Don't know what happened here ... I usually can enjoy Vivien Dean's stories, although at the same time I don't really have chemistry with Reed's. Maybe it's the combination of the two? In any case, this was just NOT my kind of book- The writing felt 'dry', nothing in here able to evoke any emotion i...
I love, love, love the "doing the bossman" trope. You know where the boss falls for his employee, the one that's been secretly pining for him all along.And this book's blurb sounded pretty darn good - right up my alley - hinting at this particular trope.Well... In this book, we have Maine (the boss)...
3.5 starsI really liked the setting and the mild romance -- the steampunk aspect wasn't overwhelming which was a good thing for me since I tend to have difficulties with the steampunk genre (historical + technology = Ami's brain getting fuzzy *lol*). We still had Hector tinkering things, creating pi...
While I had no problem with Dean's writing (I love her writing), and I thought Sutter and Max have good chemistry, but the story suffers from "less action talk only" case. Since Sutter seems to be running from very big bad guys, and he arrives at the motel bleeding (which leads to Max taking care of...
2.5 starsI liked the idea -- and there was something pretty romantic for one to live several lifetimes to find the one true love. But the (light) sci-fi element was fuzzy, and I spent most times crunching my forehead trying to grapple the explanation. Not exactly fun doing that. Plus the villain was...
2.5 starsNot my favorite of Vivien Dean's. While the idea of time travel and the fact that this story featured interracial couple, I was a bit annoyed with the 'connection through time' part. It was probably written that way -- Kiel had 'listened' to Freddie's stories in his time in the past, while ...
Vivien Dean is one of my go-for-comfort authors. Sure, not all of her stories are hits, but most of the times they just click with me. Including this one. Yes, it is only 13,000 words (and you must admit that the publisher's price point is VERY EXPENSIVE even after I used the 25% discount ARe sale; ...
I forgot how much I love Vivien Dean’s stories. Only a few of her last stories were rated in the 3-stars category by me. This one, though, reminds me why she is still one of my favorite authors.Levi longs for a world where he could show his magic. Levi always fears that people in his town would find...
JACK! I HATE YOU SO MUCH and I LOVE YOU SO HARD! Gah!! Why? Why did I read this!!! I thought I had gotten over him and accepted that there was no hope for him! What did I call him... "a weaselly little douche" but NOOOO, I had to go and open up a healing wound! We were reminded of Coffee Shop Jack.....
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