The novels by Karen Chance I'm reading run into that problem. First the character is a clarivyoant who can also see ghosts. But she was raised by a vampire, and then she finds out that she's going to be Pythia, the ultimate seer and oh yeah she's tied to this really powerful vampire.
The vampires in this have a weird heirarchy and it seems like everyone famous is a vampire -- Christopher Marlowe -- vampire (and he was Shakespeare and he's a spy) Man in the Iron Mask -- Vampire (really hot one)! Jack the Ripper - Vampire (totally crazy vampire)! Cleopatra -- Vampire (she wears snakes!).
Except Elvis, Elvis is a zombie.
Oh and Jim Morrison -- he's a ghost.
But I'd rather read this than whatever Anita Blake has turned into.
Except Elvis, Elvis is a zombie.
Probably 'cause he was already vamped in the Sookie books.
I like the Weather Warden books well enough, but they are kind of like store-bought cookies to me. The pacing is always flat-out, there's very little downtime, and wassname, the lead, always gets more powerful. I want something to get resolved already, and it's not happening.
Caine in one of her other books violated the rule of "IT DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY YOU NIMROD!!!" (For something that was pretty obvious. Not niche.)
Therefore, I have stopped reading her stuff.
Please to explain, miss PMM?
So funny--I just re-read the first three Weather Warden books (which I own--haven't read the rest of them, I got a bit irked at the third book and the increased drama/power/etc)...
...and then went to the library where they'd just got a shipment of new books, and picked up Undone, the spinoff mentioned above (which was interesting, I may try to find the next one of that) and Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand (I read the first Kitty book, enjoyed, HATED the second, didnt' buy it, read the third one in the store, liked it better, skipped the fourth...this one was...meh. Wouldn't have paid for it.)
...I've gotten so terribly picky about my trashy scifi. Good lord.
Please to explain, miss PMM?
She got some female reproductive crap and associated accessories throw-the-book-across-the-room wrong. I was highly irked.
It's one thing to have a "that's not how it WORKS" fit regarding something somewhat obscure. That I can (for the most part) get over. But for me, this was a deal breaker. I was also extra-cranky because the first book of the two was so, so good. And then the second one was so, so bad, which (because the first book had kind of a cliffhanger) ruined the first book for me.
