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sammishgirl 's review for:
Bayou Moon
by Ilona Andrews
Overall, I really liked this book. I found the characters of Cerise and William interesting and sympathetic, and their love story believable. Their banter made me chuckle quite a few times, and I always love it when a book can make me laugh. Also, I thought it was interesting to read a story where the heroine was basically a hillbilly in the swamp, part of a large, ridiculous family.
However, there were also a few problems:
-The writing wasn't always even. There were a few spots that were just awkwardly written, which would take me out of the story and make me wonder "Couldn't they have smoothed that out a little in the editing process??"
-There were far too many names to keep track of. Between the Hand's freaks and Cerise's family, I had a very hard time keeping people straight. This is a book that definitely would have benefitted from a family tree at the front, and a little list of the Hand's agents, with maybe a one to two word descriptor of each ("Hunter," "Plant guy," "Assassin," etc.)
-Minor quibble, but I felt the final misunderstanding between William and Cerise was just unnecessary. It didn't add anything to the book, and seemed silly after all that had gone before.
Still, this book hooked me and kept me reading, and I'm looking forward to reading the next two in this series.
However, there were also a few problems:
-The writing wasn't always even. There were a few spots that were just awkwardly written, which would take me out of the story and make me wonder "Couldn't they have smoothed that out a little in the editing process??"
-There were far too many names to keep track of. Between the Hand's freaks and Cerise's family, I had a very hard time keeping people straight. This is a book that definitely would have benefitted from a family tree at the front, and a little list of the Hand's agents, with maybe a one to two word descriptor of each ("Hunter," "Plant guy," "Assassin," etc.)
-Minor quibble, but I felt the final misunderstanding between William and Cerise was just unnecessary. It didn't add anything to the book, and seemed silly after all that had gone before.
Still, this book hooked me and kept me reading, and I'm looking forward to reading the next two in this series.