Seventeen & Maldusk: A Supernatural Soap Opera

It’s too bad movie night was a bust. There’s something uncanny valley about Tre that doesn’t sit well with me, maybe that’s why I’m always unfairly negative to him. He reads conspiracy theories all day on the Internet and argues with Annie (someone with official credentials) about them. It’s egregious mansplaining, except in this case, he may have a point…

If there is something nefarious going on with aliens, I hope that Ion is able to figure it out and stop it. Ion’s focus is on aliens. Reuben’s focus is on vampires. Everyone is self-centered and not generally concerned about experiments being conducted on sentient beings, but that’s natural to an extent.

I always like it when people share behind the scenes information. I definitely enjoyed the humor of these early chapters, but I shouldn’t mind a tonal shift either. I think readers could clearly see some of this coming, though, because there’s been tension building in the background for a while now.