Wicked Weaves
by:
Joyce Lavene (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781436259972 (1436259975)
Publish date: September 2nd 2008
Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
Series: A Renaissance Faire Mystery (#1)
Being set at a renaissance fair, this set itself apart from a lot of the other mysteries. Jessie being the name of the main character and I was all set! (Jessie is my youngest sister's name). This ended up being disappointing. I really didn't like Jessie and found her to be judgmental and immature. ...
I couldn't get past the fifth chapter. The main character was absolutely appalling and while I liked Chase, I couldn't understand why it happened so fast and why in the world he could like her.Also, the mystery seemed pretty flimsy and maybe it was just me but the names were all very hokey.
The first 100 pages took me almost a week to read while the final 70 took me but a small part of a Saturday afternoon. I blame the first person narration for many of the books shortcomings. I actually found myself using a piece of scrap paper to highlight the book's cons as I read for fear that I ...
This is one of those books where the concept is very interesting, but I felt that it sort of failed when it came to execution and getting the facts/setting right. The setting is a Ren Faire--a permanent one. While there may be permanent Renaissance Faires in existence, all the ones I know of (at lea...
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