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Monthly Archives: February 2013
Untamed Chapter 12
Here’s an in universe question for PCK. Hasn’t anyone else noticed that all sorts of things have started happening since Zoey appeared? Think about it, here they are just going around being vampiric, wearing black, reading sad poetry by the … Continue reading
Posted in House of Night, Recap, Spork
Tagged Death by Drama, Many Many Powers, Sad Panda
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Untamed Chapter 11
One of the odd things that you have to worry about in a story is the passage of time. Not the time it takes to read the story but the flow of time around the characters. See, people will suspend … Continue reading
Posted in House of Night, Recap, Spork
Tagged Look at how Special we are, Me am Tragic Hero, Talk talk talk
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Untamed Chapter 10
One of the concepts that PCK doesn’t seem to have a firm grasp on is war. Of course, a lot of hacks don’t get it either. PCK is in good company with Paolini and any number of fantasy authors who … Continue reading
Posted in House of Night, Recap, Spork
Tagged Making No Sense, Talk talk talk, Too dumb to live
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Untamed Chapter 9
So now we have a vampire god and a vampire satan. That’s just great. PCK is one of those authors who thinks she’s clever because she said dark isn’t always bad and light isn’t always good. In a cap to … Continue reading
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Tagged Evil and Stupid, Looking for the plot, Talk talk talk
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Untamed Chapter 8
One of the things I’ve always found particularly lame is when authors try to work in an allegory for racism or bigotry into fantasy or science fiction. The good ones can do it but a good author can do just … Continue reading
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Tagged Me am Special, Talk talk talk, The plot thins
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Untamed Chapter 7
What if Nyx didn’t actually exist? I mean in universe, of course. What if Zoey were merely hallucinating visions of Nyx whenever she was stressed? Think about it, Zoey’s been exposed to a fundamentalist environment at home during her later … Continue reading
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Tagged Center of Everything, Do As I Say!, Me am Special
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Untamed Chapter 6
Why does it always have to be the end of the world? Is that the best motive that hacks can come up with? ‘Uh, how about the world will end? I wouldn’t like that because I live on the world.’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Dull Details, Many Many Powers, Talk talk talk
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Untamed Chapter 5
Brown pop is a phrase I’m sick of hearing in this series. I know I’ve said it before but it bears repeating seeing how PCK keeps using it. Some authors will stuff a brand in their work because that’s their … Continue reading
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Tagged A Vision, Center of Everything, Talk talk talk
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Untamed Chapter 4
With the introduction of Stark, I have to wonder if all of Zoey’s future boyfriends will be similar. By that I mean particularly skilled in a way which will serve the plot later. It’s not like we don’t know that … Continue reading
Untamed Chapter 3
Zoey waits for Neferet to leave before asking Stark if he’s hungry. Now that’s a chapter hook. ‘Are you hungry?’ ‘Yup.’ ‘Let’s get some food then.’ Luckily for Stark he showed up at the exact same time as they were … Continue reading
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Tagged Just because okay?, Me am Special, Only the Best
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