Spontaneous Musings

Swiped from Courtesy of dlgood who wisely doesn't partake of new books on the best-seller lists.

A Negative Review of Breaking Dawn by Elizabeth Hand in the Washington Post

To appreciate this you have to know that Elizabeth Hand wrote the anti-romantic, pro-feminist book Waking The Moon - considered a bit of an underground cult hit in dark fantasy.
And one of her pals writes book reviews and pulpy vampire horror novels amongst other things.
Neither have ever made the splash Twilight is. But both, I will state, have written somewhat better books - I was actually able to read and enjoy Hand. She's not great...the book's fun, but a bit over-the-top in places regarding the rituals. Donna Tartt's Secret History was a lot better. As was Tom Tyron's Harvest Home, but whatever.