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Destiny's Embrace by Beverly Jenkins
3.0
A good quick read. Not my favorite by this author, though. Something about the prose, pacing, and lack of real tension didn't appeal to me. As always, a great history lesson, but even that read sort of awkwardly. A few too many grammatical errors too.
Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris
2.0
Ok, so I won't completely rip it apart like some other fans, but that doesn't mean it was a great read. We all know she's no Shakespeare, so I won't even get into the technical part of the writing (but seriously, some of her similes and analogies made me want to gag).
We start with a sort of intriguing prologue with Amelia's father and a devil. Whatever. Bland. Then we get an other supposedly intriguing part with 2 strange men, and you get the feeling that we should know them. I guessed one and the other wasn't important enough for me to even remember he existed (and how thin were his reasons for revenge? Seriously?). And then Sookie comes on the page and does absolutely nothing of significance for the majority of the book. Then oops - Arlene happens. Then Sookie's mundane life. Then Eric. Then more of Sookie being boring as all hell. Even her rescue at the end was lackluster.
But what really gets me about this book is the abrupt changes in characters and by that I mean Eric. I don't know who this whiny, childish, petty, "I'm not Viking enough to take care of myself and fix my own issues" person was, but it was not the Eric Northman we'd read about for the first part of the series. And then such crappy attempts to sort of redeem him. Ugh! But, I guess that had to be convenient to shove Sam down our throats, and even Sookie sounded more resigned to her fate than enthusiastic about it. I knew it was coming, simply b/c Sookie never wanted to be changed and process of elimination left him. But, man what an unsatisfying ending. And the love scene made me shudder. Felt dirty and not in a good way.
So, I guess I did rip it apart a bit. I'm just glad I waited for the library ebook and didn't waste my limited cash on this.
We start with a sort of intriguing prologue with Amelia's father and a devil. Whatever. Bland. Then we get an other supposedly intriguing part with 2 strange men, and you get the feeling that we should know them. I guessed one and the other wasn't important enough for me to even remember he existed (and how thin were his reasons for revenge? Seriously?). And then Sookie comes on the page and does absolutely nothing of significance for the majority of the book. Then oops - Arlene happens. Then Sookie's mundane life. Then Eric. Then more of Sookie being boring as all hell. Even her rescue at the end was lackluster.
But what really gets me about this book is the abrupt changes in characters and by that I mean Eric. I don't know who this whiny, childish, petty, "I'm not Viking enough to take care of myself and fix my own issues" person was, but it was not the Eric Northman we'd read about for the first part of the series. And then such crappy attempts to sort of redeem him. Ugh! But, I guess that had to be convenient to shove Sam down our throats, and even Sookie sounded more resigned to her fate than enthusiastic about it. I knew it was coming, simply b/c Sookie never wanted to be changed and process of elimination left him. But, man what an unsatisfying ending. And the love scene made me shudder. Felt dirty and not in a good way.
So, I guess I did rip it apart a bit. I'm just glad I waited for the library ebook and didn't waste my limited cash on this.
Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis
5.0
Picked this up b/c a friend recommended another book by this author, which I discovered was 7th in a series. Of course, I had to start at the beginning. Sweet and funny. It didn't make light of some serious issues with Maddie and her ex. Nor did it rush the healing process. Third book I've read this week with a guy named Jackson and they are all perfect. *wistful sigh* Moving on to book 2. I think I'll like spending time in Lucky Harbor.