Comments on: Eternally by Maureen Child

By: Into the Shadows » You know what I was saying about Nocturne?

Into the Shadows » You know what I was saying about Nocturne? — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 23:46:31 +0000

[...] After the utter mindfuck that was Eternally and Haunted, I haven’t gotten around to reading the other two Nocturnes (Death Calls and Dangerous Temptation) I’ve had around. When reading a book results in irritation-induced insomnia… yeah. [...]

By: May

May — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 16:18:08 +0000

I’m quite sure I won’t be picking up any Nocturnes unless they are written by an author I love, but I have a feeling that the same thing that happened with me with Bombshell will happen again–I’m sure the Bombshell editorial team people are very nice and all that, but I don’t think we’d have that much in common when it comes to what we read for leisure.

I’ve seen the Nocturne booklist, and I see at least 3 authors I won’t ever read again, for one thing.

By: Nonny

Nonny — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:36:06 +0000

For some weird-ass obsessive compulsive reason, I’m wanting to have a full set of the Nocturne line, as long as they run it. (Considering HQ/S has a tendency to cancel lines after a couple years, paranormals are on a “downward slide” according to several people, and they’re only releasing two books per month… it shouldn’t be difficult. LOL.)

I’d read the DA review, too, but I don’t always agree with Ja(y)ne’s opinion on books. Some I’ve loved, they’ve hated. I figured I’d give this a shot, but…

Pity, really. I loved the cover, too.

By: Aurelia Abbott

Aurelia Abbott — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:05:28 +0000

Oh, that stinks. I’ve read Dear Author’s review of Eternally so I hesitated before buying in hopes of finding another reviewer who had a different POV. I suppose now I’ll not buy it. Love that cover though. What a shame.

By: Nonny

Nonny — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 21:26:14 +0000

Considering that paranormal romances these days are also marketed to fantasy readers, who expect worldbuilding to make sense (and don’t have much patience when it doesn’t), it’s stupid to let authors get away with this sort of thing.

But they do.

I can’t tell you how many fantasy readers I know who’ve complained that a paranormal romance with a very interesting premise turned out to be total dreck. Not because the romance was the primary focus of the plot, but because the worldbuilding wasn’t there or made no sense.

It frustrates me to no end, because it’s pure laziness. It wouldn’t have taken that much effort to make the worldbuilding coherent, but I see a lot of para-rom authors taking the “easy way” out, and it pisses me off.

By: Jenn on the Island

Jenn on the Island — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 21:16:13 +0000

I’m pretty new to the whole paranormal romance scene and to be honest I figured this kind of leaving stuff was acceptible. It seems like all of them that I’ve read so far have issues like this. I’m glad to see I’m not the only one who felt like there were holes.

Never thought about the Highlander bit…but holy cow is it ever similar. Nice call, Sara!

By: Nonny

Nonny — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 21:03:03 +0000

It struck me as similar to Highlander, too, but since I’ve only watched a couple eps (and that was a couple years ago), I wasn’t certain if it was “just me.”

Glad to know it’s not.

By: Sara Dennis

Sara Dennis — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 18:35:33 +0000

Gotta say, Kieran never became human enough to be really likable for me either. Yes, his ‘Woman’ thing drove me nuts. And why Julie decided to stick with him when he admitted he only wanted her for her power? Don’t know. She got sort of undermined as a strong heroine at that point.

Mostly, though? Waaaaay too many similiarities to Highlander the series for me.