This gets the fourth star for its chapters III and IV. Those are a truly helpful kick in the arse.
As to the rest, the author keeps 3 stars rounded up.
This gets the fourth star for its chapters III and IV. Those are a truly helpful kick in the arse.
As to the rest, the author keeps stating she is a pantser, only to then plot happily. I'm sorry, but as a pantser - if I wrote using this system - I'd get as far as the outline and then reject the story for being boring and already having been written. Some pantsers simply are like that, they do not want to plot. Not even to outline. Or plan....more
This was a genuinely fine read: engaging characters, even though they both suffer from the ubiquitous PTSD, a fresh background and basic idea, quirky This was a genuinely fine read: engaging characters, even though they both suffer from the ubiquitous PTSD, a fresh background and basic idea, quirky side characters, a nice puzzle and it all fit and meshed together quite believable. I suspended my disbelief alright. For once I also saw them both fall in love, and it helped that this had a cute-ish Great Dane puppy to boot.
Oh, and for once these people actually were sex-positive.
Essentially this was feel-good fluff, with a couple of cute dogs, several intriguing suits, heads doing a lot of talking, and a more or 3.5* rounded up
Essentially this was feel-good fluff, with a couple of cute dogs, several intriguing suits, heads doing a lot of talking, and a more or less big misunderstanding. I loved the hint of Dame Judi Dench's M in the woodwork. A nice way to while away an hour or so....more
This was a lovely take on merfolk, almost like written by Robin Cook (which is high praise!), quite unputdownable, with enchanting characters and a brThis was a lovely take on merfolk, almost like written by Robin Cook (which is high praise!), quite unputdownable, with enchanting characters and a bracingly straightforward storyline. The single reason this doesn't get 5* is that I'm so dead tired of billionaires, that I currently don't react well to them even in my SciFi. But I can see why, without the billions that book would have turned into a doorstopper.
This was far more fun than I initially thought. I loved that for once there wasn't an entire zoo of supernatural beings, just demons, and this was wriThis was far more fun than I initially thought. I loved that for once there wasn't an entire zoo of supernatural beings, just demons, and this was written at a fast clip, with zest and both funny as well as erotic at times.
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