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All Night Long
by Jayne Ann Krentz
Fast paced and pleasant, this is the story of Irene, a 32 year old reporter whose parents died in violent circumstances 17 years ago. An email sent from a past friend plunges Irene back into her horrid and traumatic past.
An interesting mystery and likeable characters, it only gets 3 stars because the dialogue felt cheesy at times and the author created emotionally and psychologically distressed characters, when she obviously isn't professionally equipped to describe or discuss psychological issues. What kind of psychiatrist tells their patient " You have a problem and you're going to allow me to help you whether you want to or not".... uuuuh...no. Krentz held on to one label and kept brandishing it throughout the book: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. I didn't buy that part of the characters.
All that aside, it was a solid plot, with a heartbreaking mystery. However, as this is more of a romance chick lit. novel, the author focused more on the love emotions and aspect of the story, rather than the devastating topic she presented at the end. Again, that made the whole thing feel a bit unbelievable.
Krentz gets full marks from me for Irene and Luke's relationship though. Luke is a typical Alpha Male, yet Krentz introduces him with class and in a gentleman light. Furthermore, Irene is a kick ass alpha woman herself and they blended in a tender and lovely way. None of that abusive, pushing around shit that authors and readers alike seem to get a kick out of these days. Thank you Krentz.
An interesting mystery and likeable characters, it only gets 3 stars because the dialogue felt cheesy at times and the author created emotionally and psychologically distressed characters, when she obviously isn't professionally equipped to describe or discuss psychological issues. What kind of psychiatrist tells their patient " You have a problem and you're going to allow me to help you whether you want to or not".... uuuuh...no. Krentz held on to one label and kept brandishing it throughout the book: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. I didn't buy that part of the characters.
All that aside, it was a solid plot, with a heartbreaking mystery. However, as this is more of a romance chick lit. novel, the author focused more on the love emotions and aspect of the story, rather than the devastating topic she presented at the end. Again, that made the whole thing feel a bit unbelievable.
Krentz gets full marks from me for Irene and Luke's relationship though. Luke is a typical Alpha Male, yet Krentz introduces him with class and in a gentleman light. Furthermore, Irene is a kick ass alpha woman herself and they blended in a tender and lovely way. None of that abusive, pushing around shit that authors and readers alike seem to get a kick out of these days. Thank you Krentz.