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A Warrior’s Promise by Donna Fletcher

Posted on May 2, 2012 by TBRG| Leave a comment

Title: A Warrior’s Promise

Series: The Warrior King #3

Author: Donna Fletcher

Genre: Highlander Historical

Charlotte is as brave as any Highland warrior, but she can’t rescue her father alone. Her sweet face could convince any man to come to her aid, but fate has a funny way of complicating things. For when she is lucky enough to land at the feet of the mighty Bryce MacAlpin, Charlotte is in disguise . . . as Charles.Bryce can afford no distractions on his vital quest to restore Scotland’s true king to the throne. It is madness to instead give his help to this desperate urchin— especially after Charlotte’s secret comes to light! Now, caught between a growing passion and his dedication to the king, will Bryce turn away from love in order to fulfill his quest? Or will he discover that promising your heart is the bravest mission of all?
This book had such a wonderful start! I actually started reading three books at the same time, and I quickly put the other two to the side just so I could focus on this one because I was enjoying it so much. Unfortunately, however, about halfway through things really started to slow down for me and what had begun with such promise ended on a flat note.
Charlotte’s father was kidnapped by the king’s men and taken to the king as a conjurer. Unfortunately, Charlotte feared that once the king discovered her father was not an actual conjurer, he would imprison him, torture him, and perhaps kills him. The book begins when Charlotte (as Charles) encounters Bryce in the market as she steals food and goes to hide with him to be protected. He saves her and they make an agreement that he will help Charles find his father since he is also going in the same direction (his mission is to recover a spy who is believed imprisoned by the king).
I love romances where the heroine pretends to be a boy/man and the hero is none the wiser at first, and truly, the heroine’s disguise and what happens after the hero discovers her true identity were my favorite part of A Warrior’s Promise. This takes up a great deal of the first half of the book, and I was thinking while reading that I perhaps had found a new favorite author.
Then, unfortunately, things went downhill for me. Points to Donna Fletcher for having the hero and heroine recognize and admit their love for one another quite early on. However, this meant that the remaining conflict driving them apart for the rest of the book was the argument that the heroine would continue to try to rescue her father while the hero wanted her to stay with his family and be safe. It was immensely frustrating for me as a reader. It just kept going back and forth, around and around, over and over. And ultimately, this argument as the source of conflict from the time the heroine is revealed until the climax of the book is the reason why I must give it such a low grade. Otherwise, it would have been a wonderful story with a great romance and interesting plot/relationship development. Because of this, however, what began as a truly promising story ended as a wall-banger for me.

Grade: C+

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Blame It on Bath by Caroline Linden

Posted on March 24, 2012 by TBRG| Leave a comment

Title: Blame It on Bath

Series: The Truth About the Duke #2

Author: Caroline Linden

Genre: Historical, Regency

Gerard de Lacey is determined to find the man who tried to blackmail his late father, both to stop the blackmail and to discover—and dispose of—any evidence the villain has about his father’s clandestine first marriage. If that proof is made public, it could prove Gerard and his brothers illegitimate, and strip them of their inheritance. And just in case, Gerard intends to find himself a wealthy bride. One way or another, he’s not going to be left destitute. But he’s not expecting a rich widow to find him and ask him to marry her. Katherine Howe’s first marriage was one of dreary duty, arranged by her wealthy father to a penniless lord. Now that she’s being pressured to marry her late husband’s heir, she’s desperately in search of a better option. Gerard de Lacey, with his sinful good looks, charming manner, and looming scandal fits her needs perfectly. The fact that she’s nursed a secret affection for him for years only makes it better—and worse. Because Gerard will marry her, for her fortune—but will he love her for herself, as she loves him?

This is my first novel by Caroline Linden, and although it’s the second book in The Truth About the Duke series, it serves well as a stand-alone book.

Blame It on Bath features Katherine as a quiet, plain heroine and Gerard as her handsome, outgoing hero. When rumors of Gerard’s possible illegitimacy begin to surface, Katherine sees her opportunity to marry the man she’s had a crush on for years (he gave her a ride on his horse when it was pouring rain and was nice to her; Gerard does not remember her from the past). Gerard knows that if the evidence the blackmailer is threatening is found to be true, his chances of finding a bride of good ton will dwindle drastically. When Katherine approaches him to offer him marriage and her inheritance from her last husband in exchange for his protection so she won’t have to marry her husband’s heir, he is tempted. What makes him agree, however, is the hint at beauty and passion he glimpses beneath her reserved exterior. They soon marry and leave London for Bath, where Gerard hopes to find more information about the person blackmailing his family.

I really wanted to like this book. I’ve heard so many great things about Caroline Linden’s writing in the past, and even this book is receiving good reviews from other readers. I liked the setup and the contrasts between the hero and heroine–who doesn’t like seeing the handsome hero fall for a plain Jane?

Unfortunately, I couldn’t find enough things to like about Blame It on Bath in order to be able to recommend it. First, this book was a slow read. A very slow read. The story never managed to engage me–I never really cared about the blackmail plot–and the characters failed in this aspect, too. As for the characters themselves.. despite how much I usually enjoy reading about plain heroines, and while I thought Ms. Linden portrayed Katherine’s character well, I never really got to the point where I liked her. I didn’t find her too self-effacing or negative or whiny…I just never found her interesting. And to hold my interest, a character doesn’t have to be sympathetic, but she certainly has to be interesting. I also felt that Gerard, the hero, didn’t find her very interesting, either. Of course, readers would expect this at the beginning of the book, but it was only toward the last third of the book where he starts to feel guilty about the way he’s treated Katherine that he seems to really care about her one way or another. (I’m not talking about sex here. They have sex early on, and it’s portrayed as something that’s supposed to be wonderful, although I never really felt enough chemistry between them to believe this).

Overall, I just couldn’t believe in the romance between Gerard and Katherine. The only two times I was drawn into their “love story” was when 1) Gerard insisted on calling her Kate instead of Katherine, and then in her head she called herself the same because he was helping her to see herself as someone “more” than plain, quite Katherine and 2) at the climax of the book when Gerard finally explains why he loves her. Beyond these two instances, the book to me was more the story of Gerard searching for information about the blackmailer and Katherine/Kate “discovering” herself.

Despite all this, I will probably try another Caroline Linden book in the future. I enjoyed her writing style; it was just the characters and the fact I couldn’t bring myself to believe in their love story that made Blame It on Bath a “meh” book for me.

Grade: C

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The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae by Stephanie Laurens

Posted on February 1, 2012 by TBRG| 1 Comment

Title: The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae

Series: Cynster Family bk 18 & Cynster Sisters bk 3

Author: Stephanie Laurens

Genre: Historical Romance

We joyfully request your attendance at the wedding of Miss Angelica Cynster … but not until she and her hero lay to rest an ancient grudge in the Scottish Highlands!

Headstrong Angelica Cynster is certain she’ll recognize her fated husband at first sight. And when her eyes meet those of a mysterious nobleman, she knows beyond a doubt that he’s the one. But her heart is soon pounding for an entirely different reason—when her hero abducts her!

The eighth Earl of Glencrae has no choice but to kidnap Angelica, the one Cynster sister with whom he hadn’t wanted to tangle. But to save his castle and his clan, he must persuade her to assist him—and he’s prepared to offer marriage to seal the deal!

This review is a by both Heather Byrony. They both read it and have different takes on this book.

Heather’s Review

One of my auto-buy historical authors is Stephanie Laurens. As soon as I discovered her years ago I had to read everything in this series. I think I read book seven first then had to go to the book store and buy each of the previous books. I was hooked and in love. There was something about those Cynster males that made me want one of my own, (shh don’t tell dh I said that). I have to say that while I have read every book in this series I have not liked everything.

This book reminded my why I and fell in love with this series in the first place. A hero and heroine who know who they are, have an external conflict that brings them together and they work together to resolve. Dominic and Angelica reminded me a lot of Devil and Honoria in how they behaved towards each other, with a bit of Scandal and Catriona, Amanda and Martin, and Amelia and Luc thrown in. Angelica is a character who knew what she wanted and went after it. She is very much a Cynster in the way she thinks and reacts to Dominic and why he has done what he has to her sisters. Dominic on the other hand has no clue what to make of Angelica other than she affects him in a way he isn’t used to. I do have to say one of my favorite parts of the book was when the rest of the Cynster’s were together trying to figure out where she was, and how the women and men behaved. This book is definitely one of my top 10 books of hers, and made me want to re-read the other’s books. If your a fan of this series then you will like if not love this book.

Grade A

Byrony’s Short Review

This is actually my first novel by Stephanie Laurens and–to be honest–I don’t think I’m motivated to check out any others anytime soon. I enjoyed the characters and there was enough romance (something which I sadly find to be lacking in many other “romance novels” lately), but all the same I had to force myself to finish The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae. My main issue with the story was that there didn’t seem to be enough conflict between the hero and the heroine to keep my interest; the heroine was always very smart and easily figured everything out, the hero reluctantly fell in love with her as par for the course–but that happened easily, too… In fact, the external conflict with the hero’s mother and the goblet seemed very anti-climactic as well. I wish I felt another way, but I was, to put it simply, bored. C

So there you have it, Heather loved it and Byrony didn’t, which is okay.

Heather’s Grade A

Byrony’s Grade C

For a complete list of the books in the series please visit Stephanie Laurens site.

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Trouble at the Wedding by Laura Lee Guhrke

Posted on January 26, 2012 by TBRG| Leave a comment

Title: Trouble at the Wedding

Series: Abandoned at the Altar #3

Author: Laura Lee Guhrke

Genre: Historical, Edwardian

Annabel is about to marry the perfect man…

The last thing Miss Annabel Wheaton desires is true love. She learned the hard way that love makes a woman foolish and only leads to heartache. That’s why she agreed to marry an earl who needs her money. He’s got a pedigree and a country estate, and he won’t ever break her heart. There’s only one problem…

Christian isn’t about to let her marry that pompous prig…

Christian Du Quesne, Duke of Scarborough, thinks this stubborn heiress is about to make the biggest mistake of her life, and he’s determined to stop her. Tempting beautiful women is Christian’s forte, after all. When her family offers him a nice sum of money to stop the wedding, he’s happy to accept. Falling in love with Annabel wasn’t supposed to be part of the bargain…

I hate having to write this review, because I have been a huge fan of Laura Lee Gurhke’s for a long time. I can’t remember a book of hers before this that I wouldn’t have heartily recommended. Sadly, I can barely recommend this one.

Trouble at the Wedding began with such promise. Annabel Wheaton is just the type of heroine that I love: smart, independent, and strong. She’s also a Southern girl, which I immediately liked, as it was refreshing to read a heroine who’s “different” from the typical Englishwomen born of the aristocracy and New York heiresses. I liked her immensely, and I liked the hero, Christian Du Quesne, immensely as well. In fact, I enjoyed the first half of this book immensely, when the question of whether or not Christian is going to be able to keep Annabel from marrying her scumbag fiancee remains unresolved.

And yet, when that question is resolved and she doesn’t marry him…well, the second half of the book just fell flat. The characters didn’t sparkle anymore, the plot was mundane and predictable and seemed to center on nothing but lust. To say it was disappointing would be an understatement.

With that being said, I remain a loyal LLG fan; she is still on my list of auto-reads. I just hope the next book can redeem this one.

Grade: C-

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How to Worship a Goddess by Stephanie Julian

Posted on December 7, 2011 by TBRG| 1 Comment

Title: How to Worship a Goddess

Series: The Forgotten Goddess bk 2

Author: Stephanie Julian

Genre: Paranormal

HE’S EXACTLY WHAT SHE’S ALWAYS WANTED…

Lucy was once the beloved Goddess of the Moon. These days the goddesses of the Etruscan pantheon are all but forgotten. The only rituals she enjoys now are the local hockey games, where one ferociously handsome player inflames her divine blood…

AND SHE UNLEASHES HIM LIKE A FORCE OF NATURE…

Brandon Stevenson is one hundred percent focused on the game, until he looks up and sees a celestial beauty sitting in the third row. A man could fall hard for a distraction like that…

This is a hard review for me to write.  Basically I didn’t connect with this book and I really like this author, so I feel bad for giving it a not so great review.

When I first started reading it, I thought “wow I’m really loving this”.  The hero is a hockey player (I love books centered around sports) and the chemistry between Brandon and Lucy was off the charts hot.  It read like a hot contemporary romance with a little paranormal thrown in.  So I was really digging it – up to about page 200.  Then some funky stuff goes down with Brandon  – I don’t want to say what as a spoiler, but this is where the book took a bad turn for me.

I felt that I was missing something – I did not read the first book in this series, and usually that doesn’t matter.  So maybe that’s it, I thought?  I didn’t read the first book so I’m out of the loop.  It wasn’t it…..  It just kind of didn’t flow smoothly anymore and I couldn’t wait for the book to be over.  Usually when I’m reading erotic I will skim over some of the sex scenes to get back to the story.  Well it was the opposite in this book – I skimmed the story and stopped and read the sex scenes very slowly.  Stephanie Julian does know how to write a great sex scene.

I have not given up on this author – she’s been a great go to author for well written paranormal erotic for me.  I just wasn’t feeling this book.

Grade C-

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Holiday Hideout by Vicki Lewis Thompson, Jill Shalvis and Julie Kenner

Posted on November 9, 2011 by TBRG| 1 Comment

Title: Holiday Hideout 

Anthology

Authors, Vicki Lewis Thompson, Jill Shalvis, Julie Kenner

Genre: Harlequin Category Romance, Contemporary Romance

The Thanksgiving Fix by Vicki Lewis Thompson Finding Mr. Right is the furthest thing from Beth Davis’s mind when the Reno professor takes Thanksgiving break at a colleague’s Lake Tahoe cabin. Until Coinneach McFarland arrives to fix a suspicious leak. It looks like somebody’s playing matchmaker for two people sworn to stay single. But as things heat up, Beth is astonished to find she has discovered her soul mate just as she’d given up looking.

The Christmas Set-Up by Jill Shalvis Competing architects Zoe and Jason has two weeks to come up with the design to win a coveted new project. But when a snowstorm strands them together at a secluded cabin, Zoe sees her chance to show Jason how she really feels. With romance blooming under the mistletoe, can she get the gorgeous Scrooge into the true Christmas spirit?

The New Year’s Deal by Julie Kenner Five years ago, Cleo Daire and Josh Goodson said goodbye and went their separate ways. But first they made a promise to reunite. Now the ex-lovers are spending New Year’s Eve in a romantic cabin, where passion takes them by surprise and long-wished-for dreams can sometimes come true.

I picked up this anthology because I’ve really enjoyed reading the Harlequin Anthologies especially when Jill Shalvis has a short story in them.  Well, unfortunately this one fell short.  I finished it 2 days ago and I really can’t even remember the characters names let alone what happened in each story.  Basically the setting is the same mountain cabin that has the reputation of having couples fall in love or rekindle a love lost.  Each couple ends up in the cabin over either the Christmas or New Year’s Eve Holiday.    The concept was really a good idea – but the stories were just kind of boring.

The Thanksgiving Fix by VLT was the one I liked the least.  It was kind of slow reading and the heroine just didn’t sit well with me.  Having said that, this is the story that I remember the most.  Beth is an all career women and Mac is the local handy man.  I guess the only good thing about this story was Mac – but he just seemed too good to be true.  There also was some weird dialog that was going on between the couple while they were getting it on.  It just seemed out of place.  I’m actually a big fan of VLT, but this story seemed rushed.  Grade: C-

The Christmas Set-Up by Jill Shalvis was the story that I liked the best, but it was not the Jill Shalvis I know and love.  The couple both work in the same architect firm and they are set up by their co-workers to spend the weekend in the cabin.  They get snowed in, have sex and finish a project for work.  Yep – that’s about it.   Grade: C+

The New Year’s Deal by Julie Kenner, I started out really liking this story, but I think the heroine killed it for me.  She’s a lawyer (enough said, right?).  This couple was college sweethearts and they broke up when he wouldn’t follow her to graduate college.  When they broke up he made a pack with her to meet him 5 years later on New Year’s Eve.  He has never forgotten her and still wants to be with her.  She basically goes to the cabin to get him to be an expert witness for a big case she is working on.  That’s what killed it for me.   I do have to say that I do like Julie Kenner’s writing style and this story was probably the best written out of the 3.  Grade: C

Grade: C

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Too Wild to Hold by Julie Leto

Posted on August 25, 2011 by TBRG| 1 Comment

Title:Too Wild To Hold

Series: Legendary Lovers bk 2

Author: Julie Leto

Genre: Harlequin Blaze

HOT NIGHTS IN THE BIG EASY

In the sultry heat of New Orleans, a masked man stalks his next prey…private investigator Claire Lécuyer. In order to protect her, FBI agent Michael Murrieta–the descendant of a real masked legend–must go undercover at her hiding place…a sensual retreat, where decadence and sin beckon from every room.

Once immersed in this world of pleasure, Claire and Michael find themselves teased by the languidly sexual environment–and their blazing attraction to each other. But even as they “mask” their true identities, it’s too late.

Now Claire and Michael are caught up in the danger…and their desire. And the longer they stay in the sensuous world, the more dangerous it is!

Claire LaCuyer is an ex-cop turned Private Investigator.  She’s on a case to find a run away mom who frequents sex clubs.  Claire’s also on the look out for a stalker whose possibly raped other women and now has Claire in his sites.

FBI Special Agent Michael Murrieta is on the case to catch the stalker/rapist.  Michael follows Claire to the “Plantation Ball” (aka, sex party) with hopes of protecting Claire and catching the stalker.

I love Harlequin’s Blaze series books – most of the authors that write for this line are very good and the books make for a nice quick read.  This book earns the right to carry the “Blaze” name.   Let’s just say that there is a scene at the party where the hero and heroine are voyeurs to a threesome!  The chemistry between Claire and Michael is off the charts hot, their love scenes together are worth reading the book alone.

The storyline about the stalker was good; it kept me reading to find out what he was going to do.  I would say the best part about that storyline is Michael’s brother, Danny.   I was really intrigued with the Murrieta Family Ancestry, the “Famous Lover Legend”.  I just wish there was more of it in the book.

Overall this is a great summer beach read and I will be reading more books by Leto.

Grade:  C+

Other books in the Series

Too Hot to Touch

Too Wicked to Keep (coming Sept 2011)

 

 

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Demons Prefer Blondes

Posted on June 30, 2011 by TBRG| Leave a comment

Title: Demons Prefer Blondes

Series: Demons Unleashed bk 1

Author: Sidney Ayers

Genre: Paranmormal

A BAD DAY FOR A DEMON

Rafe Deleon is a senior demon and he resents like hell his assignment to Earth to retrieve the Chest of the Damned before it falls into the wrong hands. But then he meets beautiful, intriguing succubus Lucy Gregory and she’s just unleashed a whole load of trouble…

REALLY SUCKS FOR A SUCCUBUS

Lucy’s chic suburban beauty salon has suddenly become the Underworld’s center of mass chaos and destruction. The only good thing in a day going rapidly down the tubes is the arrival of a gorgeous demon who’s adamant that he can help her…

But Lucy has quite a few deeply unpleasant–not to mention deadly and hateful–surprises ahead of her, and surely there’s never been a worse time to try out a new boyfriend…

I am always a little leery of new authors because you never know what you are going to get. There are no reviews and fans of the author yet so you are essentially going in blind. A lot like it was when I began reading romance. So I picked this up and starting reading.

It started off fine, and I was really liking Rafe and Lucy and how she managed to get under Rafe’s skin. Then about halfway through the book it just sorta pettered out for me. I don’t know why exactly it just did. It was like after the big reveal the rest was just filler.

Don’t get me wrong Rafe is one of the sexiest heroes I have ever read. He is an Alpha male to the extreme and he doesn’t care. He has a job to do and he is going to do it whether Lucy wants him to or not. He just can’t get past how Lucy effects him and is distracting him from said job.

Lucy is perfectly fine with the way her life is. She doesn’t need some Neandrathal man telling what to do and when. So what if he is sex on a stick, and manages to get her motor going with just a look.

There is a lot in the first half of this book that is great, and some reveals that may be surprising to some but didn’t exactly surprise me. There is a great cast of secondary characters that I felt kinda got the shaft, and left us hanging a bit on the explanation of them. I am hoping that this issues will be resolved in the next book in the series.

Because there will be a second book I am going to give this book a higher grade than if it was a single title because of the issues that I had with the book. All of that being said my feelings in no way should effect someone else reading this book, because my feelings about the book are greatly influenced by my mood at the time of reading, and I have to admit I was in a mood when I read this book.

Grade B

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Soldier

Posted on June 27, 2011 by TBRG| 2 Comments
The Soldier
by Grace Burrowes

 

 

 

HE IS WEARY IN BODY AND IN SPIRIT…

Devlin St. Just has tried everything to escape his demons. But his responsibilities are multiplying and his despair deepening, until beautiful, enigmatic neighbor Emmaline Farnum steps in…

SHE’S GOT EVERYTHING TO HIDE…

Devlin’s torn spirit calls to Emmaline, but even as she gives in to his irresistible caresses and her own growing desires, she’s keeping a devastating secret…

Protecting Emmaline becomes Devlin’s urgent mission, if only he can overcome the forces that are driving them irretrievably apart…

 

 

 

We are quickly introduced, when the book starts, to the most important and loveable person this story has: “Winnie”.  Her attitude and antics are what kept me reading this one.  Don’t get me wrong the book was ok but not a real standout have to run and get more type of historical, just sort of I am reading because there is not much else to do sort of book.  It does have a nice love story between Devlin and Emmaline but it takes the whole book to get any sort of satisfaction, up until than I wanted to hit them upside the head and say get a clue.  I appreciated the subject of PTSD being in the story; however, that seemed to be the whole story, I would have liked the characters to have developed a bit more.  The whole book was struggle, struggle, struggle, and than quickly in the end results, felt a little rushed.

 

As you can probably tell I am not a huge fan, but like all books there is something out there for everyone and what one person does not like there are plenty of people who do.

 

Grade C

 

 

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The Return of Black Douglas

Posted on April 30, 2011 by TBRG| 3 Comments
The Return of Black Douglas
by Elaine Coffman
release date 4/1/11

 

 

Longing for a man like Mr. Darcy and haunted by the feeling she was born two hundred years too late, Isobella Douglas never dreamed she would get what she wished for– until she was hurled back five centuries to the Isle of Mull in the year 1515.  She arrived in the midst of a battle between the Mackinnon’s and Maclean’s, only to be abandoned there by the capricious ghost of Black Douglas.  Left to the mercy of her fate, she prayed for a hero when she saw him, a man as fierce and wild as the barbarous place that surrounded her.

Alysandir Mackinnon was a man who lived by his wits and the edge of his sword.  He was a man of strong desires and in his prime, but what he wanted now were the answers to a lot of questions: Why is she here? Who sent her? And what am I going to do with her?  In spite of suspicion that she is an English spy, Isobella adapts readily to castle life, and being an archaeologist, is soon up to her elbows digging in broken crockery bits, ancient bones and priceless relics, in spite of being forbidden to do so.  Alysandir finds it difficult to trust the headstrong woman, or believe her preposterous time-travel story and battles the desire and distrust he feels, for Alysandir has been betrayed before.

Life in Early Renaissance Scotland is fraught with danger, deceit, clan rivalry and constant threats from the English- hardly the place for the course of true love to run smoothly.  It seems the hapless couple is forever trapped in a series of unfortunate circumstances, and a happy ending never seems so far away.  But, never underestimate the power of a man’s love, a woman’s understanding or the tenacity of a beloved Scottish ghost.

 

If you are anything like me when you hear Historical, Scotland or Time Travel you are all over it.  So was the case with this one.

 

Historical – check

Scotland – check

Time travel – check

Hot Lord – check

Meddlesome ghost – check

A book a could not put down – Uh, No

 

I had such hopes for this.  It starts out great, grabs your interest and you can’t quit reading; than it just leaves you hanging there.  I reached a point, a couple chapters in, where I just could not go on any longer.  I tried, but the story just did not go anywhere and I just kept falling asleep. It had all the good elements in place to be a great story: the characters were interesting, they played off each other well, good tension and humor, but the flow just stopped.   I was going to chalk this up to a dnf and leave it at that, in fact I put it aside and had no intention of picking it up again.  Sad, I know.  Instead I decided to do something that I never do with a book that I am reviewing:  I read other reviews on this book, I just had to know if it was just me or did others have the same problem I was having.  Needless to say I read many reviews, some loved the book others had the same problems that I did.  What I learned from all of them though was to keep pushing through.  So I picked it up again and tried one more time.  Good news, it ended great!  Once I got past the middle of the book it picked up and finished on a high note.

 

So basically I learned not every book is for every individual, don’t be afraid to listen to others opinions and persevere, it will be worth it in the end.

 

Grade C

 

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