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text 2019-06-25 22:18
Light on romance
Lord of Scoundrels - Loretta Chase
Outlander - Diana Gabaldon
The Pride of Lions - Marsha Canham

Linda Hilton has pointed out, and I agree, that the crowdsourced list is light on romance. I am prevailing on our romance readers - Linda, Whiskey & OB - to give us a few more romances for the list.

 

Off the top of my own head, I would definitely suggest:

 

Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 

Pride of Lions by Marsha Canham

 

Can you guys help us out? Maybe another 20?

 

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review 2019-03-02 16:19
Slightly better than Volume 1 - many short stories about Luvander
Scales & Scoundrels Volume 2: Treasurehe... Scales & Scoundrels Volume 2: Treasurehearts - Sebastian Girner

 

 

Luvander, an Urden. (dragon), gets involved in various stories concluding with how and why she was cast out of her Urden community. I enjoyed this more than the first volume probably because it wasn’t trying too hard. The artwork is still simple and not particularly detailed. It’s more fun than I remember and worth a little look.

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review 2018-10-05 02:47
An Impressive Array of Short Fiction
Scoundrels Among Us - Darrin Doyle

The trouble I often have when talking about collections of short stories is just how to do talk about the collection as a whole. After tossing around some ideas, I think the easiest way to sum up my reaction to these stories is with his simple question: What was he thinking?!?!

 

Now sometimes I asked that question incredulously, sometimes in awe, sometimes in confusion, sometimes in bafflement, sometimes all of the above. But I kept asking it. Some of these are incredibly short, some are on the longer side -- told from a variety of perspectives and in a variety of tones. So beyond my one question, I don't know how to address them collectively. I won't go into detail on them all individually (that's just too many), but let's take a look at some that stood out.

 

The collection starts with "Insert Name," a story about the struggles of nonuplets growing up and then transitioning to adulthood in a very unexpected way. It impressed me, and made it clear that this wasn't going to be a run-of-the-mill short story collection. By the time I got to the sixth entry, "Dangling Joe," I knew a couple of things -- Doyle's mind doesn't work the way most people's does, and that I needed to toss out every expectation I had when I started each story. Whatever I was starting was going to be different from what had come before, and I needed to be ready for that.

 

The highlight of the book is “If the Invisible Man Dies and Nobody Sees it, Does He Really Die?” This is impossible to describe, but brilliant. He does so many things in this story -- in addition to telling a compelling story -- that I can't sum it up easily. Give me 15 pages or so, and I'd be willing to give it a shot. It's one of the best things I've read this year.

 

My notes on "Twilford Baines, Buck Hunter Unbounded" were simple, "that's really good." I just re-read it to see if I could expand on that, and no, I really can't. It's a story about a man hunting deer, who is forced into some concentrated self-reflection, and it's really good. Re-reading it tempted me to push this off another day to re-read most of the stories, actually.

 

"Slice of Moon" was a great read, but personally frustrating. I think if you read it, you'll agree. I can't think of anything else to say without ruining it. If not for "Invisible Man," it'd be my favorite story in the collection (given how annoyed he made me with it, however, maybe it was more effective than "Invisible Man,").

 

I invoked Flannery O'Conner recently, and hesitate to do it again, however, I'm compelled to. Except for the explicit sexual content (which wasn't really necessary), "Reborn" could've come from the pages of <b>Everything That Rises Must Converge</b>. It was powerful and strange and I'm glad I got to read it.

 

Were there some in this collection that didn't work for me? Yes. There were some real clunkers -- but there was nothing I wasn't glad to read. As usual, some of the stories that didn't work for me will work for you. And the one's that sent me over the moon won't do much for you (you'll be wrong most of the time there -- especially if you don't love “If the Invisible Man Dies and Nobody Sees it, Does He Really Die?”). One thing I think everyone who picks this up will agree is: Darrin Doyle is a great writer and you should read his stories. You'll probably also ask yourself "What was he thinking?" more than once. Go grab it.

 

<i><b>Disclaimer:</b> I was provided with a review copy of this collection in return for my honest thoughts and this post -- which I appreciate.</i>.

Source: irresponsiblereader.com/2018/10/04/scoundrels-among-us-by-darrin-doyle-an-impressive-array-of-short-fiction
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review 2018-03-01 23:38
Fun fantasy
Scales & Scoundrels #1 - Sebastian Girner,Galaad

I'm just not a big fantasy person.   It has to really click with me to be a five star read; this was fun, just didn't click with me. 

 

Luvander is a full, rich enough character that I'd be willing to read more, although I'll prioritize books I read regularly or five star reads over this most likely.

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review 2018-01-30 16:20
Fantasy comic collection – fairly good but nothing special
Scales & Scoundrels Volume 1: Into the D... Scales & Scoundrels Volume 1: Into the Dragon's Maw - Sebastian Girner

 

 

Involving Luvander, an athletic thief and rogue, this comic collection is a fantasy story about a quest for treasure with a prince, his bodyguard and dwarves. Various fantastical creatures are met along the way and Luvander is more than is first apparent.

 

With a cartoony style of illustration, the story is nothing particularly original and is reasonably interesting if the reader is not familiar with the genre. Ending no a cliffhanger, Volume 2 will follow but I'm not sure that I'm that bothered about it.

 

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