The Heron's Cry by Ann Cleeves
Not a bad book. But it did get very complicated towards the end. I still loved visiting with DI Matthew Venn and the rest of the community though. The biggest issue I had with this book though is that you can kind of understand the why behind the first murder, but the rest of the case and how it went just had me going really after a while when you get to the reveals. I am sure someone out there has noted plot holes. The […]
Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. So, I had an up and down experience with the last book I read by Heuvelt. That book, Hex, started off well and then just descended into confusion for me. And then I hated how some things were portrayed. I was hesitant with this book, but thought it was a very solid horror book that reminded me a lot of several other works by Lovecraft, James, Jackson, and other […]
White Nights by Ann Cleeves
Well I definitely didn’t see that coming. I’m really enjoying the Shetland books and I can’t wait to read book #3. The main reason why I gave this four stars though is that the ending this time didn’t really work for me. I think having a character give a “dump” of facts on Jimmy at the end just didn’t work. I also wanted to say really that’s what this was all about when we get to the why behind the murders. I don’t know. It […]
Raven Black by Ann Cleeves
I really loved the first book in the “Shetland Island” series. I think the main character of Jimmy Perez is so different (in a good way) from Vera that I want to continue and finish up this series this year if I can. I think what hit me (in another good way) was that the residents of this community feel a bit out of sync with the real world. Jimmy is at a crossroads a bit in this book (leave policing and return back home […]
Crystal Gardens by Amanda Quick
I stopped reading Quick’s books a few years back. When she started focusing on paranormal and then noir books I just lost interest. I absolutely love her historical romance novels though although some are unintentionally funny to me now. Crystal Gardens is the first book in a trilogy focusing on paranormal romance. I wish I could say that this book was wonderful. But honestly it dragged and hearing/reading about people talking about their physic abilities kept making me snicker. I was very interested in the […]
White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson
So I went back and forth on the rating on this one a few times. I thought that parts of the book just didn’t hang together very well. And the ending was so abrupt. It just didn’t work for me. I think this was a great homage to “Wait Til Helen Comes” though. I am not seeing the whole “Hill House” narrative some people said. The house in the story is not insane. Also quit comparing every black horror novel to “Get Out”. Once again, […]
