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Stealing the Elf-King's Roses - Parallel Worlds Fantasy discussion *no Spoilers*
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Jun 15, 2010 04:28AM
What are you initial thoughts on this book? I'll be picking it up later today ...
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Just read the description on Amazon. Not the typical type of "fantasy" I've been used to reading, but sounds very interesting.
I'm reading Hero Wanted by Dan McGirt today, I saw it recommended somewhere, maybe by you Geoffrey. I'm enjoying it--very funny.I voted for Stealing the Elf-King's Roses, the premise sounded interesting. I should start on it tomorrow.
Downloaded and read the sample last night. I've not yet convinced myself to spend the $9.99 on the book. It didn't look bad, but it didn't look real good to me, either. But then a lot of you already know how picky I can be. :-)PS: FWIW, I'm about 1/3 into The White Wolf's Son: The Albino Underground and finding it a mixed bag of interesting writing but an unbelievable main character.
I read to 34% so far, there are a lot of interesting ideas being thrown about.
I'm only about 14% into the book and the plot is just starting up - it appears like it's going to be an odd mix of urban fantasy without all the darkness and a cop drama .... I'm curious where its going to go.
Finished it just now, was a decent read and kept my interest to the end. Not much to say without spoilers, but I thought there were some fun concepts being played with here, but not in a terribly heady way (for good or for bad).
I'm 66% in and really enjoying the book. I can't decide though if it should be classified as a fantasy (with a mystery plot) or a mystery (set in an alternate universe). I read a lot of both mystery and fantasy, so I really like the premise.My only criticism so far is that I got bogged down and a little bored with all the details of the fairy gold market manipulations, but I have to put that down to the fact that I hated economics in college and haven't changed my mind about it since then.
I am curious to see where the story goes. In fact, I was hoping this was a series because I like the characters so much but apparently it's a stand-alone book. Too bad.
I'll be getting to this book, but it's probably going to be a few more days. I've bought it and read the preliminary stuff. Still haven't started the first chapter, though.
I just started the book yesterday, and I have to say, it's not holding my interest at all so far. (I'm a couple of chapters in.)I'm surprised, as I like some of Diane Duane's other stuff.



