Under Cover

Debates continually rage on our message boards about what makes a book great: Is it the plot, the characters, the unexpected twists? For a lot of us, it is the voice. Marianne Stillings wrote a little bit about this in her latest journal, and it seems to be what editors are searching for, as well. An author whose voice is so distinctive you can identify it in just a few lines makes it possible to suspend disbelief, forgive the use of the Big Mis, and ignore a flimsy plot line. MaryJanice Davidson’s voice is loud and clear, and her first stand-alone title is well worth a turn of the occasional blind eye. A collection of three novellas, each loosely related to the other, two of the entries are fantastic, one is not as fantastic (yet still good), but all are imaginative, fun, and totally sexy.