........I'm Sorry, What?

........I'm sorry, what?

I finally had something to look forward to, and this is what happened?

I just finished reading Once Bitten, Twice Dead. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but I also wouldn't call it high art or anything. Kind of a mixed bag. I'd recommend checking out a PDF first before actually buying a copy.

If you want my detailed thoughts about the book, continue reading.

What I liked:

Lagoona and Ghoulia being important to the plot

Poe. He was a little bland, but sweet.

Deuce being included with the main group again. He's part of the Fright Song, for crying out loud. He deserves at least this much respect.

Draculaura dealing with grief and loss in different ways as the story progresses

The environmentalist aspect of Lagoona's character being brought back

Frankie being a nervous wreck and trying to comfort everyone at once. I am the "anxious, fix-everything" friend, so I relate to her in that aspect.

Minor characters like Elissabat and the werecat twins being mentioned. After all, why create characters if you aren't going to use them?

The school being depicted as a sort of living thing. It's been that way since Friday Night Frights, possibly earlier, so it's nice to see that acknowledged and built upon.

The references to prior media, notably Freaky Fusion and 2015 Collector Draculaura's diary

What I disliked:

"Snakestone." No, Author, I do not want to know about the "obelisk" in a minor's pants.

The detailed description of Draculaura and Poe making out. I don't know what the allosexuals and non-repulsed aces in the crowd thought of it, but it was just too much for me.

Lagoona/Gil and Draculaura/Clawd being broken up without any explanation or elaboration. The latter isn't even a favorite ship of mine; I just want answers.

Gil being sent to a different school for freshwater monsters. He isn't that bad. He doesn't deserve to be exiled like that--and it means that his parents won. :(

The lack of Jackson and Holt. I feel like they should have a more prominent role in a story about monster-normie relations.

The overuse of monster puns. Don't get me wrong. I love myself some monster puns. But some of them don't even sound good, or they're inconsistent with previous terminology (e-maul vs. eek-mail).

Not just gold--golden.

most of the time tiktok is awful but sometimes, rarely

it's gold

I love this man, and KAITO is lucky to have such a loving father.

Westinghouse mentioned!!!!

Imagine if we got a George Westinghouse Servant, though. I'd be so happy. He's such a neglected part of the War of the Currents nowadays. Caster would probably be his most likely class, but it would also be cool if he were a Rider or an Extra class--Rider for trains (he patented a railway air brake before getting involved with electricity), and Extra so all the electric men could be in different Class triangles (Tesla = Knight, Edison = Cavalry).

I know it's never going to happen, though. :')

SOMEONE RUINED MY BROWNIES!!!! >:(

She poked her dirty fork in them, saying it was clean because she licked it clean after eating her lunch. I had to throw half of the brownies in the garbage after that.

I'm legitimately angry. I was up until 2:00 a.m. baking those brownies. I got hazelnuts and Milky Way bars specifically for baking them. That single act of laziness and poor hygiene wasted my efforts.