Reviews by Linda Hurst
A DIKlassic review
review originally published on May 6, 2001
Following on the heels of her The Cat's Fancy, her delightful single title contemporary debut romance, Aphrodite's Kiss has made Julie Kenner's books an autobuy for me. I found this book a total delight and absolutely unique. For those ...
I picked up Wizard's Daughter to read as I have always been partial to Catherine Coulter's Sherbrooke family series and was happy to see so many familiar faces well used in the outset of this book. But some of Coulter's old magic is definitely missing in this one. At the age of eight, Rosalind ...
Writing a romantic comedy is a very tricky business, requiring a light touch and discretion to keep the comedy from becoming slapstick or worse yet - unfunny. Unfortunately, Civil-Brown forgot half way through The Life of Reilly that she was making a soufflé, not mashing potatoes. Lynn Reilly le ...
I have enjoyed several of Lucy Monroe's books and Satisfaction Guaranteed proves to me that she is a very dependable author. I can count on her for a good story with interesting characters, which is my criterion for an "auto-buy." The only flaw here is that the book is plot-lite, but Ethan and Beth ...
I picked Jeanette Baker's Chesapeake Summer to review because I had enjoyed her previous writing. So I had great expectations for this new book, which, unfortunately, was beyond disappointing. The story was so complex, with so many different plots and characters, that it was almost impenetrable. I w ...
I am not a huge fan of vampire romances but I have read a few that I really liked. After reading Kiss of Midnight, I realize I prefer vampire-lite to vampire-dark. In vampire-lite the vampire hero sips from necks while inducing pleasure - he doesn't kill his victims and his role with humans is one o ...
Kiss and Dwell is the first book in Kelley St. John's Sexth Sense series about a Cajun family that "talks to dead people". It is that rare story which is by turn funny, romantic and even poignant - a great start for what appears to be an intriguing Blaze series. Monique Vicknair i ...
The latest entry in the Stain-busting mystery series featuring Josie Toadfern opens with the gang literally up to their necks in trouble and the action is virtually non-stop from there. Josie has been asked to speak at the opening of the Pearl Oglevee Ohio History room at the local ...
In my opinion, reading cannot be all angst, deeply emotional or riveting stories; the equivalent of meat and potatoes in a diet. Once in a while it is nice to pick up the book equivalent of a chocolate bar. The Man Tamer falls into that group of light romances with some humor that are satisfying if ...
Julie Kenner's previous two books in the Play. Survive. Win trilogy were non-stop action rides through New York City's shopping district on a deadly scavenger hunt. I wondered how the author would wrap up this series without repeating herself, but never doubt a good writer. In a case of "art imitati ...