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Moonshadow
by Thea Harrison
So this was interesting. There has been a bit of a discussion about how to score a book which is good, but where you dislike an essential element premise. I took the position that if you don't like it, give it a low score.
Then I read this book. I've been following Thea Harrison since dragon bound. I have really enjoyed most of her elder races books. She is a quality writer.
...so as I was reading this one, what kept springing into my head was : "this is why I read m/m!" Harrison writes a traditional 80s dickbag alpha hero, but matches it with a really cool alpha female who keeps calling him on his bullshit and having none of it. She has really strong self confidence and integrity, and holds marvellously well to her centre. She is also an effective dynamic heroine who likes shooting things.
So as I was reading, and noting the quality of the book, I kept vacillating between "this is why I read m/m!" And "I don't want it to be like this! I don't want him to be like that!"
Also, she really likes shooting things, (she's been shot and is recovering from gunshot wounds) and has a - pause- "concealed carry pouch" in her handbag where she keeps her gun. This must clearly be a thing in the US. A concealed carry pouch. Holly shit. In your handbag. So you can just pull it out and shoot people. Jesus.
I'm thinking that there should be a warning - like there is for, say, dubious consent, such as "gun culture".
Hence the 3 stars. Quality book, but elements I found unpleasant and confronting. I'm thinking about going and rereading the Tere Michaels where the daughter's boyfriend's parents don't care that the guys are gay, but freaks that they have guns all over the place. Damn straight. (The guys show the parents how they carefully keep their guns in a gun safe at home. Which, I believe is the law?)
Then I read this book. I've been following Thea Harrison since dragon bound. I have really enjoyed most of her elder races books. She is a quality writer.
...so as I was reading this one, what kept springing into my head was : "this is why I read m/m!" Harrison writes a traditional 80s dickbag alpha hero, but matches it with a really cool alpha female who keeps calling him on his bullshit and having none of it. She has really strong self confidence and integrity, and holds marvellously well to her centre. She is also an effective dynamic heroine who likes shooting things.
So as I was reading, and noting the quality of the book, I kept vacillating between "this is why I read m/m!" And "I don't want it to be like this! I don't want him to be like that!"
Also, she really likes shooting things, (she's been shot and is recovering from gunshot wounds) and has a - pause- "concealed carry pouch" in her handbag where she keeps her gun. This must clearly be a thing in the US. A concealed carry pouch. Holly shit. In your handbag. So you can just pull it out and shoot people. Jesus.
I'm thinking that there should be a warning - like there is for, say, dubious consent, such as "gun culture".
Hence the 3 stars. Quality book, but elements I found unpleasant and confronting. I'm thinking about going and rereading the Tere Michaels where the daughter's boyfriend's parents don't care that the guys are gay, but freaks that they have guns all over the place. Damn straight. (The guys show the parents how they carefully keep their guns in a gun safe at home. Which, I believe is the law?)