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A review by ericch
Chill Factor by Sandra Brown
2.0
Not terrible, but really hard to recommend this to anyone expecting action or suspense. The writing is lazy and it's a romance with maybe 50 pages of suspense toward the end. If you go into it with that in mind, it might be an okay read.
When the storm moves in, people are trapped in the mountains in a cabin. Dozens of pages talking about all the snow. The heroes try cars, snow plows, but are stymied. It's not until 200 pages later someone suggests a snowmobile. Really? Why isn't that the first thing everyone thinks of?
Bad cell service and a power outage are central to the story. Nobody can call in or out. At one point someone is in the woods and checks his phone. He has service! But sadly, his battery is dead. Again, really? How does he know he has service if the battery is dead?
And then at the end when all is close to being lost, a solid cell phone call comes in to magically provide the missing clue. And then, almost as suddenly, all the cell phones seem to work. Multiple people got calls. Radios work, etc.
This is my first Sandra Brown, so I don't have anything to judge Chill Factor by. Is this sort of sloppy writing normal, or did I just get a bad one?
If you're looking for a romance, those scenes are well done and enjoyable to read. So maybe Ms Brown is a romance writer who tried something new?
When the storm moves in, people are trapped in the mountains in a cabin. Dozens of pages talking about all the snow. The heroes try cars, snow plows, but are stymied. It's not until 200 pages later someone suggests a snowmobile. Really? Why isn't that the first thing everyone thinks of?
Bad cell service and a power outage are central to the story. Nobody can call in or out. At one point someone is in the woods and checks his phone. He has service! But sadly, his battery is dead. Again, really? How does he know he has service if the battery is dead?
And then at the end when all is close to being lost, a solid cell phone call comes in to magically provide the missing clue. And then, almost as suddenly, all the cell phones seem to work. Multiple people got calls. Radios work, etc.
This is my first Sandra Brown, so I don't have anything to judge Chill Factor by. Is this sort of sloppy writing normal, or did I just get a bad one?
If you're looking for a romance, those scenes are well done and enjoyable to read. So maybe Ms Brown is a romance writer who tried something new?