Moon Called, Blood Bound, Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs

[lightreads]

Oh my God, you guys. Stop the presses! I have figured it out. The sudden, shocking explosion of paranormal romantical urban fantasy written in the first-person on a plucky, mouthy heroin? You wondered why, and now I know.

It's not the blood-tingling appeal of a sexy vampire. Oh no no no. It's much better than that. I mean, this is 2008, for God's sake. We're, like, post feminist, okay? We want books about plucky, smart-mouthed heroins who every man [vampire, werewolf, police officer [delete as applicable]] inexplicably falls in love with. But we really don't want to get carried away, right? Don't want to ruin a good thing. Which is why this whole paranormal romantical first-person fantasy thing is awesome – your [vampire, werewolf, alpha of the pack [[delete as applicable]] can be the overbearing, obnoxious, belittling asshole of yore, but it's all right, he can't help it, it's the nature of being a [vampire, werewolf, alpha of the pack [[delete as applicable]]. You have the awesome hotness of a disrespectful, dominating love interest, and none of that nasty guilt! Even when our heroin is raped and spends the rest of the book angsting about how this means the pack won't respect her boyfriend anymore! Win!

Comments

[bayleaf.livejournal.com]

God, yes, that aspect of those books makes me insane. It isn't even like that aspect of 'alphas' is suggested once and dropped, oh no. It's a theme of the books and every. single. time. she brings it up I feel raaaaaaaaage at the various characters excusing abusive behavior.

[lightreads.livejournal.com]

I mean, there are urban fantasy authors who can sell me occassionally inappropriate behavior from nonhuman characters because they are nonhuman. But this is just -- no no no. You do not get to sell me often inappropriate behavior from characters who are nonhuman because you think it's hot.

[quietann.livejournal.com]

snicker!

[buymeaclue.livejournal.com]

Wow, I wish you'd read these last year...you'd have saved me a whole lot of typing: http://buymeaclue.livejournal.com/466616.html

[lightreads.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you. I actually remembered that post, though I mostly read comments so as not to spoil self. I think it really is partly that this is supposed to be the 'break-out book' that makes it more appalling.