Last week, over a 24 hour period, I devoured Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews. It’s the third in the Kate Daniels urban fantasy series about merc/mage/kickass female hero Kate Daniels (the previous two being Magic Bites and Magic Burns), written in first person, set in a futuristic and magical Atlanta. I’ll try to keep the reaction as spoiler-free as possible. [...]
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Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews
posted by erin on April 24, 2009
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2009/magic-strikes-by-ilona-andrews
The argument: Bella is no Buffy, to her detriment.
I found this article yesterday on an author’s blog and I absolutely agree with the article (and the author’s sentiment, though I won’t link back out of courtesy to the author’s post’s request). The article’s author makes a terrific, and alarming, point about the potentially dangerous and potent message of the Twilight books by Stephenie Meyer. [...]
posted by erin on December 5, 2008
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2008/the-argument-bella-is-no-buffy-to-her-detriment
It’s startling what a little caffeine will do to me.
By a little I mean the hastily chugged remains of this morning’s second cup of coffee, still sitting on the counter. It was cold. It went down easily. (Coffee and I are rather unhappily codependent unless flavoring — pumpkin spice, toffee nut — are involved. Alas, going to Starbucks hurts, so unhappily codependent we remain.) [...]
posted by erin on October 6, 2007
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2007/its-startling-what-a-little-caffeine-will-do-to-me
Riff regarding female characters.
I’ve realized that I like novels with male main characters provided their female supporting characters are interesting and well-developed. I don’t need a female hero to make me happy; in fact, in some cases, it’s hard to pull off (well, hard to do pre-2000, probably) so I like male main characters. There’s something about that… [...]
posted by erin on August 28, 2007
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2007/riff-regarding-female-characters
