blog reviews of Melusine, again pro and con

[truepenny]

muneraven likes it.

So does bryi.

linaerys does not.

Honestly

Well, no one told me this book was good, they just told me it was slashy.

may be the best one-sentence diss EVAR.

(Also, for the record, I do in fact know that porphyria is a blood disease. Porphyria Levant is actually named after the unfortunate woman in Robert Browning's "Porphyria's Lover."* But a blood-wizard sharing a name with a blood disease ... bonus!)

llellewyn doesn't like it either.

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*Scott McCloud rocks.

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I have been silent and withdrawn recently because I am engaged in the life or death struggle with the other pantomime horse for the position in the merchant bank. Which is to say, page-proofs of The Mirador. As of this morning, I've cleared page 300 of 426, so normal service may be resuming shortly.

Or it may not. You never can tell with bees.