The Shadow Runners, the third book in the 2176 series, has much to recommend about it. The heroine is a tough, gritty, and emotionally conflicted fighter struggling to survive on some of the future’s meanest streets. She may be my favorite heroine yet in this series. The book adds new information to the overall rebellion…
The Unknown Twin has a somewhat far-fetched premise, but readers who can get past that should find the sweet romance and likable characters make up for it. Lauren Conway moved to Courage Bay, California, to advance her career as a cartoonist. The local newspaper agreed to let her write her own comic strip, based on…
The Price of Pleasure has the sort of adventurous plot that’s sure to entice me, but in the end the book left me a little unsatisfied. My ongoing frustration with the hero and heroine served to limit my enjoyment of an otherwise entertaining novel. When she was thirteen, Victoria Dearbourne was shipwrecked. Her parents were…
While this was an easy, engaging read for me, the book suffered both from a surfeit of cardboard villains and too much fighting between hero and heroine for it to be a truly satisfying read. Most times, it’s hard for me to pinpoint exactly where I stop enjoying a book. Sometimes the events of the…
The Devil Wears Prada is billed by some as brilliant satire and a wonderful picture of the world of fashion magazine publishing. Those who work in the industry and know the personalities skewered may get a lot of entertainment from recognizing people they know. But the book is hindered by weak characterizations and superficial plotting,…
Getting What You Want is Kathy Love’s first book, and it’s a strong debut. It’s also the first book in a trilogy about sisters who were bullied in school. The characters are likable, and the love story is tender. I enjoyed this book and look forward to the next one in the series. You can’t…
Legally Binding is the second book in a trilogy called Shotgun Sallys. The first book, Susan Kearney’s Out for Justice, was pretty lame, with a dimwitted heroine who was supposedly Out for Justice after the murder of her brother, but who mostly seemed Out to Get Laid since she spent half the time focused on…
First things first: Cooking Up a Storm is billed by the publisher (Cheek is an imprint of Virgin Books) as an “erotic romance,” but it was previously published in 1998 by Black Lace (a line of erotica novels for women). There is a sex scene on page four and nearly every page thereafter contains either…
The front cover of Denim Detective features a picture of a giant butt floating in the sky. Oddly enough, that’s not what the book is about, although the silly image does suit the very silly story inside. It’s actually about a bunch of hysterical people running around like headless chickens. Frankly, reading about a giant…
What’s French For “Ew!”? is the third book revolving around Emily, a young teen forced to move with her parents to Britain. This young adult book written by Katie Maxwell (also known as Katie MacAlister) is a silly and amusing story that might annoy adults, but will most likely be great fun for teenagers. In…
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