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Of course, you have to make allowances for a bat-shit insane culture Cannoli Send a noteboard - 01/12/2011 05:02:27 AM
The whole D'angeline thing culture and mythology does not stand up to close examination. It's like someone crossed lady-porn with fantasy and that DaVinci code BS back-story, and Carey ran with it. On the other hand, the inevitable comparison that springs to mind with a world set up to glorify the absurd sexual exploits of the heroine is Laurel K Hamilton, and not only can Carey write rings around her, but her masochist prostitute comes across as a more decent, more admirable and less slutty human being than Anita Blake
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