Books 21 and 22, 2013
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chez_jaeI have been remiss in my book "reports"!
I finished book #21 a few weeks ago. It was The Last Viking by Sandra Hill. It was a contemporary romance with a time-travel twist. I used to devour time-travel romances, but since I discovered paranormals, I've veered away from time-travel. However, I hung onto this book to read, because I enjoy the author. Unfortunately, this book was not as laugh out loud funny as Hill's books usually are. The story was interesting, if a bit farfetched. As if time-travel romances aren't farfetched enough, yeah? Most of them feature one of the characters going back in time, which is more plausible to me than someone coming forward, and that was the premise of this book. Viking warrier Rolf Ericsson travels from the tenth century into present day Meredith's life. The author used a bit of magic to ease the language barrier. One of her amusing, recurring themes throughout was that Rolf continually called Meredith "Merry Death". The plot centered around Meredith trying to fulfill her grandfather's wish to recreate a Viking longship, while Rolf was known as a master shipbuilder in his time. Some of the secondary characters and plot devices were eye-roll worthy, which lessened my enjoyment of the book. This one gets three stars.
★★★
Book #22 is one I just finished last night. It was an anthology of paranormal short stories, called Dead After Dark. The first story by Sherrilyn Kenyon was annoying, if only because the author seemed to assume I was familiar with the verse she was writing in. While I enjoy her books, I was NOT familiar with that verse, and I found it aggravating. For the most part, however, the stories were engrossing, steamy and entertaining. Four stars for this one.
★★★★
I finished book #21 a few weeks ago. It was The Last Viking by Sandra Hill. It was a contemporary romance with a time-travel twist. I used to devour time-travel romances, but since I discovered paranormals, I've veered away from time-travel. However, I hung onto this book to read, because I enjoy the author. Unfortunately, this book was not as laugh out loud funny as Hill's books usually are. The story was interesting, if a bit farfetched. As if time-travel romances aren't farfetched enough, yeah? Most of them feature one of the characters going back in time, which is more plausible to me than someone coming forward, and that was the premise of this book. Viking warrier Rolf Ericsson travels from the tenth century into present day Meredith's life. The author used a bit of magic to ease the language barrier. One of her amusing, recurring themes throughout was that Rolf continually called Meredith "Merry Death". The plot centered around Meredith trying to fulfill her grandfather's wish to recreate a Viking longship, while Rolf was known as a master shipbuilder in his time. Some of the secondary characters and plot devices were eye-roll worthy, which lessened my enjoyment of the book. This one gets three stars.
★★★
Book #22 is one I just finished last night. It was an anthology of paranormal short stories, called Dead After Dark. The first story by Sherrilyn Kenyon was annoying, if only because the author seemed to assume I was familiar with the verse she was writing in. While I enjoy her books, I was NOT familiar with that verse, and I found it aggravating. For the most part, however, the stories were engrossing, steamy and entertaining. Four stars for this one.
★★★★
