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Magical Snowflake
Jan. 6th, 2010 08:39 pmThe Magical Christmas Cat, by Nalini Singh, Erin McCarthy, Linda Winstead Jones and Lora Leigh
Okay, so I vaguely knew these were romance authors and the picture on the cover is all sweet and fluffy - a white cat with a snowglobe. So I thought this would be light romance novellas with a dash of fantasy and a Christmas theme. Something cheerful and fluffy for the holidays. No, no, no, no. Paranormal romances, mostly VERY hot and heavy, featuring changelings, demon cats, etc. (yes, each one is vaguely Christmas-related - that's the only thing I got right from the cover/title.) Goodness gracious!! I could not have read it on public transit without feeling uncomfortable (I guess maybe that is why the cover was so innocuous). That said, I do think I will read some more Nalini Singh one of these days (good characters, fun fluff) and the others were quite competent. Not sure I would've enjoyed all of them if I was healthy enough to notice the plot holes and clunky writing - but the one that felt clunkiest was also the one with the hottest sex... *fans self, changes subject*.
(5/200)
The Art of the Snowflake, by Kenneth Libbrecht
Very beautiful pictures of snowflakes. With just enough text that I didn't completely zone out staring at all the pretty pretties.
(6/200)
Okay, so I vaguely knew these were romance authors and the picture on the cover is all sweet and fluffy - a white cat with a snowglobe. So I thought this would be light romance novellas with a dash of fantasy and a Christmas theme. Something cheerful and fluffy for the holidays. No, no, no, no. Paranormal romances, mostly VERY hot and heavy, featuring changelings, demon cats, etc. (yes, each one is vaguely Christmas-related - that's the only thing I got right from the cover/title.) Goodness gracious!! I could not have read it on public transit without feeling uncomfortable (I guess maybe that is why the cover was so innocuous). That said, I do think I will read some more Nalini Singh one of these days (good characters, fun fluff) and the others were quite competent. Not sure I would've enjoyed all of them if I was healthy enough to notice the plot holes and clunky writing - but the one that felt clunkiest was also the one with the hottest sex... *fans self, changes subject*.
(5/200)
The Art of the Snowflake, by Kenneth Libbrecht
Very beautiful pictures of snowflakes. With just enough text that I didn't completely zone out staring at all the pretty pretties.
(6/200)
