Comments on: My Sun and Stars by LE Bryce http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/02/08/my-sun-and-stars-by-le-bryce/ Guess what I'm reading? Wed, 16 May 2012 07:49:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: L.E. Bryce http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/02/08/my-sun-and-stars-by-le-bryce/#comment-7090 L.E. Bryce Fri, 09 Feb 2007 02:35:15 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/02/07/my-sun-and-stars-by-le-bryce/#comment-7090 The Turyar (adj. Turya) are the Mongols/Hittites rolled into one, except they're blond-haired and blue-eyed. They feature prominently in the sequel, in which Prince Zhanil Sephides strikes up an intensely homoerotic friendship with a secretly gay Turya warrior named Kalmeki. Yeah, Adeja is a bastard, but I like him, and he does have a gentle and ethical side to him. Sephil's brother helps him out because he doesn't approve of the raw deal Adeja has gotten; he also cares enough about his younger brother to know that Adeja is good for Sephil. The review was so good I thought Bam had written it. If you want whiny heroes, have Bam inflict the mega-novel <i>Dead to the World</i> on you. Of course, the hero in that one is a captured prince-turned-sex slave who's really just trying to keep his shit together and survive. The Turyar (adj. Turya) are the Mongols/Hittites rolled into one, except they’re blond-haired and blue-eyed. They feature prominently in the sequel, in which Prince Zhanil Sephides strikes up an intensely homoerotic friendship with a secretly gay Turya warrior named Kalmeki.

Yeah, Adeja is a bastard, but I like him, and he does have a gentle and ethical side to him. Sephil’s brother helps him out because he doesn’t approve of the raw deal Adeja has gotten; he also cares enough about his younger brother to know that Adeja is good for Sephil.

The review was so good I thought Bam had written it. If you want whiny heroes, have Bam inflict the mega-novel Dead to the World on you. Of course, the hero in that one is a captured prince-turned-sex slave who’s really just trying to keep his shit together and survive.

]]> By: Ann(ie) http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/02/08/my-sun-and-stars-by-le-bryce/#comment-7088 Ann(ie) Fri, 09 Feb 2007 01:30:30 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/02/07/my-sun-and-stars-by-le-bryce/#comment-7088 Yeah, I'm helping her out with ebooks once a week. Less if people find my shit too boring. I had started a thing called Ebook Thursday on my own blog, but then I started chatting with Bam and offered to help her out with her ebook submissions. A Turyan, huh? I'm interested in that. Was I right? Were they like the Mongol Horde? Yeah, I’m helping her out with ebooks once a week. Less if people find my shit too boring. I had started a thing called Ebook Thursday on my own blog, but then I started chatting with Bam and offered to help her out with her ebook submissions.

A Turyan, huh? I’m interested in that. Was I right? Were they like the Mongol Horde?

]]> By: L.E. Bryce http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/02/08/my-sun-and-stars-by-le-bryce/#comment-7085 L.E. Bryce Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:21:41 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/02/07/my-sun-and-stars-by-le-bryce/#comment-7085 Edit: Wait, oh stupid me. Annie is our guest reviewer. face-->palm Bam, have you inflicted <i>Dead to the World</i> on her yet? I had such trouble with the cover. I didn't know what to do, and neither did the editor, who was doing cover art duty at the time. I have no sense of design, really. Edit: Wait, oh stupid me. Annie is our guest reviewer. face–>palm

Bam, have you inflicted Dead to the World on her yet?

I had such trouble with the cover. I didn’t know what to do, and neither did the editor, who was doing cover art duty at the time. I have no sense of design, really.

]]> By: L.E. Bryce http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/02/08/my-sun-and-stars-by-le-bryce/#comment-7084 L.E. Bryce Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:16:48 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/02/07/my-sun-and-stars-by-le-bryce/#comment-7084 Whoa, Bam! That was <i>fast!</i> And exactly what I thought you'd write. Yes, Sephil is a whiny little shit in the first half, which is why I added his POV before subbing it, to make him just a <i>little</i> bit more sympathetic than he originally was, and to make his growth later a lot more believable. I think you'll be pleased to know that I'm already 40,000 words into the sequel, which is set 18 years later and has Sephil's son as its hero, kicking ass, taking a Turya warrior as his lover and foiling half a dozen plots to kill him before he can reclaim his father's throne. Sephil is also present, there to smack Adeja upside the head when the latter is badly injured and goes through a mid-life crisis. Annie, I'm baffled. The book isn't even out yet. Whoa, Bam! That was fast! And exactly what I thought you’d write. Yes, Sephil is a whiny little shit in the first half, which is why I added his POV before subbing it, to make him just a little bit more sympathetic than he originally was, and to make his growth later a lot more believable.

I think you’ll be pleased to know that I’m already 40,000 words into the sequel, which is set 18 years later and has Sephil’s son as its hero, kicking ass, taking a Turya warrior as his lover and foiling half a dozen plots to kill him before he can reclaim his father’s throne. Sephil is also present, there to smack Adeja upside the head when the latter is badly injured and goes through a mid-life crisis.

Annie, I’m baffled. The book isn’t even out yet.

]]> By: Wylie http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/02/08/my-sun-and-stars-by-le-bryce/#comment-7071 Wylie Thu, 08 Feb 2007 17:12:50 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/02/07/my-sun-and-stars-by-le-bryce/#comment-7071 Congrats on the B, LE Bryce!! I look forward to reading it! Congrats on the B, LE Bryce!! I look forward to reading it!

]]> By: Annie Dean http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/02/08/my-sun-and-stars-by-le-bryce/#comment-7069 Annie Dean Thu, 08 Feb 2007 17:10:29 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/02/07/my-sun-and-stars-by-le-bryce/#comment-7069 Yep, that's dead on. If I had graded the book on the first half I would've been more likely to give a C or D because Sephil was just so tiresome. (Typical romance heroine.) But everything changed when they hit the monastery, and while I was braced for the story to take a cheesy turn, the author just kept surprising me by upping her game. I was impressed. Yep, that’s dead on. If I had graded the book on the first half I would’ve been more likely to give a C or D because Sephil was just so tiresome. (Typical romance heroine.) But everything changed when they hit the monastery, and while I was braced for the story to take a cheesy turn, the author just kept surprising me by upping her game. I was impressed.

]]> By: shuzluva http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/02/08/my-sun-and-stars-by-le-bryce/#comment-7065 shuzluva Thu, 08 Feb 2007 16:31:13 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/02/07/my-sun-and-stars-by-le-bryce/#comment-7065 <blockquote> I spent the first part of the book wishing Sephil would man up (even if he likes other men, or maybe because he does) and wondering how Adeja could keep from killing him.</blockquote> It sounds like Sephil is the typical romance heroine...spoiled, whiny and annoying. Except with a dick. It's clear that what kept you involved was the plot and the setting. Bryce's worldbuilding sounds fascinating. I may have to check this out just for that. Thanks Annie!

I spent the first part of the book wishing Sephil would man up (even if he likes other men, or maybe because he does) and wondering how Adeja could keep from killing him.

It sounds like Sephil is the typical romance heroine…spoiled, whiny and annoying. Except with a dick. It’s clear that what kept you involved was the plot and the setting. Bryce’s worldbuilding sounds fascinating. I may have to check this out just for that. Thanks Annie!

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