As Usual, I'm Behind

[ithildin]

Been meaning to comment on both Blood Ties and Dresden Files and Stargate.



First off, I always thought her name was 'Agent Mai' not 'Ancient Mai'! But how awesome was it that she was a dragon?! Squeee! I really enjoyed this episode. And the episode prior with his rat bastard uncle. Dang, Harry's been through a lot! But Bob, I love Bob [sniff] I think this has to be one of my favourite new shows! I can't believe it's already all over for the season.



As for the books, I haven't read any yet, but I'm thinking of trying to get through a few while I'm on vacation. Which brings us to Blood Ties. I'm on the fourth book in the series, and I'm having a hard time sustaining interest. I know the series has a lot of fans on my f'list, but honestly, if I hadn't been loaned all of them, I'm not sure I would have gone on past the second one. I don't read a lot of vampire fiction, and when I do read books in that genre, I'm looking for a more... erotic sort of read, I guess. And the books just don't push any of those sorts of buttons for me. I don't care whether Vicki is with Henry or Mike. and I actually find Mike more attractive than Henry -- what's with that? [g]



At the end of the incubus episode, I really did enjoy the interchange between Henry and the Incubus. Very amusing! But I thought the fighting over Vicki thing between Henry and Mike a little over the top. Actually, it's a little much in most of the episodes I've seen so far.



If you stayed through to the end, congrats!!


Decided to save SG1 for a separate post for spoiler purposes

Comments

[1-mad-squirrel.livejournal.com]

You might like the last few books, or rather the spin-off books. Henry moves to Vancouver and Tony goes with him. From that point on the books focus more on Tony, but Henry is definitely a major part of things.

I know some people don't like the "Smoke and.." books, but IMO that's because the they focus on Tony, a gay character, his past, physical relationship with Henry, which is still emotionally intense, and Tony's wishes for a future with another male character.

The supernatural aspects of the story are good, as is Tony's development as a character. He comes a long way from his days on the street.

[beccadg.livejournal.com]

I know some people don't like the "Smoke and.." books, but IMO that's because the they focus on Tony...

I bought the first book because I heard the series has Henry in it, but I haven't gotten around to reading it because of hearing how it's focused on Tony. I don't dislike Tony, or his being gay, it's just Henry has always been my favorite character, and I'm not sure 1) how much of him there really is in the books, and 2) if I'm really interested in books carried by Tony. :o

[endaewen.livejournal.com]

I'm not as keen on the Smoke books, but that's mostly for two reasons, and not the ones you gave. One: My favourite character from the books is Viki, and two: The haunted house (the second book) effectively creeped me out almost to the point of nightmares. NOT what I was expecting from a Tanya Huff novel.