As the old saying goes, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” If that’s true, Mary Janice Davidson should not only be flattered by Harper’s series but also a little alarmed because Harper does funny, accident-prone vampire heroines better than Davidson does. Book 4 of the Jane Jameson series finds the endearing former librarian, now…
A friend asked me how I can review books and whether or not doing so destroyed my enjoyment of the story. She suggested that concentrating on the ins and outs would take too much away from the story and ruin the reading experience. To me, that is what makes the difference between a good book…
Characters can often make or break a novel for me. Likeable, sympathetic characters can sometimes elevate a mediocre story and the opposite is definitely true as well. Distasteful characters can sound the death knell for what could have been a decent story. I’m afraid the latter is the case here. The town of Fontana, North…
I’ve started to think of C as the kiss of death. It’s like the “It’s not you – it’s me” line preceding breakups – now you start thinking, “Oh god, now what’s wrong?” And the truth is, in both these cases (C-grades and relationships gone to pot) there may not be anything actually terribly wrong….
I suppose we’ve all done it at least once. You’re answering an interview question and you’re slightly nervous and you realize you’re babbling and you’ve completely forgotten the question. Or you commit a verbal faux pas and start chattering away in an effort to cover it up. Or you’re in the middle of a great…
His Dark Bond is not the best book I have ever read. In fact, it has some pretty serious flaws. However, I can see a lot of potential in Anne Marsh’s Fallen series that is just waiting to be tapped. And I am intrigued enough by the story to hope that the rest of the…
I just knew that I was going to love A Little Night Magic. The back summary sounded interesting and Susan Elizabeth Phillips wrote a blurb stating “Fresh and funny, warm and sexy. I can’t wait for more.” Unfortunately, I didn’t find it living up to any of these adjectives. Olivia Kiskey grew up in Nodaway…
What would you do if you could see dead people? If you could learn their whole life story as they passed through you into the light? Charley Davidson is using just such a power to help the living and the dead. In her private PI practice, ghostly informers have turned out to be a world…
I knew when I received this book for review that I was in for a treat. What I didn’t know is that this latest series revisits the world of Justin Herne, the hero from If Wishes Were Horses, a long time resident of my keeper shelf. Once again Ms. Hill takes the reader on a…
After the first frenzied read of a fan, I knew I considered Oracle’s Moon to be a DIK. But as a review should be from a less biased perspective, I knew I had to read it a second time with a whole new mindset. Searching for flaws that a fan would overlook, instead I found…
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