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A review by judithdcollins
Heroes Are My Weakness by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
2.0
Romance writer, Susan Elizabeth Phillips turns to puppets and horror gothic style, in her latest novel, Heroes Are My Weakness.
When Annie, a thirty-three year old ventriloquist returns to an isolated Maine Cottage (in February), in the heart of winter, where she spent her teenage years, as she is now homeless— She wants to get away to unwind and search for a legacy left by her mother. She is left with her puppets, (Dillie and Leo) in her suitcase and carries on a silly conversation with them?
What she finds when she arrives— a widower, sexy Theo Harp (teen who tried to kill her years ago), in the Gothic mansion manor house next door, on the hill, now a best- selling horror author, and Jaycie Mills, a quiet woman who once saved her life, working as his injured housekeeper and raising a mute four-year-old daughter, Livia with a tragic past.
After Annie’s illness with pneumonia and her present financial situation, she is looking forward to her stay at Moonraker Cottage, which her narcissistic mother left her along with a deathbed promise of a valuable treasure hidden there. She has not been back since her crush on Theo (the psychopathic boy who played with her emotions) year ago, or perhaps my reading style has greawr.
She finds herself drawn to the lives of the people at the Harp House, and the longer she stays the more apparent it is, someone does not want her there, but she wants to stay and see it through as she fights her way through the secrets and the truth.
I have not read Phillips in years, so thought I would give it a whirl. I listened to the audiobook, and thought the narrator, a bit silly, and even though it may appeal to those who like this gothic type genre—found it not my cup of tea. In addition, my reading style has changed over the years, so unfortunately, did not find this novel very appealing.
When Annie, a thirty-three year old ventriloquist returns to an isolated Maine Cottage (in February), in the heart of winter, where she spent her teenage years, as she is now homeless— She wants to get away to unwind and search for a legacy left by her mother. She is left with her puppets, (Dillie and Leo) in her suitcase and carries on a silly conversation with them?
What she finds when she arrives— a widower, sexy Theo Harp (teen who tried to kill her years ago), in the Gothic mansion manor house next door, on the hill, now a best- selling horror author, and Jaycie Mills, a quiet woman who once saved her life, working as his injured housekeeper and raising a mute four-year-old daughter, Livia with a tragic past.
After Annie’s illness with pneumonia and her present financial situation, she is looking forward to her stay at Moonraker Cottage, which her narcissistic mother left her along with a deathbed promise of a valuable treasure hidden there. She has not been back since her crush on Theo (the psychopathic boy who played with her emotions) year ago, or perhaps my reading style has greawr.
She finds herself drawn to the lives of the people at the Harp House, and the longer she stays the more apparent it is, someone does not want her there, but she wants to stay and see it through as she fights her way through the secrets and the truth.
I have not read Phillips in years, so thought I would give it a whirl. I listened to the audiobook, and thought the narrator, a bit silly, and even though it may appeal to those who like this gothic type genre—found it not my cup of tea. In addition, my reading style has changed over the years, so unfortunately, did not find this novel very appealing.