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tome_reader_alu's Reviews (1.16k)
I don't honestly know where to begin. I put this book on a Christmas list just out of curiosity. I got to open it (2 weeks) early and immediately dove in. I had no idea what to expect and was a bit skeptical at first.
I. Was. Blown. Away.
I absolutely adore this book. The action, the drama, the romance. Everything was perfectly balanced for me. I could hardly put it down. I fell in love with the characters too. They are so well written. I love that nearly the entire store is written as a letter from one character to another, reminiscing about their lives together. I never felt like this type of storytelling was heavy exposition or anything along those lines. It felt genuine. I don't know a great deal about Asian myth, culture or history to be able to compare, but I felt the book was written with enough influence to feel real, but the author made it into her own world that I enjoyed exploring and learning about.
This book very easily made it to my favorites shelf and I can't wait to read the rest.
I. Was. Blown. Away.
I absolutely adore this book. The action, the drama, the romance. Everything was perfectly balanced for me. I could hardly put it down. I fell in love with the characters too. They are so well written. I love that nearly the entire store is written as a letter from one character to another, reminiscing about their lives together. I never felt like this type of storytelling was heavy exposition or anything along those lines. It felt genuine. I don't know a great deal about Asian myth, culture or history to be able to compare, but I felt the book was written with enough influence to feel real, but the author made it into her own world that I enjoyed exploring and learning about.
This book very easily made it to my favorites shelf and I can't wait to read the rest.
Full disclosure, I have not read the first book in this series. That being said though, it isn't required but it would increase appreciation of certain references and character relationships. I didn't feel like I was missing or not understanding things as I read.
This was a fun mystery read. I genuinely had no guess about "who-dun-it" the whole way through.
The main character heather was interesting and I enjoyed following her through the story. I don't feel like I got to know her girlfriend Sinéad as well, but I attribute that to not having read the previous book. She was still also interesting. We also get to meet several new people in this story as well whom I liked a great deal. (Not mentioning names for spoiler reasons.)
I do admit for a bit the mystery aspect seemed a wee bit convoluted. There was a lot happening and a lot of names floating around at once. I would get a little disoriented a couple of times, but the author does a pretty good job of stepping back with the characters to keep sorting through information and take us a step closer to the answers.
Overall a fun read if you enjoy mysteries without much attention to things like romance. If given the opportunity, I would do yourself a favor and pick up book 1 first.
This was a fun mystery read. I genuinely had no guess about "who-dun-it" the whole way through.
The main character heather was interesting and I enjoyed following her through the story. I don't feel like I got to know her girlfriend Sinéad as well, but I attribute that to not having read the previous book. She was still also interesting. We also get to meet several new people in this story as well whom I liked a great deal. (Not mentioning names for spoiler reasons.)
I do admit for a bit the mystery aspect seemed a wee bit convoluted. There was a lot happening and a lot of names floating around at once. I would get a little disoriented a couple of times, but the author does a pretty good job of stepping back with the characters to keep sorting through information and take us a step closer to the answers.
Overall a fun read if you enjoy mysteries without much attention to things like romance. If given the opportunity, I would do yourself a favor and pick up book 1 first.