Since I needed to spend some time lying around, and there are only so many unoccupied computers at once in our house:
Daughter of Hounds is kind of a sequel to Low Red Moon. I was a little iffy about picking this one up, especially since the cover art looked like an attempt to sell to the Anita Blake fan market, but what the hell. It’s hard to review this without getting into spoilers, but it’s an interesting look into the world of the ghouls without making you feel like you picked up something by White Wolf. It’s also not as scary or disturbing as Low Red Moon. Granted, that’s a high bar, but even the ghouls aren’t half as scary as Narcissa Snow.
I’ve been finding Patrick Califia‘s latest stuff disappointing. I don’t mean disappointing in the “not my kink” kind of way (okay, that too) but just…not as well written as his previous work. There’s nothing in Boy in the Middle that’s as gripping or well-written as the stories in No Mercy. He’s started to fall back on explaining and exposition rather than just showing us, or getting inside the heads of his characters. If you’re one of the people who still can’t get enough of vampires, you might like it.
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It’s also not as scary or disturbing as Low Red Moon. Granted, that’s a high bar, but even the ghouls aren’t half as scary as Narcissa Snow.
This makes me sad, but I shall probably check it out anyway. I forget – have you read Threshold?