Glass Houses by Stella Cameron
So I have to be honest because I've been working so many hours at work, I've been having a hard time finding time to read, but I finished a book last night so here is my review.
Glass Houses by Stella Cameron is a mystery/suspense/romance book. It starts when photographer Olivia FitzDurham photographs a crime in progress without knowing it. The people involved realize the mistake and are now after her. She contacts a man name "Sam" who is actually in the scam, but his house is being watched by Aiden Flynn a New York police officer. Knowing that Olivia is in grave danger he asks her to come to New York.
This story started off slow for me. I don't know if it was because I've been tired whenever I have read or if the story really was slow. The character Olivia is from England so there is English slang in the dialogue which can be a little tricky to follow. Also the characters were hard to follow and like at first. If I was to give the book a rating at about half way through it would probably be a 2. But the book did pick up and started to get interesting. The love scenes are written more raunchy then some of the other romance novels that I have read in the same genre. But I did feel that the romance happened kind of randomly in the book and was hard to believe. But in the end it was a bittersweet happy ending with a twist that I never thought would happen. And because of that ending it was a nice difference than all of the other romance novels of any genre that I have read.
Generally I enjoyed the book, it was slightly different from all of the other books that I have read that are in the genre, but it was hard to get into at first. I think if I would have started to read this book when I had more time to really read it at depth and allowed myself more time when I read the first ten chapters I probably wouldn't have had as hard of time getting into as I did.
Rating:
3.5 out of 5
On Deck:
Slow Burn by Julie Garwood
Knight of Darkness by Kinley MacGregor
Where's My Hero? (anthology)
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Friday, July 6, 2012
Book Review: Tales From the Temple IV
Ellora's Cavemen: Tales From the Temple IV edited by Jaid Black
This book is an anthology with six short stories written by different authors. Now this book is considered erotic fiction and let me tell you they are very racy. The language in this book is way different then the typical romance novels out there. In fact I'm not afraid to say, it's kind of vulgar. But that is what you expect when you're reading these books. Each of the stories kind of follow a theme with it being of a paranormal nature. The stories are short between 40 to 60 pages and they get straight to the point. They don't have promises of love and forever, they're just written in the moment.
This is the type book that you want to read to get yourself all hot and bothered. If you do not like books that have vulgar language and descriptive sex scenes these are not the books for you. Some may find these books offensive.
Now me on the other hand, while some language is off putting, I'm not offended by the book. I like that to stories are well written, have a intro, climax (no pun intended) and an ending with out being cheesy.
Here are the short stories. Sometimes you can buy them individually as an e-book.
Night Scream by Denise A. Agnew
Body Chemistry by Tawny Taylor
Earthwork by Annie Windsor
Ghost of a Chance by Shiloh Walker
Past Running by Mlyn Hurn
The Beckoned by Jaid Black
order from amazon
Rating:
3 out of 5
On Deck:
Glass Houses by Stella Cameron
This book is an anthology with six short stories written by different authors. Now this book is considered erotic fiction and let me tell you they are very racy. The language in this book is way different then the typical romance novels out there. In fact I'm not afraid to say, it's kind of vulgar. But that is what you expect when you're reading these books. Each of the stories kind of follow a theme with it being of a paranormal nature. The stories are short between 40 to 60 pages and they get straight to the point. They don't have promises of love and forever, they're just written in the moment.
This is the type book that you want to read to get yourself all hot and bothered. If you do not like books that have vulgar language and descriptive sex scenes these are not the books for you. Some may find these books offensive.
Now me on the other hand, while some language is off putting, I'm not offended by the book. I like that to stories are well written, have a intro, climax (no pun intended) and an ending with out being cheesy.
Here are the short stories. Sometimes you can buy them individually as an e-book.
Night Scream by Denise A. Agnew
Body Chemistry by Tawny Taylor
Earthwork by Annie Windsor
Ghost of a Chance by Shiloh Walker
Past Running by Mlyn Hurn
The Beckoned by Jaid Black
order from amazon
Rating:
3 out of 5
On Deck:
Glass Houses by Stella Cameron
Monday, July 2, 2012
Book Review: Sweet Anger
Sweet Anger by Sandra Brown
Sweet Anger is romance tale about tv news reporter Kari Wynne and District Attorney, Hunter McKee. It starts when Kari's husband Thomas is killed by an out of control delivery truck only to leave his widow Kari alone to deal with a case against her husband, whom she has held up as a hero during their whole marriage. McKee smears her beloved husbands reputation and shatters Kari's world. She wants revenge and at every turn she has set out to smear his reputation just like McKee has done to her husband. But like every romance novel the two find themselves falling for each other.
This story is one of Sandra Brown's earlier novel's that was published in 1985. The love scenes aren't as racy and discriptive as the romance novels of today but it holds enough conflict to keep a reader interested if romance is their favorite genre. It is your typical romance novel though but the romance and conflict takes place over the course of a year. It's a slow build and the characters are written well to make everyone believe the story line.
Sweet Anger is a quick read and what I like to call a "brain duster" so it's not a very heavy book. I finished this book in about 4 hours so it's a book that you can read at the beach. I enjoyed the book and it is a good book to read after a really heavy book.
Rating:
3 out of 5
On Deck:
Elora's Caveman vol. 4 by various authors (anthology)
Glass Houses by Stella Cameron
Sweet Anger is romance tale about tv news reporter Kari Wynne and District Attorney, Hunter McKee. It starts when Kari's husband Thomas is killed by an out of control delivery truck only to leave his widow Kari alone to deal with a case against her husband, whom she has held up as a hero during their whole marriage. McKee smears her beloved husbands reputation and shatters Kari's world. She wants revenge and at every turn she has set out to smear his reputation just like McKee has done to her husband. But like every romance novel the two find themselves falling for each other.
This story is one of Sandra Brown's earlier novel's that was published in 1985. The love scenes aren't as racy and discriptive as the romance novels of today but it holds enough conflict to keep a reader interested if romance is their favorite genre. It is your typical romance novel though but the romance and conflict takes place over the course of a year. It's a slow build and the characters are written well to make everyone believe the story line.
Sweet Anger is a quick read and what I like to call a "brain duster" so it's not a very heavy book. I finished this book in about 4 hours so it's a book that you can read at the beach. I enjoyed the book and it is a good book to read after a really heavy book.
Rating:
3 out of 5
On Deck:
Elora's Caveman vol. 4 by various authors (anthology)
Glass Houses by Stella Cameron
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