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What I'm reading
Jun. 1st, 2019 12:52 pmFinished reading Patricia Briggs' 11th werewolf book, Storm Cursed.
I think Briggs is running into the same problem Julian May did late in her Many-Colored Land series: that asymptote where you need the baddies to keep getting badder so the heroes have bigger challenges to overcome, but you haven't paced yourself, and how bad can a baddie possibly get?
I like these characters, especially Zee: the cranky old fae who taught Mercy auto maintenance. And I still enjoy watching Mercy navigate the uncomfortable status of an authority she doesn't want, gained through a patriarchal structure she doesn't endorse, over a dangerous family who didn't accept her but who has come to respect her grit and ingenuity.
It does feel like the series is running out of places to go, though. I'm wondering how many more installments before we get the Evil Twin Skippy episode. :-D
I think Briggs is running into the same problem Julian May did late in her Many-Colored Land series: that asymptote where you need the baddies to keep getting badder so the heroes have bigger challenges to overcome, but you haven't paced yourself, and how bad can a baddie possibly get?
I like these characters, especially Zee: the cranky old fae who taught Mercy auto maintenance. And I still enjoy watching Mercy navigate the uncomfortable status of an authority she doesn't want, gained through a patriarchal structure she doesn't endorse, over a dangerous family who didn't accept her but who has come to respect her grit and ingenuity.
It does feel like the series is running out of places to go, though. I'm wondering how many more installments before we get the Evil Twin Skippy episode. :-D
