Quick review: Lunatic Fringe
Apr. 22nd, 2013 10:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dancingsingingxposted from goodreads
I just got book #2 in the mail and before I read it, I want to jot a quick review of #1. I read it when it first came out (2011?) so this review will be just a short bit. (Even before baby sleep deprivation, my memory wasn't the greatest.)
I'll jump right to the main point--Lesbian. Fucking. Werewolves! When I heard that, I had to buy the book and read it. And Moon totally delivers with great werewolves and great sex scenes.
Since the book is self-published, I was curious to see if there was anything seriously different from what you'd get from a traditionally published book. I found two things: subject matter that probably wouldn't get through the mainstream filter and a really slow first chapter. I think that if Moon had needed to pitch this book to an agent, she would have, by necessity, made the opening scene and opening chapter much more grabby. But, fortunately, the slow opening isn't reflective of the rest of the book.
There was an "author's first book" feeling to it, with a pretty straightforward plotline and pretty sparse supblots. But there was definitely enough plot there to hold my interest and to justify the awesome lesbian werewolfness and the sex scenes.
So, summary: a definitely enjoyable read if not literary magic. And awesome lesbian werewolves!
I just got book #2 in the mail and before I read it, I want to jot a quick review of #1. I read it when it first came out (2011?) so this review will be just a short bit. (Even before baby sleep deprivation, my memory wasn't the greatest.)
I'll jump right to the main point--Lesbian. Fucking. Werewolves! When I heard that, I had to buy the book and read it. And Moon totally delivers with great werewolves and great sex scenes.
Since the book is self-published, I was curious to see if there was anything seriously different from what you'd get from a traditionally published book. I found two things: subject matter that probably wouldn't get through the mainstream filter and a really slow first chapter. I think that if Moon had needed to pitch this book to an agent, she would have, by necessity, made the opening scene and opening chapter much more grabby. But, fortunately, the slow opening isn't reflective of the rest of the book.
There was an "author's first book" feeling to it, with a pretty straightforward plotline and pretty sparse supblots. But there was definitely enough plot there to hold my interest and to justify the awesome lesbian werewolfness and the sex scenes.
So, summary: a definitely enjoyable read if not literary magic. And awesome lesbian werewolves!
