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Flight from Hell (Otherworld, #15.5; Fly by Night, #0.5)

by Yasmine Galenorn (Goodreads Author)

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Kody Thomas said: " I'll be honest, I used to adore this series. I preordered every new book the second they came out, and I moved to the Indigo Court series with ease, I loved this author and her style so much.

But lately the books have become tedious. I'm starting to b I'll be honest, I used to adore this series. I preordered every new book the second they came out, and I moved to the Indigo Court series with ease, I loved this author and her style so much.

But lately the books have become tedious. I'm starting to become so exasperated with them, I'm almost shocked.

This new novella is supposed to be a jumping off point for the new series Galenorn will be working on, Fly By Night. I appreciate the effort taken to tie the new series to her old one, it's a clever idea but unfortunately in execution it doesn't really work. Without reading the Otherworld series first, you'll be incredibly lost and confused since the story is told through the D'Artigo sisters perspective. This, to me, is where it falters. I can see including characters from the previous series, but this is relying far too strongly on the original and that could be a chore for new readers. On top of that, I see this new protagonist, Shimmer, a blue dragon cast from her home becoming a carbon copy of Camille (Otherworld) and Cicely (Indigo Court). Think about it, curvy, smartass magical women with long dark hair, pale skin and an especially generous bust? For some this might not be a big deal but to me it's so noticeable as to be reading the same damn series.

Now my next biggest gripe. I'm only halfway through so I could be missing some things, but I really can't bring myself to read anymore. To me this novella has all the issues I have with Otherworld packed into one tiny story. First of all, how many times is Menolly going to recap what happened to her? We're nearly 16 books in, and that storyline was buried. I'm not saying she should be happy go lucky and forget all about her torture but she brings it up so constantly, I'm sick of it. Second, I don't care about the D'Artigo girls in this new series. I simply don't. I've spent near 16 books with them and I'm so damn tired of them. They're incredibly self centered. The main issue of this book is brought to their attention, with a reasonable request for it to be kept away from their dragon beaus, and given how dragons react to dragon business, I can't argue with that. However, it all becomes "well what about the demon war? What if it affects that, huh? Huh?" In what way would a dragon being twitchy affect the demon war?! Third, the sisters are so....judgy. They constantly make these snap decisions about potential allies, and this ongoing commentary drives me mad. Poor Carter gets it worst of all, I've never understood what he did to deserve this overwhelming wariness and snark. My final complaint is again how much this revolves around the sisters. They return to their home, all these other characters from the original are there...it could easily be a subplot for one of their books, not a fresh jumping off for a whole new series.

Perhaps this is all just me becoming frustrated with the Otherworld series and Galenorn, (after book 15 I don't really want to pre order any of the books, it's just that dismal) but I can't finish this. If it improves, great but I don't think this can be overcome ...more "

Aug 28, 2014 07:47PM · see review