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My New Favorite Book
Dec. 6th, 2007 08:40 pmSo I finished listening to what has quickly become my new favorite book: Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade by Diana Gabaldon
I liked the first Lord John book a lot, but this? This pushed soooooo many of my buttons. There were multiple appearances by Jamie (OMG I want to kick his arse for being such a bastard to John, though!), there was plenty of period goodness, there were battles & action, there was hurt/comfort galore, there was mystery and family honor, and for a little while there was a fantastic gay romance with a bit of action as well *EG* I seriously loved every moment, and thought it was beautifully written.
Oh, and I had to share my very most favoritest part: The beginning of chapter 21 in which Lord John... well, I won't spoil it! (MP3) Guuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
I want to write more, but I don't want to spoil it for anybody. Suffice it to say, it was wonderful in so many ways and treated the subject matter beautifully but there was a great balance of things, too.
Incidentally, I still haven't read A Breath of Snow and Ashes- and now I desperately want to. But I'm re-reading the series and I'm only up to halfway through Dragonfly, so I have a ways to go. Hopefully I'll be less miffed at Jamie by then. LOL
I liked the first Lord John book a lot, but this? This pushed soooooo many of my buttons. There were multiple appearances by Jamie (OMG I want to kick his arse for being such a bastard to John, though!), there was plenty of period goodness, there were battles & action, there was hurt/comfort galore, there was mystery and family honor, and for a little while there was a fantastic gay romance with a bit of action as well *EG* I seriously loved every moment, and thought it was beautifully written.
Oh, and I had to share my very most favoritest part: The beginning of chapter 21 in which Lord John... well, I won't spoil it! (MP3) Guuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
I want to write more, but I don't want to spoil it for anybody. Suffice it to say, it was wonderful in so many ways and treated the subject matter beautifully but there was a great balance of things, too.
Incidentally, I still haven't read A Breath of Snow and Ashes- and now I desperately want to. But I'm re-reading the series and I'm only up to halfway through Dragonfly, so I have a ways to go. Hopefully I'll be less miffed at Jamie by then. LOL
