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skeletonwriter's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
jen1110's review
4.0
This book plays to a lot of stereotypes and mainstay plot devices of both the romance and urban fantasy genres. It's a good book for reading in the sunshine on a beautiful afternoon. It's not such a good book for Serious Reading. I really liked it through: dogs, coffee, cookies, and people finding what makes them happy. :-) Good times.
olive2read's review
4.0
Thoroughly delightful! More dogs than Crusie's other work and they only make this better. Great characters, I loved the personalities - dog and human and supernatural - and the culture clash :)
summerofsoaps's review
4.0
This was an enjoyable read for me. I had previously read The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes, which Crusie and Stuart co-wrote with Eileen Dreyer, and I found that one to be a big disappointment. As much as I love Crusie and Stuart on their own, that effort just fell flat, and as a result I was reluctant to pick up this one. I was a the library yesterday, though, and saw it on the rack, and I thought, "I could use some good summer reading," so I decided to give it a try. I didn't regret it. I read the 388-page book in pretty much one sitting. The plot is complex, as there are three different sets of couples, a renegade ancient Mesopotamian goddess, and a wide variety of (talking!) dogs. There are some very funny lines, and it's worth a read, in my opinion, for the dogs alone. The romances are sweet, and unlike in The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes, it never feels disjointed. The authors' voices blend well together, so much so, in fact, that it can be hard at times to tell the heroines apart, especially the younger two, Daisy and Abby. The first few chapters are slow going, but after that it's a wild, kooky, screwball ride of strange religion, talking dogs, and steamy romance. Recommended for a fun summer read. Three and a half stars.
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