Vaginal Fantasy Book Club discussion

Belated discussion thread about the episode!

http://youtu.be/nzWOeqhiwxc

Loved it! Belated comment. Must read his book

I finally read it all if you wanna talk about it?

*crickets*

I just downloaded it from the library 15 mins ago.

I have not read this book...as yet..sorry! *grovels* gold star to bonnie for finishing it and not lemming it though!

Bonnie wrote: "I finally read it all if you wanna talk about it?

*crickets*"

haha..Was it worth finishing then?

Laura wrote: "Bonnie wrote: "I finally read it all if you wanna talk about it?

*crickets*"

haha..Was it worth finishing then?"

I enjoyed it, I thought it was interesting. I liked how the girl seemed to save the guy as much as the other way around.

Cool...I might pick this one up at some stage! Certainly interested in it just oohhh so much to read..lol

Ok, so this comment isn't about Grave Witch, which I have read and really liked. The second book is also very good.

It's about the google+ discussion Felicia and the ladies had. Not sure if I should post it here or on youtube, but at abt 1:05 in you talked about no lesbian relationships in fantasy books, just lots of men on men action. I read a C.E. Murphy book who's main character is a lesbian, and I think there is some lady action. Can't remember the name of the book, was not that into the story. Also, I thought I had read something about how the most popular erotica read by women had man/man sex in it. Be it menage a trois or more. Just thought I'd put that out there

PS Felicia-Awesome shoutout to Linnea Sinclair. I like her books too!

Just watching the first show now - how did I miss this? And it'd be great if you could include a list of the books mentioned in the shows. Especially some of the recommendations that you make, so the viewers can chase those books up :)

Vaginal Fantasy seems to have ruined me, as I've been macking on Death ever since reading this book a few weeks ago.

Also, we've seen Alex's sister and father, but are we ever going to see her brother later in the series?

Yes, a quim anigif is needed. Try something along these lines.

http://www.gizmodiva.com/entry_images...

I was a bit lost reading the first few chapters bc it feels like this is the second book in a series rather than the first. You meet a lot of characters very quickly with back stories that are hard to remember. Ex. the history between her and Death should have been better explained.

I did like Alex's powers and the way the city works with witches. Also I re-watched the hangout and the ladies talked about the book for like 5 mins, ha!

Just finished it. I did enjoy it but there was a lot going on, and as you said Sandra So many characters introduced so quickly. I put the book down twice and when I picked it ago up had forgot most of what was going on.
I did like Alex, she reminded me of a more relatable Anita Blake.
Wasn't really a fan of the ice fae guy, the first impression stuck, I think I'd prefer the book actually if john never went into a coma instantly and instead he was a more prominent character and ice fae took a back seat.

I enjoyed this enough to pick up the second book. So YAY for a re-read introducing me to this series.

Yay for a fun, light read! It's fairly cookie-cutter urban fantasy that does what it sets out to do pretty well. I really liked that the author didn't shove in some contrived bit of angst, that's one of my major pet peeves with the genre.

Mandatory grumbly noise: I thought the magic system should have been a bit more fleshed out, some of the conflict resolutions that involved magic or Alex's powers fell a bit flat. I don't have any other significant complaints, I'll probably return to this series when the mood strikes.

I liked it. I agree that the background characters and the magic need a fair bit of fleshing out but I rarely read the first in a series without thinking that. I liked the fact the that Alex and Falin didn't just jump immediately into a serious and excessively possessive relation ship like so many 'story book romances' though I still felt like there wasn't a huge amount of build up to their feeling for each other from 'I hate this person'. I do remember feeling like the words 'boob' and 'nipple' appeared a lot in rapid succession during the sex scene.
I didn't hate any of the characters, which is always nice, and it felt like a solid enough base for a series to me.
Could have done with more Death, since he was one of the main draws of the book.

Just finished and liked it a lot. It's a light reading and i'll probably pick up the next one.
Also i am totally rooting for Death, i hope he'll be more in the next book.

Ashleigh wrote: "Just finished it. I did enjoy it but there was a lot going on, and as you said Sandra So many characters introduced so quickly. I put the book down twice and when I picked it ago up had forgot most..."

I do agree that there was a lot going on in this book: for me it was how the magic works. The author seems to describe it a lot but I couldn't really picture how it all really worked. I'm still wondering if it's me who wasn't paying enough attention in certain sections and forgot important details or if there are just a lot of holes in this part of the world building.

I did enjoy the book though; it was a fun read and, despite the magic problem, I never felt frustrated reading this, not by the writing, the plot holes, the characters, nothing. I even don't mind Falin!

Bexy wrote: "I liked it. I agree that the background characters and the magic need a fair bit of fleshing out but I rarely read the first in a series without thinking that. I liked the fact the that Alex and Fa..."

I don't want to sneek into a whole series thread, but I wonder if the magic is explained a bit better in the following books. It's a shame cause the author spent a lot of time describing it, but it still didn't make any sense in how it actually worked.

That being said, I loved the book!

edit: I'm so happy we re-read this book this month. At least I enjoyed one of the books for the month of May!!!

Thanks for the re-read suggestion, Sandra! I doubt I'd ever have gotten around to reading this one, and I really enjoyed it - I'm now most of the way through Book 2.

I've been thinking about why some books in this general vein work for me and others don't. I think it's at least partly because the protagonist isn't always going on about being a screwup, she has good friends, and NOT every guy is madly in love ((view spoiler)[ghostly Roy and married cop John, forex (hide spoiler)]). Hope the triangle goes away at some point.

I really enjoyed this book - a bit belated on my part - a good light hearted read.

The lore could be more fleshed out, but the way we just dove in and it gradually revealed how Alex’s powers worked, was probably my favourite part of the book.

I’m all for Falin, over Death, but I haven’t read the sequels yet, so who knows?

It kept me up til 3am, because I had to finish it. So, can’t say I didn’t enjoy it.