Long, long time overdue, as I read the final book in Francis’ Path series back in, hrm, last March, and Dayton’s concluding (I presume) book in the Compass series in October or thereabouts, and then finished Francis’ first title in her Crosspointe series, in, uhm, the week it came out. (Whenever it was, it was before last month, and that means ancient history in my brain; I need a gray-matter housecleaning day.)
Alright, to get this started, the titles are Path of Blood and The Cipher (Diana Pharaoh Francis) and The Eternal Rose (Gail Dayton). ( Let's see how many words I can do in a comparison critique-review without actually, erm, giving out spoilers... *counts* Wow, that many? ) This is a damn long post considering I managed to avoid most (hrm, I hope, well, okay, a few exceptions) of the major spoilers. There was some more I was contemplating in that last point, but it can wait for another day, or maybe it’s already been said in there and I just need to reread to see that. Yes, yes, I do like to revise, and I can be succinct... uhm, sometimes... if cash is involved... but that would mean rereading and revising in the posting-program, and then I’d bloody well never get anything put up. So, you see draft! Consider it as such, and entirely unpolished and sprung full-grown from the head of ME DAMN IT, so jump in and argue or posit or whatever as you wish.
And don’t forget what I said about The Black Ship. Go get a copy of The Cipher, now, though to keep you company while you wait. Y’know, just a thought, not that I’m biased or anything.*
*Actually I try hard not to be. Then again, since I can’t read and not analyze -- I am a Virgo, damn it -- I figure that undermines any tendency towards preferential treatment. No one escapes the critique, no one! ...including me. Oi.
ETA -- because I KNEW there was a major point I'd thought of and forgotten to include! -- there's also one thing I learned about trilogies from reading these two series: ( the need for circular completion. )
Thoughts?
Alright, to get this started, the titles are Path of Blood and The Cipher (Diana Pharaoh Francis) and The Eternal Rose (Gail Dayton). ( Let's see how many words I can do in a comparison critique-review without actually, erm, giving out spoilers... *counts* Wow, that many? ) This is a damn long post considering I managed to avoid most (hrm, I hope, well, okay, a few exceptions) of the major spoilers. There was some more I was contemplating in that last point, but it can wait for another day, or maybe it’s already been said in there and I just need to reread to see that. Yes, yes, I do like to revise, and I can be succinct... uhm, sometimes... if cash is involved... but that would mean rereading and revising in the posting-program, and then I’d bloody well never get anything put up. So, you see draft! Consider it as such, and entirely unpolished and sprung full-grown from the head of ME DAMN IT, so jump in and argue or posit or whatever as you wish.
And don’t forget what I said about The Black Ship. Go get a copy of The Cipher, now, though to keep you company while you wait. Y’know, just a thought, not that I’m biased or anything.*
*Actually I try hard not to be. Then again, since I can’t read and not analyze -- I am a Virgo, damn it -- I figure that undermines any tendency towards preferential treatment. No one escapes the critique, no one! ...including me. Oi.
ETA -- because I KNEW there was a major point I'd thought of and forgotten to include! -- there's also one thing I learned about trilogies from reading these two series: ( the need for circular completion. )
Thoughts?