I really must get on to Seanan McGuire's work. The only stuff of hers I've read is her Newsflesh trilogy as Mira Grant. I loved the hell out of it, and I've been thinking I need to branch out. Would you have a series you particularly recommend?
I was puzzled by the range of choices for a moment, then realised there was no real contest. Next series I recommend of Seanan's would have the be the Velveteen Vs series, which is available via Seanan's LJ.
Note: The stuff she writes as Mira Grant (Newsflesh and Parasitology) tends further into the horrific side and a slight bias to SF, especially body horror. When she writes under her own name (the October Daye books, Incryptid, Velveteen Vs, and Indexing as the main threads) trend more towards fantasy, and whilst she's not afraid to have some horror elements, they aren't nearly the theme that it is with her Mira Grant work.
Also, her Mira Grant work so far seems to be 'a trilogy and done' thing, whilst her McGuire stories are more ongoing.
As for Yuki Yuna, that took a rapid and rather unexpected turn into the seriously dark in the latter half. (I don't recall nearly as much fanservice in that half, but it's possible that's because I was busy processing the plot reveals and just not noticing). IMO, it's really very good, but as a guy I'm a lot less personally affected/offended/squicked by fanservice.
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I was puzzled by the range of choices for a moment, then realised there was no real contest. Next series I recommend of Seanan's would have the be the Velveteen Vs series, which is available via Seanan's LJ.
Specifically, Here: http://seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com/tag/velveteen%20vs. (Note: this is in reverse chronological order, because LJ. The first instalment, Velveteen Vs the Isley Crawfish Festival is here: http://seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com/32823.html
Note: The stuff she writes as Mira Grant (Newsflesh and Parasitology) tends further into the horrific side and a slight bias to SF, especially body horror. When she writes under her own name (the October Daye books, Incryptid, Velveteen Vs, and Indexing as the main threads) trend more towards fantasy, and whilst she's not afraid to have some horror elements, they aren't nearly the theme that it is with her Mira Grant work.
Also, her Mira Grant work so far seems to be 'a trilogy and done' thing, whilst her McGuire stories are more ongoing.
As for Yuki Yuna, that took a rapid and rather unexpected turn into the seriously dark in the latter half. (I don't recall nearly as much fanservice in that half, but it's possible that's because I was busy processing the plot reveals and just not noticing). IMO, it's really very good, but as a guy I'm a lot less personally affected/offended/squicked by fanservice.