Bitten by Books- Dark Swan Series Chat/Contest

[HCross9820]

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Bitten by Books is holding their daily book chat. Today's series is Dark Swan. They have posted three questions:

1.) What is your favorite aspect of this series: the characters, the world-building, the varied paranormal elements, or something else?

2.) How do you like Eugenie as a main character?

3.) Who is your favorite secondary character?

Head on over today, post, and try to win! Also please feel free to answer the questions here too.

[HCross9820]

I'll start first. I tried to answer mine more general, to try to keep from posting spoilers. I was just to lazy to make all the spoiler spaces ; ) on their page.


1.) What is your favorite aspect of this series: the characters, the world-building, the varied paranormal elements, or something else? There are just sooo many cookie cutter character in books of this genre, that I think RM really tried to break out of the mold. She writes very honest characters. I always seem to connect with them so easily.

2.) How do you like Eugenie as a main character? I love Eugenie! She is such a strong female characters. I also love the fact that she is just working her way through this somewhat new world, with the readers. I get to experience her personal journey. She’s a fighter, and that my just be my favorite part about her, she isn’t about to just give up and die.

3.) Who is your favorite secondary character? Great, save the hardest question til last. After reading the first book, I would have gone with Kiyo 100%, but after reading the second book I now have a different answer. I kind of felt that someone needed to smack some sense into him….HELLO WAKE UP KIYO! Dorian, he may have his own motives, but I think her really does want to be where is now. Give me a few more books, and my decision will probably be different again.

[janeeandgun]

1.) What is your favorite aspect of this series: the characters, the world-building, the varied paranormal elements, or something else?
I love the adventures. I like the two alternate universes and Eugenie's displacement in both worlds. The challenges and choices Eugenie has to make keeps the story from being fairytale and refines her image as a heroine.

2.) How do you like Eugenie as a main character?
Eugenie's a great heroine. She's strong and is not easily provoked. But I'm not a fan of how fickle she is concerning her love life.

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I really thought she genuinely loved Kiyo in Storm Born, I didn't understand how easy it was for her to sleep with Dorian. Sure, Kiyo's mistake was devastating but I would've thought Eugenie to be the better person and wait it out until she got an explanation. Not to go sleep with someone who Kiyo would obviously disapprove of.

3.) Who is your favorite secondary character?
Ummmm, I don't know. Probably the stepfather. Actually I really like Tim as well.

[Cem]

1.) What is your favorite aspect of this series: the characters, the world-building, the varied paranormal elements, or something else? Everything. I can't pick one favourite aspect because it all works together to make a great book, without any one thing, it wouldn't be quite the same and it would be a lesser book for it.

2.) How do you like Eugenie as a main character? I love her. She's strong, but not infalible. She's able to keep going against major odds and some how keep her sanity intact.

3.) Who is your favorite secondary character? Dorian. I love him. He's not always the good guy, but he does love Eugenie and he's fun. He is hiding things, an agenda, that I'm sure, but I find him fasinating for it. I like that he's not simple and straight forward. I want to know more about him.