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Oct. 17th, 2013 10:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowkatHaving finished reading Ready Player One - which basically read like 25th Century teen's guide to 1980s videogames, I'm flirting with various books.
Two - I've recently discovered on Good Reads and downloaded samples:
* Breed by Chase Novak. This one was rec'd by Stephen King as amongst the best books of 2012. A wealthy but childless NYC couple in desperation decides to go to Slovenia to get pregnant. It works, but with some horrific side effects. Skip ten years later, the lovely twins are locked in their rooms at night. Because their parents are slowly turning into werewolves. According to the reviews - it reads like a pitch-black comedy.
* The other one is An Uncommon Whore - it's basically an LGBT space-opera. The blurb states that a pirate Captain has searched the universe for his planet's lost king, so you can imagine his shock when he discovers the king between his legs and in shackles. Now he faces a dire choice - he knows he must restore his king to the throne immediately - but if he does so, he risks losing his lover. It sounds cheesy as hell. But I like male/male romances because they tend to be less cliche ridden and not as stereotypical. Also the relationship is more complex. I don't know why writers can't do the same thing with heterosexual romances. Although to be fair, some fanfic writers have managed it - but oddly, they aren't heterosexual.
* Another interesting book is The Lies of Locke Lamora - which I have on my Kindle (I got on sale for 1.99), it's a fantasy/sci-fi about a roguish thief and his friend's adventures.
* And finally The Heiress Effect by Courtney Milan about an heiress who is going out of her way to turn off men in the 18th Century, because she doesn't want to get married - what she wants to do is go off with her younger sister and have fun.
But her sister won't be free of the nasty guardian until 438 days have passed, or she comes of age. So the heroine has to stay unmarried for 438 days, and if she succeeds - she can take her sister away from the nasty guardian and live happily ever after. Meanwhile, Oliver Cromwell (no relation to the historic figure) is busy trying to obtain political power in parilament and necessary reforms, he's a soliciter - which the heroine deliberately confuses with an accountant. He takes an interest in the heroine, feeling sorry for her, not realizing she's deliberately being inane and frightful - in order to drive men away from her.
Okay off to bed.
Two - I've recently discovered on Good Reads and downloaded samples:
* Breed by Chase Novak. This one was rec'd by Stephen King as amongst the best books of 2012. A wealthy but childless NYC couple in desperation decides to go to Slovenia to get pregnant. It works, but with some horrific side effects. Skip ten years later, the lovely twins are locked in their rooms at night. Because their parents are slowly turning into werewolves. According to the reviews - it reads like a pitch-black comedy.
* The other one is An Uncommon Whore - it's basically an LGBT space-opera. The blurb states that a pirate Captain has searched the universe for his planet's lost king, so you can imagine his shock when he discovers the king between his legs and in shackles. Now he faces a dire choice - he knows he must restore his king to the throne immediately - but if he does so, he risks losing his lover. It sounds cheesy as hell. But I like male/male romances because they tend to be less cliche ridden and not as stereotypical. Also the relationship is more complex. I don't know why writers can't do the same thing with heterosexual romances. Although to be fair, some fanfic writers have managed it - but oddly, they aren't heterosexual.
* Another interesting book is The Lies of Locke Lamora - which I have on my Kindle (I got on sale for 1.99), it's a fantasy/sci-fi about a roguish thief and his friend's adventures.
* And finally The Heiress Effect by Courtney Milan about an heiress who is going out of her way to turn off men in the 18th Century, because she doesn't want to get married - what she wants to do is go off with her younger sister and have fun.
But her sister won't be free of the nasty guardian until 438 days have passed, or she comes of age. So the heroine has to stay unmarried for 438 days, and if she succeeds - she can take her sister away from the nasty guardian and live happily ever after. Meanwhile, Oliver Cromwell (no relation to the historic figure) is busy trying to obtain political power in parilament and necessary reforms, he's a soliciter - which the heroine deliberately confuses with an accountant. He takes an interest in the heroine, feeling sorry for her, not realizing she's deliberately being inane and frightful - in order to drive men away from her.
Okay off to bed.