick up and continue the Asher books because they were her most mystery/suspense-ish available series and thus more likely to be commercially viable (apparently the bottom has kind of dropped out of the epic fantasy market). Quote:
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Glad to hear new Asher books are seem to be released based on merits and not part of "craze". I agree, the Benjamin series is very good.. Quote:
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I found the first Dragonsbane at the Brooklyn library, so I will borrow it instead. That was the only one available, and I don't mind paying for sequels if I get the first book from a library. The more I borrow, the more I buy.... |
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