The Women of Fantasy

So why is it that so many emerging authors 2nd series really pale in comparison to the first? This seems to be the case with Dawn Cook. I just finished reading her two books, The Decoy Princess and Princess at Sea (see reviews below), and started First Truth. This is Cook's first book. In some ways it's hard to tell it's the same author!! She writes in 3rd person instead of 1st and tells the story from the perspective of two people instead of one. Really, this seems to work much better with the authors writing style. So far, and yes I do know it is too early to really tell, First Truth is much better than the Princess series. I really hope she does something with her next Princess book to fix those mistakes - maybe read her Truth series again??

As a reader, I would rather wait a long time for a book of quality from a favorite author than a short time for an ok read. How long did it take to write that first novel? Years? Then maybe they shouldn't churn the second out so fast....

Posted by Jen at Sunday, February 18, 2007