I love supernatural books. But as I read this one, it felt more like a mills and boons than a mystery or supernatural book.
The heroine of the book slowly ( very slowly ) divulges that she has been noticing weird things happening around her. As she discovers what is actually happening to her she finds herself embroilled with an amazing man and a mystery which leads her to race to save an unknown victim's life.
The story is barely decent and very slow paced for a mystery book. But if you're looking for a sexy novel, this is your piece of cake.
Honestly, can't comment on this book since I haven't followed the series from the beginning. Found the characters very well defined and fun to read about. The story was sort of confusing for me since there are many situations which seemed to be based on things which might be mentioned before.
Thus, the jury is out on this one ... Sorry !! :)
What a refreshing read!! Most of us spend our whole lives figuring out what Love and Marraige is all about. And we never know till we experiment with love and never know till we finally get married. Both can be exclusive and inclusive, depending on the individuals in question.
This book brings forth questions that most of us carry around in our hearts but are too afraid to ask most of the time. Bridget Asher has done a wonderful job of weaving believable charachters who are as dazed with life and it's characteristics as most of us are.
Here, we have Gwen in a perfectly good marriage coming face to face with an old friend whose in need of a pretend wife. How the situation comes about and what happens next, though not totally unpredicatable but is highly intense to go through with the heroine. The only question is how many of us realize any of it or even get a chance to find out ...
A lovely, sweet read for anyone whose philosophical by nature and is always questioning life's little conundrums.
On a side note, had read Asher's " My Husband's Sweethearts " and find found that also highly entertaining and satisfying read, on the whole. Check out both these books ...
If you've read enough mystery novels, I guess around time every story becomes predictable. This one is no exception. From the first few pages, you know what the protagonist has been through and will be going through next.
The writing is what surprised me the most. The grammatical and structural errors had me shocked as to how the book finally made it to print. The story of a girl who gets amnesia due to a horrendous accident in her life where no one seems to want to tell her the truth is highly taxing on the reader. I made it through the book only in the hopes that there is Some redeeming quality to the writing, if not the story and was sourly dissappointed. The ending was as expected which was something though.
Pick this one up, ONLY if you have absolutely nothing better to do.
I am senselessly in love with Jack Reacher. I just love his sense of honour, honesty and all that's wrong with the world. I love the way Lee Child puts across the tale from beginning to end, keeping you tied up in each scene and dialogue.
Didn't enjoy this outing as much as the others though, as the suspense is kinda predictable if you keep your eyes open and the ending is kind of abrubt, not having it's usual panache.
As always here we find Jack Reacher being drawn into others' problems due to other else but his sense of doing what's right at the time. Side by side, we delve into the phsyci of the villain whose full of " short comings ", pun intended. The countdown from the 61 hours is soemthing I didn't quite grasp but maybe it'll make sense in the next contribution of Child.
But all in all, this is a trip worth taking if you love action, drama and all that's good in writing !!
The Shopaholic series is one that I love to hate. On the one hand I cannot believe anyone can be so callous and have such warped way of thinking. On the other hand, the writing is always so humorous and the story always takes a wonderful turn that makes for wonderful story telling.
Here we have the Luke and Becky coming out of their honeymoon phase and into the real world being married. As always, with someone with her head in the clouds Becky does everything to make sure everything ends up a disaster, making all the wrong assumptions in life and love. Finding out she may have a sister to replace her best friend only adds to the chaos but as usual the author raises the a amazing phoenix from the ashes that have you beliving in the goodness of even the stupidest person on earth and cheering for the same keeping you hooked to the end.
I for one, being kind of petty and mean found this book highly entertaining as all along there are people who keep pulling Becky down to earth from her high horse... That's my guilty pleasure ... !!
Though the note at the back of the book is kind of misleading in a ' detour sign that fools you ' kind of way , Lillian Lewis from Booklist says " A marvelous tale about not letting the past define one's future. "
That I totally agree with. The story inspite of certain preconcieved notions of my own turned out to be surprisingly fresh. Though by the end, my expecatations had me wanting more. I guess that's each one to his own because when I can't imagine making the choices of the protogonist, I tend to end up feeling the end to be anti climactic.
The writing is amazingly grasping and each turn brings about a surprise. Phrases and words have been used repetetively though which is quite noticeble but all in all a pleasant if not satisfying read about a woman who lives life on her own terms inspite of all that stands between her and her future.
The story is barely decent and very slow paced for a mystery book. But if you're looking for a sexy novel, this is your piece of cake.
