[When one thinks "sad girl in snow," Larxene is hopefully not the first person that comes to mind. But it's snowing pretty hard in this section of the DR, and Larx is pretty miserable, so it works. She's trudging along through the snow in a nice fur-trimmed version of the Organization cloak- and a heavy scarf to conceal the bandages on her neck. Her right hand is also splinted ...

... from part 1) Closing his eyes for a moment, Tybalt pinched the bridge of his nose. It was all he could do to curb his rising ... Marcus had chipped into his careful control in only a few minutes. Tybalt opened his eyes. "Okay, tell me what's going on." ... touching his arm. "It wasn't Astrid, Tybalt. I know they were promised, but they never Mated." The sense of relief ...

... , shy, and everything Gideon's been looking for in a sub and Gideon sweeps the man right off his feet. But Tybalt's a refugee, and his people were all but wiped out by their conquerors. Will he and Gideon be able to play and enjoy each other's company, will they be able to fall in love, without Tybalt's past interfering? Or will that past spell disaster for everyone? Buy it here ...

... set in a modern day setting.   Do you remember Leonardo DiCaprio and Clare Danes?  I love that movie!  It's really the only movie I like Leo in.  That scene, right after he kills Tybalt, after Tybalt had killed Mercutio - I loved his raw emotion!  Oh..wait.  I'm reviewing a book.  Hold on. See, this is what I did while I read.  I'd ...

... The thing that convinced me to major in music when I was 14, "Rufford Park Poachers" from Percy Grainger's Lincolnshire Posy -The insanely noble (is that the right word?) trumpets in "The Death of Tybalt" from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet -The completely crazy love of upbeats in Feist's "Sea Lion Woman", which never fails to make me think of the video for ...

... ;t be the "half man" in the middle. I put together a 19-day schedule for Earthkiller. 1. Helen plays all 19 days. 2. Raze plays 10 days. 3. Mach plays 6 days. 4. Tennyson 6 days. 5. Tybalt 4 or 5 days (depending on whether he's actually in the sick bay.) 6. Mina 5 (if she's there in the docking bay, 4 if not.) 7. Carlyle 4. 8. Therin 3 (unless she wants to come back as a zombie ...