by Linda Howard and Linda Winstead Jones.
This is the start of a new series, so far only the first book is out. I have mixed feelings on this one, now that it's finished I can say I REALLY liked it a lot and I can't wait for a second! However the first half was very slow with a lot of new stuff to 'learn'. I wasn't sure at the time if I was going to like it or not.
Another problem was that the first few chapters were from the perspective of different characters - who then died in that chapter. So it took a while to get to the main characters (there was a reason for all of that but it was confusing at first).
This is yet another Vampire story with a few small twists and some interesting concepts. In the end I really loved the characters and the story and the second half was quite gripping.
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Death Angel
by Linda Howard.
Parts of this one actually made Prey sound enjoyable. Again - the female character was annoying and constantly repeated herself. The story again was very interesting but parts were drawn out and at the end I wanted to just stop listening.
This one follows an assassin and a woman who rips off his employer (she was his girlfriend). She changes her identity and goes into hiding and the assassin is hired to find and kill her. She actually dies at one point (very strange) and as I said, the story itself is actually quite interesting but could have been done better with less chatter from the main female character.
Unfortunately can't really recommend this one either :(
Parts of this one actually made Prey sound enjoyable. Again - the female character was annoying and constantly repeated herself. The story again was very interesting but parts were drawn out and at the end I wanted to just stop listening.
This one follows an assassin and a woman who rips off his employer (she was his girlfriend). She changes her identity and goes into hiding and the assassin is hired to find and kill her. She actually dies at one point (very strange) and as I said, the story itself is actually quite interesting but could have been done better with less chatter from the main female character.
Unfortunately can't really recommend this one either :(
Prey
by Linda Howard.
What a strange book - not one of my favorites of Linda Howard's. Parts of it were from a Bear's point of view which was very strange but the bad part was that so much of the dialog inside Angie's head was annoying and repeated constantly. It was very slow moving and while the overall story was interesting it was dragged out in many places. Even as an audiobook I was bored most of the time. I finally sped up the reader (love that feature on android) and that made it easier to get through the end.
Not sure I could really recommend this one although parts of it I was really glad to have read.
What a strange book - not one of my favorites of Linda Howard's. Parts of it were from a Bear's point of view which was very strange but the bad part was that so much of the dialog inside Angie's head was annoying and repeated constantly. It was very slow moving and while the overall story was interesting it was dragged out in many places. Even as an audiobook I was bored most of the time. I finally sped up the reader (love that feature on android) and that made it easier to get through the end.
Not sure I could really recommend this one although parts of it I was really glad to have read.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Shades of Twilight
by Linda Howard.
After enjoying her first book I decided to find some more, this one is also a southern romance with some mystery mixed in. We follow the characters from youth through adulthood (jumping through years pretty quickly). We get a great understanding about what drives the characters and their relationship to each other.
Roanna and Webb are cousins (second cousins which is okay i guess) and when Roanna loses her parents at age 7, Webb is the one constant in her life when she goes to live with her grandmother (where Webb also lives). Webb is destined to be the heir (it's a very rich and influential family) and destined to marry Roanna's first cousin Jesse who is older than Roanna.
Jump a number of years and Jesse and Webb are married but unhappily so. Jesse tortures Roanna when she can and Roanna is a tortured soul in general at 17. Finally after circumstances leave the family torn apart we jump ahead another 10 years I think.
Now there's some mysteries to solve and a relationship between Webb and Roanna that has deteriorated and needs to be built back up. A very twisty but interesting plot that kept me sucked in. I really enjoyed this one too!
After enjoying her first book I decided to find some more, this one is also a southern romance with some mystery mixed in. We follow the characters from youth through adulthood (jumping through years pretty quickly). We get a great understanding about what drives the characters and their relationship to each other.
Roanna and Webb are cousins (second cousins which is okay i guess) and when Roanna loses her parents at age 7, Webb is the one constant in her life when she goes to live with her grandmother (where Webb also lives). Webb is destined to be the heir (it's a very rich and influential family) and destined to marry Roanna's first cousin Jesse who is older than Roanna.
Jump a number of years and Jesse and Webb are married but unhappily so. Jesse tortures Roanna when she can and Roanna is a tortured soul in general at 17. Finally after circumstances leave the family torn apart we jump ahead another 10 years I think.
Now there's some mysteries to solve and a relationship between Webb and Roanna that has deteriorated and needs to be built back up. A very twisty but interesting plot that kept me sucked in. I really enjoyed this one too!
After the Night
by Linda Howard.
A new author to try, she writes southern romances with mysteries mixed in. Her style seems to be that she follows the characters from a young age, highlighting important points in their lives and moving forward pretty quickly to the 'current' time but giving us a glimpse of what is really behind these characters.
I found this book very intriguing and had trouble putting it down a few times. Gray is from an uppercrust family and his father is promiscuous to say the least. One of the women tied to Gray's father is Faith's mother. Meanwhile Faith has a serious crush on Gray, idolizing him. But she's a Devlin and Devlin's are 'garbage' from everyone's point of view. No one cares that Faith isn't like the rest.
Jump forward a few years, all of a sudden Gray's father and Faith's mother disappear the same night and their worlds get turned up side down. The Devlin's get kicked out of town by Gray and Faith will never forget how he looked at her and what he said to her (she's trash).
Jump forward many years and Faith has built a life for herself and has decided she wants to solve the mystery so she goes back to town. Gray tries to drive her away but she's stronger now and won't back down. There's a lot of mystery in this one and it really moves along quickly with a few twists and turns. Again a page turner and had me looking for more by Linda Howard for sure!
A new author to try, she writes southern romances with mysteries mixed in. Her style seems to be that she follows the characters from a young age, highlighting important points in their lives and moving forward pretty quickly to the 'current' time but giving us a glimpse of what is really behind these characters.
I found this book very intriguing and had trouble putting it down a few times. Gray is from an uppercrust family and his father is promiscuous to say the least. One of the women tied to Gray's father is Faith's mother. Meanwhile Faith has a serious crush on Gray, idolizing him. But she's a Devlin and Devlin's are 'garbage' from everyone's point of view. No one cares that Faith isn't like the rest.
Jump forward a few years, all of a sudden Gray's father and Faith's mother disappear the same night and their worlds get turned up side down. The Devlin's get kicked out of town by Gray and Faith will never forget how he looked at her and what he said to her (she's trash).
Jump forward many years and Faith has built a life for herself and has decided she wants to solve the mystery so she goes back to town. Gray tries to drive her away but she's stronger now and won't back down. There's a lot of mystery in this one and it really moves along quickly with a few twists and turns. Again a page turner and had me looking for more by Linda Howard for sure!
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