9/20/11

not a review-- Resenting the Hero, by Moira J. Moore

This cover stinks in so many ways. Pretend I haven't shown it to you. I have a vague feeling that I saw this book in the store when it first came out, and felt ill.

But I am open to overcoming cover sickness, with persuasion. And so here I am, writing a quick post to say that Angie, of Angieville, was right to recommend Resenting the Hero (2006) and, presumably, its sequels (although I haven't read them yet. I will be). Lovely character driven fantasy, where the interplay between male main character and female main character is front and center, and both are extraordinarily interesting people, and the clashes of their personalities and suspicious not knowing what to make of each other -ness sweep the reader along in a fascinating world with a very different and most intriguing kind of magic!

The plot did kind of fall apart for me toward the end, because I think that some people should have been acting more than just a tad differently than they were, under the circumstances. But I didn't much care, because Taro and Lee were rocking my world in the lovely escapist way that a working mother with a decrepit house sometimes needs more than anything else....(or the stressed teenager--I would have loved this back then too!).

I just went back and re-read Angie's review of the first book. It is surprisingly ungushing--positive, but not glowing. However, by the time she gets to the sixth book (reviewed earlier this month), her enthusiasm is apparent to the meanest intelligence!

It's so nice to have five lovely books waiting for me to enjoy them. Thanks Angie!

8 comments:

  1. Yes! I have this on my TBR because, well, because I love everything that you just said about the relationship between those characters. So happy to hear it lives up! (now if only my library system had a copy!)

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  2. I got mine on Paperback book swap, but I can see adding the others to my Christmas present list...

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  3. I have this book on my ever growing wishlist, I think I found out about the series through Angie as well. Good to know that you enjoyed reading it too!

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  4. Oh, YAY! I'm tickled you picked this one up, Charlotte. And that it struck your fancy. It really was the second book that absolutely sold me on the series. From your comments here, I really think you'll love that one. And from there on out it's simply a delight being with Taro and Lee for every single adventure.

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  5. Are covers getting worse? I liked the photographic ones, but they seem to be going back to bad 80s style illustrations.

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  6. I just went back and put the date in the review, Ms. Yingling--it's from 2006. So not part of a trend, mercifully!

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  7. @Angie-- Oh good--I shall look forward to the second book more now!

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  8. and @ Chachic-- I feel that I should have taken Angie's word for it sooner!

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