I needed to buy a few books at the library used bookstore as my overdue fees are out of control so I bought 4 books -- 3 decent and 1 that looked insanely mindless. Of course I cracked that one first -- it was just what I needed and not nearly as bad as I feared. It promised to transport me to a ...
Ugh, this was a tough read for me. The writing was barely mediocre - repetitive, jumpy, awkward. It was definitely in need of a (better) editor. There are so many times within the book when a topic is brought up for a second time but characters act like it's the first, or something happens to ...
Book 3 in the Dae O'Donnell series. In this one, Dae and the town of Duck are hosting a gathering of OBX mayors when a tropical storm veers off track and hits the Blue Whale, the inn owned and run by Dae's boyfriend Kevin. In addition to the storm, there is a murder, various people running around...
Book #42 for 2013I didn't really dislike this book, but the whole thing felt off to me. I'm not exactly an expert on Renaissance faires, but I've been to several of the larger ones as well as a few SCA functions, and I'm familiar with the behind-the-scenes lifestyle of Silver Dollar City (a sort ...
The best part of this book is the Renaissance Faire setting. How can such characters and situations not be fun and clever? The answer is that they most certainly give this book a unique and creative background for the action. However, the only thing good about the book "is" the background. The re...
2 1/2 StarsHave you ever read a book, figured out what was going on about halfway through and then really wanted the book to be done so you can see if you are right? Yeah, that's how this book was for me. I found this story to be so...so...well, unbelievable. I mean, most "cozy mysteries" are un...