Comments on: My Sweet Folly by Laura Kinsale http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/04/09/my-sweet-folly-by-laura-kinsale/ it's not chick porn Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:16:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Sherry Thomas http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/04/09/my-sweet-folly-by-laura-kinsale/#comment-9281 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 03:27:25 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/04/09/my-sweet-folly-by-laura-kinsale/#comment-9281 I couldn't get into FFTS. I skimmed much of My Sweet Folly. And I'm a card carrying member of the Laura Kinsale fan club (registered member at her message board, that's the equivalent, right?) Bam, I think Shadow Heart would be perfect for you, although Allegreto was even more deliciously screwed up in the prequel, For My Lady's Heart. With an author like LK, you have to try everything she's written. Because although you may not get into half or even 3/4 of her books, the rest would shake the foundation of your world. I could live without the majority of her books, but The Shadow and the Star, For My Lady's Heart, and Shadow Heart I would save right after I've saved the brats, if my house caught on fire. I couldn’t get into FFTS. I skimmed much of My Sweet Folly. And I’m a card carrying member of the Laura Kinsale fan club (registered member at her message board, that’s the equivalent, right?)

Bam, I think Shadow Heart would be perfect for you, although Allegreto was even more deliciously screwed up in the prequel, For My Lady’s Heart.

With an author like LK, you have to try everything she’s written. Because although you may not get into half or even 3/4 of her books, the rest would shake the foundation of your world. I could live without the majority of her books, but The Shadow and the Star, For My Lady’s Heart, and Shadow Heart I would save right after I’ve saved the brats, if my house caught on fire.

]]> by: Sandra http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/04/09/my-sweet-folly-by-laura-kinsale/#comment-9279 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:23:28 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/04/09/my-sweet-folly-by-laura-kinsale/#comment-9279 To Bam: " What happened to Debra Winger's career?" She made TERMS OF ENDEARMENT. That was enough to sink it permanently. To Bam: ” What happened to Debra Winger’s career?” She made TERMS OF ENDEARMENT. That was enough to sink it permanently.

]]> by: Estelle http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/04/09/my-sweet-folly-by-laura-kinsale/#comment-9265 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:56:06 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/04/09/my-sweet-folly-by-laura-kinsale/#comment-9265 Hmm, I might have to re-read this actually. Like you I loved the letters and the very beginning of the book but Kinsale totally lost me with all the unnecessary complicated subplots. Maybe I'll enjoy it more the second time around. My absolute Kinsale favorite is Seize the Fire. I love that books to death. Olympia, Sheridan, the penguin, the travels...great stuff, great anti hero--cheating lyin' bastard, loved it!. The Kinsale I wanted to throw against the wall was The Shadow and The Star--yeah, the one with the ninja hero. Everywhere I go on the net it seems that people love it and praise it to the skies. There are some that find Leda too spineless for the heroine. My problem wans't with Leda, it was with Samuel, whom I couldn't stand. I wanted Leda to run away and find herself anothe man. Gah, just thinking about it makes me want to bash Samuel on the head. I didn't like FFTS either but neither leads got to me enough for me to dislike it as intensely as I do TSATS. The Dream Hunter also didn't go down to well, I just couldn't stand the heroine. I wonder if I'd appreciate her more nowadays, maybe I should re-read it. But Ms. Kinsale writes so splendidly that I couldn't bring myself to get rid of those three books. And I do love her other books. Midsummer Moon for the humor and the hedgehog, Uncertain Magic for the gothic feel it has, Shadowheart for the devious hero and the light BDSM scenes, For My Lady's Heart for the great hero and heroine, The Hidden Heart for its old-fashioned feel and The Prince of Magic for the totally unconventional twists. Hmm, I might have to re-read this actually. Like you I loved the letters and the very beginning of the book but Kinsale totally lost me with all the unnecessary complicated subplots. Maybe I’ll enjoy it more the second time around.

My absolute Kinsale favorite is Seize the Fire. I love that books to death. Olympia, Sheridan, the penguin, the travels…great stuff, great anti hero–cheating lyin’ bastard, loved it!.

The Kinsale I wanted to throw against the wall was The Shadow and The Star–yeah, the one with the ninja hero. Everywhere I go on the net it seems that people love it and praise it to the skies. There are some that find Leda too spineless for the heroine. My problem wans’t with Leda, it was with Samuel, whom I couldn’t stand. I wanted Leda to run away and find herself anothe man. Gah, just thinking about it makes me want to bash Samuel on the head.

I didn’t like FFTS either but neither leads got to me enough for me to dislike it as intensely as I do TSATS. The Dream Hunter also didn’t go down to well, I just couldn’t stand the heroine. I wonder if I’d appreciate her more nowadays, maybe I should re-read it.

But Ms. Kinsale writes so splendidly that I couldn’t bring myself to get rid of those three books. And I do love her other books. Midsummer Moon for the humor and the hedgehog, Uncertain Magic for the gothic feel it has, Shadowheart for the devious hero and the light BDSM scenes, For My Lady’s Heart for the great hero and heroine, The Hidden Heart for its old-fashioned feel and The Prince of Magic for the totally unconventional twists.

]]> by: thirstygirl http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/04/09/my-sweet-folly-by-laura-kinsale/#comment-9260 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 04:54:30 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/04/09/my-sweet-folly-by-laura-kinsale/#comment-9260 Ooooo, <i>The Shadow and the Star</i> is my *favourite* Kinsale book. The hero is one screwed up man with some very legitimate issues. The heroine is very interesting. Plus it's set in late Victorian times which is such a nice change. And their first sex scene and its aftermath? I can't wait for you to read that. *Glee!* Ooooo, The Shadow and the Star is my *favourite* Kinsale book. The hero is one screwed up man with some very legitimate issues. The heroine is very interesting. Plus it’s set in late Victorian times which is such a nice change.

And their first sex scene and its aftermath? I can’t wait for you to read that.

*Glee!*

]]> by: Helen M http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/04/09/my-sweet-folly-by-laura-kinsale/#comment-9254 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 23:01:38 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/04/09/my-sweet-folly-by-laura-kinsale/#comment-9254 I might have to find myself a copy of this - the first half sounds fascinating! Basically off-topic, but while Bruce Wayne's angst is yummy (OMG, His Parents Are DEAD!!!!eleventyone!!!111!!1), when it comes to the ultra emo DC universe, I'm more partial to Dick (Grayson) flavoured angst*, myself. Raised by the Bat! How could he <i>not</i> be screwed up? *sorry, couldn't help myself with that phrasing! I might have to find myself a copy of this - the first half sounds fascinating!

Basically off-topic, but while Bruce Wayne’s angst is yummy (OMG, His Parents Are DEAD!!!!eleventyone!!!111!!1), when it comes to the ultra emo DC universe, I’m more partial to Dick (Grayson) flavoured angst*, myself. Raised by the Bat! How could he not be screwed up?

*sorry, couldn’t help myself with that phrasing!

]]> by: bam http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/04/09/my-sweet-folly-by-laura-kinsale/#comment-9248 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:46:07 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/04/09/my-sweet-folly-by-laura-kinsale/#comment-9248 Sandra, nope. FFTS bored me too. See <a href="http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/05/20/flowers-from-the-storm-by-laura-kinsale/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I thought it was well-written, but for the most part, I couldn't like the heroine. I wanted to stab her in the eye with a screwdriver. Oh, and I liked <em>Terms of Endearment</em> *ducks*. That and <em>Steel Magnolias</em> are the two movies guaranteed to have me sobbing. I love Shirley MacLaine. Dude, what happened to Debra Winger's career? Sandra, nope. FFTS bored me too. See here. I thought it was well-written, but for the most part, I couldn’t like the heroine. I wanted to stab her in the eye with a screwdriver.

Oh, and I liked Terms of Endearment *ducks*. That and Steel Magnolias are the two movies guaranteed to have me sobbing. I love Shirley MacLaine. Dude, what happened to Debra Winger’s career?

]]> by: Sandra http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/04/09/my-sweet-folly-by-laura-kinsale/#comment-9246 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:33:11 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/04/09/my-sweet-folly-by-laura-kinsale/#comment-9246 Oh dear, another FLOWERS FROM THE STORM fan! I loathe that book, having struggled through the first half of it and then tossed it. It's the only romance novel I couldn't force myself to finish, and I even read all of Jude Devereaux's COUNTERFEIT LADY, which gets my vote for worst 'romance' ever written. (The 'hero' is a spineless drunk , the 'heroine' is a doormat and the villainess is fat. Apparently that's enough to establish her as being evil.) It's incomprehensible to me why so many reviewers adore FFLS. Mind you, I had the same reaction to TERMS OF ENDEARMENT. All the reviews insisted that it was warm and witty and wonderful, and I found it to be a boring piece of tripe. At times like that, you wonder who is crazy - you or everybody else. Oh dear, another FLOWERS FROM THE STORM fan! I loathe that book, having struggled through the first half of it and then tossed it. It’s the only romance novel I couldn’t force myself to finish, and I even read all of Jude Devereaux’s COUNTERFEIT LADY, which gets my vote for worst ‘romance’ ever written. (The ‘hero’ is a spineless drunk , the ‘heroine’ is a doormat and the villainess is fat. Apparently that’s enough to establish her as being evil.) It’s incomprehensible to me why so many reviewers adore FFLS. Mind you, I had the same reaction to TERMS OF ENDEARMENT. All the reviews insisted that it was warm and witty and wonderful, and I found it to be a boring piece of tripe. At times like that, you wonder who is crazy - you or everybody else.

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