Just reread Bedlam so I could be fresh reading Artifice and it feels like some shadow editing occured from the first time I read it until now?
Specifically, I could have sworn that there was a chapter, or section from Jenn's POV explaining more about why she was with the Admiral and ambassador, and also hinted why she ran out to the shuttle as Greye was leaving.
And all of that seems to be gone now? Am I imagining things or did that get retconned?
Okay, that makes more sense. I read so many books, and it took a while for this 2nd book to come out and I obviously transposed something from another book to yours, because to your point, having other POVs kind of defeats the purpose of 1st person unless used very sparingly.
Part of the reason I asked is I've run into re-releases on Amazon where changes were made. It's usually discussed, but sometimes not, so I was checking to see if I was imagining things. Obviously I was.
Really enjoying book 2 so far, although I got to say, you really like beating up on poor Greye. Not a complaint, just wow, and I thought book 1 was bad! It does create a great way for him to deeply appreciate the gifts he's being given, just a brutal way to drive home not taking anything for granted.
Keep up the good work!
I had something like that with the movie The Fifth Element when it came out. I saw it several times in the theaters (because I was a teenager and Mila Jovovich was the ultimate manic pixie dream girl of my dreams in just about every movie she was in at the time), and the second time I went, I could have sworn they had cut a steamy scene with her character Leeloo that I remembered seeing the first time through, but I've never seen again since.
But I'm certain I saw it.
Anyway, no, there was never a Jenn POV. I stick to 1st person throughout this series except the Prologues to each book, and in book 1 the prologue was always the short intro to the humans reaching Bedlam. That's actually part of the purpose of Greye's split mind in book two, other than it setting up a future story arc, it also allows me to maintain first person perspective and his ongoing inner dialog even when he isn't physically present in a scene. That way the girls get more screen time without the career mechanic constantly being put into suspension breaking situations he has no right to be in. Anya taught him an expensive but valuable lesson the day they met, and he isn't going to forget it anytime soon.