{"id":2859,"date":"2012-03-11T18:09:49","date_gmt":"2012-03-11T23:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=2859"},"modified":"2021-06-02T18:40:07","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T22:40:07","slug":"doubletake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/2859","title":{"rendered":"Doubletake"},"content":{"rendered":"

Doubletake<\/a><\/em> (2012) Rob Thurman<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I believe I’ve made my love of Rob Thurman’s Cal Leandros series well known. I love the relationship between Niko and Cal, and how Niko keeps Cal human, despite everything. And how Cal remains human, because of Niko.<\/p>\n

Cal has changed a lot over the course of the series. He’s overcome the Alphie, yet remains a monster in the eyes of most, and once again, that reputation comes back to cause trouble.<\/p>\n

I’m conflicted about this book. I still love Cal and Niko, but I’m not certain I like where the story is going. In retrospect, I can see the setup for part of this story several books back, but I am having trouble setting aside some of my disbelief.<\/p>\n

I’m also unsure about different reactions of several of the characters–I’m not sure I saw the logic in why they behaved the way they did. I’ll have to think about that for a little while.<\/p>\n

The other thing I realized while considering this book, is that I don’t see how this series can go on indefinitely. Cal cannot exist without Niko. But unlike Cal, Niko won’t be long lived.<\/p>\n

So, I’ll read the next book–won’t be able to help myself–but I’m nervous as to where the story is going.
\nRating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by ROC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Doubletake (2012) Rob Thurman I believe I’ve made my love of Rob Thurman’s Cal Leandros series well known. I love the relationship between Niko and Cal, and how Niko keeps Cal human, despite everything. And how Cal remains human, because of Niko. Cal has changed a lot over the course of the series. He’s overcome […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,8,291,16,34],"tags":[295,294],"class_list":["post-2859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fantasy","category-mystery","category-paper","category-supernatural","category-urban-fantasy","tag-cal-leandros","tag-rob-thurman"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-K7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2740,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/2740","url_meta":{"origin":2859,"position":0},"title":"Moonshine","author":"Michelle","date":"January 15, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Moonshine (2007) Rob Thurman Yup. 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