Now, their problems have moved further along in complexity, and Richard and JC sleeping together would merely totally confirm Anita's increasing distrust of them. But there was a point when I could see slash potential in that series. More Blood Or rather, more thoughts on In the Blood. The one thing I dislike about this book is the difference in the way men and women die in this book. Men die because someone is trying to kill them in the plot.
Women die as a way for the authors to connect people.
I'm thinking specifically of the deaths of three female characters. The third woman's death occurs in book 8, she's a major character, so I won't tell you who it is. It also brings our particular group of good guys, as opposed to ITB in general, to the forefront of the minds of the bad guys. Men, on the other hand, die to advance the plot, but not in a way that moves people closer together on the authors' human chessboard. Actually, I can think of only two men who died whose deaths fit the above criteria.