{"id":595,"date":"2008-04-03T22:28:49","date_gmt":"2008-04-03T22:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/steelypips.org\/weblog-test\/?p=595"},"modified":"2024-02-04T17:17:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T22:17:42","slug":"liu_01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steelypips.org\/weblog\/2008\/04\/liu_01\/","title":{"rendered":"Liu, Marjorie M.: (01) Tiger Eye<\/cite>"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I noticed that Oyce was tearing through Marjorie M. Liu’s books at a remarkable pace, I went back and looked at her review of the first book<\/a>, Tiger Eye<\/cite><\/strong>. It sounded entertaining, so I picked it up one day when I wanted something light.<\/p>\n

All hail word of mouth, because the cover<\/a> would certainly never have led me to pick it up. The series, as you may imagine, is shelved in romance. I was less interested in the romance than Oyce, but that may be because I’m getting extremely picky about my romance plots: I want them either to catch me right away, or to receive a lot more development than is usual. However, I read this through in one sitting anyway, because I liked that the female character was a smith, there was a decent amount of action and urban-fantasy worldbuilding, and it gave me “fluff” vibes that almost entirely turned off my brain. As a result, I can say that I noticed that the pacing went odd toward the end, but not whether I think the book as a whole was actually any good. Which is fine with me, honestly; there are times when fluff is what’s needed, and I’m probably stockpiling the rest of the series against future need.<\/p>\n

This series seems to be generally well-reviewed, and so my reaction quite likely says more about me than the book. Also, I agree with Oyce that the blatant series-establishing was not annoying, which is rare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I noticed that Oyce was tearing through Marjorie M. Liu’s books at a remarkable pace, I went back and looked at her review of the first book, Tiger Eye. It sounded entertaining, so I picked it up one day when I wanted something light. All hail word of mouth, because the cover would certainly … <\/p>\n

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