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A review by whoknew
Heart of Danger by Lisa Marie Rice
3.0
Lisa, Lisa, Lisa... has thrown in the kitchen sink on this one. While I like her nearly deft introduction of a near future, the addition of the paranormal atop the futuristic setting is too much. The convenient explanation fixes a lot of plot problems, so not is the guy wealthy beyond belief with resources available beyond those of any discharged vet, but the heroine must be psychic. All plot problems are neatly solved by abnormal explanation making this a mediocre novel. Definitely not up to the way she introduced action in others and had her characters fight their way out of a mess. There are fewer and fewer obstacles to overcome because the characters are beginning to reach cartoon-like proportions.
But a Lisa Marie Rice novel is better written than most, so worth the time for the fun 'n games. This just isn't one of her best. The paranormal bit does become less clunky later in the book and it's a fun read, but really - the Deus ex Machina is distracting at the first half.
It would be great to see her return to the less than wealthy, less than perfectly supplied, less than wholly capabable characters of her early works.
But a Lisa Marie Rice novel is better written than most, so worth the time for the fun 'n games. This just isn't one of her best. The paranormal bit does become less clunky later in the book and it's a fun read, but really - the Deus ex Machina is distracting at the first half.
It would be great to see her return to the less than wealthy, less than perfectly supplied, less than wholly capabable characters of her early works.