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Really didn't like this one. Everyone was super willing to accept outside people entire series. But now, completely reject the most useful woman to date? Major medical breakthroughs and saving people.
And the whole hero being “insane” has as much meaning as declaring he is “plaid”. Acts like everyone else and same after “cured”. Only insanity is no one connecting vanished for years and then destroying facilities known for keeping vampires. No one put that together...and declared victim insane. Whole book is frustrating inconsistencies.

Just came back and apparently missed a bunch of “cleaning up the characters “ Game of Thrones style. Since in mood for escapism glad. I do like how we revisit old romances as they grow and change too.

It is very hard to describe the Zelazny writing style- it starts in the middle of many things and beginnings are often explained at the end. But the books are never confusing and just fun reads. The book follows a cosmic battle from the point of a dog familiar. Even over the wonderful Amber novels, this is my favorite Zelazny story.

Fun prose and interesting characters. The racism is unfortunately representative of the time.

After thinking more I don't think it could have ended and differently. Kelsey had to give up her whole life and history for the Better Life. This way, we could truly feel and understand the loss and pain. If had just been written for us and not experienced with the character it would have lacked emotional punch.


Prior review: A great story and didn't see ending coming - wasn't entirely satisfying because of this, but characters stayed true. Entertaining and very enjoyable.

I was expecting cute little romances, but disappointed.
1) Fun meet-cute and characters - good short story
2) 10% fun inspiration by Christmas Carol. 90% repeatedly and endlessly dwelling on regrets 12 years earlier.
3) Woman has clothes ripped off and set up to be ogled in bath. Came off creepy.
4) Best of them. Neat setting and fun dinner.

Amazing characters that are messy, complicated, actually change opinions depending on what happened. World is detailed and interesting.
Recommend the audiobook so you can hear the words and chants.

Fun book with fun dialogue. Naz was believable and fun, but I just couldn't see any woman who grew up with her history encouraging such control of thoughts and words behaving like that.

I received this book as a Giveaway and didn't realize it was a true trilogy with the same couple and not successive couples.

Audiobook doesn't add to movie but awesome voice acting

I haven't read Xanth for a long time, but remember the adolescent humor and lighthearted pun filled stories. This reads like a fanfic of Piers Anthony.

Great idea - inconsistencies threw me out of the story. Basically if the Dr showed, it was to do something solely to move people through some random decisions. We have living, growing research subjects - we won't try to actually cure the disease with medication or even seeing if they can have self control. Let's teach them relevant things like calculus and mythology and see how their brains differ?! Lets burn the food in a funeral. And so on.
The whole idea of the brain fungus and how it worked was fun.

I was expecting a simple Us vs Them book with the simple cliche characters (Good and moral sheriff, misunderstood mutants). Even the expected character tropes were much more nuanced and complicated than I expected and I really enjoyed the book. The characters stayed true to their natures too.

I received this book from a Goodreads raffle.

It has all the interesting characters and magical world I usually enjoy. The 5 different world endings were too much. Goss and Subby and Wati were unique and interesting.

I received a copy of this book for a fair review. I have large jugs of local honey in my pantry so I may have bought it anyway.

Initial impressions - a very pretty book with nice pictures. I like the descriptions of the honey varieties and even the recipes that go best with each (wildflower vs tupelo vs ghost pepper).

Disclaimer- I received a copy of the book through a giveaway and read it in short sections which can interrupt continuity.

This book used nearly everything to awkwardly get our narrator to his next AhHa moments. Incompetent and missing police. Reveals that have nothing connecting them other than very contrived events and a convenient ending.

Always a great storyteller and I stay up way to late reading her stories. Often giggling.
She always has a new angle on the classic tropes - this one being a magical sword and respectable widow on an adventure. Slowly because of Prettyfoot the ox.

Not my favorite. I was looking forward to the Darius/ John story but it was so drawn out it wasn't interesting. The Blay/ Quinn story alternates with the villain Lash highlighting Quinn the cruelest, most self absorbed villain to date. And I think we are supposed to be rooting for HIM and not the kind honest one.

Cheeky fun
I read this in the proper way (lots of bookmarks). The euphemisms matched each plotline setting and were suitably goofy: rubbing the genie lamp, polishing moonstones, and even a page devoted to postman related. There were mysteries driving each plot and even with the number of decisions to cover, there were still surprises.

An actual Anita Blake story like the ones from the beginning. Fighting supernatural bad guys, and I enjoyed the paranormal crime solving. The love interests were pared down (less than 20 in number), and not most if the book (why I stopped reading her stuff entirely). Even though the story was great, the new love interests are upsetting. The worst one is the 7 on 1 orgy with a non-consenting 16 year old. Apparently if they were all blacked out it makes it okay. And the boy will be shipped off to New Orleans when 17 to continue such an awful storyline.
Not for me. So dropping series again.

I received this book as a Goodreads prize.

Fun but pacing an issue. All of the supporting character motivations, plot twists, and are revealed at the end. Makes for a biy of confusing slog. But, a fun, light, frothy read which was just what I was in the mood for.

Fun fairy tale

I always love the author's twists on traditional characters and this is no exception. I giggled out loud too for the elf veterinarian and tough goblin warband with a teddy bear and kitten. War scenes involved, so not for the younger fans.

Always a classic you will return to again and again! I return to read favorite passages frequently.


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I am only a few chapters in and giggling so hard I need to blow my nose. Funny and interesting and keeping me up.

The Phury story was decent. Mostly the book is good for tying up the first batch of characters, moving the plot and stakes of the Lessening Society, and introducing the next characters to find love. The new characters and new dangers are interesting and plan to continue with the series!

I couldn't finish the book because I got so frustrated at all the times people acted inconsistently or knowledge appeared and vanished randomly to serve a plot.
POTENTIAL SPOILER:
A major villain has steadily tortured and killed members of powerful families. They have no problem finding him to order murder, but cannot find him for revenge. One family he reduced to a few members and follows the woman to finish the job. Instead of torturing her to find a book, he pauses strikes a deal to teach her son in the future. This is witnessed by an apparently upstanding man he brought along. Then he finishes murdering her.

This was one of many instances of inconsistencies in characters, motivation, and knowledge that I just couldn't go along with.