1) I know I don't like "lycans", but only because when I hear it, I think "lichen". I know it's from lycanthropy and all, but it still sounds wrong to my ears. I'm not a big fan of most of the alternative names; it usually sounds like the author is trying too hard to be original, especially when the species they write about are inevitably not that original at all.
2) I know I'm in a minority on this, but I still think The Passion and The Promise by Donna Boyd were good werewolf novels; the primary focus was on the characters as people, not their species. There are others I like (e.g., Kelley Armstrong) or don't mind (e.g., Carrie Vaughn), but I haven't read many where the authors do anything blazingly original with shifters.
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Date: 2009-02-09 04:55 am (UTC)2) I know I'm in a minority on this, but I still think The Passion and The Promise by Donna Boyd were good werewolf novels; the primary focus was on the characters as people, not their species. There are others I like (e.g., Kelley Armstrong) or don't mind (e.g., Carrie Vaughn), but I haven't read many where the authors do anything blazingly original with shifters.