Slightly Shady

Rating:
Summary: Slightly irritating and slightly overpriced.
Review: I was truly looking forward to the lasted Quick offering and find myself sadly disappointed. I could not make myself finish the story. I quickly became bored with the characters sniping at one another. If Krentz is looking to go with a more action based plot, she is missing the mark and the work is suffering for it. The action is dull and the mystery unconvincing. In the end it is my opinion that Krentz would do well to return to the previous stylings of the One-Word titles. In Slightly Shady we are first shown our hero to be completely trashing a shop run by the heroine. 90% of the next 2 chapters is a dull conversation that while in the novel happens over time, seems to never actually get you anywhere.

I had no empathy for any characters. They had no depth and I simply didn't care about them. I do hope Krentz returns us to the true heroines and heros of past efforts. I will not recommend a title specifically, simply look for a single word title with a first letter of "R", "S" or "D" and you'll find genuine Amanda Quick.

There was one redeeming factor about Slightly Shady that kept it from receiving 2 stars: There is NO mention of VANZA!!! HOORAY.

Rating:
Summary: Slightly Shady
Review: It started so well. It was funny. The characters were likeable. Tobias and Lavinia are displaying some attraction for one another. Then . . . there's the painfully predictable "carriage" scene. The murder plot became so convoluted in its solution, I feared I'd be confessing next. By the time the second short, choppy, terribly unromantic love scene rolled around, I'd literally forgotten I was reading a romance. Tobias, likeable fellow, came off as a rather inept detective. I'm glad I checked this out of the library instead of buying it.

Rating:
Summary: average
Review: This is my first Amanda Quick book, I've heard so much about her, and read her reviews on my favorite books that I tried one of her books. For me, Slightly Shady is the kind of book that u can read when there's nothing more available. It's not boring nor it is hooking. This is one of those books that u can put down after reading a paragraph or so. It is not laugh out loud funny but u can see the author's attempt on comedy. The mystery is a little predictable. The twist on the ending is not original. All in all, I'm not totally disappointed. From reading her other reviews in her other novels, I know this is not her best, so I'm giving her another chance.