Every man lives at swordspoint.

[darkelf105]

Finished Swordspoint. It was spectacular. So sad I had it in my hands about six years ago and couldn't get through it. But I suppose the time just had to be right. 

Alec and Richard 4ever. 


Wow. I can't believe it, I'm a shipper. I never ship, ANYONE. Oh well.

Comments

[athousandwinds.livejournal.com]

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I love Swordspoint so much. Alec/Richard is so dementedly loving - caring without seeming to care. There's a quote from somewhere that pretty much sums them up for me: "Like a pair of scissors - even when they pull away from each other they're always joined and they punish anything that comes between them."

[darkelf105.livejournal.com]

Yes. I adore them. And usually I don't like romance in books, they tend to throw my off, but Alec and Richard's relationship was so different and complicated that I really enjoyed it. Thanks for the community info :).

[athousandwinds.livejournal.com]

I think part of it is that romance is so often either tagged on or used as a plot device, whereas the Richard/Alec romance is integral to the book. It's the primary device for revealing their characters and it's not so much that it's a plot device than it simply is the plot, because very little would happen if they didn't love each other.

[darkelf105.livejournal.com]

Oh yes! That's exactly it, you've hit the nail on the head.

[rayechu.livejournal.com]

So, do you think I would make it through the book okay or is there not a chance in hell? I mean, if not it is okay because I have a stack of books to read already.

[darkelf105.livejournal.com]

Most likely not. Okay, not. I took a chance with the Keys to the Kingdom and I was pretty sure that wasn't quite up your alley, and this definitely is not.

[rayechu.livejournal.com]

Sad, because everyone seems to really like them.

[darkelf105.livejournal.com]

Eh, you don't like politics and you don't like boys and that's the whole novel. But IT was awesome, if you wanted to try, but like I said, there aren't any of the things you look for in a novel in Swordspoint so with so much else to read, I wouldn't bother.

[rayechu.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I'm just a little sad is all.