I was wondering why you gave up on it. I thought it was the religious stuff...in Dead Masks. Maybe both?
At any rate - what you related above is admittedly a huge problem with the urban fantasy genre, and why it's difficult to take the genre seriously. Not the best written of genres. The heroes and heroines, not to mention villains, appear to have the stamina of the Energizer Bunny on steroids. After a bit, you think, okay, the characters should be dead by now. At least Buffy ended up in the hospital.
The female centric ones aren't quite as eye-rolling in that respect. (They are in other respects, but not that one.) What I liked about Illona Andrews novels - is the character is constantly laid up in the hospital or a medical facility and almost dies various times. Also by the 6th book - she has a pronounced limp and a bad knee/hip that keeps acting up - because she kept fighting on it instead of letting it heal properly. She's in short, not invulnerable.
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At any rate - what you related above is admittedly a huge problem with the urban fantasy genre, and why it's difficult to take the genre seriously. Not the best written of genres. The heroes and heroines, not to mention villains, appear to have the stamina of the Energizer Bunny on steroids. After a bit, you think, okay, the characters should be dead by now. At least Buffy ended up in the hospital.
The female centric ones aren't quite as eye-rolling in that respect. (They are in other respects, but not that one.) What I liked about Illona Andrews novels - is the character is constantly laid up in the hospital or a medical facility and almost dies various times. Also by the 6th book - she has a pronounced limp and a bad knee/hip that keeps acting up - because she kept fighting on it instead of letting it heal properly. She's in short, not invulnerable.