The Bewitchments of Love And Hate: The Second Book of the Wraeththu
by Storm Constantine 
Wraeththu Chronicles (2), Wraeththu Mythos (Chronicles 2)
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As the savage clan of the Wraeththu and the Gelaming of the South prepare for an inevitable war, Calanthe, certain that his beloved Pellaz has been slain by Theide, prepares to seek revenge.Tags
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I struggled my way through this, although that is not a reflection of the author. Storm Constantine is brilliant and talented! Her language is beautiful, and she created such a unique universe that was nice to escape to.
While I loved the first book to this series, this one fell flat on its face for me. I rounded up to 3 stars as I do dearly love this author, even if the series is no longer my cup of tea.
It is very rare for me to dive into a series, although this came very close to being a good series to indulge in.Unfortunately I have commitment problems , and despite my eagerness to change that, I don't see this change happening anytime soon.
Now, I really loved all of the main characters and delighted in their antics!
My bone to show more pick? I have to be honest. Halfway through this novel, I was snoozing, HARD.
Way too much agonizing focus on sex/aruna. Seriously, it was borderline obsessive and THE VISUALS were extremely strange. I think it tried to hard to avoid being your typical raunchy sex scene and just ended up way too strange and elaborate.
I do not read erotica or romance often, as its just not my thing! I am no pearl clutcher, I sure don't mind my fair share of a raunchy steamy scene if the story calls for it. But in this case, sex was the savior - the solve all - the cure - the main focus. It was overboard and awkward and just so vastly different from the first book of the series in which we focus on the universe building, turmoil, and the characters.
Unfortunately, I think my reading of this series comes to an end here.
I have a ton on my plate to read, and would like to find new universes to explore.
I feel relieved to finally get off this ride, although I have a feeling I will still look back fondly and nostalgically.
Onwards and upwards! show less
While I loved the first book to this series, this one fell flat on its face for me. I rounded up to 3 stars as I do dearly love this author, even if the series is no longer my cup of tea.
It is very rare for me to dive into a series, although this came very close to being a good series to indulge in.Unfortunately I have commitment problems , and despite my eagerness to change that, I don't see this change happening anytime soon.
Now, I really loved all of the main characters and delighted in their antics!
My bone to show more pick? I have to be honest. Halfway through this novel, I was snoozing, HARD.
Way too much agonizing focus on sex/aruna. Seriously, it was borderline obsessive and THE VISUALS were extremely strange. I think it tried to hard to avoid being your typical raunchy sex scene and just ended up way too strange and elaborate.
I do not read erotica or romance often, as its just not my thing! I am no pearl clutcher, I sure don't mind my fair share of a raunchy steamy scene if the story calls for it. But in this case, sex was the savior - the solve all - the cure - the main focus. It was overboard and awkward and just so vastly different from the first book of the series in which we focus on the universe building, turmoil, and the characters.
Unfortunately, I think my reading of this series comes to an end here.
I have a ton on my plate to read, and would like to find new universes to explore.
I feel relieved to finally get off this ride, although I have a feeling I will still look back fondly and nostalgically.
Onwards and upwards! show less
Hermaphroditic mutants with bad attitude and impossible beauty! Contemptuous glances and elegant sneers! Thinly disguised thelemite sex magick! Black leather and horses! More sex! Cartons of cigarettes in a post-apocalyptic world! More sex! Love and angst amidst the mud and cushions! More sex! This bit of slash has it all: poorly written prose, sentences that make your brain go "Whaaat the...?", a story line that's nano-scale thin (with unsympathetic characters to match), a plot that's confusing at best, and--finally--The End (and more sex!).
So terribly written you just have to read it! (Then have more sex.)
So terribly written you just have to read it! (Then have more sex.)
*note to self. (copy from Al).
will scan cover later.
will scan cover later.
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- Alternate titles
- Book of Wraeththu. Book 2
- Original publication date
- 1988
- Epigraph
- Energy is ecstasy. When we drop the barriers and let power pour through, it floods the body, pulsing through every nerve, arousing every artery, coursing like a river that cleanses as it moves. In the eye of the storm, we ris... (show all)e on the winds that roar through mind and body, throbbing a liquid note as the voice pours out shimmering honey in waves of golden light, that as they pass, leave peace. No drug can take us so high, no thrill pierce us so deep because we have felt the essence of all delight, the heart of joy, the end of desire. Energy is love, and love is magic.
- Starhawk, The Spiral Dance, Harper and Row, 1979 - Dedication
- This book is dedicated to my long-suffering colleagues at the library, especially, Lynda, Claire, Karen, Michelle, Sheila and Gwyn. (See, you can get your name in print as well!)
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- Our house did not have a name until I was nearly five years old.
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Listen in the shadows; I'm whistling in the dark.
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