why do I do this???

[mickeym]

62 pages into Laurell Hamilton's The Harlequin, and I've lost track of who's fucking who, and I'm ready to throw the damn book at the wall.

Someone tell me again why the hell I keep reading her?

Oh, yeah. Nathaniel.

*headdesk*

Comments

[darkseaglass.livejournal.com]

You could be writing me Ricky/JC. Such a better use of your time.

[sinuous-curve.livejournal.com]

NATHANIEL WITH HIS HAIR AND HIS PURPLE EYES AND HIS HC WET DREAM BACK STORY.

*cough*

[dragovianknight.livejournal.com]

Since it's LKH, I suspect "everyone's fucking everyone or will be by the end of the book" can't be too far off the mark.

[clumsygyrl.livejournal.com]

...i also like jason.

and asher.

and edward.

really, it's more about her secondary characters for me.

[cormallen.livejournal.com]

...or you could be writing way, way hotter fic. Just sayin' :)
(don't mind me, I gave up on Laurell Hamilton a while ago)

[raynedanser.livejournal.com]

Nathaniel is the only thing worth reading in those books.

But don't bother with anything past this. It just gets worse and Blood Noir? The newest? Is positively horrible, from what I hear.

[dine.livejournal.com]

even for pretty pretty Nathaniel I can't stomach her books - I gave up several years ago, and it's made me a much happier person

[munibunny.livejournal.com]

Man, I'm just impressed you're reading a book! :)

[topaz119.livejournal.com]

Not even for Nathaniel can I read her anymore.

[geneli4.livejournal.com]

ugh.

she almost put me off the whole genre. in fact, for a longass time, she totally did.

[rejeneration.livejournal.com]

I have been a Laurell K. Hamilton fan for _years_ love. I won't pick up a book for even money. She completely ruined Anita Blake and it's such a tragedy it makes me sad.

[rejeneration.livejournal.com]

Edward. God, Edward. There's just so. much. material for Edward!

[rejeneration.livejournal.com]

You and me both, sister! <3

[cormallen.livejournal.com]

I'm no critic, scholar or lit expert, but she ruined Anita Blake, as far as I am concerned. Her only current redeemable quality to me is the fact that my friend J reads her, and therefore, I can mock him (to be fair, I also mock his mancrush on Dean Winchester, his Guitar Hero skills and his dorkarific floppy hair *g*).

[clumsygyrl.livejournal.com]

even ted forrester is a sexier name than... well. some of the other folks she's named! i... *hands*

[scot-ty.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad to hear someone else say this. I'm so angry with her. She destroyed this series. I kept trying to stay with it, but Burnt Offering was probably the last one that had any semblance of a plot. Her editor should be tarred and feathered.

[ellipsisblack.livejournal.com]

:o Masochist!

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

NO KIDDING. *g*

Gimme a prompt, chica.

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

Well, aside from that, I like him ;) Though I think I'd like him better if his hair was a little (like, three or four FEET) shorter... :P

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

Mmm, probably not. Dammit. I kind of liked the books a lot better before it became necessary for Anita to fuck anything with a pulse (and a lot of things without).

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

I love Asher. And Jason. (I really want Jason/Nathaniel, thanks). And oh, Edward. *happy sigh*

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

I keep WANTING to give up on her...but there's still Nathaniel *g*

But I will totally concede that yeah, I write better sex than she does. WAY better. :P

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

Hey! I read books! *g* Just, it's hard to get into fiction when so much fanfiction is a thousand times better! :) See, even Sammy agrees ;)

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

I think I've about reached that point. :(

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I'm kind of hovering in that spot now, myself.

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

I remember *devouring* the first five books or so -- couldn't put them down. Now, it's hard to force myself to pick one back up. :-/ I hate that.

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

I have trouble believing she HAS an editor, based on the number of typos and whatnot I've come across in the last couple of books. It's disgusting. And yeah, she's destroyed not only the series, but the characters, as well.

[cormallen.livejournal.com]

Not even for Nathaniel *g*

(and, uh, YES. A resounding YES to that).

[clumsygyrl.livejournal.com]

if you can get to the latest one... there's a good bit of jason/nathaniel/anita... just kind ignore the anita bit.

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's been noted in the past. ;) And in this case, not in a very healthy way. o_O

[darkseaglass.livejournal.com]

Key West +/- butter.

[scot-ty.livejournal.com]

I've been jumping between authors looking for a good vampire series. The Joe Pitt books by Charlie Huston are good if you like noir, but the last one, Half the Blood of Brooklyn is seriously gruesome.

[scot-ty.livejournal.com]

I was a Richard fan myself, but the series has so totally tanked that I don't even care. What a waste of space.