A Lick of Frost by Laurell K Hamilton

[snugglekitty]

Oh, Hamilton, what depths you sink to.

I don't mean that. I really don't. Micah was so much worse. But basically this is Faery Porn. If that works for you, then great. If you're looking for substance, you're in the wrong section. I was actually rather surprised when the book started developing a plot unexpectedly near the end. Still, it's good fun. Two and a half stars.

On the other hand, I was unable to finish The Godmother by Carrie Adams. I read the first eighty pages, and then I realized that I didn't like where the book was going and I wasn't enjoying it at all. So I stopped. (Do you ever stop books before you're done?

Comments

[dilletante.livejournal.com]

is this in the meredith gentry series? that was always faerie porn. i liked that it was at least more relaxed than the vampire porn. :) and that instead of bad invented d/s psychology she had some kind of charming faerie etiquette like "the first time you see someone naked you have to tell them they're hot, naming something specific about them that you like."

[lady-anemone.livejournal.com]

Yup, you're quite right, this is in the Faerie Porn series. However, it has even less plot than it used to. I prefer the etiquette in this, as well. I also like that the main character isn't a prude. But anyway.

[elkor.livejournal.com]

At least it isn't angst written like her Anita Blake books.

And the sex is a part of the plot, rather than a side-trip from the plot.

And it's well written (though I haven't read her most recent)

[opn.livejournal.com]

I now stop reading books before I'm finished if I find myself thinking, "Wow, this is time I'll never get back in my life and I'll have wasted it on *this*." Movies at theatres, ditto. (Television, however...I'll watch the WORST television-anything all the way through because I can multi-task while watching.)

I returned LKH's last vampire book almost untouched. I may have read the first few pages. I just couldn't bring myself to read the whole thing or even flip through to "the good parts". I wanted to like it but my faith in her even to simply entertain me on a way-easy level has been lost.

[desiringsubject.livejournal.com]

I have a few others of the "A X of Y" genre. I don't have that one but Frost is a character in the ones I do have. I read them on the plane to and from Poland.

If they weren't so *obnoxiously* heterosexual, I would enjoy them more. On the other hand, I suspect that actual heterosexuals would not consider them so... so whaddya do?

But I do like the cosmos she makes. It's fun. I liked... er... fuck. I forget the name. It was a fairy thingie set in boston... better. Tired now. There were druids. Don't remember the name. UGH! Left it in PR. May never know. Sigh. Fun and lighthearted book.

[mymagritte.livejournal.com]

Oh, I loved the first few books. Repetitive plot and porn. I muat to admit, I haven't read the latest book after hearing about the plot. I like the hetero fiary porn, but I also want some progression in the plot. I mean, come on, this was supposed to be a three book series! She shouldn't have let anyone convince her to stretch it out more.

[lady-anemone.livejournal.com]

That's true - it's good that the sex IS the plot rather than distracting from the plot. I didn't think of it that way before. :)

Well-written? I'm not sure that I agree with you on that.

[lady-anemone.livejournal.com]

Hmm. That's interesting. I wouldn't walk out of a movie, unless I was close to the end of an aisle - it would feel rude to me.

I generally use the Nancy Pearl mandate - if I don't like anything about the book by page 50, I put it down. I also put it down at any point if I feel that I don't anticipate getting any more enjoyment out of it. But that doesn't happen to me often.

[lady-anemone.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's a good point - they're not queer enough for us queer folks, but probably way too queer for the straight ones. Hmmm.

Something set in Boston, with druids? I don't know that one. If you think of the name, or the author, let me know, okay?