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puddingcat) wrote2007-02-24 09:32 pm
puddingcat) wrote2007-02-24 09:32 pm
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Until The Full Moon
Saying "It was as bad as I expected" would be an easy way out, and wouldn't let me share the sheer pain of this book with you :D
*Takes deep breath*
Bear in mind that I had my mouth open for most of this, and really felt as if I should have one hand covering my eyes while the other warded off evil.
So. It appears that one1 can be a half-vampire, half-werewolf who turns onto a girl under the light of a full moon. Obvious, really.
Marlo's father is a vampire, and a very traditional cloak-and-dinner-jacket one at that. His mother is a werewolf , who can avoid transforming by wearing sunglasses. They live in a craggy castle (hurrah!) and watch Hammer Horror films for fun2. Unfortunately, they all have absolutely appalling taste in clothes (DJs excepted) - they wouldn't look out of place in a 1988 Stock, Aitken & Waterman video.
The girl bit is explained by Marlo (or "Marlene", as his very accepting mother starts calling him / her on the relevant nights) being a genetic throwback. Apparently, there was an all-male tribe of werewolves. On the night of the full moon, some of them transform into women. Yes, the rest transform into wolves. I really don't want to go any further with that3.
It's almost a shame that there's a sub-Mills & Boon "romance" going on between Marlo / Marlene and his best friend (David, another vampire). Having said that, the asides and background humour (especially Marlo's mother) have almost empted me into buying the second volume; it's only a two-book series, after all...
I'll bring it to the knitting and probably-no-porn weekend; after that, I'm happy to post it to anyone else who wants to see its insanity first-hand, on the agreement that it gets passed on through as many as want it and ends up at me again sooner or later.
1. Just one, thank goodness.
2. At this point, I was thinking I might have struck comedy gold.
3. Except that there's a little sketch of a very concerned girl looking askance at an equally concerned-looking wolf-in-a-suit...
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Anyway, after that I needed my Saiyuki fix. Only one volume to go now (and it's sat on my shelf, calling to me) and I'm up to date with ...Reload. Dammit, I'm now half-way through two stories where I want to give everyone big hugs and make everything better. The "Burial" arc and - well, Hakkai in general, but especially his interactions with Gojyo - quite appropriately left me feeling as if I'd had my guts ripped out. Comics shouldn't be able to do that to me.
*Takes deep breath*
Bear in mind that I had my mouth open for most of this, and really felt as if I should have one hand covering my eyes while the other warded off evil.
So. It appears that one1 can be a half-vampire, half-werewolf who turns onto a girl under the light of a full moon. Obvious, really.
Marlo's father is a vampire, and a very traditional cloak-and-dinner-jacket one at that. His mother is a werewolf , who can avoid transforming by wearing sunglasses. They live in a craggy castle (hurrah!) and watch Hammer Horror films for fun2. Unfortunately, they all have absolutely appalling taste in clothes (DJs excepted) - they wouldn't look out of place in a 1988 Stock, Aitken & Waterman video.
The girl bit is explained by Marlo (or "Marlene", as his very accepting mother starts calling him / her on the relevant nights) being a genetic throwback. Apparently, there was an all-male tribe of werewolves. On the night of the full moon, some of them transform into women. Yes, the rest transform into wolves. I really don't want to go any further with that3.
It's almost a shame that there's a sub-Mills & Boon "romance" going on between Marlo / Marlene and his best friend (David, another vampire). Having said that, the asides and background humour (especially Marlo's mother) have almost empted me into buying the second volume; it's only a two-book series, after all...
I'll bring it to the knitting and probably-no-porn weekend; after that, I'm happy to post it to anyone else who wants to see its insanity first-hand, on the agreement that it gets passed on through as many as want it and ends up at me again sooner or later.
1. Just one, thank goodness.
2. At this point, I was thinking I might have struck comedy gold.
3. Except that there's a little sketch of a very concerned girl looking askance at an equally concerned-looking wolf-in-a-suit...
=====
Anyway, after that I needed my Saiyuki fix. Only one volume to go now (and it's sat on my shelf, calling to me) and I'm up to date with ...Reload. Dammit, I'm now half-way through two stories where I want to give everyone big hugs and make everything better. The "Burial" arc and - well, Hakkai in general, but especially his interactions with Gojyo - quite appropriately left me feeling as if I'd had my guts ripped out. Comics shouldn't be able to do that to me.
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