August 14th, 2008
Recently Finished Books
Audio: Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer (Audio) 4.5 of 5 stars. I am impressed that that Stephenie Meyer can keep the quality of the books so high. This was a harder, somewhat darker book to take, but still very satisfying. I really felt sad for Jacob. In a lot of ways, he and Alice are the most memorable and interesting characters.
Read: Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer. Outstanding. 4.5 of 5 stars. This one had a bit more humor than the others, and the danger never really seemed as dire as the first 3 books, but that really fits my preferences better anyway.
Firestorm , Rachel Caine. 4 of 5 stars. In contrast, this one was quite a bit darker. The death of one character really made me sad. The danger / loss is much higher in these books, though the humor was still there. Were Joanne not as easy to like, or the humor less successful, I would probably find this series too dark. Pushing Charlaine Harris Sookie Stackhouse dark. I want to be happy when a book is done (not happy that the book is done, if you take my meaning…)