Night Mares

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Summary: Disappointed in character's development
Review: After reading and enjoying "Hen's Teeth" I tried this one. I was unhappy with the ethical boundaries of the main character. I realized that I lost respect for her due to her unprofessional behavior. I will read the next one, but was disappointed to find that I can't recommend this one to my friends.

Rating:
Summary: Disappointed in character's development
Review: After reading and enjoying "Hen's Teeth" I tried this one. I was unhappy with the ethical boundaries of the main character. I realized that I lost respect for her due to her unprofessional behavior. I will read the next one, but was disappointed to find that I can't recommend this one to my friends.

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Summary: I could not put it down!
Review: I am not a professional 'reviewer' and I am afraid that it is beyond me to do justice to this book. I am not particularly cognizant of undercurrents, themes, significant emotional threads, symbolism - when I took English Lit in school, it almost made me hate "literature". I just loved the book and the characters, and wished it didn't have to end. I know that one's enjoyment of art, music and books can be enhanced by being enlightened as to technique, etc., but I don't have time to go into all this - I am just guided in my choices re these "cultural" pursuits as to what gives off good vibes for me and enjoy them thoroughly. I "love" Kellen but please don't ask me why I do. I think this is to do with the skill of the writer - Kellen is someone I would like to know, have live next door, be friends with and someone that I would care what happened to. My daughter felt the same way and neither of us are lesbian (that we know of!) so this is not necessarily defined by our sexuality. The main characters in Night Mares (or in Hen's Teeth, the previous Kellen Stewart book) have to deal with conflicting emotions which gives a great deal of depth to the book, making it much more than just a really good "read". I couldn't put it down - enjoyed it immensely and I have the next one on order already (even though it has been published yet).

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Summary: Great plot, but constantly-angry characters
Review: I liked this book at first, but found myself getting annoyed with the fact that the only way these characters seem to interact is in anger. Manda Scott's characters are almost as depressing and as nasty to each other as Patricia Cornwell's. I really wish someone would come up with a pair of lesbians who don't act as if they hate each other all the time!

In general, even though I liked the book, I found it hard to believe the motivation for most things that her characters do. And they are constantly flying at each other over the slightest thing. No one I know acts this way. Thank god!

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Summary: Read between the lines....
Review: Manda Scott has managed to captivate her audience yet again in another Kellen Stewart mystery/thriller. Absolutely spellbinding reading...I could not turn out the light until the last page was read...

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Summary: It's a veterinarian/horse-oriented mystery!
Review: This was probably the best animal fiction I've ever read. As a breeder of horses, I found it riveting and impossible to put down. As did a friend of mine who is also a breeder. For someone not familiar with horses, and especially for someone not interested in veterinary medicine, I suspect it would be a hard read. I wonder if some of the people who were disappointed with this book bought it for the lesbian angle instead of the horse stuff - it's definitely written for the horseperson. If you've ever stayed up 24 hours a day for days on end nursing a sick horse or a foal in intensive care, you will relate to this book. I thought her other two books were good, but this book is a must-read for anyone facinated by veterinary medicine.