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A review by imbookingit
Laced with Magic by Barbara Bretton
4.0
I read this book without reading the first book in the series, and now I regret it. The author did a very good job of filling the reader in on everything that happened, so now I'm torn. On the one hand, I enjoyed this book so much that I'd like to go see what happened before. On the other hand, I feel like I already know what is going to happen.
This was a really fun read. I don't have a lot of experience with paranormal romances-- the only ones that I've read before are by Nora Roberts, because she does a little of everything. (Well, and then there is [b:Twilight|41865|Twilight (Twilight, #1)|Stephenie Meyer|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41DcKN0STkL._SL75_.jpg|3212258]...)
I think this is on the less edgy side of the paranormal genre, in some ways being a supernatural cozy mystery as much as a romance. Only the fact that we know very early on who is the troublemaker keeps me from wanting to cast it that way. Yes, the book focuses on the relationship between Chloe and Luke, but their relationship feeds the plot, rather than the other way around.
I think a strength of this book is in the world it sets up-- I enjoyed the details, from the yarn store to the vampires that have given up the old ways.
I enjoyed the characters (including the cat!). The plot was interesting. I liked how the chapters skipped back and forth between Chloe (lead character, sorceress), Luke (love interest, human) and Karen (Luke's ex-wife, human, drawn into the story by a series of phone calls from their dead daughter).
I'll be checking out more of Barbara Bretton's books.
This was a really fun read. I don't have a lot of experience with paranormal romances-- the only ones that I've read before are by Nora Roberts, because she does a little of everything. (Well, and then there is [b:Twilight|41865|Twilight (Twilight, #1)|Stephenie Meyer|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41DcKN0STkL._SL75_.jpg|3212258]...)
I think this is on the less edgy side of the paranormal genre, in some ways being a supernatural cozy mystery as much as a romance. Only the fact that we know very early on who is the troublemaker keeps me from wanting to cast it that way. Yes, the book focuses on the relationship between Chloe and Luke, but their relationship feeds the plot, rather than the other way around.
I think a strength of this book is in the world it sets up-- I enjoyed the details, from the yarn store to the vampires that have given up the old ways.
I enjoyed the characters (including the cat!). The plot was interesting. I liked how the chapters skipped back and forth between Chloe (lead character, sorceress), Luke (love interest, human) and Karen (Luke's ex-wife, human, drawn into the story by a series of phone calls from their dead daughter).
I'll be checking out more of Barbara Bretton's books.