[ SECRET POST #2665 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2665 ⌋

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Comments

[darkmanifest]

I really liked these books as a teenager, read though them twice (their unique take on elves and mermaids was a lot of fun), but tumblr would tear them apart, I think. The worldbuilding is interesting in some ways (the seagoing people were badass), but still the usual "medieval Europe but with dragons" setup, Elena was cool as a main character but how little control she had over things as a young girl surrounded by grown dudes and destiny was frustrating (plus I got so sick of her relationship with that angsty one-armed douche), and I don't think things like that one Magical Native character with no identity outside of helping the white characters find their way would go over well.

Still, it was a good dark fantasy. Hated the author's other work, though, Godslayer Chronicles, it was like the forebear of Game of Thrones-esque grittiness that plagues the genre today.

[feotakahari]

Who do you mean by Magical Native? (The closest thing that comes to mind is the ex-shapeshifter or the nymph, and they both had a personality.)

Also, Er'ril wasn't THAT bad of a character, at least in comparison to some I've seen. I mean, I've read the Species Imperative series. I have seriously thought "I liked this MMC better when he sparkled in sunlight." Er'ril just can't compete with that.

[darkmanifest]

That very short black-skinned guy from an unnamed distant land who befriended Joach - the one they met on the ship in the second book, name started with an X, who had mysterious powers. Single darkest dude in the series can be summed up as "benign ooga booga man".

Er'ril wasn't an inherently bad character, I don't think, just annoying and hard to sympathize with for me, especially once that storyline with the female spider villain started. He had a good arc and if he hadn't started banging Elena I might have been able to like him.

Oh, nooo, don't tell me Czerneda pulled even worse shit with a main male character. Great, now I can't read Species Imperative, ever. Thanks for the warning, though.

[feotakahari]

"That very short black-skinned guy from an unnamed distant land who befriended Joach - the one they met on the ship in the second book, name started with an X, who had mysterious powers."

I confess I have no memory whatsoever of this character.

"Great, now I can't read Species Imperative, ever."

I hate to warn people away from that series, because everything else about it is great. It just keeps getting sidetracked so the FMC can lust over the MMC (who is seriously the same archetype as Edward Cullen, with most of the same behavioral patterns, just as an MIB instead of a vampire.)