Charles has left the little ladies to try their silly heads at planning. Myra picked up her pen and yellow pad. “You need a plan, Kathryn. Something that will entice these men to want to participate...to present vengeance as the cure to rape trauma. Not therapy, not time, not anything that might make sense in the real world, not even justice , no, vengeance is the solution. *HULK SMASH*
It isn't getting better. It may even be getting worse, if that's possible. In chapter four, we get planning before information, more hilarious research fail, bizarre racial hostility, and the usual...in front of her eyes. Because they’re all watching Myra’s e-mail activity. “Why the Queen of course. Ask a silly question and you get a silly answer. I’ll see you all in a bit.”
Lucius the Wanderer is back. Again. Three months almost the day, I think... *checks* 25th July it was when he came back last, and he stayed 2 weeks. He's in beautiful condition, if a little too... er. No. 17th century remember? - if he strips off down to his under-breeches, hose and shirt, he can't be wearing his ordinary breeches when he wakes up. - What, pray, is a "half-wounded adversary"
Charles, finally disuaded from talking about code breaking, continues to explain the plan. Such as it is. Well...you'll see. “Good. Then I’ll continue. This is how I see it. Obviously the men...at the rocking chair. Nikki asks if Barb is going to hang around, and goes to sleep with Barb watching over her and the comforting knowledge that she can always talk to her dead friend.
Ah, the research fail, the implausibility, the author's inability to remember what she wrote a page ago - this book truly has all the ingrediants of a best seller. And it never hesitates to go to twelve...hello there twelve. *headdesk* Any questions so far?” Why am I reading this book? *sob* The women all shook their heads. Anything to get him to stop talking about code breaking.
So, I've seen episode one, at least! Pretty good! Interesting so far, and I'll carry on with it. However couldn't they pick ANOTHER name for the Vampire than Bill? Are all the vampires called William...this month in royalties and fees. Now - if I had four books out there doing as well as Standish - I'd be self-supporting! Whee! Of course if I wrote more instead of just gassing....wanders off...
We now know that Myra is, creepily, blackmailing the members of the Sisterhood into being members of the Sisterhood. Yay. *headdesk* What follows also contains some hysterical research fail. Oh, and... Head high, her shoulder back, the words shot out of her mouth like bullets. Sporfle. “I want to slice off their goddamn balls with a dull knife.” Why not a spoon? It would hurt more.
Amber Allure set themselves up for prodding with the Spork-stick at times because they proclaim themselves "The Gold Standard in Publishing." And when I read blurbs like this - and excerpts like this I want to prod them with the spork and ask them what exchange rate they are using against their gold standard? He gave the great-looking body a raking glaze. Would that be tempura, slip, or sugar...
In fact, this book is starting to piss me off. I can be amused by bad writing, I am less amused by certain cliches that crop up far too often in fiction aimed at women. And one of those cliches cropped... Nikki agrees to this plan. The whole thing. *headdesk* Yes, I know, if she didn’t, there wouldn’t be a book. Characters should still have more reason than that for their actions.
