That would be great! I hate commercials, and how they take up almost 50% of whatever show you're watching. Ugh.

TV guide has Death In the Family for the 15th and Ghosts for the 17th.

I've been waiting all day for chapter 2 and it still isn't up… I wonder what gives?

gemma said:

me too!!

where is it already!!

It is supposed to come out each monday?

It's supposed to or at least that's what I've heard. They are releasing the first half of Heat Wave a chapter a week until the end of September when the full book will be released on sale.

akajb said:

Hmm. There's still no link to chapter 2, however, it is available if you're sneaky… or just clever. Depends on how you look at it.

I used the same link for chapter one but changed it to a 2 at the end and it worked. Or you can just use the link here.

http://abc.go.com/media/primet…..pter02.pdf

That is horribly mean on their part. We've been waiting all day for this lol. Thanks fo much for posting it.

Ok, Bree Flax! I chuckled as I read that. He did promise he was going to use her in a book one day. :)

So you think Beckett is going to be pissed about the trainer with benefits ?  

I can't believe that ABC forgot to update their links on their page today, I mean come on, they have a gazzillion people in their marketing dept!  

akajb said:

Hmm. There's still no link to chapter 2, however, it is available if you're sneaky… or just clever. Depends on how you look at it.

I used the same link for chapter one but changed it to a 2 at the end and it worked. Or you can just use the link here.

http://abc.go.com/media/primet…..pter02.pdf

Brilliant! You're a regular sleuth yourself. Thanks for figuring that out, obviously ABC still hasn't.

m_hanh said:

So they finally posted Chapter 3, I guess they are trying to time the posting to be closer to the timing of the 10pm  repeat.  

So do you think Castle is dead meat for this part of the story or will Beckett be ok with this chapter, since she sort of gave it to him?

I found some of the writing in this chapter, I don't know, I guess, awkward, would be word I'd use.  The content was fine, but some parts didn't flow as well as they could?   What did you guys think?

What I really find distracting is the constant product name dropping. I know you're supposed to paint a clear picture of the scene and add as many details to bring it to life in the reader's eyes, but sometimes it seems like overkill. (Did we really need to know his computer was a MAC?) I would have also liked to see Rook picking up on Heat's extra attention to Noah during the interview and not just on the ride back.

I do like how the story is developing and Nikki Heat seems like a harder-edged version of Beckett but Rook doesn't seem as affable as Castle. All in all it's not bad.

Yeah, the lack of flow and awkward style has bothered me all along. I don't think a real novelist (or even an aspiring novelist) is writing this because, to be honest, the writing is just too bad. I'm not saying the writer is bad, just that the style goes more along with a script or something, not a novel. Great example being when we met the ME in Chapter Two. Did anyone see any description of what she looked like, how she walked, was dressed, etc? I don't recall any, and that just made me appreciate when these details are included in novels because all I could 'picture' was a speech bubble with text. Same goes for 'Heat' and 'Rook', to be honest (I just end up picturing the main characters, which is probably the point, but anyone who hasn't seen the show is not going to have any idea). Novelists take great pains to paint worlds with their text so that you can clearly imagine what's going on. I see huge gaps in the 'Castle' novels, and it bothers me because he's supposed to be a best selling author. It's an insignificant peeve, I guess, but I read so much that it seems like a glaring omission to me.