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Posted by Kim on November 12, 2006, 11:09 am, in reply to "*bows to the power of Niki*" I would also love to see a good fight sequence between Val and Georg, but then again I like them being all mushy-mushy with each other. Thank you, Niki! You will be able to tell your grandchildren that you made a lot of girls feel good by writing wonderful books. Oh, and, by the way, where can I find my own Georg? --Previous Message--
Uh, ditto to what she said. You know, something I've been meaning to say is that Val is a charecter I can relate to. I feel like I am Val, except for the fact that I don't live in a small Europen country and I'm not in love with a prince and my mom isn't a lesbian and...well, you get the point. The point is, she, being the narrator, is one of my best friends. I find I like to read books that come from a person's point of view (I've forgotten the actual term for that) rather than someone saying, "And then Harry and his classmates ran down the hall." It's a bit stalkerish, don't you think? I feel like if the main character is the narrator, then that's great! I know I'll get to know her, and through out the book I'll grow to love her. You get better descriptions that way. 
: *squeels*
: Guess what I've been doing for the past few
: hours, instead of my homework?
:
: Yeah, I found "Do-Over".
:
: I. could. NOT. put. it. down.
:
: Daling darling Niki, you. are. a. goddess.
:
: Honestly, I had given up on teen romance
: novels (I have seen too many trashy
: unoriginal plot lines), and on a whim a few
: months ago I picked up "Royally
: Jacked". And became immedediatly
: hooked. I mean it. I went to three book
: stores SEARCHING for "Spin
: Control". And today on a whim, I found
: "Do-Over".
:
: My bad day gone good.
:
: But honestly Niki, your stories, while
: slightly fictional, have such a
: down-to-earth tone that any girl could think
: that it could ACTUALLY happen to her. And
: that's why I love this series. Val is the
: 'girl-next-door' type that we all know, who
: goes through a diaster in her life (divorce
: in her case), and makes a tough choice. And
: she tries to start her life over again (in a
: new COUNTRY!) and comething good comes out
: of it (uh, Georg is a great thing). But
: then Val is just still that down-to-earth
: girl, and not one stuck up brat. She thinks
: Orlando Bloom's hot, she loves fast food,
: and she just loves her man.
:
: And thank you for showing us that Niki.
: We're seeing some story that promotes a
: normal girl. Not some insane druggy, or
: pregnant teen, just a normal girl falling in
: love and dealing with life.
:
: You're voice in this story is amazing too.
: It makes Val come alive that some stories
: just don't make happen. You don't sit there
: and describe the castle for three pages; you
: sit there and describe Val's personality
: through 230-ish pages. And thank God for
: that. I can only take so much, "The
: wind whistled through the trees like a wolf
: howling at the moon at midnight". Ugh.
:
: One question though, can Georg make a
: mistake once. You know, slip up? I mean in
: "Do-Over", we actually saw the two
: get in a fight, which kinda signifies a bit
: more of a natural relationship. (People can
: argue the 'cool down' bit, but that was Val
: misunderstanding Georg).
:
: If you write another book, I'd love to see
: them 'fight'. And in that bit, I could see
: Val falling apart, and seriously considering
: moving back. A bit more drama, a bit more
: gut-renching heartache, and a good
: heartwarming scene at the end.
:
: Or not. It's your story/series. I'd
: just love to see another book. Pretty
: please?
:
: Awesome job writing the series, I love it
: and it's getting up there next to Grey's
: Anatomy on my 'guilty pleasure' list.
: That's how good your books are.
:
: Please keep up the awesome job. And I'm
: more than willing to act in any movie made
: off the series (wink wink nudge nudge -
: JOKING!-)
:
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