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After Dark
by Jayne Castle
I really love this book. Of course, I love pretty much everything [a:Jayne Ann Krentz|2387|Jayne Ann Krentz|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1446933865p2/2387.jpg] writes, no matter which name she writes it under. But this book holds a special place in my heart. Why? Let me count the reasons:
#1: It's the first of her [a:Jayne Castle|8840|Jayne Castle|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1362431239p2/8840.jpg] futuristic-romance books that I ever owned and read.
#2: It was my introduction to dust bunnies and I will love Fuzz forever and ever. (Oh, and I also really love Lydia and Emmett, both together and separately; I'd steal Emmett from Lydia if I could.)
#3: It's autographed! When I used to live in Seattle, I attended several of Jayne's signings so that I could get a few of my favorites under each of her now-three-main names signed. This was the "Jayne Castle" book I wanted signed and she signed it, "For Jennifer with thanks, Jayne Ann Krentz"! :-)
There were so many scenes and lines in this book that had me smiling as I read them. Most, if not all, of the scenes that included Fuzz can be counted among this number. I also really loved that this story is told from both Lydia's and Emmett's POVs. They each have a rather snarky sense of humor and having the story told by both of them was/is great fun.
I always laugh out loud when reading the scene in the Green Wall Tavern, where Durant follows Lydia into the alley and sees Emmett in action. When Lydia introduces them and says, " 'That's Durant. He says he's in love with me. He wants me to marry him and have his babies.' " And Emmett gives him "a speculative look" and says " 'Is that so?' " Then "Durant gulped and managed to close his mouth. 'No. No. Big misunderstanding.' He flapped his hands in a warding-off gesture. 'Just a passing acquaintance, that's all.' " . . . lol I laugh every time. ;-) (The whole of this scene can be found in Chapter 22, on pages 252-253.)
I've lost count of the number of times I've read this book. I thought I hadn't read it for a few (as in, more than five) years, but reading it this time, in February 2016, I realized that I last read it probably two to three years ago. Either that, or I've read it enough times that the roads are set in my mind and the story just flows along them so smoothly that I don't notice the passage of years between readings. All I do know for sure is that this won't be the last time I read this book. I really love it, after all, and those stories I really love are always clamoring to be reread. ;-)
Oh! I almost forgot to mention one other thing I always do when reading this book. . . I always finish it smiling. :-) Now to read book two, the continuing adventures of Lydia, Emmett, and Fuzz!!! :-)
#1: It's the first of her [a:Jayne Castle|8840|Jayne Castle|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1362431239p2/8840.jpg] futuristic-romance books that I ever owned and read.
#2: It was my introduction to dust bunnies and I will love Fuzz forever and ever. (Oh, and I also really love Lydia and Emmett, both together and separately; I'd steal Emmett from Lydia if I could.)
#3: It's autographed! When I used to live in Seattle, I attended several of Jayne's signings so that I could get a few of my favorites under each of her now-three-main names signed. This was the "Jayne Castle" book I wanted signed and she signed it, "For Jennifer with thanks, Jayne Ann Krentz"! :-)
There were so many scenes and lines in this book that had me smiling as I read them. Most, if not all, of the scenes that included Fuzz can be counted among this number. I also really loved that this story is told from both Lydia's and Emmett's POVs. They each have a rather snarky sense of humor and having the story told by both of them was/is great fun.
I always laugh out loud when reading the scene in the Green Wall Tavern, where Durant follows Lydia into the alley and sees Emmett in action. When Lydia introduces them and says, " 'That's Durant. He says he's in love with me. He wants me to marry him and have his babies.' " And Emmett gives him "a speculative look" and says " 'Is that so?' " Then "Durant gulped and managed to close his mouth. 'No. No. Big misunderstanding.' He flapped his hands in a warding-off gesture. 'Just a passing acquaintance, that's all.' " . . . lol I laugh every time. ;-) (The whole of this scene can be found in Chapter 22, on pages 252-253.)
I've lost count of the number of times I've read this book. I thought I hadn't read it for a few (as in, more than five) years, but reading it this time, in February 2016, I realized that I last read it probably two to three years ago. Either that, or I've read it enough times that the roads are set in my mind and the story just flows along them so smoothly that I don't notice the passage of years between readings. All I do know for sure is that this won't be the last time I read this book. I really love it, after all, and those stories I really love are always clamoring to be reread. ;-)
Oh! I almost forgot to mention one other thing I always do when reading this book. . . I always finish it smiling. :-) Now to read book two, the continuing adventures of Lydia, Emmett, and Fuzz!!! :-)