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cheesygiraffe's review against another edition
4.0
A lot happened in this installment. Now Menolly has a male friend to play with and he's the son of Blood Wyne, Queen of all Vampires. She also is chasing down a vampire serial killer with the help of Wade. I'm glad they are friends again. She also has to take care of some business with Sassy and Erin. And something happened between Camille and Vanzir. Who knows where that will lead... All in all it was action packed and didn't fail to delight.
nyxshadow's review against another edition
4.0
http://nyx-shadow.blogspot.fr/2013/06/les-soeurs-de-la-lune-t9-blood-wyne.html
nyxshadow's review
4.0
http://nyx-shadow.blogspot.fr/2013/06/les-soeurs-de-la-lune-t9-blood-wyne.html
chllybrd's review
4.0
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This is now my favorite Menolly Book. She has grown so much throughout the series. She has had to move on from a horrific past and it is so nice to see her open herself up a little and watch her change. There is a decent amount of action in BLOOD WYNE as well as some sexy scenes. Lots of things happen in BLOOD WYNE that I think are going to shake up all the sisters lives and affect future books. A new character that is introduced is definitely going to shake up Menolly's life and I cant wait to read about it.There hasn't been one book of Ms Galenorn's that I haven't enjoyed reading so far so I would defiantly recommend you pick up one of her series.
This is now my favorite Menolly Book. She has grown so much throughout the series. She has had to move on from a horrific past and it is so nice to see her open herself up a little and watch her change. There is a decent amount of action in BLOOD WYNE as well as some sexy scenes. Lots of things happen in BLOOD WYNE that I think are going to shake up all the sisters lives and affect future books. A new character that is introduced is definitely going to shake up Menolly's life and I cant wait to read about it.There hasn't been one book of Ms Galenorn's that I haven't enjoyed reading so far so I would defiantly recommend you pick up one of her series.
newfgirl's review against another edition
5.0
I really think this is one of the best books in the series:) Great character development!!
nyxshadow's review against another edition
4.0
http://nyx-shadow.blogspot.fr/2013/06/les-soeurs-de-la-lune-t9-blood-wyne.html
gennywren6237's review
3.0
Look, there's a lot to like about these books. The characters are fun, if a bit Mary-Sue-ish. I really love that the world is so complicated, and that all of the characters have their own motivations and lives. It feels very real. But every time I start to really get into the story, something happens to make me sit back and wonder where the *fuck* her editor was during all of this.
One example that had me fuming was this sentence: I glanced back at the building in front of which we were standing.
There's no excuse for a sentence that clumsy in a published work. Where the hell was her editor? Her beta readers? I can understand that happening during writing, but it should have been caught during the editing process. And if it were just that one sentence, I'd shrug it off, but there are plenty of other instances. None of them are *awful*. None of them are so bad I'd quit reading the book, but they add up.
I realize this is a fairly early book in her series, so I'm hoping I'll see improvement in this, because I do intend to continue reading. The story is worth it.
One example that had me fuming was this sentence: I glanced back at the building in front of which we were standing.
There's no excuse for a sentence that clumsy in a published work. Where the hell was her editor? Her beta readers? I can understand that happening during writing, but it should have been caught during the editing process. And if it were just that one sentence, I'd shrug it off, but there are plenty of other instances. None of them are *awful*. None of them are so bad I'd quit reading the book, but they add up.
I realize this is a fairly early book in her series, so I'm hoping I'll see improvement in this, because I do intend to continue reading. The story is worth it.
mysticaltype2's review
5.0
I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVED this book. Blood Wyne is probably my favorite book in the series so far. Since the beginning I have always look forward Menolly's book. She is my favorite of the sisters her character has grown so much since the first book.
First off this book was filled with things that are going to make future books much more interesting and complicated. All of the little mini stories that wound there way through Blood Wyne made for one hell of a story. Delilah didn't have much of a part in this book since she is still on the disabled list but I can't wait to read more about Shade. Ivana Krask the Elder Fae scares the crap out of me. She was so well written into the story that I wanted to know more. The budding relationship Menolly develops with Roman the big time vamp with ties to vamp royalty. Nerissa and Menolly are ones of my favorite couples in the series that I read. Looking forward to many more great outings with the sisters in future books.
I only complaint that I have is the same one I always have at the end of such an awesome Yasmine Galenorn book............I ran out of pages. :):):)
First off this book was filled with things that are going to make future books much more interesting and complicated. All of the little mini stories that wound there way through Blood Wyne made for one hell of a story. Delilah didn't have much of a part in this book since she is still on the disabled list but I can't wait to read more about Shade. Ivana Krask the Elder Fae scares the crap out of me. She was so well written into the story that I wanted to know more. The budding relationship Menolly develops with Roman the big time vamp with ties to vamp royalty. Nerissa and Menolly are ones of my favorite couples in the series that I read. Looking forward to many more great outings with the sisters in future books.
I only complaint that I have is the same one I always have at the end of such an awesome Yasmine Galenorn book............I ran out of pages. :):):)
lpcoolgirl's review against another edition
5.0
Wow, this was a fantastic book! So enjoyable to read, and yeah, we learned more about vampires and Roman, and I need to read more!
stefhyena's review
2.0
I suspect my mistake was coming in at book 9. It’s more or a paranormal soap-opera by now than anything else. I enjoyed a few things about it.
1. The sex positivity was ACTUALLY revolutionary not just same old tired porn. There was a context that made the focus on sex relevant and that context was bringing in themes like characters being bisexual and polyamorous admittedly in limited, stereotypical ways but nevertheless these are things that do not appear in books often enough.
2. The sexuality in the book was focussed on female desire. Menolly and Nerissa typify this in a way but there was also Camille and her three husbands and attraction to others. There was no slut-shaming in portraying voracious and joyful female desire and the fact that it could be complicated and directed at more than one person. This was a definitely progressive move.
3. A very persistent theme in the portrayal of sexuality was consent. Consent was both taken for granted as the foundation for any good encounter and explicitly mentioned many times. Consent and desire were shown to be intertwined and non-consensual sex was portrayed as disordered. I was cheering for all this…it needs to be done a LOT more.
Having said all that, I found Roman a problematic character for a number of reasons. Firstly Menolly’s sex with him is portrayed as her “needing a man” (ie phallocentric “naturalness” to a woman’s sexuality) a point of view Nerissa can completely relate to (because hey who doesn’t “need” a dick? Secondly the classism, the uncomplicated ease we are meant to feel at this vampire regency (a form of bullying) comes to a head on p286 where there is one of the most explicitly classist statements I have ever read (you can’t educate a person to have “class” it is just an inborn trait of the aristocracy). This is a historically ridiculous suggestion, and I do realise that this is a fantasy story but it’s insultingly ridiculous to present that view of class untroubled by facts.
Then there is the way that Roman gradually overshadows Nerissa in the story, hijacks Menolly and controls her. By the very last page she is really just Roman’s bitch which undoes a lot of the good liberative work of the earlier chapters (and probably the earlier novels). Early on she is good on boundaries, won’t let him buy her clothes and sets her own agenda but by the end of the book Nerissa is an irrelevant background figure (more hairdresser than girlfriend) and Menolly is sparkling on the arm of a control freak.
Added to the problem of Roman is a question about the title of the book. Yeah I get that Blood Wyne is Roman’s mother and a very powerful vampire but she does not actually appear in the book. A more accurate title would be “Son of blood wyne” or something completely different. There seemed to be some sort of backhanded mother-hatred flowing through the book as an underground sub-theme.
The plot itself was indifferent. The writing was not offensively bad but didn’t blow me away. This was much better than many paranormal books I have read, but not good enough for me to seek out more of the series. Nevertheless it was refreshing to have some woman-woman romance and other ways of stirring the pot and I can’t stress enough how good the emphasis on consent was.
1. The sex positivity was ACTUALLY revolutionary not just same old tired porn. There was a context that made the focus on sex relevant and that context was bringing in themes like characters being bisexual and polyamorous admittedly in limited, stereotypical ways but nevertheless these are things that do not appear in books often enough.
2. The sexuality in the book was focussed on female desire. Menolly and Nerissa typify this in a way but there was also Camille and her three husbands and attraction to others. There was no slut-shaming in portraying voracious and joyful female desire and the fact that it could be complicated and directed at more than one person. This was a definitely progressive move.
3. A very persistent theme in the portrayal of sexuality was consent. Consent was both taken for granted as the foundation for any good encounter and explicitly mentioned many times. Consent and desire were shown to be intertwined and non-consensual sex was portrayed as disordered. I was cheering for all this…it needs to be done a LOT more.
Having said all that, I found Roman a problematic character for a number of reasons. Firstly Menolly’s sex with him is portrayed as her “needing a man” (ie phallocentric “naturalness” to a woman’s sexuality) a point of view Nerissa can completely relate to (because hey who doesn’t “need” a dick? Secondly the classism, the uncomplicated ease we are meant to feel at this vampire regency (a form of bullying) comes to a head on p286 where there is one of the most explicitly classist statements I have ever read (you can’t educate a person to have “class” it is just an inborn trait of the aristocracy). This is a historically ridiculous suggestion, and I do realise that this is a fantasy story but it’s insultingly ridiculous to present that view of class untroubled by facts.
Then there is the way that Roman gradually overshadows Nerissa in the story, hijacks Menolly and controls her. By the very last page she is really just Roman’s bitch which undoes a lot of the good liberative work of the earlier chapters (and probably the earlier novels). Early on she is good on boundaries, won’t let him buy her clothes and sets her own agenda but by the end of the book Nerissa is an irrelevant background figure (more hairdresser than girlfriend) and Menolly is sparkling on the arm of a control freak.
Added to the problem of Roman is a question about the title of the book. Yeah I get that Blood Wyne is Roman’s mother and a very powerful vampire but she does not actually appear in the book. A more accurate title would be “Son of blood wyne” or something completely different. There seemed to be some sort of backhanded mother-hatred flowing through the book as an underground sub-theme.
The plot itself was indifferent. The writing was not offensively bad but didn’t blow me away. This was much better than many paranormal books I have read, but not good enough for me to seek out more of the series. Nevertheless it was refreshing to have some woman-woman romance and other ways of stirring the pot and I can’t stress enough how good the emphasis on consent was.