Looking for a VAMPIRE PARANORMAL ROMANCE SERIES that follows the same characters throughout...?
I have read the Twilight series, the Sookie Stackhouse novels, the Anita Blake series, the Merry Gentry series, and the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. I am looking for a series that follows the same characters throughout, and I do enjoy the romance. Twilight was great but a bit too juvenille for me. I am looking for something a bit more... erotic, I guess. Something along the lines of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. Anybody have any ideas?
What are some good fiction books by female authors you can't put down?
Room By Emma Donoghue :This was adapted into a movie 2 /3 years ago and it was almost as good as the book. Highly recommend the book. Incredible writing and story telling. I read it in one sitting and when I put it down , the world around me was not the same.The Secret Life Of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd: This book explores so many narratives on issues such as race, grief, love, betrayal , mental health and forgiveness. That seems a lot but Kidd’s writing beautifully ties the different topics together. Each character is as interesting as the next. Kidd discusses their complexities and redemption. You get mad at the characters, then weep and laugh with them.There are a lot of unapologetically strong female leads in the book, I read it in two sittings then made the mistake of watching the movie because I got greedy for more. I heard if you watch the movie first and then read the book in this case it’s much better because the book expands on the characters and gives them more depth which can’t be acquired in a 2 hour flick.Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi : Ngozi is an incredible writer and Americana is such a great book. Ngozi explores the experience of an African living in the states. How different racial tensions are for Africans in the states to blacks born in the states.Most importantly she discusses the complexities of middle class life in Nigeria. I found this super interesting because typically people write about Africa in the usual dirt poor , no education - must be saved by the hero white man way. Anyone who has been to Africa or has lived there knows that’s not the full story at all so it is refreshing to read a book that finally conveys that.The lead character is a strong female who makes mistakes like cheating on her devoted boyfriend out of ‘curiosity’ but she’s also very loving to her nephew and understanding to the white family she does nanny work for even when they try a little too hard to be politically correct around her.Those are my top three fictional books by female authors. I’m constantly scouting for more because as much as I love male writing, there’s a certain undeniable depth that female writers bring to friction.
What are some books with female fighters/heroines that kick butts?
I highly recommend Tamara Pierce’s Tortall books, she has multiple tough female characters and leads, from Lady Knights, to Wildling Orphans and Medieval City Watch officers.Her earlier books are quite short, suitable more for teenagers and her books steadily get longer and more complex as Young Adult fiction started allowing longer books.One of my favourites is her character Kel, a young knight in training and only the 2nd girl to take on knights training, there is a great bit we’re the “bully boys” give her weighted weapons to make her see weak and clumsy.There is a great pay of fseveral books in when she reveals to the training master that she has been using weighted weapons ever since and the “normal” weapons are too light.
YA Paranormal Romance books with Scottish male characters?
It's not a YA series, but the Parasol Protectorate series by Gail Carriger has a Scottish male love interest. The first book is called Soulless. While it's not YA, it's also not explicit and should be perfectly fine for teenagers.
Some good science-fiction/fantasy novels and series?
I was looking for some good sci. fic/fantasy novels. I'm not talking about the really easy to read ones and I'm not necessarily asking for the more mainstream and popular ones. I just want a good read, and I'm new to the science fiction/fantasy genre, so something to start off with that will really "wow" me and make me want to continue on with this genre. Maybe one with even a little bit of romance would be great since I am coming from being an avid reader of Historical fiction/romance and contemporary fiction/romance and also paranormal fiction/romance. The books don't have to be historical or anything either. I just want some names of your favorite books please. Series would be great too. Anything will be greatly appreciated! Thanks so much!
What is the difference between a mage, wizard, enchanter, sorcerer, witch, and warlock?
Mage is a common turm for a a Magic user. Comes from the word Magi which is the order of magic users. Wizards is a term are a philosopher of the Mages. They rely on knowledge of books and scripts they heavily scholarly. They brew potions to test things out. They form try to gain more stuff and things of that. Witches are almost like Wizards. Though they follows more simple way. They are not scholarly and unlike Wizards they brew stuff they already have made before then making something new, and hone mainly to more poisonous objects. Enchanters are Mages that are very different. They focus mainly mess with peoples minds, love potions, illusions, type of things that would be called drugging. While also givings power to things of posession, either being wards of evil or a cursed object. Sorcerers are being of source with in them. Unlike Wizards Enchanters and Witches that rely on things such as incantations, Potions, studying and objects to show their power. Sorcerers are completely born with the talent. In it they sense and can draw strength through ethereal beings just formily known as Spirits.
Which would you choose between Harry Potter series or Twilight series?
Harry Potter of course. I may have my issues with J.K. Rowling, but Stephanie Meyer is a terrible writer and story teller. Nothing in her books was original, except perhaps the stripper glitter skin. She may have even taken that from something, but I don’t know. I’ve read both series. The HP books get read at least once a year, if not more. The Twilight books I read out of necessity because when I was going around to schools talking to kids about creative writing, they would ask me what I thought of them. They now sit on a bookshelf behind other books because I’m ashamed that I own them, but can’t bring myself to destroy a book, no matter how terrible.Twilight was a glorified romance that bordered on bestiality and statutory rape. The themes of obsessive possession and helpless dependency made me sick. And I mean, Edward Cullen…so hot. That whole dead inside and out with weird impulse control issues that haven’t been solved in a hundred years is such a turn on. Bella’s lack of inner strength, willpower, independent thought and all around pathetic neediness is also so great. Meyer’s inability to create characters that can exist on their own moral high ground, removing any chance of development, and her complete lack of originality is just the sweaty maraschino cherry on top.Harry Potter has its issues, Rowling has backtracked on a lot of what made it so special to begin with, but the story itself is still strong enough to stand on its own. It’s a mark of success that even the author can’t damage her own creation bad enough to mar the legend. The characters do grow and evolve, the story aged as its original readers aged, and that’s why it’s become so timeless. I can read Harry Potter to my future children and they’ll be able to relate, no matter what age they are. I won’t be able to do that with Twilight, even if I wanted to.