Last night I went to J.R. Ward’s book signing at a local Borders, and it was a lot of fun. About thirty other women, teenagers, and I asked questions about the BDB and all the peripheral characters’ pasts, presents, and futures in the minutest detail. Ward answered them all with her trademark earthiness and humor. My question was this: why couldn’t she have taken the relationship between V and Butch to its, ah, natural conclusion? I tried not to whine or sound accusatory, but I’m afraid I did both. Her gracious answer was to the effect that the books already push a lot of envelopes, and she didn’t want a physical relationship between those two to become a lightening rod that overshadowed everything else about the series.
Well … *GRUMBLE* … okay.
Other points of interest:
1. Phury’s book is next (she’s nearly 300 pages into it, and it’s going well) and then Rhev’s book in hardcover. After that, she doesn’t know.
2. She’ll put together a companion book soon.
3. She gets most of her ideas while jogging.
All in all, it was a delightful evening. I picked up another autographed copy of LU to give away for this month’s contest, so make sure to enter. Also, I’ve posted my own little review of LU over on my What’s Ann Reading page, so stop by if you have time. I’d love to know what you thought of the latest entry in the series.