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4.09 AVERAGE
4.09 AVERAGE
these books are junk food in part, but also a little like catching up with friends. ir would seem that after 39 books, it would all be old & tired & time to quit - but it doesnt feel like time to end.
This was great. I'm going to take my cue from another reviewer and do a very short review for this story.
Roarke. The End.
Just kidding, I really love the novels set around the holidays. Eve gets so frantic about Christmas, and buying all those people gifts. How did there get to be so many of them, she frequently asks herself (and at one point she says something similar to Dr. Mira).
The murder mystery in this one had me guessing for a while. It wasn't until nearly all the way through that I realized who the killer was. The back-and-forth with Eve and Summerset, where she backed herself into a corner and ended up helping with the party preparations was spot-on.
Eve's gifts to Roarke and Peabody melted my heart, and I teared up when she gave the pink magic coat to Delia. Peabody is the sister Eve never knew she wanted or needed, and they have such wonderful camaraderie, with Eve playing the part of the older, more cynical sister while Peabody is the sillier, sometimes naive younger sister.
The only part that had me twisted was the section where Eve and Roarke spoke about their prenup. Roarke was so shocked and concerned, and then Eve undid him with that remark about how Roarke Industries was the one that needed the prenup, she and Roarke never did. Awesome writing, as usual, JD. Keep it up!
Roarke. The End.
Just kidding, I really love the novels set around the holidays. Eve gets so frantic about Christmas, and buying all those people gifts. How did there get to be so many of them, she frequently asks herself (and at one point she says something similar to Dr. Mira).
The murder mystery in this one had me guessing for a while. It wasn't until nearly all the way through that I realized who the killer was. The back-and-forth with Eve and Summerset, where she backed herself into a corner and ended up helping with the party preparations was spot-on.
Eve's gifts to Roarke and Peabody melted my heart, and I teared up when she gave the pink magic coat to Delia. Peabody is the sister Eve never knew she wanted or needed, and they have such wonderful camaraderie, with Eve playing the part of the older, more cynical sister while Peabody is the sillier, sometimes naive younger sister.
The only part that had me twisted was the section where Eve and Roarke spoke about their prenup. Roarke was so shocked and concerned, and then Eve undid him with that remark about how Roarke Industries was the one that needed the prenup, she and Roarke never did. Awesome writing, as usual, JD. Keep it up!
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Tasaista laatua, jännitystä, romantiikkaa ja vähän tulevaisuusviboja - mukava välipala. Eve ja Roarke ovat jo niin rakas pari 30 kirjan jälkeen että näitä tulee varmasti luettua niin kauan kuin Roberts / Robb jaksaa kirjoittaa. Mainiot sivuhahmot myös seuraamisen arvoisia.
This one had me laughing out loud. The dialogue was fabulous and Eve just cracks me up. I figured out the killer a bit before Eve finally did and that makes this book all the more satisfying. She's a smart cookie and if I could figure it out before her...I'm doing fine.
I love a good holiday mystery and this one did not disappoint. I have to say, it is amazing that a series can keep getting better and not get stale after so many books. But the characters keep growing and it is so great to watch. I love that I never get tired of the different mysteries. There have been maybe one or two (only one really comes to mind) books that while good, have not been a favorite. But for the most part, I love and will re read all the books in this series. It was really nice to see Eve and Summerset having a few niceties together. I'm always ready to head into the next book so I know I will be sad when I actually catch up and have to wait for them to be published.
Up until the last book and now this one I have loved every JD Robb book out there. Even the ones that other fans did not care for I still defended this series. However, with the last book in the series, Concealed in Death I was starting to see that maybe a lot of the naysayers were right since that book had so much wrong with it I didn't know where to begin. With the newest Festive in Death, though JD Robb did rebound in this book it was just an average and very boring read.
We have Eve investigating who could have killed a trainer named Trey Zeigler. Eve is brought into the investigation after being called in by her hair and makeup tormenter Trina. Though it was good to see that Trina with a bit more depth it was still not enough to get over the overall lackluster story-line.
I really am trying to not complain since I was one of the readers who kept begging JD Robb to stop with the constant serial killer story-lines that only Eve manages to crack or having her becoming the focus of the killer. Having just an average murder for her to investigate during the holidays did not have the same thrill since in this one Eve is not up against a clock to find the perpetrator. Instead we have Eve investigating the victim and finding a lot of things that made you happy that the guy was dead. We have Eve paying lip service to every victim deserves to have someone stand for them in death but it just rang hollow to me.
Additionally, all of the old favorites are barely seen and when they do pop up just have a line or two (Baxter and Trueheart).
That said things that I am truly sick of reading about in this series:
Eve talking about Roarke's blue eyes.
Eve talking about how much she loves Roarke.
Eve getting metaphors wrong.
Eve getting crazy because Peabody and McNabb kiss or touch in front of her.
The boring sex scenes between Eve and Roarke (this is the problem with having a long standing series the two leads just become boring).
Eve and Summerset constantly trying to one-up each other. Just admit you like and respect each other and be done with it.
Eve's dreams giving her clues to the murder. I don't know if JD Robb is trying to show that somehow Eve has psychic powers or what since it has been alluded to in other books and in some of the novellas but I am over it. No freaking magick (JD Robb and Nora Roberts preferred spelling) in this series.
I think that JD Robb did read or at least got an inkling at how many people were turned off by Eve's behavior towards a new character so at least that was changed in this book and we had Eve behaving like a normal human being. I am disappointed that Eve had not reached out to Mavis more based on the revelations that were revealed about her (Mavis) in the last book. That would have been nice and actually shown some character development by Eve. Instead we still have Mavis dressing funky and having the world's more precocious two year old.
I really do think though this saddens me that this series needs to end already. JD Robb needs to either end it or do something that truly shakes up the series. I feel like all of the characters have become untouchable so even when Eve or they are in danger I don't have a wisp or fear that anything will happen to any of them.
We have Eve investigating who could have killed a trainer named Trey Zeigler. Eve is brought into the investigation after being called in by her hair and makeup tormenter Trina. Though it was good to see that Trina with a bit more depth it was still not enough to get over the overall lackluster story-line.
I really am trying to not complain since I was one of the readers who kept begging JD Robb to stop with the constant serial killer story-lines that only Eve manages to crack or having her becoming the focus of the killer. Having just an average murder for her to investigate during the holidays did not have the same thrill since in this one Eve is not up against a clock to find the perpetrator. Instead we have Eve investigating the victim and finding a lot of things that made you happy that the guy was dead. We have Eve paying lip service to every victim deserves to have someone stand for them in death but it just rang hollow to me.
Additionally, all of the old favorites are barely seen and when they do pop up just have a line or two (Baxter and Trueheart).
That said things that I am truly sick of reading about in this series:
Eve talking about Roarke's blue eyes.
Eve talking about how much she loves Roarke.
Eve getting metaphors wrong.
Eve getting crazy because Peabody and McNabb kiss or touch in front of her.
The boring sex scenes between Eve and Roarke (this is the problem with having a long standing series the two leads just become boring).
Eve and Summerset constantly trying to one-up each other. Just admit you like and respect each other and be done with it.
Eve's dreams giving her clues to the murder. I don't know if JD Robb is trying to show that somehow Eve has psychic powers or what since it has been alluded to in other books and in some of the novellas but I am over it. No freaking magick (JD Robb and Nora Roberts preferred spelling) in this series.
I think that JD Robb did read or at least got an inkling at how many people were turned off by Eve's behavior towards a new character so at least that was changed in this book and we had Eve behaving like a normal human being. I am disappointed that Eve had not reached out to Mavis more based on the revelations that were revealed about her (Mavis) in the last book. That would have been nice and actually shown some character development by Eve. Instead we still have Mavis dressing funky and having the world's more precocious two year old.
I really do think though this saddens me that this series needs to end already. JD Robb needs to either end it or do something that truly shakes up the series. I feel like all of the characters have become untouchable so even when Eve or they are in danger I don't have a wisp or fear that anything will happen to any of them.
I was really disappointed in this book, I love the series but this one had a really weak mystery that no one really seemed to care about...it was about Eve being more "normal" which I didn't like...