Let the madness begin!

[fembuck]

So the first chapter of Black Magic Sanction, the newest release in the Rachel Morgan Series has been released.


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I can already tell that I am going to be ranting and raving like a crazy person once I start to read the novel.  I'm both excited and terrified for its release now.  That 24 hours of Hollows happiness I had after finishing Ravy fluff ?  Gone now.  But heck it was nice while it lasted.  Now?  Now, it's time to bring on the pain! *sob*

So, I wasn't too disappointed by the first chapter, but I didn't love it either.

What I liked:

I was happy to have a mention of Ivy's soul in this, and Rachel being willing to do whatever it takes to help Ivy.

But, I've just been burned so many times by this series that I figure the Ivy's soul thing will be an E plot that will get about three more sentences of development throughout the rest of the book because Rachel's man-angst always trumps her trying to save her best friends soul!  I mean, shiiiiit.  It's not like Ivy has a desk job.  That woman could get killed at any time and lose her soul, but Rachel's always got something more pressing to take care of.  Honestly, I expect next to no development on the 'soul plot', just enough mention of it that we can't claim Kim's forgotten about it.

And that's pretty much it for the what I (kinda) liked section, lol.

What I didn't Like (or at least what I think will irritate me in the coming chapters):

TOO MUCH PIERCE!!!  FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!  I HATE THIS GUY!  I find him completely insufferable and I fear that him being in the first chapter means there'll be a lot of him in the book.

I was relieved to see that Rachel was completely irritated by him here (and her line about him speaking in regular English got an 'amen' from me), but the problem is I just don't really trust Rachel's thoughts any more.  She's acting irritated with Pierce, but I'm fully expecting her to have one of her, "this is such a bad idea, why am I doing this?" moments and hook-up with him at some point in this book.

I think this is the main problem for me right now. I just don't like Rachel Morgan. And so, even when she's not being stupid, I'm still irritated by her because I KNOW she's going to do something stupid any minute.

Misc. thoughts:

I've heard that Nick is going to make an appearance in this book.  Honestly I don't mind.  I've always kind of been more amused by Nick than any of Rachel's other love interest.  Even when he was a douche he provided for some funny moments, and Ravy development as well - without the angst and cock-blocking that Kisten brought along with his tight ass.

Plus, the possibility of Nick and Ivy interacting fills me with glee.

Truthfully Nick will probably be one of the things that bothers me the LEAST in this novel.

Overall:

Like I said above, I'm excited and scared for the release of the rest of the book.  I started out so excited by this series, but now I'm like a junkie craving a fix.  I know it's bad for me, but I just can't help it. I don't want to read more ... but I still do it and I hate myself for it when it drives me insane. It is a chore now, but I'm guess I'm not as much of a cynic as I thought I was because the hope of Ravy keeps me coming back.

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[fembuck.livejournal.com]

So .. a month of extended torture now, huh, waiting for it to come out.

lol, yep! And then days of torture as you try and wade your way from Rachel and Pierce scenes to get to Ivy, and the sprinklings of Ravy throughout. *sigh*

even knowing the potential for tremendous disappointment.

Have alcohol at the ready. I think we're all going to need it by the end of the book.