First-Person

REVIEW: The Rules of Gentility by Janet Mullany

Dear Ms. Mullany, Like Jayne (who recently reviewed this book), I read and enjoyed your debut, Dedication, shortly before the Signet Regency line went kaput. I had liked the book enough to hope that you might get a contract before too long. Luckily for me, not one, but two publishers were smart enough to offer(…)

REVIEW: Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead

Dear Ms. Mead: When I pulled up your book out of the stack to read, I thought that if I had to read one more female first person narrated paranormal that I I may poke out my eyes and never read again. Then I began to read and remembered why I had read so many(…)

REVIEW:  Warlord by Elizabeth Vaughan

REVIEW: Warlord by Elizabeth Vaughan

Dear Ms. Vaughan And so it ends. Warlord brings to a close the stories of Lara and Keir which began two years ago in the surprising debut of Warprize and continued in last year’s Warsworn. In a genre full of vampires, werewolves, dukes and carriages, this series brings the reader back to a simpler time(…)

REVIEW:  Real Vampires Have Curves by Gerry Bartlett

REVIEW: Real Vampires Have Curves by Gerry Bartlett

Dear Ms Bartlett, I have to be honest and tell you that if this hadn’t’ve been a review book, I wouldn’t have gotten more than 1/2 way through it. As it was, I kept trying to think positively and flipping pages. At the halfway mark, I started skimming. By the end, I knew I would(…)

REVIEW: Sugar Daddy by Lisa Kleypas

Dear Ms. Kleypas: After 20 plus historical novels, you’ve decided to change course and write a first person contemporary woman’s fiction novel. Sugar Daddy is billed as a big story featuring a plucky innocent heroine and her dilemma between two rich, alpha businessmen. The narrator, Liberty is a charming and sweet girl who would have(…)

REVIEW: Drop Dead Gorgeous by Linda Howard

Dear Ms Howard: I wasn’t really much of a Blair fan the first time around and with any book in the first person, if you don’t love the narrator, you aren’t going to love the book. I didn’t find her as irritating as I did in To Die For, but I don’t think I’m up(…)

REVIEW: Passion by PF Kozak

Dear Ms. Kozak: This book. Well, let’s just say that words are not sufficient to describe my feelings about this book. So I resorted to pictures. You have my permission to use this is an ad for your book, if you like. Just wondered if your book was James Frey inspired or girl with a(…)

REVIEW: Mona Lisa Awakening by Sunny

Dear Sunny, Ordinarily I wouldn’t address my letter so familiarly given the fact we don’t know each other but your nom de plume is just one word: Sunny. Apparently, you are the wife of big name author, Da Chen. I assume the connection should be mentioned in the review because it is mentioned a number(…)

REVIEW: Tall, Dark and Dead by Tate Hallaway

Dear Ms. Hallaway, The cartoon cover, the back blurb and lots of the reviews/descriptions at Amazon would lead people to think this is a comedic Vamp Lit. Let me tell readers that it’s not. There are a few humorous jokes and situations but for the most part, you’ve made this book pretty serious. Garnet Lacey(…)