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Summary: Glass Houses
Review: The hero in this book, Aiden Flynn, made his first appearance (along with his killer collectible cars) in "Key West". This book is a fast-paced and believable tale of Aiden's rescue of the heroine, chases across country by the villans, a reappearance of the hero and heroine of "Key West". Both Aiden and Olivia are enjoyable characters. The book is not as good as some of Ms. Cameron's earlier contemporaries, but is well worth reading. I buy very few romances in hardback -- Stella Cameron, Jayne Krentz and Linda Howard being the exception. This book is worth every penny!
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Summary: NEEDS HELP!
Review: This book is the choppiest, most boring and confusing book of Stella Cameron's I have ever read. Sometimes books take a while to catch your attention. I kept waiting and waiting to get excited about something; the plot, the characters etc. To me the most interesting character was the dog and that's not saying much! Too many things in this book lead up to an explanation and you never get one. Example: Aiden asks Olivia if she is 'protected' against pregnancy. Yes, she takes the pill, starts to stammer and ultimately starts crying about it. WHY??? Does she have female problems or what? Can't she have children?What is implied? Later on they talk about having kids but her previous outburst is never explained. A murder in her house. Who did it? One of the Laurel and Hardy characters/"bad guys"? I simply didn't care anymore. The only redeeming thing about this book is the capacity for Olivia's forgiveness, although she is a bit unbelievable at times. Maybe some of the unanswered questions are leading to a sequel? We can only hope not.
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Summary: Not Interesting Enough
Review: This is my first Stella Cameron novel and it may be my last. I gave the book's first 100 pages the benefit of the doubt but then I started skipping pages, then chapters and finally decided that I didn't care what happened to the characters and skimmed to the end. The storyline of a Brittish photographer who flees to a NYPD detective for help after meeting online wasn't convincing and didn't flow. I found myself asking "why would they do that?" a lot. I couldn't get into the characters and found the dialogue boring.
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Summary: Not Interesting Enough
Review: This is my first Stella Cameron novel and it may be my last. I gave the book's first 100 pages the benefit of the doubt but then I started skipping pages, then chapters and finally decided that I didn't care what happened to the characters and skimmed to the end. The storyline of a Brittish photographer who flees to a NYPD detective for help after meeting online wasn't convincing and didn't flow. I found myself asking "why would they do that?" a lot. I couldn't get into the characters and found the dialogue boring.
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Summary: Horrible
Review: This is one of the most convoluted, poorly written novels I have ever had the displeasure of reading. I kept hoping things would improve but alas, the plot just kept getting more and more boring and the characters more trite. And the rats in the pockets of one of the criminals just added to the general overall feeling of unreality and stupidity.
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Summary: Confusing
Review: This was my first book by Stella Cameron and let me tell you, I was not impressed. Maybe I went into this book with a lot of expectations...but hey, this book left me confused and mystified.Glass Houses, is a story about a photographer, Olivia FitzDurham, whose on the run because she is being wrongly framed for an art theft. Aiden Flynn is a NYPD homicide detective who "accidentally" trips over her e-mails to his neighbor and fellow NYPD detective Ryan Hill. So many things bothered me about this book. What in the world does the title "Glass Houses" have anything to do with the story line? There is no mention of it what so ever and even though it's a nice sounding title, it has no revelant meaning. Second, the plot was very confusing. I only figured out why they were on the run during the middle of the book. The beginning of the book wasn't catchy and it took a while for it to get started. And what is with Olivia FitzDurham? Why in the world is she portrayed as a sniveling airheaded female? I imagine not all women from England are like that but... she really does appear to be a poor character, especially with her constant apologizing for things that weren't her fault. And the characters were poorly developed. There were too many "bad guys" that is was too hard to keep tract of them all. And in the end, the bad guy was no surprise because you knew who the bad guys were from the beginning. And all the bad guys were all bad guys. That was weird. Usually in a mystery/suspense novel, the reader is lead to think that some characters are the bad guy but in the end they're not. But in this book, they all were... The only good thing I could say about this book was the relationship between the two main characters, Aiden and Olivia. They had a relationship that I could admire, but wouldn't. The relationship was well developed and the tension b/w those two lasted through the whole book. All in all, not recommended.
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Summary: Confusing
Review: This was my first book by Stella Cameron and let me tell you, I was not impressed. Maybe I went into this book with a lot of expectations...but hey, this book left me confused and mystified. Glass Houses, is a story about a photographer, Olivia FitzDurham, whose on the run because she is being wrongly framed for an art theft. Aiden Flynn is a NYPD homicide detective who "accidentally" trips over her e-mails to his neighbor and fellow NYPD detective Ryan Hill. So many things bothered me about this book. What in the world does the title "Glass Houses" have anything to do with the story line? There is no mention of it what so ever and even though it's a nice sounding title, it has no revelant meaning. Second, the plot was very confusing. I only figured out why they were on the run during the middle of the book. The beginning of the book wasn't catchy and it took a while for it to get started. And what is with Olivia FitzDurham? Why in the world is she portrayed as a sniveling airheaded female? I imagine not all women from England are like that but... she really does appear to be a poor character, especially with her constant apologizing for things that weren't her fault. And the characters were poorly developed. There were too many "bad guys" that is was too hard to keep tract of them all. And in the end, the bad guy was no surprise because you knew who the bad guys were from the beginning. And all the bad guys were all bad guys. That was weird. Usually in a mystery/suspense novel, the reader is lead to think that some characters are the bad guy but in the end they're not. But in this book, they all were... The only good thing I could say about this book was the relationship between the two main characters, Aiden and Olivia. They had a relationship that I could admire, but wouldn't. The relationship was well developed and the tension b/w those two lasted through the whole book. All in all, not recommended.
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Summary: An author who defines romantic suspense & great plots
Review: To the despair of his friend and partner Vani, NYPD detective Aiden Flynn has no social life outside of the cyber-zone. When Aiden's computer goes on the fritz, he goes upstairs to use his neighbor's computer. His neighbor is also a cop who happens to be away on vacation. While going through his e-mail, Aiden finds several notes addressed to FBI agent Sam Ryan from a terrified British photographer Olivia FitzDurham. Aiden thinks his neighbor Ryan, aka Sam, must be dirty and has involved Olivia in something dangerous. Aiden pretends to be Sam and asks Olivia to come to the States so he can protect her. A series of frightening incidents leads Olivia to conclude she is safer in America than her home in London where people want to buy some worthless photos. Ryan convinces his superiors that Olivia and Aiden are violent criminals and now have all of NYPD chasing after them. Ryan and his cohorts want them dead so Aiden and Olivia flee the city, ring to catch the criminals and clear Aiden and Olivia's name. While on the run they fall in love with each other. The amazement of a Stella Cameron novel is that her taut romantic thrillers contain offbeat humor that leave the audience laughing yet concerned, and definitely hooked. GLASS HOUSES is one of Ms. Cameron's best works due in part to the innocent heroine caught in someone else's web, the befuddled hero trying to protect her from bumbling crooks, and a dog with iron teeth. This novel is another winner from one of the great authors of the past decade. Harriet KLausner
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Summary: WOW....Could not put it down!
Review: What an incredible tale Stella Cameron wove here. One of my favorite side kicks ever (from the equally wonderful book 'Key West') returns for his own story. As in past novels the bad guys are REALLY bad and the good guys have you rooting for them through the whole book, which you read in one sitting if possible because you don't want to put the book down. At least I didn't. Thank you Stella! When is the next book? I can hardly wait.
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