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Somehow managed to miss the monthly update on Jacqueline Carey's website for October until now. There's going to be a sequel to Santa Olivia...but not til 2011. And a novella on the story of Rolande and Anafiel as part of an anthology next year....not to mention her next Naamah book net year...woohoo!

I don't want to wait for next year.

I wish Kristen Britain would get another book out...or at least give some sort of update as to the progress on her website.

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[pinkpolarity.livejournal.com]

I might actually have to buy the anthology just for that, and I really dislike short stories. Currently rereading the whole two trilogies for the 3rd? time. It's a new really personal experience every single time I do, too. (And oh, do I wish the book's religions were real. They make so much... sense.)

[fuego.livejournal.com]

I like short stories if they're well-written (one of my favorite authors, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, has written a lot of short stories) as well as novellas...again, if they're well done and don't seem to be a full novel that got skimped on. I'm willing to give Carey a shot on this one, because I want to read the story.

What I really wish she would do would be to write something focusing on the Sharizais from the perspective of one of them- one of the cousins that get occasional mention like Fanchone or Sacriphant maybe?

I also wish she'd write something centered in the Night Court.

And oh, do I wish the book's religions were real. They make so much... sense.

On one hand, yet another thing I'd love to see is a story with some sort of focus within the religion, but then the last time I read a book that was somewhat centered around that sort of subject, it was...eh, not horrible, but I found myself very apathetic. Of course, it was a different author altogether, but I still think of that.

[sephatta.livejournal.com]

What did you think of Carey's stuff after Kushiel's Avatar?

[fuego.livejournal.com]

I've read all of her books so far except for Banewreaker and Godslayer- I have both of them, but was unable to get into Banewreaker when I first tried to read it....do intend to try again one of these days.

I really like all of her books otherwise. Going to assume you haven't read beyond Avatar? Kushiel's Avatar may very well be my favorite of her books so far, and I have to say Kushiel's Scion was a little flat in comparison- I'm not sure if it's that the storyline just isn't quite so epic in its scope or what....don't get me wrong, I still really like it, but it's a lot like I thought Kushiel's Chosen was a bit flat in comparison to Kushiel's Dart. There are also some elements that just popped up out of nowhere and then are never seen again once the book ends, which is rather unfortunate because they would have made an interesting addition to the continuing storyline.

Kushiel's Justice I really liked- I know some people found it rather boring, but I liked the balance of the really personal storyline on the backdrop of the Big Epic Journey(tm). There were a few parts that I thought could have done better, but I would have to say I liked it almost as much as Dart and Avatar.

Kushiel's Mercy I also really liked overall, but I started to get the feeling like she was throwing in yet another new destination as a sort of effort to check off a list of places to be fictionalized. I've yet to decide if I actually like how she handled the resolution of everything with Melisande. There were a couple of others characters that I thought she could have done more with but didn't. And one or two characters that I just wanted to see more of because they were awesome. (Actually, all three of the Imriel books could have done with a lot more of one particular character I think). I think this one falls somewhere in the middle of the absolutely love it/really like it a lot spectrum.

Naamah's Kiss falls around the same place in the scale. I think it has a lot of potential, but I've only read it once so far and I'm still stuck in the whole "OMG there's no Phedre, Josclin and Imriel it's not riiiiiiiight!!!!" thing. And then shifting away from the focus on Kushiel to Naamah and Anael completely changes the tone of everything.

And I really liked Santa Olivia. The storytelling style was a lot more straightforward, a lot less in the way of elaborate descriptions- but the eleborate descriptions of the D'Angeline books just wouldn't have worked for that story.

Hmm...hope that answered your question? :-)

[sephatta.livejournal.com]

I really adored her first three books, and then I loved Banewreaker and Godslayer. But I couldn't get into any of her books after that. Kushiel's Scion fell so far from her other books for me, I couldn't read the rest of the series.

And yes, is answer question. :)