I've really enjoyed reading your books. I felt I've identified with a lot of the characters in the stories, and have felt a lot of happiness, sadness and all the other spectrum of feelings between and beyond. The plots are great, and I've held my breath through many moments that shocked me deeply. I don't know.. your writing style at first seemed predictable, but then just as I was getting used to predicting stuff, everything started becoming wildly unpredictable!
Really glad Brian and Alex made up in the end (for now at least), I didn't feel like it should be easy for Brian to hold grudges with such a compromising character that had been established since the beginning.
I realise you write for enjoyment and perhaps some other things, but I found myself hoping that you could get credit where it's due - which covers at least 97% of the books. I'm really looking forward to book 5, and don't know what I'm going to do with myself until it's finished.. Anyway, I hoped to offer what I could in way of thanks, so.. THANKS! =D =] =)
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P.S. After reading book 4, I have the impression that you feel all the handsome guys have to be gay. Why do I have that impression? I also felt a bit bad for Torvald, though his words were over-harsh. I suppose females can never understand the dread of being thought of as gay, for a guy. If we take a fairly public example of this (like a school setting) It could be as bad as like being forcefully neutered, then dumped into a dark land with monsters, and then you notice there's a door that leads to safety, but when tried, it becomes apparent that it's impassable. The guard there listens to your case every time but at the end simply says "I'm afraid I don't believe you want to leave". That's a pretty tight analogy.
Well I have so much to say, but I realise you may not even get this far. So thanks again! :)
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Date: 2013-11-06 08:44 am (UTC)I've really enjoyed reading your books. I felt I've identified with a lot of the characters in the stories, and have felt a lot of happiness, sadness and all the other spectrum of feelings between and beyond.
The plots are great, and I've held my breath through many moments that shocked me deeply. I don't know.. your writing style at first seemed predictable, but then just as I was getting used to predicting stuff, everything started becoming wildly unpredictable!
Really glad Brian and Alex made up in the end (for now at least), I didn't feel like it should be easy for Brian to hold grudges with such a compromising character that had been established since the beginning.
I realise you write for enjoyment and perhaps some other things, but I found myself hoping that you could get credit where it's due - which covers at least 97% of the books. I'm really looking forward to book 5, and don't know what I'm going to do with myself until it's finished..
Anyway, I hoped to offer what I could in way of thanks, so.. THANKS! =D =] =)
givecake
P.S. After reading book 4, I have the impression that you feel all the handsome guys have to be gay. Why do I have that impression? I also felt a bit bad for Torvald, though his words were over-harsh. I suppose females can never understand the dread of being thought of as gay, for a guy. If we take a fairly public example of this (like a school setting) It could be as bad as like being forcefully neutered, then dumped into a dark land with monsters, and then you notice there's a door that leads to safety, but when tried, it becomes apparent that it's impassable. The guard there listens to your case every time but at the end simply says "I'm afraid I don't believe you want to leave".
That's a pretty tight analogy.
Well I have so much to say, but I realise you may not even get this far. So thanks again! :)