Comments on: REVIEW: Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead

By: Kathy

Kathy — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:35:28 +0000

I enjoyed this book. It was a different treatment of the good-v-evil element … i liked the dimension of the more human aspects in the supernatural characters – they had their angst and issues. I also liked the tension in Georgie between the ramifications of her current situation and the reflection on why she made that choice – especially when confronted with Seth in a similar situation. I also see potential for her hinted by Carter … he’s hanging around the “bad” side for a reason … time will tell!

By: HelenKay

HelenKay — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 21:57:18 +0000

completely devoid of any other meaningful women

Ack!!! Is that automatically a bad thing for you? I’m not judging. I just wondered, in part because my upcoming release only has one female – Annie, the heroine. I did that on purpose and can explain why at some point. There are other women mentioned…but, yeah, they’re all pretty much dead [did I mention this is a contemporary romance with moments of humor and not a romantic suspense?]. It never dawned on me that someone might think a negative of the book was the lack of female characters.

HelenKay (who is now in a panic and fighting off the urge to vomit repeatedly…)

By: Jackie

Jackie — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:37:40 +0000

Page 329. Paragraphs three and four.

:-)

By: May

May — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:30:48 +0000

It’s been awhile (months I think) since I really read SB. But I don’t remember it bugging me.

I think I interpreted it as being like a blood donation. You feel really tired right after it, but then you get back to normal. Except this time your normal life’s been cut short by a few years.

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:29:17 +0000

Oh, and it’s not that I didn’t like the scene. I did think it was very touching. I just thought that the explanation was weak.

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:27:59 +0000

I thought it was a bit of a cop-out – as if all those issues could be so easily solved. Dunno.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:24:40 +0000

Jane, it’s not a contradiction. It’s explained. (I don’t want to post more because of spoilers. But believe me, it’s there. I thought it was one of the best moments of the book.)

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:10:39 +0000

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I thought that the end of the book which featured Georgie sucking the life out of Seth but him being hale and hearty after that was a contradiction.
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By: May

May — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:05:16 +0000

What contradiction in mythology, Jane?

By: Richelle Mead

Richelle Mead — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 18:49:32 +0000

Yeah…my family thinks I look like the cover model too, which I find disturbing on a lot of levels. I can assure everyone I had no input on that cover…or any of my other covers thus far, really. Sigh.

Thanks again!