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The Redhead Revealed (Redhead, #2)
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bookshelves: published-fanfiction, fanfiction-reference, rating-5-stars
May 18, 2011
bookshelves: published-fanfiction, fanfiction-reference, rating-5-stars
Update as of April 19, 2013. Just want to publicly state that since reading this book (in mid 2011) I have had to make a decision about my personal opinion on pulling fanfiction to publish for money. And I have come down on the side of Not Okay. Hard. This book came out before the Twilight fanfiction fandom exploded with greed.
This practice has broken the fandom in two, and it has broken long-standing friendships into pieces.
I will not change my original review, because I *did* feel all those emotions.
Sadly it would have made SO much more sense if I had read it about Edward and Bella.
ETA: It has been brought to my attention that, apparently, this may not have been twilight fanfiction originally (before being pulled to publish in this form), but the even creepier variation of Real People Fiction, starring Robert Pattinson and an original character, which makes me REALLY happy I never read the original fic, and only marginally happier that what I read had been cleansed with that specific atrocity.
Original review:
Better than the first? hell yeah. Ended with a teaser for next book? you bet. Am I going to buy the next one? why, of course.
This is seriously fun, sexy and happy, with a twinge of sad and confused thrown in for good measure. Just like life is. (Only we should all be so lucky as to meet a Jack Hamilton, huh?)
I notice I keep going back over some chapters in my mind, giggling a bit, or thinking a bit more about the *godawful* life our celebs have.
So, excellent book. Fun and witty. Well written, with flowing sentences that never promises anything they do not later deliver.
Great. Fun. Alice!!!
thanks
anna
This practice has broken the fandom in two, and it has broken long-standing friendships into pieces.
I will not change my original review, because I *did* feel all those emotions.
Sadly it would have made SO much more sense if I had read it about Edward and Bella.
ETA: It has been brought to my attention that, apparently, this may not have been twilight fanfiction originally (before being pulled to publish in this form), but the even creepier variation of Real People Fiction, starring Robert Pattinson and an original character, which makes me REALLY happy I never read the original fic, and only marginally happier that what I read had been cleansed with that specific atrocity.
Original review:
Better than the first? hell yeah. Ended with a teaser for next book? you bet. Am I going to buy the next one? why, of course.
This is seriously fun, sexy and happy, with a twinge of sad and confused thrown in for good measure. Just like life is. (Only we should all be so lucky as to meet a Jack Hamilton, huh?)
I notice I keep going back over some chapters in my mind, giggling a bit, or thinking a bit more about the *godawful* life our celebs have.
So, excellent book. Fun and witty. Well written, with flowing sentences that never promises anything they do not later deliver.
Great. Fun. Alice!!!
thanks
anna
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Reading Progress
May 18, 2011
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Started Reading
May 18, 2011
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May 27, 2011
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32.89%
"It's better than #1, and I feel a crash is coming soon... Suspense, love and longing. It is really captivating, and I'm trying to go slow so it doesn't finish at once. Lovely."
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75
June 3, 2011
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43.42%
"Seriously good writing, witty and full of soul. I am loving this sequel."
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99
June 18, 2011
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Finished Reading
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cos I didn't know it was fanfiction at the time.
See how that works? Two books, I paid good money for two whole books. Not going to with #3, that I can tell you.
cos I didn't know it was fanfiction at the time.
See how that works? Two books, I paid good money for two whole books. Not going to with #3, that I can tell you."
Yeah. Waste of money and time. Sorry. :(
*sigh*
/goes to look for #1 of the series, in a deep drawer, overfilled with regurgitated fanficion words/
Yeah, I do, people keep reminding me. But you see, it's still Edward and Bella (or, rather, "self-insert-Mary-Sue"). It's the same story, just longer. It's still founded on a story that used to have a Disclaimer saying "All the characters belong to Stephenie Meyer," at the top. Published Fanfiction.
And I'd like to take a moment to say that putting Fanficion inside citation marks is dead wrong. It is the word "book" that should be placed in that manner.
As you will have understood, I'm against p2p. It brok my fandom. And as I find it a deplorable action, it is very difficult for me to ever consider that author again—do you give your hard earned cash to people who you **know** break your personal moral ethics?
What I'm saying is 'yes' on all accounts, except for your question "will you ever read anything by her again," which would be answered with a resounding 'no'.
You see, everybody is free to do exactly what they want—some go to jail while doing it, others don't.
I am free to shelve as I please. And I don't read authors who've let me down.
Just like I don't go around on 5-star-rewiews of p2p "books" telling everybody this used to be a fanfic. I just shelve my own shelves, and write my own comments in my own space.
All of the above you would have seen, clearly stated in very soft tones in my review. If you have even read my review?
I felt FOOLED. That pisses me off. Doesn't that piss you off when that happens?