tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post2186870691046895965..comments2023-04-04T09:15:46.871-05:00Comments on Shapeshifter Seductions: Werewolves in Time Square?Serena Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17959664736807639363noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post-37533184774146435972013-10-14T11:20:05.007-05:002013-10-14T11:20:05.007-05:00Oooh, you must mean her League Series. Yep, I'...Oooh, you must mean her League Series. Yep, I've been reading those as well and I too was really surprised that I like it...but I think I'm behind. I need to see where I left off. Woot, more books to read. :DSerena Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17959664736807639363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post-87522654289825800802013-10-14T09:08:59.636-05:002013-10-14T09:08:59.636-05:00I've read the first two of Nick's YA serie...I've read the first two of Nick's YA series. I also, somehow, got sucked into reading her scifi series and absolutly fell in love with it. I hate scifi romance and always have. For SK to write books in a genre I don't like and make me love it? That's talent above and beyond just being uber talented at juggling 8,000 plot lines all at once!Rebecca Gillanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01341836304924085727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post-75576277524338881902013-10-13T12:19:38.704-05:002013-10-13T12:19:38.704-05:00Nope, there is no hating Styxx after this story......Nope, there is no hating Styxx after this story...I love how she made a point of reiterating that there is always 2 sides to every story.<br /><br />Yep, the Ash/Nick story is tenuous. I wonder if there is any way to solve/heal their relationship in the future?<br /><br />Are you reading Nick's YA story? I'm forever amazed at how Sherilynn Kenyon can keep everything rolling forward in timelines and such. I'd be tearing my hair out trying to write this series! :DSerena Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17959664736807639363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post-11470564225259834732013-10-12T21:35:40.585-05:002013-10-12T21:35:40.585-05:00Just finished it tonight. I actually have had a fe...Just finished it tonight. I actually have had a few moments of being disgusted with Ash, usually in connection with Nick. I was totally not prepared to have any empathy for Stixx after reading "Acheron." Ya just can't hate him after reading his story, though.Rebecca Gillanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01341836304924085727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post-48400325002223269252013-10-12T20:20:50.739-05:002013-10-12T20:20:50.739-05:00I agree, Rebecca. I too like the anti-hero type. ...I agree, Rebecca. I too like the anti-hero type. The guys who want to be bad but just can't follow through with it. Sexy as hell.<br /><br />Have you read Styxx? Dear heaven that book ripped me apart! I actually had some moments where I was disgusted with Ash. That has never happened before. Sherilynn Kenyon rocked that book!Serena Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17959664736807639363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post-19805175343642853282013-10-12T20:14:28.008-05:002013-10-12T20:14:28.008-05:00True, usually you get the hero and heroine togethe...True, usually you get the hero and heroine together right off and clearly part of me must have been thinking that while the other part of me was shooting for back story... back to the drawing board on this story. :DSerena Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17959664736807639363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post-2107836952637814052013-10-12T17:58:56.178-05:002013-10-12T17:58:56.178-05:00I'm a fan of the anti-hero. He's a guy who...I'm a fan of the anti-hero. He's a guy who is more bad guy than good guy but keeps doing the "right" thing against his best interests. You see them all the time in straight fantasy but when I run across them in romance, I giggle like a little girl. Probably why I love Kenyon's books; she's a master at the lovable anti-hero. You can't tell me ANYone was rooting for Stixx...Rebecca Gillanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01341836304924085727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post-47675330976430135352013-10-12T15:59:48.104-05:002013-10-12T15:59:48.104-05:00Yeah, there is that programming because romance ge...Yeah, there is that programming because romance genres are formulaic ... so, there needs to be 'something' off about a bad guy... a little too solicitous and slimy. Savanna Kougarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698138048388102279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post-85832402927804632162013-10-12T15:43:28.833-05:002013-10-12T15:43:28.833-05:00Oops, I meant "someTHING seemed off about him...Oops, I meant "someTHING seemed off about him." Unless sometimes he's off and other times he isn't.Pat C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10531462055912377327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post-58134304746679526872013-10-12T15:42:00.836-05:002013-10-12T15:42:00.836-05:00It's possible we've been programmed by the...It's possible we've been programmed by the romance novel formula. When the woman meets a mysterious (and caring, in this case) stranger on the first page, we automatically assume he's the hero. If he's the bad guy, she should have had one of those "sometime seemed off about him" vibes.Pat C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10531462055912377327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post-65775294026502228462013-10-11T22:22:53.886-05:002013-10-11T22:22:53.886-05:00Losing track of the days...that I understand, Sava...Losing track of the days...that I understand, Savanna. So much to do and so little time!<br /><br />Yeah, as I read it over I can see the niceness factor in the antagonist...I'm going to have to have a sit down with this mysterious stranger and see what's up. ;DSerena Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17959664736807639363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post-63786615066065524742013-10-11T19:17:19.114-05:002013-10-11T19:17:19.114-05:00Ogosh, I lost track of the days, given all the cra...Ogosh, I lost track of the days, given all the crap I've been dealing with lately... <br /><br />Anyhoo, the antagonist seems much too kind in a good way... so maybe it's like Rebecca said. Nice penning, Serena! <br /><br />Savanna Kougarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698138048388102279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post-49296575249600442472013-10-11T15:03:58.093-05:002013-10-11T15:03:58.093-05:00Mmm, good idea, Rebecca. I'll have to talk to...Mmm, good idea, Rebecca. I'll have to talk to this hunky stranger and see what's going on in his head. :DSerena Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17959664736807639363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post-83852520830333394712013-10-11T14:37:00.795-05:002013-10-11T14:37:00.795-05:00Maybe he is a hot hunky stranger who really, reall...Maybe he is a hot hunky stranger who really, really wants to be an antagonist but can't quite make himself harm Ela becuase she stole his heart against his will?Rebecca Gillanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01341836304924085727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post-40865390333621592152013-10-11T13:20:45.239-05:002013-10-11T13:20:45.239-05:00Hehe...Thanks ladies! It's funny how stories ...Hehe...Thanks ladies! It's funny how stories evolve, this is absolutely everything I have written for this story, but the plotting in my head is such that the stranger helping her is actually the antagonist and looking to hurt our Ela. I wonder though, since you both saw this person as a hot/hunky stranger...I wonder if my hero stepped in sooner than I expected. ;) I'll have to revisit this story soon. Thanks!<br /><br />Yep, Pat, petite and squeaky...it's the bane of her existence. :(Serena Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17959664736807639363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post-43580339160869747872013-10-11T12:00:04.907-05:002013-10-11T12:00:04.907-05:00Yeah, Ela, I getcha. It's hard to be taken ser...Yeah, Ela, I getcha. It's hard to be taken seriously when you have one of those high, squeaky voices. Is she also petite? That's adding insult to injury.<br /><br />Fortunately Hunky Stranger doesn't seem to mind. I never find these guys when I whack my head. Where are they all?Pat C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10531462055912377327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post-42608281131618370922013-10-11T11:16:44.621-05:002013-10-11T11:16:44.621-05:00Oh, yummy! Definitly go with the hot stranger rath...Oh, yummy! Definitly go with the hot stranger rather than the butt-head freind who left you behind, Ela!Rebecca Gillanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01341836304924085727noreply@blogger.com