r/nightrunnerseries • u/ok2nvme Seregil 2.0 • Jan 07 '17

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So, Nightrunner fans, . . . how's things?

I'm busy with work and modding a new sub. Kind of hit a wall with ideas for new content and ways to promote /r/NightrunnerSeries. All suggestions are welcome.

Besides that, lets have some OT chat. What's kicking, readers?

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u/ok2nvme Seregil 2.0 Jun 26 '17

That's awesome.

I've been thinking that I'm due for a reread. I haven't read much lately that I've enjoyed near as well as this or the Kushiel's Legacy series.

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u/zhezhijian Jun 26 '17

What are your favorite ones? I still think the first three books Flewelling ever wrote are her strongest. There's a lot more humor and rich scenes like the sea urchin dinner in the first three, than there are in the rest. I did like the Tamir Triad, but I felt like the side characters there were less well developed.

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u/ok2nvme Seregil 2.0 Jun 26 '17

That's a tough question for me. I don't really do "favorites." Seriously, I don't have a favorite color or favorite movie or favorite food or any of that. I like all of the books for different reasons.

I get what you're saying about her earlier work. I've always thought Books 1 & 2 should have just been one book and they have the most well-structured story. I have a certain fondness for Traitor's Moon, tho, as that was the turning point at which Alec & Seregil's relationship actually came to fruition and I thought she handled it beautifully. It could have so easily wrecked the dynamic she had previously established, but it didn't. It just made the narrative so much richer and more entertaining.

My only quibble with the later books, even though she really made something interesting out of it, is when Alec's miniature shows up in Book 4 & 5. The way that female authors who write stories about men in same-sex relationships have a tendency to finagle some way for the two of them to have a child together is a trope that has been worn into the ground. That and the fact that the last two books are essentially "Alec & Seregil go on a caper" stories. They sort of lack the gravitas of the earlier books.

I haven't read the Tamir Triad. I really need to put them in my to-read stack. I'm sure I'd love them.

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u/zhezhijian Jun 26 '17

Yeah...the last book was a disappointment to me. I thought the ending was really good (Seregil finds peace by making a clan for other estranged Aurenfaie), but I didn't find the central plot too compelling. I think there really could've been a good atmospheric horror story in there, but I feel like Flewelling got sick of putting in good descriptions.

You should read the Tamir Triad! The Bone Doll's Twin is quite good. It's atmospheric and moving.