speaking of spoilers... um.. i was wondering, there is love in the future of tom? it doesn't seems like it will be, but don't hurt to ask :P

I really hope Tom won't have 'romance' of any kind. For one, romance isn't really the 'happy ever after' people often believes it to be. Many often results to the opposite. There is a reason why 'Love Hurts' songs are so popular. Not to mention those murderous lovers and such.

Second, such daliances would distract Tom from doing more fun stuff, like terrorizing humans, and taking care of Rupert. Kissing scenes and sex scenes isn't really great to read. Kisses and sex are really same old, same old, no matter who did them. Also reading pages and pages about Tom mooning over a woman or so isn't something I would like to read about.

Third, many writers, even those said Romance writers, just write shit when it comes to romance. Their writings often just disappoints me, makes me want to vomit (the vile or the rainbow colored ones), frustrates me, or bore me to death. I had read romance novels before and I found that I rate them often with two stars or less in Goodreads.

The author really makes the call but I hope that whatever decisions are made it would not be excecuted as to cause terrible disappointment.

Well, those fatherly type men attracts lot of female affection but often repels some women (I think the slutty ones and the drama queens). These are demons though and they might not really get attracted to these type of men. Maybe they like ones like Antefalken, being great in bed and all. Many demons seem to be dedicated to pleasure.

As for reading romances. First many of the books I read isn't 'teen' they are more of rated xxx, adult, though I also read lots that are for teens and even children. I read them for many reasons. One of it is that my first experience with romance books is quite positive. I liked the story very much. However this doesn't turn out to be a majority in this genre. Most of these romances are a little better that trash. Still, I continue hoping to somehow find gold. Nope, more trash. After a few dozens of books I only found maybe three or four that I find good, others not so much.

Second, it is also because they are one of the most prolific genre. There is almost always something new in the romance section. The other genre not so much. Not to mention, the fantasy and si-fi genre rarely sound exciting. It often is just another space opera, another superhero, another bad guys vs good guys, another guy destined to great things, another prophecy tells blah blah. Really the fantasy and sci-fi genre is also filled with mediocrity.

Third. I actually had stopped reading romances for a long time. I hardly read any fiction for that matter. I often read now reference books especially on arts and craft, computer graphics, drawing, architecture, history, etc. These I find to rarely disappoint me. For fiction, I often reread the ones I like. And I say I read Into the Abyss and others dozens of time.

Fourth. There is always those times when you think you find some gold nuggets. Something that might be outstanding. Something that feels like you have to bet on. Then it turns out the gamble is wasted. It just really isn't as good as it says in the cover. Also these Goodreads rating don't really help much. Many seems to praise and give many of these books full five stars even when the story isn't really that great after all.

In the end, what I learned from history (and experience) is that these romances is just unrealistic. Records has show that this love thing creates intense pain, missery and tragedy than happily ever afters. That people would soon turn against each other. Than many men and women would be unfaithful. That many would end in divorce. That many women would become single mothers. That many children would live without one or both of the parents. That some children would end killing themselves. That some of these children would start buying guns and shoot people in schools and such.

The real life is far more interesting that any fiction. Reading about the Nazi camps, is far more wholesome that reading about some womanizing alpha male 'finding' and then fucking his mate. The struggles of the occupy movement against Wall Street, is far more meaningful that the good vs evil tropes. Studying and practicing drawing human anatomy is far more reviting than learning the spell words Harry Potter uses for blasting his enemies.

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Well I don't do amazon much. I'm one of those people who preffer to be physically in bookstores and touching the books. Also because of my subject preferences, I actually find lots to read online. Drawing, History, Anatomy, articles and tutorials, lots of them online. And I never said that Romance is always fresh and original. romance is probably one of the most carbon-copy-like genre of all. That is why I stop reading it and often browse in other section.

As for reading speed, I was able to read Watership Down in 2 days. Each Harry Potter books in a day. And I sometimes read without sleeping.

And it is not a view of life. Everything I said was truth. Each sentence in that paragraph is true. I find people who are unaware of such things to be naive or willfully ignorant. No amount of optimism would make any of it false.

Well, I find many people quite unsympathetic to other people's misery. Many likes to be in their happy place and believe these dark miserable world other people have lived in is an aberration of sorts. That their plight is their own fault or those can't possibly be real and only exist in books for us to enjoy. That is what a sad, not to mention, unrealistic view of life really is.

And then, I never said that there aren't books like those. But then, you can find more of those 'great' stories in real life. No fictional character and events required. No need to suspend disbelief. Reality is great author as it is.

I'll look further into the book. Can't find anything about it in goodreads and Google search returns Spanish. used Google translate. It seems that its about Hitler and Erik and their interest in the occult.

And the person in the video, I think he appeared in CNN. He is a really awesome guy. Many people with Down syndrome really live a hard life, often desperately hard. Many aren't able to even live a life. Their life end while still in their mother's belly. I'm glad that he is not aborted and found a place where he can be happy and fulfilled. Would love to read in more detail his life too.

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yeah Tizzy, we all appreciate your word as to the story's veracity.

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Actually as a note on GR ratings...I think that unless one is live rating as they read, everything is going to be biased upwards, because the books we remember the best to rate/review are the ones we liked the best and read the most so those books all are pre-selected/filtered to be ones the reader likes.

I think I'd only really trust ratings on recent/new books, and even then...

Well...for me, I don't have the time anymore to read a bad book. If I don't like a book, I don't finish it, if I don't finish it, I don't rate/review it. I had to do this because I ended up with a queue that was never getting finished because "I had to finish this other book first." I finally gave up. Now if a book sucks, I stop reading and move on. So books I don't like will never get rated on GR. Another pre-filter for ratings.

And oddly, given the modern attention deficit disorder way the modern world works...now days I read more short stories than novels...I used to hate short stories...and most of it is netfiction...

So just establishing after rereading the book 7 times its fantastic but big question
Tom is a arch-demon that's a level 5 demon (blue in the mirror) but he was bound with a level 4 spell so does this give him wriggle room to break free?
I figure he must be one of the 3 blue spots in the mirror as Rupert was the green spot a level 4 greater demon if Rupert is a half demon and a level 4 his farther would have to be a demon prince at least?
Did tom start as a level 4 and grow in strength to a level 5 that quickly and if so will he continue to grow to a level 6?
And the biggest question can i be a Beta reader for book two Please please please

yes, I like nice detailed reviews. Meaning "what was it that you liked about the story?" not just that it was "great!" I also take them with a grain of salt too given that there can be some cranky people out there. But the overall trend and averages are helpful.

Also, you ideally want a medium range of reviews/stars. Too small and there is no consensus or it may be biased. Too many and it's just the huge crowd of group think.

I am still having trouble seeing the second purplish color.

So very good example, plus Talarius was on flying horseback, quite a ways up and moving around.

he was looking for an indication of demonic activity and got overwhelmed by what he saw...he then reported what he could count/remember.

So normally, I'd say human error could play a big role as well.

Except that this is Talarius afterall, and things like archdemons sort of really get his attention and he's not likely to miss out on much....

That is how most power couples work in the Abyss....you will note it sort of works that way with a lot of Gods as well.

And those that do have long marriages often have infidelity issues, won't mention any names but a guy with a stormy temper that lives on top of a mountain comes to mind....

Well...I point out that Exador snuck in, for a really long time, Ramses did it for a couple generations and several other demons in the past ran around posing as humans...

Well, Talarius may have experience and skills but it is not unlikely for him not to slip like this. Everyone does. You should know that even the skittish and observant deers would miss the tiger on the bushes. The eye always play tricks on you.

Yeah, oh those so human Greek and Roman Gods. They create more havoc that help.

I really wonder why Gods have sex or need to procreate. Well, according to science/evolution creatures need to have sex because they eventually die. Sex is a mechanism to pass genes so that they (the genes) have virtual immortality. A lot more complex than that but you'll get the picture.

The shorter the life a creature have, the more 'sexual' they are and the more they breed. Almost all insects, and many small animals like frogs, and rats have sexual orgies very often. Males breed with as much females as they can, and females breed with as much males as they can.

The longer the life span, the less primitive the sexual behaviors become and the less they breed. Birds do the dance things, humans date, and wolves creates packs.

So, gods being immortal; sex and procreation is just unnecessary and may even be a hindrance.

Did you know, some scientist even postulate that humans would not have sexual organs in the future as they are able to unlock the secret of immortality or instead uses genetics manipulation and technology to increase their number?

Not to mention, gods are immortal. If they breed, their offspring would be immortal too. These offspring would breed too and create more gods. By simple logic and mathematics soon the world would be overpopulated by gods.

Isn't a god plague more sinister than a mouse plague:



The mice might even take over the world:

http://features.cgsociet...try.php?challenger=17853

Still mice are better, I think. At least they can be killed. A god plague would be far worse a nightmare. They would just became immortal pests.

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