Three dollars and some change

See - things like that make me glad I didn't waste the $19 to get it at B&N yesterday.

I'm waiting until someone tells me if it's any good before I read it. Those books are ridiculously expensive here ($50.00) so there's no way in hell I'll be forking out anything until I can get it for a third of that price.

I bought it yesterday for 12.50 at Borders. They're offering the book at 30% off, and if you have a Borders reward card you get an additional 10% plus a 40% off coupon. Hell I'm just flowing through the system. *pulls the book out to read between loads of laundry*

Yes no, cause I just finished it and I dont so much see a real plot as something else, um damn how do I say this with out ruining it for you, assuming you didnt finish. I think its more an explaination as to why Sweet Mother is so interested in her and to...um I cant say it in words (I suck like that) without doing a long ass explaination that I'm to lazy to type. But all I can say is for the most part I'm disapointed that it took so long and all the good came out of this is my loving of London, Requiem and Asher.

Like, does anything ever happen?

In a word, no.

I was telling my sister, who's not a fan, that I think the most compelling part of the book has been on the LKH site for the last six months.

All I can say is yawn. All Anita does is complain, by far the worst in the series. I haven't even bothered to read Micah.

Truthfully I have had to decide to read LKH for the sex and men. When I want to read about fucking I read her. (And she takes me to a different place with every book...I love Haven! Cookie!!!) When I want plot I read elsewhere...when I want plot in the Antiaverse...I read Mhalachai. Truthfully I think she's going the way of Tolkien and Rice and Poe. She's in love with adjectives and over desciption. I still found it readable and felt like the editors had done to her what was done to Tolkien, that the editor told her..'well this is way too long; it will be released as several books'. I think this is part of a series arc within the series as a whole. It simply has that feeling to me. And her Merry series is beginning to be that way also it seems. WHen I reach the end of the book its like someone tore the rest of it out.

Just finished and will agree that it is not one of my favorites. However, I simply consider it a transition to the next book where we will deal with Sampson, Asher, Mother of All Darkness, her Lioness, ect... She's done it before. The addition of more men, don't really know how I feel about that one. Overall, just want the next one to come out so I can get another fix.

Favorite Quote (Possibly of all time):
"I'd like to know how you feel about this, yeah."
"Suck my dick so we can fuck." He was smiling while he said it.
I blinked at him for a second or two, then shrugged, and said, "Okay."

I love it.

It will be on Limewire soon. I refused to pay for these things after Narcissus in Chains. I figure she doesn't need encouraging.

Hey! This is Nichole, I finally got an LJ account.

I know I'm a little late, but I completely agree that the book had no point. It was all about Anita messing up everyone else's lives (accidentally of course) then her whining about it. There was a lot of stuff that could have been edited out to make the storyline seem less circular and make room for resolving issues that were actually interesting and mattered. I found myself sympathizing with everyone, but Anita at times (even Meng Die!). The sex was over the top not believeable and gratuitous at times which was something LKH swore never to indulge in and I could totally Anita losing the respect of the guards. She kept asking way too many questions that had already been answered or if they hadn't yet been, she'd ask them then leave them unanswered only to bring them up again. Plus, she didn't do anything she said she would. I know she's battling the ardeur and everything, but with everything that happens, she continued to have unprotected sex and only used condoms some of the time.

It wasn't all bad though. Some of the issues and concepts of the ardeur were great, especially how she got Nate and Micah. It helped me accept Micah more. I think LKH had a lot of great ideas, I'm just not sure I like the way she presented them and the direction she went with them.

Is this reminding anyone else about the Merry Gentry books more than usual?

I also saw a lot of parallels between your stories, Mhalachai and DM. The way Anita tried to cut everyone off in Inevitable was similar. It shows you have a great grasp of Anita's character and reactions. LKH also talked about Anita's life before she started in on all the sex and how Anita started to change, some think for the worse. It reminded me of Switchback.

Ok, I didn't mean for that to turn into a rant. Sorry about that, lol. I was just expecting more from LKH.

Nichole

PS - Would it be ok if I friended you, Mhalachai?

Haven't read the book yet, but the relative lack of point to the last few Anita books is why, frankly, I think you're writing better LKH than LKH is at the moment. Your Anita still does kewl stuff and kick butt as well as shag gorgeous preternatural men and whine.