Storm Rising

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Summary: Not my cup . . . of anything
Review: Imagine if you will, a death defying situation, earthquakes, evil henchmen chasing you. What do you do? You stand around and tell each other how wonderful you are and how much everyone (the good guys, that is--the bad guys are all unremittingly evil) loves everyone else, especially the main character. I finally decided that I could only read this book as a camp fairy tale--that despite unbelievable odds nothing remotely bad happens to the good guys. Then I guess someone pointed this out to the author, so in a jarring change, the ending takes on a few tinges of reality. The editing allows things like characters supposedly a few hundred miles away popping up in a scene to make a comment. Typos abound. This book feels like a first draft with a cover slapped on it. Read it only if you want a (very) mindless lesbian adventure.

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Summary: Another Linda Kay Silva Page Turner
Review: Storm Rising is the latest in the Delta Stevens Mystery series and is by far the most exciting. Convinced that Delta is still alive after falling into the Caribbean from a helicopter, Connie Rivera, Meg Osbourne, Sal and Josh return to the Costa Rican rain forest to find and rescue her. They are joined by Gina, Connie's lover, Carducci, Delta's partner on the police force and Taylor, the jewel thief. The group experience many difficulties and you find yourself totally submerged in the book. I read the book in one day and was very sorry to get to the end. Don't this exceptional book.

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Summary: A Grand Sequel
Review: Storm Rising was an exciting page-turner that serves up plenty of suspense. For those of you who have not read Tropical Storm (by the same author), I would recommend it prior to reading Storm Rising to understand all the intricacies of Linda's latest book. I promise you won't be disappointed in either one. For those of you who have read Tropical Storm, you can finally find out what happens to Delta, Megan, Connie, Sal, Josh and the others. With the help of many of their friends, Connie and Megan go into the rainforest to find Delta. Be prepared to be unwilling to put this book down.

It's awesome!

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Summary: Pick Another Mystery Series
Review: Todays book market features a lot of Lesbian themed mysteries and fiction.

Some of these novels are good, and some are bad.

Those of us starved for reading, we tend to read them all. I've checked out this "Storm" series and have placed them all firmly in the "bad" catagory.

As with other books from this series, this story sort of chunks along, and the characters are far from complete or believable. This is a series of novels/mysteries and each repeats the exact same mistake - mainly that there is not an original voice among any of the characters.

With authors like JM Redmann (Micky Knight Series) producing excellent fiction and mysteries, there's no need to settle for this kind of book. For those looking for a some good-read mysteries, author Claire McNab has created a fun character in her detective Carol Ashton. I would also suggest checking out the Kate Delafield Mystery series by Katherine V. Forrest.

On a more personal note, the indication by the publisher above stating that this author enjoys hearing from her fans was rather surprising to me as I have recently encountered this writer and found her to be both insulting to her fan base and envious of other authors (particularily Patricia Cornwell, who writes the very excellent Kay Scarpetta series).

Your money is better spent on a book with more defined characters and a better told story, not to mention an author with appreciation of her audience. Check out the J.M. Redmann books, you won't be disappointed.

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Summary: A Grand Sequel
Review: Unlike the first review on this page I found Storm Rising to be a rollicking good adventure story which continued the plot lines from the previous 5 novels by this author. I read Tropical Storm first and enjoyed it so much(and desperately wanting to find out what happened to Delta) I bought this, the sequel. I thoroughly enjoyed them and so, bought the first 4 books. I found the characters to be believable and the plot chock full of action which is how all the books are written. In SR, all the favourites are there sharing the highs and lows in their quest to retrieve Delta from the jungles of Costa Rica. I found reading this book a delight and am eagerly awaiting the next book to find out what happens to the *gang* with the addition of the baby! Oh, and Megan's reaction to Rikki...My rating - Unputdownable!!!!