Imagine waking up as a different person every day. You aren't really them, but you have been inserted into their body and their mind for the day. Imagine not having a family or ties to anybody. That was A's life. It has been that way since A was "born" and he has come to accept his life.
Until Rhianna, she changes everything. A risks the people he is a guest in and himself to see her, to be with her. Can this work?
I've heard a lot of good things about this book and it wasn't a bad book, it just didn't live up to my expectations. I kept expecting it to go somewhere and it didn't. Nathan, Poole, Rhianna, even A had really no storyline development or conclusion. The book wrapped up too nicely and not at all.
I'm not sure who I would recommend this to, but I also wouldn't tell anybody to stay away from it. It was just ok.
Pages: 324
Friday, May 31, 2013
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Faithful Place by Tana French
I've come to expect a lot from Tana French and she did not disappoint with Faithful Place. I figured the ended out about two thirds of the way through, but wasn't totally sure until she wanted me to be.
Frank Mackey, and undercover cop, gets a frantic phone call from his sister Jackie. Since she is the only family member he has been in contact with in the last couple of decades, Mackey assumes that the bad news is about his family.
He is completely shocked and through off guard when he finds that his young sweetheart's suitcase was found in a run down building. The two had intended to run off together in the evening hours, but they never met up. Frank assumed that Rosie had left him and he didn't blame her... but the suitcase changes everything. Maybe Rosie didn't leave him. Maybe something bad happened to her.
The suitcase forces Frank to return to Faithful Place, a place he has avoided for almost thirty years. From the moment he steps foot into his own neighborhood he is pulled into the family drama, his desire to escape, and a mystery that has haunted him for most of his life.
I liked Faithful Place. In French's style it gets a bit wordy at times. I was hooked from the first chapter and I believe most people will be. If you like mysteries, stories set in other countries, or tragic love this book is for you.
Pages: 400
Frank Mackey, and undercover cop, gets a frantic phone call from his sister Jackie. Since she is the only family member he has been in contact with in the last couple of decades, Mackey assumes that the bad news is about his family.
He is completely shocked and through off guard when he finds that his young sweetheart's suitcase was found in a run down building. The two had intended to run off together in the evening hours, but they never met up. Frank assumed that Rosie had left him and he didn't blame her... but the suitcase changes everything. Maybe Rosie didn't leave him. Maybe something bad happened to her.
The suitcase forces Frank to return to Faithful Place, a place he has avoided for almost thirty years. From the moment he steps foot into his own neighborhood he is pulled into the family drama, his desire to escape, and a mystery that has haunted him for most of his life.
I liked Faithful Place. In French's style it gets a bit wordy at times. I was hooked from the first chapter and I believe most people will be. If you like mysteries, stories set in other countries, or tragic love this book is for you.
Pages: 400
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Dead Ever After by Charliane Harris
I read Deadlocked in the days leading up to the release of Dead Ever After so that I had the plots fresh in my mind. While I don't seem to hate this book like many other fans do, I did not like it as much as I did the first couple. Harris seems to grab every character/storyline in this series to revive in the last book. Her bows are a little too tight and the wrong color.
In the 13th book in the Southern Vampire (aka Sookie Stackhouse) novels, Sookie is charged with the murder of Arlene, former friend and would-be murderer. She deals with her lover and vampire husband being betrowed to the Queen of Oklahoma. Vampire friends shut her out and Sookie is alone and hunted by multiple creatures.
Seriously. I get the instinct to give closure to the story lines and characters, but when you shove so much into one book it becomes disjointed and desperate.
Finally SPOILER (highlight to read)
After 12 books of just friends and no feelings, Sookie falls out of love (a most passionate, enduring love according to Sookie) and in love/lust/happily ever after with another? Wow, talk about rebound. Again I get the instinct, but it was a horrible way to consummate that relationship.
In the 13th book in the Southern Vampire (aka Sookie Stackhouse) novels, Sookie is charged with the murder of Arlene, former friend and would-be murderer. She deals with her lover and vampire husband being betrowed to the Queen of Oklahoma. Vampire friends shut her out and Sookie is alone and hunted by multiple creatures.
Seriously. I get the instinct to give closure to the story lines and characters, but when you shove so much into one book it becomes disjointed and desperate.
Finally SPOILER (highlight to read)
After 12 books of just friends and no feelings, Sookie falls out of love (a most passionate, enduring love according to Sookie) and in love/lust/happily ever after with another? Wow, talk about rebound. Again I get the instinct, but it was a horrible way to consummate that relationship.
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