Remember when I mentioned post traumatic LKH syndrome? Well, Karen Chance brought on a full spasm worth. I only managed to read the first two books before I had to stop because it reminded me too much of LKH.
If you like LKH, you will probably like Karen Chance. Of what I've read, Karen Chance is at least better plot wise - there's more action to the story. They are very similar in that they throw in lots of violence, lots of sex and borderline rape scenes, and very little character development.
The main character of Karen Chance's series is Cassandra Palmer (Cassie), and she is a clairvoyant who was raised by vampires. She is human when the series begins, but according to the subsequent book summaries, she eventually becomes a god. When you meet her, she's been on the run for a few years, after having escaped the vampire mafia that raised her. Somehow, she was raised by the one ugly vampire in the entire series because she is soon kidnapped and forced to endure the attentions of multiple sexy vampires. And of course, ALL the sexy vampires want to have sex with her for one reason or another.
The first book was very fast paced, action packed with very little explanation for what was going on until two thirds of the way through. At which point, the action stopped and there was an extensive dialog between Cassie and the sexy vampires. Of course, this wouldn't be required if Cassie had any skills at listening. Instead, she is extremely stubborn and refuses to acknowledge the danger she's in and constantly runs off to do side missions with very little rationale. She basically annoyed the hell out of me.
The only reason I read the second book is that the first book ended in cliffhanger, and I went for it to see what happened. Story in book two continues a couple weeks (months? it's not clear but definitely not within days of the first book) later, and all I could think was, WHY ARE YOU STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BAD PLACE! And why haven't you been caught yet? Why are the sexy vampires letting you wander off being a fucking idiot with no skills. BTW, they don't tell you why.
There are certainly interesting ideas in there - UN of supernatural creatures, Jack the Ripper is now a vampire, and tattoos that hold spells. If only the main character wasn't so annoying and showed so little growth despite all the things that happen to her.
Also, there is time travel.
There's just too much going on in this series and I have trouble caring for the welfare of the main character. Cassie keeps saying she doesn't want to be Pythia, but keeps running into the fray to use the Pythia's powers. Make up your damn mind woman! She's so fragmented that she doesn't seem like a real person.
Anyways, I won't be reading anymore of this series. Just writing this made me angry at how pointless Cassie Palmer is as a person.
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