I haven’t read a non-humorous, non-romantic work of Women’s Fiction in, oh, about a year. If Fresh Air is a typical example, I’ll likely wait several more years before reading another one. While Charlotte Vale Allen’s latest is written competently enough, the story was too dull to capture my interest. I can sum up the…
One of the downsides of reading a great series like Catherine Asaro’s Skolian Saga is that you get attached to the characters. Somehow I missed reading the last book in the series, Spherical Harmonics, and therefore was unaware of a tragedy regarding two of my favorite characters. So when I opened The Moon’s Shadow, I…
Before I get to the review of this book, I have one thing to say: Isn’t Lost Souls of the Witches’ Castle a great title? Editors seem determined that romance novels should have the most forgettable titles possible. Teri DuLong’s book was published by a small press, which must be why she was allowed to…
It’s hard to know where to begin when discussing this book. On the one hand, it tells an interesting if tragic tale, made more immediate by the fact that it’s based on a true story, and told by the person who lived it. On the other hand, it’s a garbled narrative with ambitions toward the…
Oh boy! A scientist hero!! Oh blah! A Barbie heroine. Well, at least she’s smart. O.K. let’s give it a try. Years ago, Patsy Simonetti was an awkward, skinny, annoying kid. Now, she’s Mara Simon, twice divorced, and a fledgling producer who has come to a picturesque town in South Carolina to shoot a movie….
Jared Sullivan had a very good reason for retiring from the secret espionage organization known as Aries. But when his mentor, Sam Hatch, begs him to come back for one last mission, Jared reluctantly agrees. It seems that an agent named Alex Morrow was kidnapped while on a mission in the central-European nation of Rebelia….
Back in the 90’s Stella Cameron used to be an author on my auto-buy list. I was a big fan of both her historical and contemporary novels and the unique voice that was very different in style from other authors I was reading at the time. That’s really changed in the past five years or…
This book took me entirely too long to read. Or maybe it just seemed that way, because the main character we’re stuck with is simply no one with whom I had any wish to spend time. Combine that with the fact that out of the many plot threads, most are resolved rather abruptly, and almost…
During a fight Dan Baxter commits an unpardonable wrong: he compares his girlfriend, Jo Hurst, to her mother. Jo moves out without telling him why, believing he’ll track her down, apologize, and beg her to come back. He doesn’t. Then Dan’s upstairs neighbor, Libby, tells Jo that Dan has a new hot-and-heavy girlfriend. Dan wants…
Lily features an odd combination of negative traits. There were many times during the course of the book when I shook my head and wondered how on earth it was published, and who the target audience could possibly be. One thing’s for sure: it doesn’t include me. When Lord Rand Nesbitt sees Lily Ashcroft at…
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