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Not dead yet, just braindead.
Some thoughts on the latest Vlad book.
Some thoughts on the latest Vlad book.
- The cover will never stop being hilariously and hideously inappropriate. Furry angry mandril =! angry primordial alligator.
- MOST DISAPPOINTING THING ABOUT THE BOOK: It being set four years after Dzur with no chance for an update. Because apparently Vlad spent a busy four years doing... as far as I can tell? Being a wandering man, sleeping with Dragerian bards and brushing up on his Jenonine. And Morrolan is...Morrolan again with no hint of the reaction in between. DAMNIT, BRUST.
- You heard me, sleeping with elfish bards. Or. Possibly sleeping with bards. Considering that Vlad is kind of crap at getting to know certain people, plus talking about the bard maks him blush, I think it's likely that the bard and the random Dragerian lover are the same person. Why does it matter that it's a bard? Vlad has no ear for music whatsoever! Actively dislikes it, even. Also sleeping outside your species is next kin to bestiality culturally, ie, touchier then interracial marriage was in the US, but tolerate and not totally illegal. Marriage is right out, too. So, I'd kind of like an overview of that relationship before I update anywhere near that point.
- As for the style of the book, I thought it was rather cute? the ending was adorable. I fully expect to see like, the next book taking place on Vlad's estate with the not-wife and the kid.
- Apparently Vlad knifes people in the left eye because that's where the center for processing magic and psi is on a Dragerian (and possibly humans as well.) So, there's a reason behind that.
- Duck Duck Goose is present in Dragerian culture. Except it's Pointy Point, You're The Donkey. No, really.
- Someone should app Kragar.