A Side of Panache

Hello, and welcome back to our irregularly scheduled nonsense! Last time, we had mostly filler.  But it was at least filler taking place on the way to things happening in the near future, so I'm not incredibly annoyed by it.  By the time this happened in Tiger's Quest , we were like...twelve chapters in. But anyway.  Quick recap--Ren's mysterious amnesia is accompanied by a physical reaction to Kelsey that triggers a need to escape (at least when he's a human), and Kelsey & Co. are on their way to see Phet, the racist problematic wise mentor of the series. Also, fun fact!  I had most of this spork written up before Blogger decided to delete the entire thing !  I'm talking, like, about 85% of the chapter.  I'm very annoyed about that.  Now I'm gonna have to try to recreate it.  If I seem extra annoyed by this chapter, that's why. So that's the reason for the delay!  Sorry. Chapter Three: Phet Oh, boy.  I can't wait for P...

Hello, and welcome back to our irregularly scheduled nonsense! Last time, we had a semi-okay chapter about Kelsey's new and awkward dynamic with Ren now that he has amnesia and doesn't remember her.  "Semi-okay" is dependent on the assumption that you're on board with the whole amnesia thing in the first place.  I think I explained why I am emphatically not okay with it in the last chapter. Anyway!  This time, Houck gives us a monster of a chapter where...not much happens.  Houck explores Ren's mysterious aversion to Kelsey a bit more.  Uh, lots of light flirting with both brothers?  Let's get into it. Chapter Two: Getting Reacquainted Hey, wasn't Ren and Kelsey's relationship just so compelling that you wished you could experience it all over again?  But worse because it's the result of a forced amnesia subplot?  No?  Too bad! A few days after overhearing Ren and Kishan's conversation about how great Kelsey is, Mr. Kadam calls the...

Hello, and welcome back to our irregularly scheduled nonsense! I should be working on a paper but I'm doing this instead.  Tee hee. Last time, we dove into the prologue of this literary masterpiece, where we got to hear about Lokesh...being really horny.  Basically, he wants to rape Kelsey in order to get a male heir.  Except he never actually says this outright, because Houck has an aversion to even implying the word "sex," even when her villain's actual literal motivation is sex. I have also started reading ahead into the next book, and if anything the horniness actually gets worse.  So.  We have that to look forward to. So, what follows up the really graphic and violent prologue?  Something intense and exciting? The protagonists are playing board games. Chapter One: Living without Love The first chapter opens up with Kelsey, Ren, and Kishan playing Parcheesi.  Ren wins (of course, because never forget that Ren is ~perfect~), and Kelsey...