Always Is Not Forever

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Summary: Gosh, here I go again....
Review: ....editing, ladies! Editing, editing, editing! All of those glaringly misspelled words. And, if they are so numerous that they disrupt my flow of reading, why can't a decent editor find and fix them. Also, what the heck is a "Pellegrine" falcon?
Other than the above gripes, the book was an entertaining read, even if I did think the main character was about as dense as a concrete block. Why ask for advice if you have absolutely no intention of considering it? Why call your lawyer to make a new will but not call him back to cancel it? Why stay in the same hotel when everything you own has been stolen or shredded?
Why would anyone wear 5" heels?

Rating:
Summary: Gosh, here I go again....
Review: ....editing, ladies! Editing, editing, editing! All of those glaringly misspelled words. And, if they are so numerous that they disrupt my flow of reading, why can't a decent editor find and fix them. Also, what the heck is a "Pellegrine" falcon?
Other than the above gripes, the book was an entertaining read, even if I did think the main character was about as dense as a concrete block. Why ask for advice if you have absolutely no intention of considering it? Why call your lawyer to make a new will but not call him back to cancel it? Why stay in the same hotel when everything you own has been stolen or shredded?
Why would anyone wear 5" heels?

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Summary: Deus Ex Machina in Reverse
Review: I enjoyed this book. The main character was fun & her internal dialog was sometimes hilarious. The plot is good, with lots of nice twists. My only real complaint with the book (and for me it was a big complaint) is that the main character is incredibly stupid about one thing. I do mean "incredible" -- I can't believe she was so stupid for so long.

Our main character is very, very rich. She gets swept off her feet by a tall dark stranger and gets "married" 2 weeks later. She changes her will (against her attorney's advice), has a commitment ceremony, and heads off on her honeymoon. Then her new wife disappears, and she starts getting *all kinds* of information that make it absolutely obvious that the new wife was a con woman who was after her millions (inheritance & life insurance). Now here's the stupid part: even after multiple incidents showing that someone wants her dead so they can collect on that nice new will, even after an attempt on her life, NO ONE suggests that the best thing our protagonist can do to protect her life is to revoke the new will! Not one single person points out that once her will is revoked and that fact is widely published, killing her serves no purpose. Her attorney doesn't say it. The former DA who is hunting the con woman doesn't say it. The guy who had his life ruined by the con woman doesn't say it. The private investigator the main character hires doesn't say it.

Why doesn't anyone suggest this simple step to protect our main character's life? Because if someone did, the book would be about 150 pages shorter. I think the author just couldn't figure out how to plot her way around this glaring hole, so she ignores it. I couldn't suspend enough disbelief to think that none of the intelligent characters in this book would think to revoke that will. But other than a tendency to make me grind my teeth at this collective blindness, I enjoyed the book.

Rating:
Summary: Deus Ex Machina in Reverse
Review: I enjoyed this book. The main character was fun & her internal dialog was sometimes hilarious. The plot is good, with lots of nice twists. My only real complaint with the book (and for me it was a big complaint) is that the main character is incredibly stupid about one thing. I do mean "incredible" -- I can't believe she was so stupid for so long. <Spoilers below>

Our main character is very, very rich. She gets swept off her feet by a tall dark stranger and gets "married" 2 weeks later. She changes her will (against her attorney's advice), has a commitment ceremony, and heads off on her honeymoon. Then her new wife disappears, and she starts getting *all kinds* of information that make it absolutely obvious that the new wife was a con woman who was after her millions (inheritance & life insurance). Now here's the stupid part: even after multiple incidents showing that someone wants her dead so they can collect on that nice new will, even after an attempt on her life, NO ONE suggests that the best thing our protagonist can do to protect her life is to revoke the new will! Not one single person points out that once her will is revoked and that fact is widely published, killing her serves no purpose. Her attorney doesn't say it. The former DA who is hunting the con woman doesn't say it. The guy who had his life ruined by the con woman doesn't say it. The private investigator the main character hires doesn't say it.

Why doesn't anyone suggest this simple step to protect our main character's life? Because if someone did, the book would be about 150 pages shorter. I think the author just couldn't figure out how to plot her way around this glaring hole, so she ignores it. I couldn't suspend enough disbelief to think that none of the intelligent characters in this book would think to revoke that will. But other than a tendency to make me grind my teeth at this collective blindness, I enjoyed the book.

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Summary: A fun read
Review: This is the most fun book I've read in a while. Could not put it down. I hope we see more from this author soon! I rarely write reviews and never good ones but this book deserves it.

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