Who's Your Author? discussion

One of Richelle Mead's series is the Dark Swan series.

Is anyone currently reading one of these books or has read it?

Are they good, not good? How do they compare to her other books?

These are the books that are in the series:
Storm Born
Thorn Queen
Iron Crowned

Please hold off on commenting until July.

** Note - Spoilers are allowed but please indicate at the top of your post if you will be writing a spoiler. Thank you **

I read Storm Born when it came out, so it's been awhile. I did love it, though, and I'm looking forward to Thorn Queen this year. I thougt it was all well-written and the characters were likeable. This is the first book where I've seen a haunted shoe. Quirky things like that keep me coming back to a story.

Spoilers--I'm not sure


I really liked Storm Born also. This should be a good new series to read. I liked the unique portrayal of the fey and their courts. And the haunted shoe was good.

I love Richelle Mead. She's a great author she never seizes to amaze me.

Ok so I have heard good things about this author, what I am dying to know is..

Do these books have sex in them? I like sex in books, dont get me wrong. But like some others I am just getting tired of reading books with mostly sex and no plot.

For example, the Night Huntress series had ALOT of action and PLOT and very little sex. Which made that sex GOOD.
And the whole dang series was awesome since the sex didnt drown out the story.

So.. back to the question.. what are these books like without spoiling the plot? :D

I think it had two sex scenes overall. Maybe three, with the third being not so graphic. The sex definitely did not dominate the story, just added to it. If you've read the succubus series, the ratio is akin to those books.

They were also VERY hot scenes. So the sex wasn't gratuitous, nor was it bland. I thought it was well-balanced.

Storm Born was firmly in the Urban Fantasy camp. I liked the heroine very much. Kick-ass without being over the top harsh or too stubborn. I also like that Mead is incorporating mythical creatures as opposed to the more common weres and vamps. She seems to have a pretty good hold on the Fae world so far and I'm looking forward to seeing where she takes it. There was also a good mix of humor and action, with some character growth thrown in.

Very cool, thanks!

Just what I was looking for :D

Tricia - I haven't read this particular series of hers yet to be able to comment about if there is sex or not. But of her other 2, Vampire Academy has a lot of sexual tension, but it's YA, so no real sex scenes. I've only read the first Succubus book so far and it's similar to the Night Huntress series where there is a fantastic story that isn't at all over-run by sex. She is a great author that doesn't have to use sex to make it a great story. I agree with you about that being the best kind. If a book is nothing but sex, with a little bit of story thrown in on the side, it drives me crazy!

I was looking around the kindle store and noticed that not only is Thorn Queen already released for kindle, but it is also free...!!

Has anyone read the newest? I just finished and I was wondering what people thought about it?

I read it :D

And like an earlier post this in the thread the sex added to the story though there was maybe 4-6 scenes all together but they weren't bad and didn't steal away from the plot.

SPOILER

I really liked Storm Born! The whole Kiyo thing is making me tense. I feel like the relationship is going to come to a head in Thorn Queen.

I'm not sure if I like Dorian yet... He makes me laugh but I feel like his motives aren't all that great.

I'm really interested in seeing what happens when Eugenie has to go back to the otherworld.

Kiyo's situation seems ever so complicated by the end. I wouldn't be thrilled by it.

Dorian on the other hand...he and the multi-colored ropes. (Amelia, first I'm commenting on LC and ropes, now Dorian...oh, my.)

I wish my copy of Thorn Queen would get here already. Supposedly tomorrow!

4 to 6 scenes, huh Kyle? Fabulous. (insert naughty laugh here)

I just feel like the Kiyo thing is going to end badly.

Eugenie's life is BEYOND complicated already. She doesn't need him and his baby mama drama too.

I like Dorian as a character. He's the comic relief most of the time. I'm just not sure of his motives. I feel like I'm going to let mysefl get attached and he is going to end up a HUGE asshole. lol

I wouldn't mind him tying up Eugenie some more. I think it will make things interesting.

All these men and ropes!!! What is going on!? lol

You know atleast one of those 4-6 is going to feature Dorian. :)

Shit, I'm hoping it's at least 4!

I think he's politically motivated. But I don't think he really tries to hide it much. I just take him for what he is. It behooves his cause for her to like him, and she gets valuable training out of it.

And hot sex. Which is, of course, vital.

The initial hotel scene with Kiyo was awesome. It all went downhill from there between me and foxy loxy.

Foxy loxy.... BAHAAHAA!

Yea.... I think Dorian is the better in bed of the two.

I'm wondering what she's going to do with her hussy of a sister? Cause if she gets her eggo preggo'ed it's going to get nasty!

Eggo preggo. Lol!

That was a weird twist I hadn't expected. Crazy little bitch, though. I think it will be nasty regardless!

"You know atleast one of those 4-6 is going to feature Dorian. :)"

Only 1 :(

Atleast 1! Probably more! :D

Yea her sister is a serious skank.

Only 1, Kyle? Oh you bearer of bad news!

me sorry :(

but thats in thorn queen, in the whole series I think its 2 or 3

Huff! I was trying to keep the hope alive.

Atleast we get 1! :D

It'll probably be the best.

I finished Thorn Queen today. I loved it and sooooo thrilled with how it ended. We might need a Thorn Queen spoiler thread!

I'm totally devouring this book. I should so be in bed...

It's just as good as Storm Born. But I can't get enough of the Devastating Dorian.

We Definitely need a spoiler thread!!!!