Monday, January 31, 2011

Simply Perfect (Simply series book 4)

by Mary Balogh.

Finally Claudia Martin's story and Lord Attleboro is the hero. They meet due to a mutual friend and grudgingly she kind of likes him a little. He is almost engaged to the same woman from book 1 of the series that got dumped - Miss Hunt. Hardships continue between Lord Attleboro and Claudia as we find out more about his secret in London and his engagement to Miss Hunt. We also find out the history of Claudia and someone from her past pops back in to her life. Of course all works out for everyone in the end and at long last all 4 friends are happily married.

This was a good series and I enjoyed seeing the same characters over and over. I've also enjoyed reading the Bedwyn series in conjunction since they do intertwine quite a bit.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Deja Dead (Temperance Brennan book 1)

by Kathy Reichs.

I am finally reading this series! I tried to start it a while ago and it wasn't grabbing me - not close enough to Bones the show which I love. However a co-worker got the first 3 books on CD and is passing them along to me as she finishes them. The timing was perfect because my itrip for my ipod stopped working last week and I was in withdrawal!

Part of the reason I may have liked this was that I think it was Abridged so they cut out some of the boring stuff I was getting hung up and lost on. I also had trouble with the French names when I tried reading it which is not a problem when someone reads it aloud to you. This way I could focus on the mystery itself.

So I started up this book and I really enjoyed it, a great murder mystery. I haven't finished Simply Perfect (which is on my ipod) but will get back to that when my new itrip arrives hopefully. Then I'll continue with this series!

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Slightly Tempted (Slightly series book 4)

by Mary Balogh.

This book follows Morgan, the youngest. Morgan is interested in the war that is going on and follows some friends to Brussels to be closer to the action. Her brother Aidan goes missing and she stays behind in Brussels while her companions return to England. A "friend" stays with her for protection and of course more develops. The snafoo in their relationship is that he started out befriending her because he holds a grudge against her brother. We find out a bit of the Bedwyn history in this one (relating to Wulf) and of course all works out in the end.

There are only 2 more in the series, Aidan is next, the Bedwyns think he is dead so I think the next book actually coincides time wise with this one, just a parallel story.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Slightly Scandalous (Slightly series book 3)

by Mary Balogh.

This book follows Freyja Bedwin as she leaves her brother's wedding to travel to Bath to avoid going home where she would be around when Kit Butler and his new wife (from A Summer to Remember) are expecting their first child). She runs into Josh when he breaks into her room at an inn.

They meet a few more times, not under flattering circumstances all the time and end up in a fake engagement which drags on and on and eventually of course at the end becomes real :)

Freyja is an interesting character, you don't have to really like her too much to understand her a bit and understand why some people like her. She never really softens up to the outside world but you find out that really she has soft spots she just keeps them hidden.

Good timing as I'm interested to find out if Claudia Martin from the Simply series will end up befriending Freyja or not.