by Laura Resnick
Esther Diamond isn't your typical urban fantasy/paranormal romance heroine (and by typical, I mean compared to what is currently popular in that genre). She doesn't carry around a samurai sword and doesn't have tattoos in provocative locations. She doesn't have an arcane and mysterious background. ...
Very, very enjoyable. Funny and cute, with well rounded characters, and in my opinion, even better than the first.
*Rating* 3.0*Genre* Science Fiction*Review*Struggling actress Esther Diamond suddenly finds herself unemployed after the musical Sorcerer!, shuts its doors because of monetary cost overruns due largely to the events of Disappearing Nightly. On a whim, she asks and is granted her job back as a singin...
The second book of Esther Diamond series totally reminds me of the crazy old days of Stephani Plum books! This time, Esther gets entangled with crazy Italian gangs, while being the first witness of a murder. I enjoy the whole doppelgangster plot. I think the story is still hilarious ... especially w...
This one was not as much fun as the first. I still enjoy Esther as a heroine, and Max is fun, but this one seemed a bit all over the place.
Stephanie Plum meets the Soprano's with a little magic thrown in to make it even more interesting. I loved it. I wish the ending was a little different, but I think that Resnick is just creating some tension to lead you into the next book. Not that the ending was bad. I just didn't get my way. =) I ...
I read this story in Murder by Magic: Twenty Tales of Crime and the Supernatural , and I loved it. It takes a fresh look at Made Men (aka Mafiosos). This time they are the victims of supernatural hits. Each victim appears to his cronies and performs his normal behavior minutes before he dies. Only i...
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