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Journal Entry 1 by tqd from Sydney, New South Wales Australia on Wednesday, May 18, 2011
 Soulless was one of those books that caught my imagination: recommended on LibraryThing, and Book 1 of the "Parasol Protectorate" (which made me giggle), it looked like a great fun steam punk romp, with vampires, werewolves, and a Buffy-esque main character.
Unfortunately, it was less Buffy and more Twilight, with far too much romance, and not nearly enough slayage. The romance kicked in on page 8. Honestly. Couldn't we just have one book with young women fighting the good fight against the denizens of the demon dimensions without romance? Yeesh. And sometimes this was far more soft porn than romance, with some fairly explicit scenes. I am also less amused by romances where the heroine and hero are so obviously going to fall in love, or have even already fallen in love, during the course of the book. These books are written with the premise of *unresolved* sexual tension, and then they throw it all away with the couple falling into bed in the last chapter^ and the following books suffer for it.
I also did have a quibble with one character being described as having a slight Scottish accent, then on the next page he is rumoured to be Scottish (well, I thought the accent gave that one away), then on the next page he says "Aye".
I GOT IT ALREADY. HE'S SCOTTISH.
At least the romance wasn't with a vampire (they're undead, people!), but with a werewolf. I can see the appeal of werewolves much more than vampires. (And anything's better than zombies.)
Overall, while I had some moments of fun with this, I just can't see myself sourcing the next book in the series.
Not bad for what it is, but I am a bit over the whole paranormal romance genre.
^ Not a spoiler. Honestly, it happens every single book.
UPDATE 14 JULY 2011: This was popped into the Oz VBB, and chosen by JennyMidget. Will get it in the mail asap!
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Journal Entry 2 by tqd at Balmain, New South Wales Australia on Friday, July 22, 2011
Released 10 mos ago (7/22/2011 UTC) at Balmain, New South Wales Australia CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
In the mail to jennymidget today!
Happy reading!
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Soulless (The Parasol Protectorate)
