Sunday, July 17, 2005

It's In His Kiss

It's In His Kiss by Julia Quinn

Historical Romance set in one of my favorite time periods - the Regency.

Quinn has a light yet firm hand for humor in her books and this one shows that talent to strong advantage. It is part of a series of the Bridgerton family -but stands quite well on its own.

Hyacinth is smart and quite the wit which has scared off quite a lot of her possible suitors.

Gareth is a bit witty in his own right and there's just an instant connection between the two of them. He's got secrets though, and they start to come out when he gives Hyacinth a diary written in Italian to translate.

My only nitpick about the story is the ease at which Gareth's past is found out - and the fairly easy going reactions to it from a certain person in the story. The romance fit together very nicely though.
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Thursday, July 14, 2005

Quick update

Books read and/or finished over the last couple of days:

On Writing by Stephen King

- I quite enjoyed it. I'm not the biggest King fan in terms of his writing but it was nice to see someone who writes some what similar to my own methods. Sometimes I get to caught up in what the so called "correct" way of writing is - planning it all out and then writing the story. Except it just doesn't work for me. This book gave me hope.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowlings.

- yeah, well, it's a Potter book. It seemed to go on forever - but I did finish it. I have a weird view of the Potter books - I don't quite like them but they're the biggest thing in fantasy so I feel I need to read them just to know what people are talking about.

Hunting Fear by Kay Hooper

- another one of her FBI books with the psychic detectives. I love this series, and this book is no exception although I could have done with a bit more focus on the love interest subplot. I feel like she might have taken the easy route by having the two people have a previous history which she used as the basis of them falling in love and just sort of let that stay - even though the guy was something of a prick back in the past. The heroine was a bit too forgiving of that, but it didn't make me dislike the book. The mystery was spot on as always.

One Night With a Prince by Sabrina Jeffries

- historical romance set during the Regency. Enjoyable read, although nothing amazing really jumped out about either character. It's the third in a series of brothers who share a father - Prinny. I haven't read the others in the series although I might check to see if the library has them.

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Sunday, July 10, 2005

Night Thunder

Night Thunder by Jill Gregory

This is the second book I believe which takes place in Thunder Creek, which coincidently is the name of the first book in the series.

A contemporary romantic suspense - our heroine gets embroilled into the set up of her friend - a cop and ends up running across country with a packaged wanted by the bad guys. There she becomes involved with the new Sheriff who is in the middle of a rustling situation (it's Wy...what do you expect *wink*).

They come together among the chaos that is two criminal elements colliding.

Fun, fast paced read. I'd recommend it over the first book in the series - and it pretty much stands on its own. You see the couple from the first book, but their story isn't touched upon.

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Monday, July 04, 2005

If Angels Burn

If Angels Burn by Lynn Viehl

First, I've read other books by this author under a different name in a separate genre (although I think that might be a stretch - more on that in a minute) and enjoyed them. So, you can imagine that I sat down and was prepared to enjoy this. In her other books she has romantic subplots and I figured she would shine with a story where the romance was the main plot.

Except the romance is not the main plot in this. I'm not sure if there was a main plot to be truthful. There was the relationship between the two main characters - but it did not hold the depth I would expect from a book that is called a romance on the spine.

There was the darkyn vs. the secret church group.
There were little power struggles within both groups.
A whole subplot with the heroine's brother and his faith.
And then, the romance plot.


This book was in essence more of a modern setting fantasy book than a romance because the multiple story lines had little to do with romance itself and instead seem to be setting up the world and showing off the differences in her vampire mythos from what has come before. It is interesting - but I would have liked it better if the marketing was a bit more truthful. Paranormal romance doesn't really describe it correctly...

I'll read the rest of them as they come out - I'll just have to try and not think of them as romances and they will definitely be library books. I couldn't see the need to reread them again.

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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt


Nonfiction book based around a murder in Savannah. I've never seen the movie which was made from this and I suspect that was a good thing because of the two sections which make up the book I found the second half actually dealing with the crime and the multitude of trials less fascinating then the beginning half in which the author details various personalities of the city.

All in all, an entertaining look at a city and its more flamboyant citizens.

The book is surely more about Savannah then the trials or the murder itself and the ending stands up to what we've learned of the city itself, if a bit fanciful.


Heh, looking at Amazon I found this book by one of the people Berendt shows us in in Midnight: Hiding My Candy by The Lady Chablis

She is one of the best characters in there - might have to check this book out.

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