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Disclaimer: I know the author of the first book and the publisher of both.
Hickey of the Beast
This is a story about boarding school by someone who obviously attended one. It’s clever and holds together well. Remarkably clean--Kunkel dances around the issues of hookups and a lot of the more potentially-horrific issues in a neatly YA-acceptable way. It’s a hard balance to strike, making it both scary and sexy enough to interest readers but not push them away. I think she does it well. (Especially given that the author writes supernatural erotica under another pen name.)
It had originally been released as a serial novel in weekly chapters, but I wasn’t able to keep up with them and actually re-started from the beginning last month. Having briefly attempted reading serials twice now, I think I’m going to just wait for the finished book in the future. Jethrien likes them, but they’re not my thing.
Broken
Jethrien posted her review of I, Crimsonstreak a little while ago. I also read that, but didn’t both posting my thoughts because I wasn’t wild about it. This book is what I, Crimsonstreak was trying (and failing) to be. That was a middling superhero story that didn’t know what it was doing. This is a solid story that happens to involve superheroes and knows exactly what it’s doing.
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Overall: Both were good reads, both are recommended.
Hickey of the Beast
This is a story about boarding school by someone who obviously attended one. It’s clever and holds together well. Remarkably clean--Kunkel dances around the issues of hookups and a lot of the more potentially-horrific issues in a neatly YA-acceptable way. It’s a hard balance to strike, making it both scary and sexy enough to interest readers but not push them away. I think she does it well. (Especially given that the author writes supernatural erotica under another pen name.)
It had originally been released as a serial novel in weekly chapters, but I wasn’t able to keep up with them and actually re-started from the beginning last month. Having briefly attempted reading serials twice now, I think I’m going to just wait for the finished book in the future. Jethrien likes them, but they’re not my thing.
Broken
Jethrien posted her review of I, Crimsonstreak a little while ago. I also read that, but didn’t both posting my thoughts because I wasn’t wild about it. This book is what I, Crimsonstreak was trying (and failing) to be. That was a middling superhero story that didn’t know what it was doing. This is a solid story that happens to involve superheroes and knows exactly what it’s doing.
( Read more... )
Overall: Both were good reads, both are recommended.
