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by Justine Eyre, Amanda Quick
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Bugetta Reads Too Much
Bugetta Reads Too Much rated it 13 years ago
3.5*
Nocturnal Book Reviews
Nocturnal Book Reviews rated it 13 years ago
I think it was a very very sloppy work even for Mrs Quick. I am quite disapponted. I don't even think I'll review the book.
A Bookish Compulsion
A Bookish Compulsion rated it 13 years ago
When I am looking for a good read, and a story that will delight, entertain and is guaranteed to have a happy ending I know I can never go wrong with Amanda Quick (AKA Jayne Ann Krentz).Crystal Gardens introduces us to the Ladies of Lantern Street trilogy; expertly blending romance, mystery and the ...
e_bookpushers
e_bookpushers rated it 13 years ago
Review originally posted at The Bookpushers.Publisher: PutnamPublish Date: Out nowHow I got this book: From the PublisherEvangeline Ames has rented a country cottage far from the London streets where she was recently attacked. Fascinated by the paranormal energy of nearby Crystal Gardens, she finds ...
Betsy's Non-Blog
Betsy's Non-Blog rated it 13 years ago
I'm not sure why I continue to read these books by Amanda Quick (Jayne Ann Krentz). The characters are all pretty much the same, the plots are pretty predictable. The paranormal aspects are sometimes pretty imaginative, if you're willing to suspend disbelief. But this is one of an interlocking se...
A Book in My Back Pocket
A Book in My Back Pocket rated it 13 years ago
Review posted at the USA Today - Happy Ever After BlogRating 4.5/5 stars
kathymartin9237
kathymartin9237 rated it 13 years ago
Evangeline Ames has come to the quiet, rural town of Little Digby to get over an attempted murder and to write the next chapters of her sensational novel. She has been there a couple of weeks suffering from both boredom and writer's block, when she is awakened one evening by someone breaking in. She...
Just Talking Books
Just Talking Books rated it 13 years ago
Crystal Gardens is the beginning of a trilogy, A Ladies of the Lantern Street Novel. Writing this novel as Amanda Quick means the time period is in the past, and one of the few historical paranormal authors I read. New readers to Amanda Quick might think her books are too quirky and weird. Old ti...
Always Another Book in the TBR
Always Another Book in the TBR rated it 56 years ago
Fine little book. I like Quick/Krentz. There was nothing to change that.I did feel a bit of been there/done that, though. It just seemed all too familiar.I listened to the Aubible version. I like Justine Eyre, but I don't know that I enjoyed her rendition of the hero. The voice was just, well, ...
Barbara1951
Barbara1951 rated it 56 years ago
A good beginning to a new series. A little thin in places.
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