Werewolf Book Week (aka Amy's Amazon stuff arrived)

Been reading some great books the last couple of days (breaking off for the moment from my Wheel of Time reread, which can get a little heavy.) Read the new Kelly Armstrong werewolf book, Broken, which managed to carry off pregnancy and kids along the way with flair and ease (no easy task without it becoming mushy and gah); the second 'Warprize' novel, which while it's not about werewolves - it's a fantasy romance - was lovely, albeit not as good as the first one, but that's because the protagonists are already together so you don't get that upward spiral of anticipation until they get together.

Also just finished Dates From Hell, an anthology of four novellas by Kim Harrison, Lynsay Sands, Kelley Armstrong and Lori Handeland. All but Lynsay Sands I'd read some of before, but jeez, she's just filler material. Seriously, amateurville *eyeroll* For one thing, hello, learn to write? For another, cliche! For a third, GENETICS? Ever heard of it? You can't pass on characteristics of the parents that haven't been changed at genetic level, you retard! A-level biology may not be cutting edge, but I could have told you that at GCSE or lower! *grumbles some more about idiots wasting a quarter of an otherwise good book*

Her story didn't even fit the premise, anyway. But the other stories, those by Kim Harrison and Kelley Armstrong, filled in backstory! I love backstory!And even if Lori Handeland screwed up her closing scene, the rest of it was good. So it sort of makes up for it.

/amy bitching about bad writing