Wednesday, September 16, 2015

One Flashback Too Many ....

September 16, 2015 0 Comments








Review:  Strings Attached by Judy Blundell 

Strings Attached is the "coming of age" story of Kit Corrigan, a seventeen year old aspiring star who moves to the big city, New York for the opportunity to make it big. The story takes the reader on a flashback filled journey through Kit's triumphs and failures while she continues to fight for her dream.
The Good
Strings Attached
The story wasn't bad. Listening was hard early one especially because I was listening to an audio book. But eventually I was able to distinguish between the characters and their roles in relation to Kit. I did  enjoy learning about Kit's childhood and how her father became a widower forced to care for triplets. Kit's relationships with her family made sense based on their experiences and I also enjoyed the mob element of the story.

 I liked the author's vision of the glamour of New York. She picks a great background in which to base the story and describes it beautifully. I also loved the ending, it was a great fit to the story.
The Not So Good

I  detested Billy! OMG was he was the worst love interest ever in this story. There is nothing that makes you want to root for  Kit and Billy together. Billy has a serious temper and Kit is so naive!  She keeps finding herself on the outs with Billy because of her mistakes. I was  over the back and forth and was relieved when they split for good. Nate, Billy's father is even worse! There isn't any redemption for Billy either as readers learn something about Billy that makes you like him even less. 

 I also didn't like that the flow of the book was disrupted by all of the flashbacks. Several times I had to rewind the audio book to remember what year I was in. Something interesting or dramatic would happen in the 1950's and then suddenly we have gone back 13 years. 

 Kit also likes to feel sorry for herself. She is not a strong heroine or even a tolerable one.
The Verdict:

Because I enjoyed the ending, I can say that this book wasn't with redemption. Again, I really didn't like Kit and found that I didn't care about her love story. But I was sad that there was no epilogue to find out if she did indeed become the big star she thought that she would. She certainly deserved it after all the traumatic things she experienced over the course of the story.
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Wednesday, September 2, 2015

A Vampire Tale with No Bite

September 02, 2015 0 Comments



A Vampire Tale with No Bite

Tall Dark & Dead By Tate Hallaway

Tall Dark & Dead tells the story of a young witch who is possessed by a goddess after finding her coven dead. Garnet Lacey is the spunky witch now denying Magic because she’s on the run from both the law and the Vatican but find herself thrown into a relationship with Sebastian a vampire.

The Good

Tall, Dark & Dead (Garnet Lacey, #1)Garnet is fairly likable. I found the protagonist to be genuine and comedic at times.  Garnet was a perfectly good protagonist. She is snarky and overall a good character though cautious. And she works at a bookstore, one of my favorite places in the world. She was the best part of the book.



The Not So Good

I really disliked the plot of the story. Garnet allows herself to be possessed by a Goddess who also happens to be a vicious murderer. She is not aware of what happens when she is possessed but when she wakes up, she usually finds at least one body. 

I understand that she only called Lilith down full of grief for her coven members but even the possession state was weird.  I just didn't like that as the protagonist, she was unaware of the results. On the other hand this occurrence does stop at some point during the book and she becomes a witness to Lilith's doings but my first impression killed my interest.And then she introduces the vampires.

Sebastian is boring as Garnet's main love interest. There are several scenes that try to spice them up together but I found no literal chemistry between the two. She ends up in bed with him very quickly and he’s isn’t the first of his kind that she’d been with. Normally when a human and vampire have a relationship, the has the mark of significance. For example, the lead has never trusted vampires until "he" came along or normally the main character doesn't date vampires because she loathes them. This is not the case in this book. Parrish is her ex and also a vampire, though one with less likability that Sebastian. 

The Verdict: 

As I've mentioned earlier I didn't like the story and  it was an audio book. But I think I wouldn't have bothered to finish the book if I had a copy in print.  I definitely have no interest in continuing with the series.
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