tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748211313953490132.post4297804989067225325..comments2024-03-02T03:42:21.541-05:00Comments on Bastard Books: Bastard Reaction: Full Blooded by Amanda CarlsonBastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06262625208142078301noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748211313953490132.post-78974671569020057342012-11-30T08:08:11.385-05:002012-11-30T08:08:11.385-05:00Awesome, glad you loved it. Very much looking forw...Awesome, glad you loved it. Very much looking forward to the sequel, Hot Blooded.Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06262625208142078301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748211313953490132.post-65750885568814580272012-11-30T06:08:42.399-05:002012-11-30T06:08:42.399-05:00Just finished this book myself this week and I lov...Just finished this book myself this week and I loved it. As my first taste of werewolf fiction this was awesome. - @abhinavjain87Abhinav Jainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12269856650563661938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748211313953490132.post-29394278917051968652012-10-29T20:02:48.808-04:002012-10-29T20:02:48.808-04:00Okay, I am commenting so you know I was here. We&...Okay, I am commenting so you know I was here. We've talked about this one, and yes I loved it. :) You know. lol.Melissa (My World...in words and pages)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09621830513280969319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748211313953490132.post-17559625550632269452012-10-25T08:44:22.461-04:002012-10-25T08:44:22.461-04:00Removed my comment. That was dumb. I should have r...Removed my comment. That was dumb. I should have read the entire review before commenting, huh?Paul Weimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02444942522624902562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748211313953490132.post-27585059165078022852012-10-25T08:41:10.565-04:002012-10-25T08:41:10.565-04:00Yes, I linked to it in the review. Very much repre...Yes, I linked to it in the review. Very much representative of the writing style found in the novel.<br /><br />The action in the novel is more violently detailed though, but I think the dialogue overall and the narration of the main character is on point.<br /><br />I personally don't like reading novella's and short stories.Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06262625208142078301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748211313953490132.post-65832715462313210892012-10-25T08:17:29.898-04:002012-10-25T08:17:29.898-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Paul Weimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02444942522624902562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748211313953490132.post-31696869817970170502012-10-25T08:14:43.659-04:002012-10-25T08:14:43.659-04:00thanks for the clarification, I think I was readin...thanks for the clarification, I think I was reading more into your review than what you'd intended. <br /><br />that's the thing with debut novels sometimes, there might be some minor flaws, but the authors potential shines through them!redheadhttp://littleredreviewer.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748211313953490132.post-45149173497998429552012-10-24T22:55:10.566-04:002012-10-24T22:55:10.566-04:00Well, I don't know if I'd call them all ne...Well, I don't know if I'd call them all negatives. I just identified some areas that I felt could be improved on (considering more than anything this is a debut effort), but I wouldn't go as far as call them negatives, maybe it came off the wrong way from me.<br /><br />The only real negative for me was that portion about the isolated trek I mentioned in the review. But it's a minor thing all considered, but considering my personal tastes it detracted from the enjoyment I was having up to that point.<br /><br />The book is a tons of fun though I felt. Would I recommend this book to you? Well honestly, I'm not sure I would knowing some of your reservations, and I'm very picky about recommending some of the books I enjoy in UF to people who don't generally read UF. But I would exhort just about any urban fantasy reader to give it a shot.<br /><br />Action-wise (which I also identified above) wasn't a negative, but a very big positive. My complaints was more in my self-interest to seeing it getting better in the future because as mentioned in the review, the action in the first portion of the novel was some of the best I've seen in the subgenre. So I saw it as a very attainable goal that could make future books even better.<br /><br />In all a good start for a series in the UF subgenre that I think will gain a lot of fans who'll be charmed by the main character and her fun kick-ass nature :)<br /><br />Will see how the rest goes, hope that clarifies some of my position on it. Hard to give something I feel is constructive criticism without coming off as all negative. Oh well, such is life.Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06262625208142078301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748211313953490132.post-9239702643910375582012-10-24T22:38:44.199-04:002012-10-24T22:38:44.199-04:00and here's where i get nervous about picking s...and here's where i get nervous about picking some of these books up. you enjoyed this one a lot. . . but you sure listed plenty of negatives too. :(redheadhttp://littleredreviewer.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com