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ashnight's review
4.0
The only reason this didn't get 5 starts is it jumped a little too much. I wouldn't have minded if it was a little longer.
The story was a great addition to the harmony series. It's making the world so big that I have to go back to remember about pass events.
It's a complex world and I really love visiting it every year.
The story was a great addition to the harmony series. It's making the world so big that I have to go back to remember about pass events.
It's a complex world and I really love visiting it every year.
laurenjodi's review
2.0
Illusion Town
2 Stars
What happens in Illusion Town stay in Illusion Town - Nothing could shock quiet and unassuming Hannah West more than awakening to find herself married to a man she barely knows and with no memory of recent events. Her new husband, Elias Coppersmith, is suffering a similar affliction, and the two set out to learn the truth about what happened to them and why.
Series note: Elias is the elder brother of Rafe Coppersmith from the previous book, but the plot itself is stand-alone. There are also numerous references to other books in the Quick/Krentz/Castle repertoire, but these are only fun Easter Eggs and are unrelated to the events in the story.
Unfortunately, this is another lackluster entry in the Ghost Hunters series. While the premise of a couple waking up together married has tremendous potential, it ultimately falls flat as Hannah and Elias have zero chemistry, and the explanation of their predicament is provided almost immediately, which means there isn't much left to their "quest".
Most of the book revolves around a series of disconnected events leading up to an anti-climactic resolution with a pathetic villain. There is also too much rehashing of descriptions of Harmony and its various alien characteristics. If readers have made it to book #13, they surely know this by now and any new reader could pick it up quickly without the unnecessary repetition. Even Virgil the dust bunny couldn't save this one from its mediocrity.
Oh well... perhaps the next installment will be better as the hero is a Jones.
2 Stars
What happens in Illusion Town stay in Illusion Town - Nothing could shock quiet and unassuming Hannah West more than awakening to find herself married to a man she barely knows and with no memory of recent events. Her new husband, Elias Coppersmith, is suffering a similar affliction, and the two set out to learn the truth about what happened to them and why.
Series note: Elias is the elder brother of Rafe Coppersmith from the previous book, but the plot itself is stand-alone. There are also numerous references to other books in the Quick/Krentz/Castle repertoire, but these are only fun Easter Eggs and are unrelated to the events in the story.
Unfortunately, this is another lackluster entry in the Ghost Hunters series. While the premise of a couple waking up together married has tremendous potential, it ultimately falls flat as Hannah and Elias have zero chemistry, and the explanation of their predicament is provided almost immediately, which means there isn't much left to their "quest".
Most of the book revolves around a series of disconnected events leading up to an anti-climactic resolution with a pathetic villain. There is also too much rehashing of descriptions of Harmony and its various alien characteristics. If readers have made it to book #13, they surely know this by now and any new reader could pick it up quickly without the unnecessary repetition. Even Virgil the dust bunny couldn't save this one from its mediocrity.
Oh well... perhaps the next installment will be better as the hero is a Jones.
mindi's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
4.0
kspoonerfish's review
4.0
Probably 3.5 stars for me. I just don't get as excited about Science Fiction because of all the world building but I loved the pet dust bunnies.
lindca's review
4.0
3.5 stars
Another fun Harmony novel from Jayne Castle.
These stories all follow a familiar theme, though this tale takes us to a new locale, Illusion Town, the Harmony equivalent of Las Vegas. The hero and heroine are powerful talents whose specific profiles complement and/or enhance each other. In this case, Hannah West is a powerful dreamlight talent who has found The Midnight Carnival, an amusement park hidden deep in the alien underground, built by human ancestors and holding priceless artifacts. Elias Coppersmith is the scion of the big mining family and he contracts Hannah to help him free some trapped miner/explorers. At the beginning of the story, they wake up together in a strange hotel room, memory of the previous night lost but with evidence that they got married in a tacky Illusion Town chapel.
Well, what happens in Illusion Town kind of stays in Illusion Town (and its associated alien tunnels and town), so Hannah and Elias must retrace what happened to them and uncover who was responsible and why. In the meantime, they of course figure out that they make a good team both in and out of bed. It's all a bit predictable but enjoyable.
Rounded up to four stars because I love the dust bunnies.
Another fun Harmony novel from Jayne Castle.
These stories all follow a familiar theme, though this tale takes us to a new locale, Illusion Town, the Harmony equivalent of Las Vegas. The hero and heroine are powerful talents whose specific profiles complement and/or enhance each other. In this case, Hannah West is a powerful dreamlight talent who has found The Midnight Carnival, an amusement park hidden deep in the alien underground, built by human ancestors and holding priceless artifacts. Elias Coppersmith is the scion of the big mining family and he contracts Hannah to help him free some trapped miner/explorers. At the beginning of the story, they wake up together in a strange hotel room, memory of the previous night lost but with evidence that they got married in a tacky Illusion Town chapel.
Well, what happens in Illusion Town kind of stays in Illusion Town (and its associated alien tunnels and town), so Hannah and Elias must retrace what happened to them and uncover who was responsible and why. In the meantime, they of course figure out that they make a good team both in and out of bed. It's all a bit predictable but enjoyable.
Rounded up to four stars because I love the dust bunnies.