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A review by mashara
Angels of Darkness by Meljean Brook, Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews, Sharon Shinn
3.0
Ok, overall I'm happy with these stories.
I usually rally like to see how each writer comes through with their own style in each story.
Meljean Brook's is angsty, as per usual, but with strong female characters that don't take any shit and interesting well developed mostly none asshole male characters.
I usually have problems with Nalini Singh, I find her characters really wooden, and a lot is over explained. The women are strong by description, not by really doing much of anything and the men are overbearing and super formulaic. Is like reading the same story over and over again.
Ilona Andrews has great female characters that take over their circumstances and never allow themseves to be victims, even though they are sometimes, they overcome it, find a way to balance the odds and come the other side, her (or their) male characters are a problem for me, they're the same super male cliche. They're nice men, don't get me wrong, but where their female characters can be told apart, the same cannot be said of the male characters.
Sharon Shinn was a surprise, I had never read anything from her and I was truly plased with the story and with the world building. I might actually read some of the Samaria Series.
I usually rally like to see how each writer comes through with their own style in each story.
Meljean Brook's is angsty, as per usual, but with strong female characters that don't take any shit and interesting well developed mostly none asshole male characters.
I usually have problems with Nalini Singh, I find her characters really wooden, and a lot is over explained. The women are strong by description, not by really doing much of anything and the men are overbearing and super formulaic. Is like reading the same story over and over again.
Ilona Andrews has great female characters that take over their circumstances and never allow themseves to be victims, even though they are sometimes, they overcome it, find a way to balance the odds and come the other side, her (or their) male characters are a problem for me, they're the same super male cliche. They're nice men, don't get me wrong, but where their female characters can be told apart, the same cannot be said of the male characters.
Sharon Shinn was a surprise, I had never read anything from her and I was truly plased with the story and with the world building. I might actually read some of the Samaria Series.