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The Strange Path
Jan. 9th, 2013 02:09 pmSo every now and then in recent years I hunt up books by authors that I first got to know through the uber-Xena fanfiction movement. I generally don't buy the paper versions of the stories that I've *already* read because I've already got them on my computer, I pick out other things by people I like.
Most such purchases have been a little disappointing. I'm not sure why - the first problem that comes to mind is that it's a little predictable watching a really obvious lesbian pairing deal with their differences and then get together, but uber-xena fic is even MORE predictable and I ate that stuff up, so... I dunno. Maybe I'm in a different frame of mind when I'm chewing on delicious candy fanfic online than when I've actually bought a book? I've also bought one other that's a mystery/ghost story sort of thing rather than pure romance but that particular author is extremely hit-and-miss for me (she goes deep into atmosphere for books but said atmosphere is sometimes too vulgar for my tastes... some of her works I love like crazy, others I can't stand)
So what all this comes down to is that I just finished reading The Strange Path, first book of D Jordan Redhawk's Sanguire trilogy, and despite myself I really enjoyed it. Enough wheels and characters spinning to keep things from being super-predictable, and our lesbian protagonist's love life is not that simple either.
Why despite myself? Vampires. Seattle. I have too much background there and it makes me automatically nitpicky of new flavors of Our Vampires Are Different, and I find myself a bit dubious that Seattle's homeless culture actually works like that, although it's not like I would know either. But those were just little niggles in my mind, not stopping me from eagerly turning pages.
Most such purchases have been a little disappointing. I'm not sure why - the first problem that comes to mind is that it's a little predictable watching a really obvious lesbian pairing deal with their differences and then get together, but uber-xena fic is even MORE predictable and I ate that stuff up, so... I dunno. Maybe I'm in a different frame of mind when I'm chewing on delicious candy fanfic online than when I've actually bought a book? I've also bought one other that's a mystery/ghost story sort of thing rather than pure romance but that particular author is extremely hit-and-miss for me (she goes deep into atmosphere for books but said atmosphere is sometimes too vulgar for my tastes... some of her works I love like crazy, others I can't stand)
So what all this comes down to is that I just finished reading The Strange Path, first book of D Jordan Redhawk's Sanguire trilogy, and despite myself I really enjoyed it. Enough wheels and characters spinning to keep things from being super-predictable, and our lesbian protagonist's love life is not that simple either.
Why despite myself? Vampires. Seattle. I have too much background there and it makes me automatically nitpicky of new flavors of Our Vampires Are Different, and I find myself a bit dubious that Seattle's homeless culture actually works like that, although it's not like I would know either. But those were just little niggles in my mind, not stopping me from eagerly turning pages.
