I guess all book designers are of the "women won't buy books unless they can imagine themselves as the heroine" school.
edit: or maybe if they don't show her face they don't have to pay the model.
We're in love. We're ... lovers. We're lesbian, gay-type lovers.
Willow ,'Potential'
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Connie Neil - Apr 03, 2012 12:50:54 pm PDT #18332 of 28370
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§ ita § - Apr 03, 2012 12:57:48 pm PDT #18333 of 28370
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm assuming that she's a deep undercover FBI agent, with that getup.
meara - Apr 03, 2012 12:58:12 pm PDT #18334 of 28370
Plus, although it may be coming back, midriff tops are really out of style (compared to, say, the mid-90s when you could barely buy a shirt that covered your bellybutton). And most of these are supposed to be set around now-ish (either an alternate one with monsters, or a "real" one where no one but the heroine and her people KNOW about the monsters...). Hmph.
Ginger - Apr 03, 2012 1:52:23 pm PDT #18335 of 28370
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Apparently monsters keep midriff tops in style.
Steph L. - Apr 03, 2012 2:49:51 pm PDT #18336 of 28370
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I guess all book designers are of the "women won't buy books unless they can imagine themselves as the heroine" school.
Man, I read Discount Armaggedon and then I got my hair cut, and I still look NOTHING LIKE VERITY PRICE. Also can't dance.
Phooey.
Polter-Cow - Apr 03, 2012 3:02:21 pm PDT #18337 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Hee!!
Did you like it?
Steph L. - Apr 03, 2012 3:05:10 pm PDT #18338 of 28370
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Holy shit, I *really* did. (Okay, I may have thought the last big fight scene, with the music choreography, was a little cheesy. Or, rather, the choreography was a little cheesy. But I get it. She's a ballroom dancer. It's cool.)
But I really, really liked it. I want to know EVERYTHING about her family.
Polter-Cow - Apr 03, 2012 3:15:40 pm PDT #18339 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Okay, I may have thought the last big fight scene...was a little cheesy.
Ha, it totally was, but I agree that it's cool. Mostly I was just wanting to see that scene in the television show (come on, it's just begging to be a television show).
(Also I want to see the TV show because Seanan wants Alona Tal for Sarah.)
But I really, really liked it.
That's great to hear! I really liked it, but I felt like there was something missing, although I couldn't put my finger on it. And of course I found the romance aspect mostly eye-rolly (it works a bit better for me in the Toby books).
I want to know EVERYTHING about her family.
Great, because Seanan wants to tell you! She has the series mapped out (not in specifics, obvs) to, like, books nine and ten, I think, which are about Verity's grandmother's adventures in the underworld, based on the titles (she plans to switch POV characters every two books).
Pix - Apr 03, 2012 3:55:10 pm PDT #18340 of 28370
The status is NOT quo.
I LOVED Discount Armageddeon. Awesome book.
Polter-Cow - Apr 03, 2012 4:07:20 pm PDT #18341 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yay! And it juuuuust made it on the New York Times Bestseller list, too, so I hope that means DAW will pick up more books.
I linked it in my LJ post way back when, but you can also read "One Hell of a Ride" for free. It's the story of how a couple of Verity's ancestors met.