3rd Time's the Charm

Okay, I finally got through Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn. It took me three tries before I finally finished the first book and I'm glad I did. As to why it took me so long, I like my protagonists to be strong and proactive but Kitty starts out so passive I had a hard time getting through the first few chapters. Worse, people were actively abusing Kitty and she was happy about it. I just wanted to scream at her to stand up for herself and grow a spine. Fortunately, she does it just took longer than my typical tolerance. If I hadn't had so many recommendations to read it, I wouldn't have tried three times.

Now I'm almost done with Kitty Goes to Washington and I'm enjoying it, though I feel that a certain villainous evangelist gets pissed away. Sort of like Boba Fett.

Raven Cursed - Damned if you do

Raven Cursed was another excellent work by Faith Hunter. In this book Jane Yellowrock is head of security for a vampire parley. Events from the previous books coalesce to give Jane no end of trouble. Things were tied together nicely and Jane even gets back to her roots a little, hunting and killing one vampire.

My one complaint is that she seemed to be damned if she did and double damned if she did. She blamed herself for events beyond her control. This is something we all do but usually at some point some one will knock some sense into us. Not true for Jane. Not only does she blame herself for trouble she hadn't put into motion, by the end of the book her best friend blames her too.

It feels like Faith is pushing Jane away from hunting vampires and more towards protecting them as the lead in to the next novel seems to be a direct threat against the Master of the City. While I'm sure it will be a fun ride, at what point do we quit calling Jane the Rogue Hunter and start calling her the Vamp Bodyguard?

Raven Cursed

I picked up Faith Hunter's new book, Raven Cursed last night. I'm not that far into it yet but I'll give a full review when I'm finished.

99 cent price point

For the next little while I have priced Glacial Eyes at the 99 cent price point for eBooks. While I feel the novel is worth more, thanks to John Locke's success it appears the 99 cent price point is necessary to be competitive.