Comments on: REISSUE ALERT: Seize the Fire by Laura Kinsale **OCTOBER 2008** http://goodbadandunread.com/2008/05/11/reissue-alert-seize-the-fire-by-laura-kinsale/ Reading, Ranting and Reviewing by Readers Sat, 26 May 2012 06:01:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Gwen http://goodbadandunread.com/2008/05/11/reissue-alert-seize-the-fire-by-laura-kinsale/comment-page-1/#comment-75140 Gwen Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:24:51 +0000 http://goodbadandunread.com/2008/05/11/reissue-alert-seize-the-fire-by-laura-kinsale/#comment-75140 Laura - HA! Good news. Thanks for clarifying! But you have to admit, it's pretty humorous how rumors start. Laura – HA! Good news. Thanks for clarifying!

But you have to admit, it’s pretty humorous how rumors start.

]]> By: Sybil http://goodbadandunread.com/2008/05/11/reissue-alert-seize-the-fire-by-laura-kinsale/comment-page-1/#comment-75122 Sybil Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:01:13 +0000 http://goodbadandunread.com/2008/05/11/reissue-alert-seize-the-fire-by-laura-kinsale/#comment-75122 SEE! I knew my memory sucked but wasn't THAT bad. A dinner on penguin would have stuck in my head if for no other reason I would have wondered why the author was pissed at Penguin. Seaweed I remember too and I don't recall it being seriously dark. It was one of the first romances I read (Shadowheart was the first) so seriously I must reread it. Plus I have decided the soon to be reviewing Wendy 2.0 must read them. SEE! I knew my memory sucked but wasn’t THAT bad. A dinner on penguin would have stuck in my head if for no other reason I would have wondered why the author was pissed at Penguin.

Seaweed I remember too and I don’t recall it being seriously dark. It was one of the first romances I read (Shadowheart was the first) so seriously I must reread it. Plus I have decided the soon to be reviewing Wendy 2.0 must read them.

]]> By: Laura Kinsale http://goodbadandunread.com/2008/05/11/reissue-alert-seize-the-fire-by-laura-kinsale/comment-page-1/#comment-75117 Laura Kinsale Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:33:20 +0000 http://goodbadandunread.com/2008/05/11/reissue-alert-seize-the-fire-by-laura-kinsale/#comment-75117 Just so no internet rumors get started, there is no penguin eating in STF. ;P The penguin is a pet. Seaweed and mussels, yeah. And a goose or two. Just so no internet rumors get started, there is no penguin eating in STF. ;P The penguin is a pet.

Seaweed and mussels, yeah. And a goose or two.

]]> By: limecello http://goodbadandunread.com/2008/05/11/reissue-alert-seize-the-fire-by-laura-kinsale/comment-page-1/#comment-74880 limecello Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:45:24 +0000 http://goodbadandunread.com/2008/05/11/reissue-alert-seize-the-fire-by-laura-kinsale/#comment-74880 Ack long comments. Haha I also spurred on a number of Kinsale discussions with "to buy or not?" I liked <em>Duke of Shadows</em> (if Sherry and I are talking about the same book). Smart books have their place and deserve a lot of love. And books that require thinking - like the one I just posted about. But then I like the fluff too. :) Ack long comments. Haha I also spurred on a number of Kinsale discussions with “to buy or not?” I liked Duke of Shadows (if Sherry and I are talking about the same book). Smart books have their place and deserve a lot of love. And books that require thinking – like the one I just posted about. But then I like the fluff too. :)

]]> By: Sybil http://goodbadandunread.com/2008/05/11/reissue-alert-seize-the-fire-by-laura-kinsale/comment-page-1/#comment-74875 Sybil Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:01:32 +0000 http://goodbadandunread.com/2008/05/11/reissue-alert-seize-the-fire-by-laura-kinsale/#comment-74875 I recall no penguin eating... LOL I soooooooooo have to reread this. I know I took it down to read. I recall no penguin eating… LOL

I soooooooooo have to reread this. I know I took it down to read.

]]> By: V S Johnson http://goodbadandunread.com/2008/05/11/reissue-alert-seize-the-fire-by-laura-kinsale/comment-page-1/#comment-74829 V S Johnson Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:57:26 +0000 http://goodbadandunread.com/2008/05/11/reissue-alert-seize-the-fire-by-laura-kinsale/#comment-74829 Admittedly, SEIZE THE FIRE is not for those who enjoy a light read. By the end of the first couple of chapters, the rose-colored glasses have definitely come off! But I think that's part of Kinsale's appeal. It's her style of writing and her realistic approach to what is commonly a far-fetched, blissful world of drably-written happily-ever-afters that makes her so appreciated. Granted, not everyone's lives are so action-packed or marked with intrigue or gloriously handsome, tragic heroes--but once you've read about so many perfect men, it becomes tiresome. After all, who knows a <strong>truly </strong>perfect man, one who loves his mama and kids and pets and has no temper and has never done a single dishonest deed in his life? Sheridan Drake was helplessly flawed and jaded and damaged by what he had been forced to do in combat--things that changed who he was forever. I also love the fact that her heroines are not perfect, either. Olympia was a chubby little thing, wasn't she, by today's standards? (`Course, he didn't seem to mind--not all guys like only skinny girls, after all) And so incredibly naive, to be almost painful. I have been reading Kinsale since I was seventeen years old and have <em>re-read </em>everything that woman has ever put on paper at least three times. If you want a rose-colored world, then there are plenty of books out there on the subject. If you want your heart broken and remade over and over again all within the space of a single book cover, you read Laura Kinsale. She's definitely a keeper. Admittedly, SEIZE THE FIRE is not for those who enjoy a light read. By the end of the first couple of chapters, the rose-colored glasses have definitely come off! But I think that’s part of Kinsale’s appeal. It’s her style of writing and her realistic approach to what is commonly a far-fetched, blissful world of drably-written happily-ever-afters that makes her so appreciated. Granted, not everyone’s lives are so action-packed or marked with intrigue or gloriously handsome, tragic heroes–but once you’ve read about so many perfect men, it becomes tiresome. After all, who knows a truly perfect man, one who loves his mama and kids and pets and has no temper and has never done a single dishonest deed in his life? Sheridan Drake was helplessly flawed and jaded and damaged by what he had been forced to do in combat–things that changed who he was forever. I also love the fact that her heroines are not perfect, either. Olympia was a chubby little thing, wasn’t she, by today’s standards? (`Course, he didn’t seem to mind–not all guys like only skinny girls, after all) And so incredibly naive, to be almost painful.
I have been reading Kinsale since I was seventeen years old and have re-read everything that woman has ever put on paper at least three times. If you want a rose-colored world, then there are plenty of books out there on the subject. If you want your heart broken and remade over and over again all within the space of a single book cover, you read Laura Kinsale. She’s definitely a keeper.

]]> By: Gwen http://goodbadandunread.com/2008/05/11/reissue-alert-seize-the-fire-by-laura-kinsale/comment-page-1/#comment-46603 Gwen Mon, 12 May 2008 13:49:28 +0000 http://goodbadandunread.com/2008/05/11/reissue-alert-seize-the-fire-by-laura-kinsale/#comment-46603 Sherry - HA! Eating penguins? Yikes! Sherry – HA! Eating penguins? Yikes!

]]> By: Sherry Thomas http://goodbadandunread.com/2008/05/11/reissue-alert-seize-the-fire-by-laura-kinsale/comment-page-1/#comment-46485 Sherry Thomas Mon, 12 May 2008 04:57:19 +0000 http://goodbadandunread.com/2008/05/11/reissue-alert-seize-the-fire-by-laura-kinsale/#comment-46485 S P O I L E R Seize the Fire is your fave? Wow, you really are a sucker for pain. I stopped reading that book when they were rescued off the South Pole, or whatever cold and desolate place where they were eating penguins or whatnot. Because they were rescued by a religious nut and religious nuts freak me out. And then, when I was chatting with Janine, she filled me in on the rest of the book. Oy, the dark, the pain, the angst, the bloodshed. Waaaayy beyond what my little heart can take. BTW, Syb, if you love teh dark, have you tried The Duke of Shadows yet? The darkest thing to come along since Kinsale, word on the street has it. ETA: Holy @#$%. I just read the blurb. Desert island paradise? Talk about false advertising. That bleak, frozen rock they were stuck on? My backyard is the Hanging Garden of Babylon then. S P O I L E R S
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Seize the Fire is your fave? Wow, you really are a sucker for pain.

I stopped reading that book when they were rescued off the South Pole, or whatever cold and desolate place where they were eating penguins or whatnot. Because they were rescued by a religious nut and religious nuts freak me out.

And then, when I was chatting with Janine, she filled me in on the rest of the book. Oy, the dark, the pain, the angst, the bloodshed. Waaaayy beyond what my little heart can take.

BTW, Syb, if you love teh dark, have you tried The Duke of Shadows yet? The darkest thing to come along since Kinsale, word on the street has it.

ETA: Holy @#$%. I just read the blurb. Desert island paradise? Talk about false advertising. That bleak, frozen rock they were stuck on? My backyard is the Hanging Garden of Babylon then.

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]]> By: Little Lamb Lost http://goodbadandunread.com/2008/05/11/reissue-alert-seize-the-fire-by-laura-kinsale/comment-page-1/#comment-46462 Little Lamb Lost Sun, 11 May 2008 21:17:04 +0000 http://goodbadandunread.com/2008/05/11/reissue-alert-seize-the-fire-by-laura-kinsale/#comment-46462 I haven't read Seize the Fire but look forward to trying it. Was incredibly impressed with Kinsale's book, Flowers from the Storm. Would never have believed someone could write a romance with a challenging hero in the form of a victim of cerebral hemorrhage and a heroine who is a Quaker. That book has an honored spot on my keeper shelf...and it is my second copy since my first one wore out with re-reading. I haven’t read Seize the Fire but look forward to trying it. Was incredibly impressed with Kinsale’s book, Flowers from the Storm. Would never have believed someone could write a romance with a challenging hero in the form of a victim of cerebral hemorrhage and a heroine who is a Quaker. That book has an honored spot on my keeper shelf…and it is my second copy since my first one wore out with re-reading.

]]> By: Lynne Connolly http://goodbadandunread.com/2008/05/11/reissue-alert-seize-the-fire-by-laura-kinsale/comment-page-1/#comment-46453 Lynne Connolly Sun, 11 May 2008 19:48:32 +0000 http://goodbadandunread.com/2008/05/11/reissue-alert-seize-the-fire-by-laura-kinsale/#comment-46453 Everything she wrote, I sucked up, and read and re-read. I am definitely a Laura Kinsale fangirl. She writes spots off most writers today, of whatever genre. And she hasn't currently got a publisher, which makes me cry. I know she's written one, and being Kinsale it will be great, but I can't read it. What kind of weird world is it when somebody with the sheer talent and dedication of Ms Kinsale hasn't got a publisher? Everything she wrote, I sucked up, and read and re-read. I am definitely a Laura Kinsale fangirl. She writes spots off most writers today, of whatever genre.
And she hasn’t currently got a publisher, which makes me cry. I know she’s written one, and being Kinsale it will be great, but I can’t read it.
What kind of weird world is it when somebody with the sheer talent and dedication of Ms Kinsale hasn’t got a publisher?

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