Comments on: A pentacle of urban fantasy reviews (II of IV) http://www.stormtiger.com/collie/bestiary/2009/11/a-pentacle-of-urban-fantasy-reviews-ii-of-iv/ Another mythologizing animal sharing a spark of intellectual passion! Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:23:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Collie http://www.stormtiger.com/collie/bestiary/2009/11/a-pentacle-of-urban-fantasy-reviews-ii-of-iv/comment-page-1/#comment-23596 Collie Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:55:48 +0000 http://www.stormtiger.com/collie/bestiary/?p=733#comment-23596 Yes, I also found the Mercy cover vaguely bewildering. Who would go under a dirty, greasy car in an outfit like that? :) Yes, I also found the Mercy cover vaguely bewildering. Who would go under a dirty, greasy car in an outfit like that? :)

]]> By: Greg D. http://www.stormtiger.com/collie/bestiary/2009/11/a-pentacle-of-urban-fantasy-reviews-ii-of-iv/comment-page-1/#comment-23574 Greg D. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:26:23 +0000 http://www.stormtiger.com/collie/bestiary/?p=733#comment-23574 I too am fairly intrigued by werewolves as matrifocal, rather than the typically patriarchal packs that we tend to see in urban fantasy! Someone else should try that! Yannow. In a better book. But re the cover: this is also entirely unsurprising. While I try to not literally judge a book by its cover, it's certainly enough to turn me off when I'm browsing for new books to read, to see that the cover is some woman in a skimpy outfit. I mean, I get that people tend to equate sex and vampires pretty closely, what with Laurell K Hamilton, and Buffy, and a lot of romance fiction out there involving vampires. That doesn't make it a good idea. It's just pandering. I'll tell you right now: when I'm looking to get my urban fantasy on, I'm more attracted to the covers that show competent looking, not chesecakey women on the covers. That said... it amazes me a little that I gave the Mercy Thompson books a try, considering all the cleavage and midriff the character shows off on her covers. I mean, I get she's also showing off tattoos. But come on! I too am fairly intrigued by werewolves as matrifocal, rather than the typically patriarchal packs that we tend to see in urban fantasy! Someone else should try that! Yannow. In a better book.

But re the cover: this is also entirely unsurprising. While I try to not literally judge a book by its cover, it's certainly enough to turn me off when I'm browsing for new books to read, to see that the cover is some woman in a skimpy outfit. I mean, I get that people tend to equate sex and vampires pretty closely, what with Laurell K Hamilton, and Buffy, and a lot of romance fiction out there involving vampires. That doesn't make it a good idea. It's just pandering.

I'll tell you right now: when I'm looking to get my urban fantasy on, I'm more attracted to the covers that show competent looking, not chesecakey women on the covers. That said… it amazes me a little that I gave the Mercy Thompson books a try, considering all the cleavage and midriff the character shows off on her covers. I mean, I get she's also showing off tattoos. But come on!

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