I’ve read in quite a few reviews that a lot of folks think Delilah was “a lot of fun” in this book — sorry, I find it more accurate to say Delilah is a lot of $LUT!! ["But that's just MY opinion, I could be wrong." Dennis Miller. :-) ]

The impression I get is that she’ll f*@k anyone or anything (plus at ANY TIME AND PLACE, the idiot bimbo caring not at all that there’s a mass-murdering Sawney and his merry band of revenants roving the campus, which means that if they got caught with their pants down they WOULD die — and horribly, too). I SO hope Cal isn’t stupid enough to start loving her…. he says he feels maybe he could have something ‘real’ and ‘genuine’ with her, but I’d just about bet money that he’ll end up stumbling across her in the act of really and genuinely satisfying her ‘whirlwind of wants, needs, and demands’ with a fellow werewolf (or ten), leaving him to realize that he pretty much means little-to-nothing to her…. just another piece of meat she’s tasted, as far as she’s concerned.

As for Nik’s concern about any Auphe possibly coming after Cal when he’s out getting some and Nik or Robin or Promise aren’t nearby to help and protect him, I think that worry is extremely well-founded seeing as Delilah was CONVENIENTLY unavailable for the next battle when they needed her help. Being a WW, she truly can’t help the fact that Pack/other WWs are her hard-wired priority in life and, if Cal needed someone to cover his back and help protect him when he was with her, she’d be too busy getting all of her nearby furry kith and Kin together to get them to safety, and just hang Cal out to dry, completely at the mercy of the Auphe and/or other enemies. Also, I have my doubts that Cal needs to add to his problems with possibly catching fleas, ticks, sarcoptic mange, and the like [LOL].

Either Nik or Promise (if not Cal and/or Georgina themselves) should’ve realized that the best way to protect the love of Cal’s life would be to have Promise and Niko train Georgina, and that way Cal could have someone true and decent who has real love and loyalty for him and whom he truly loves, and would NOW be able to hold her own in Cal’s nightmare world, instead of Cal having to make do with a seemingly semi-retarded “$lut du jour” like Delilah whilst stabbing Georgina in the heart. My guess would be that poor George might’ve psychically felt each and every touch given Cal by Charm and Delilah and I know, if I was in her shoes, that would be an almost fatal wounding [myself, I just about barfed reading his astoundingly ill-advised romp with De$lutsky, I mean, Delilah]…. poor George probably had to move WAY far away to keep from getting stabbed in the heart every time Cal stupidly does whatever $lut he gets his hands on!)

Plus let’s not forget, shall we, the archetypal Delilah…. the betrayer of her love, Samson. He had true affection and care for her, opened himself up to her, and got tortured and enslaved for it.

And, ya know, Cal is such a good-hearted kid who has MORE than enough problems and hardships to begin with, and he deserves no less than a chance at a good and decent loving relationship with his beloved Georgina, as Nik has found with Promise (I quite like Promise, she really cares for Nik AND she can kick some major league butt!). And they might have to do some overkill to keep the fertility worry at bay (if the vamps can even GET pregnant) but, hey, that’d be do-able with his & hers va$ectomy and tube-tying, and Promise could get them in good with someone who can access an MRI machine and/or a testing laboratory so the happy couple would regularly be tested to make sure no quarter-Auphe babies are trying to use Georgina as a gate. (DUHHHHH.)

I truly hope that R.T. gives Cal and Georgina a frikkin’ break in the next installment (or at some point, anyway) of this gripping, un-put-downable series! Nik isn’t the only one who deserves a decent love-life :-) .

But, hey, that’s just MY opinion, yadda-yadda-yadda…. :-D

S.

I cant choose sides in what happened in madhouse. But i must say cal seemed to be coming into his power and enjoing it:).
I am currently waiting on death wish and will have to pick it up when i get my Leave for vacation in april to get it. yeah they wouldnt let me order it to be sent at this FOB alas i have to wait . Thank you ms. Rob thurman for you series I really wish i could stop myself from reading it to save for this deployment but i got hooked when your nightlife first came out.

Such being the case, he would rather see her live to a ripe old age as someone else’s wife/mother/grandmother, than see her killed (at his hands) as the result of that misplaced faith.

I’m sure he silently agrees with Niko and the rest that he’s making a mistake. But, at least, he’s erring on the side of caution.

Would you be just as distraught if some of your fans started being on-line pasticheurs, as well?

I love this new series, too. Especially, the latest one; MADHOUSE.

Most people are filled with self-doubts about their worth in life. But, Cal Leandros has more cause to doubt himself than others. And, that’s why I applaud your courage in giving him the courage to drive Georgina off!

I know that Niko et al. (including 90% of your readers) think Cal is stupid for doing so, even though they understand his reasoning. But, I’m one of the other 10%. I think Georgina is half to blame for that, and here’s why.

I realize she thinks using her precognitve gifts, for her own benefit, is the ultimate selfishness. And, that would be true if she were trying to get a winning lottery number, or something else of a material nature. But, in regard to her having any kind of future with Cal? She would have been doing it just as much for his benefit as hers. To allay his fears, whether they were groundless or not.

I think the real reason she kept refusing to “peek” ahead is her own fear that he might be right. That they might _not_ have a future together; short-lived or otherwise!

And, that kind of self-denial could get her killed, in Cal’s world. Something he loves her too much to let her risk. I’m not saying Cal won’t regret the “how” of what he did! But, I’m certain he won’t regret the “why” (no matter how many times Niko smacks him up behind the head).

That would be similar to Cal trying to run out on Niko, for the latter’s own good, and demanding him not to follow. Both Leandros know that would never happen.

In short: certain people’s minds are just as unchangable as some of Fate’s ways. It’s just a pity George couldn’t bring herself to see that.

Since I’m not going anywhere today, might be a good time to get started.

**and I say anywhere, because at last glance, there was a good seven inches of snow on the ground, and snowdrifts up to the doors on my SUV. :-O And I had a signing today too…

I’m just sad that my eReader is out for repairs. I would have been reading it already. Instead, I have to wait until tomorrow to get Madhouse at the bookstore. I’ve been looking forward to this book for months!