Is this true?

[chococomilk.livejournal.com]

For those who have bravely read "Bullet" - is it true that JC and Asher have finally been allowed to sleep with each other, and that Micah and Nathaniel have suddenly become lovers out of the blue? I came across these rather astonishing claims on the Amazon forums. It seems bizarre that LKH has done a complete 180 on Anita's refusal to allow "her" men to sleep with other people and got characters getting together all of a sudden who never even had interest in each other previously. In one of the earlier books, maybe Harlequin, it was suggested that Asher had interest in Nathaniel, but Micah? I know he does whatever Anita wants, but what?

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[dwg.livejournal.com]

Who the fuck is Nicky? Am I being punished for not wanting to spend $30 on one third to one half a book?

No, you're not being punished. Being punished is spending $30 on that book and then reading it. It's so not worth it.

As for Nicky, you are not missing out on much aside from a massive dose of hatorade. Highlight for spoilers:

[chococomilk.livejournal.com]

What??

Okay, if the sexual activities in this series are fantasies of LKH's (and they are repetitive in both series, which is good evidence for that, plus admittance of author avatar-ness in Anita and inserts of husband and ex-husband) that means that LKH fantasises about underage youths or men who look like underage youths, raping people and taking away their free will, and some less objectionable things. It is not nice.

The writing has become seriously weird and the characters are utterly taken apart. I would have thought Richard would die rather than get into bed, even clothed, with another man; and now he's making out with Asher? Why have Anita's views changed so much? Is there any precedent?

Even a year gap in the fictional world isn't an explanation for why things have so radically changed. Progression should be shown, not suddenly retconned out of thin air. How old is Anita now, anyway? Thirty? Thirty five?

Is it really $30 for Bullet in the US? It's £6.49 in the UK for the hardcover. That seems like a ridiculous amount of money for such trash.

[dwg.livejournal.com]

YEAH. I don't think I have been quite so angry at a book for a very long time. And I kinda knew it was going to happen, because a friend of mine read it first and filled me in and that still doesn't make it any better.

The worst part? It's not even necessary for the story. What little plot there is could have gone ahead without it. Same sorta results, but without having Nicky bound to Anita like that.

IDK, I'm not in the US. Last I saw, Bullet was $20 Australian as a new release. Which is still cheaper than Flirt as an ebook when it first came out. WTAF. Seriously, it was like $26US when I went looking for it and refused to pay on principle because it's an ebook.

[lady-fellshot.livejournal.com]

"How old is Anita now, anyway? Thirty? Thirty five?"

I'm beginning to wonder that myself. I want to say that she's closer to forty... but I haven't read the books in years.

[sehkmetschild.livejournal.com]

They mention that she's just turned 28 in Bullet. *Sigh* Not even she can withstand the age time warp.

[ladyniko.livejournal.com]

She just turned 28 in Bullet? WTF? I thought she was in her late 20's like way back in Obsidian Butterfly!

[lady-fellshot.livejournal.com]

Somehow that doesn't seem right... I could have sworn that she started the series at 26 or so.

[magdalen77.livejournal.com]

I think she started at more like 24, but LKH has said she'll never turn 30. Therefore the enormous time difference between real life and the Anitaverse.

[lady-fellshot.livejournal.com]

Thank you for that clarification. I think I'll go write something about a woman who's forty, happily married with kids and kicks ass in gleeful protest.

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

A very dear friend of mine just started reading the Blake books from the beginning, and I have warned her that "After Obsidian Butterfly, it degrades into rape, sexual manipulation,pederasty, homophobia, misogyny, sexism, prejudice, and sociopathy - all coming from Anita herself."
My friend doesn't care. She even named her new Nook ebook "Jean Claude" and thinks Anita is "the best kick-ass heroine ever." I'm not sure how she'll feel about the later books, or even if she'll notice that Anita actively rapes men. My friend is a self-described "Uber-feminine girly-girl with a damsel in distress personality who loves anything romantic and wants to be a Disney princess." I kind of hope the rape and manipulation bits in the books wakes her up.

[sehkmetschild.livejournal.com]

*Blink blink* Uuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhh...... wut? Are you serious?! That's who Nicky is??

>.< Wasn't that the name of Nathanial's brother?

[naeko.livejournal.com]

wait, we give a shit about spoilers in this comm?!

i'm so confused ;_;

[h0rsewithnoname.livejournal.com]

This is why I downloaded Bullet and Flirt for free. It isn't stealing if it's garbage.