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Set the Dark on Fire
by Jill Sorenson (Goodreads Author)
by Jill Sorenson (Goodreads Author)
3.5 stars. Pretty good, but I didn’t enjoy the relationship. He hurt her and denied his feelings. She pretended indifference.
STORY BRIEF:
As a detective in Las Vegas Luke made enemies of powerful casino groups. He decided to leave Las Vegas and took a temporary job as a sheriff in Southern California. A woman was killed by a mountain lion, and then someone moved her body to another location. Shay is a field research biologist working in the nearby State Preserve. She’s an expert on mountain lions. State law requires her to find and kill any lion who kills a human. Luke accompanies her to find the lion. Another murder and other crimes occur which affect Shay or her brother.
REVIEWER’S OPINION:
This book was ok but not as good as “Crash Into Me” to which I gave 5 stars. However, I liked her writing style enough to buy her next book “The Edge of Night” coming March 2011.
I didn’t care for the developing relationship between Luke and Shay. He was silent, insensitive and hurtful. She acted like she didn’t care. For much of the story they kept denying their feelings for each other. Two examples follow. Page 242: “Luke hated himself for hurting her, even though it was for her own good. If they slept together again, he wouldn’t be able to remain emotionally uninvolved.” Page 270-271: “Realizing her feelings for him went deeper than she’d thought, she panicked … Taking a deep breath, she returned to the office, preparing to hurt him before he could do the same to her.” Their relationship consisted of negatives through most of the book, and then all of a sudden they admit they love each other. I would have preferred seeing interactions causing them to learn about each other and grow to like each other.
There are some deaths and crimes committed with unusual elements. On the one hand, these were creative and different. On the other hand, I had trouble buying into the motives and logic for some the actions, especially the one where a person hits Shay and takes her someplace. Some of the actions were to throw suspicion on others, but they weren’t well thought out and didn’t throw suspicion as intended.
DATA:
Story length: 401 pages. Swearing language: strong. Sexual language: strong. Number of sex scenes: 3. Total number of sex scene pages: 22. Setting: current day southern California. Copyright: 2009. Genre: romantic mystery.
OTHER BOOKS:
To date, I’ve read one other book by Jill Sorenson. My 5 star review of “Crash Into Me” Copyright 2009 was posted 8-20-09.
STORY BRIEF:
As a detective in Las Vegas Luke made enemies of powerful casino groups. He decided to leave Las Vegas and took a temporary job as a sheriff in Southern California. A woman was killed by a mountain lion, and then someone moved her body to another location. Shay is a field research biologist working in the nearby State Preserve. She’s an expert on mountain lions. State law requires her to find and kill any lion who kills a human. Luke accompanies her to find the lion. Another murder and other crimes occur which affect Shay or her brother.
REVIEWER’S OPINION:
This book was ok but not as good as “Crash Into Me” to which I gave 5 stars. However, I liked her writing style enough to buy her next book “The Edge of Night” coming March 2011.
I didn’t care for the developing relationship between Luke and Shay. He was silent, insensitive and hurtful. She acted like she didn’t care. For much of the story they kept denying their feelings for each other. Two examples follow. Page 242: “Luke hated himself for hurting her, even though it was for her own good. If they slept together again, he wouldn’t be able to remain emotionally uninvolved.” Page 270-271: “Realizing her feelings for him went deeper than she’d thought, she panicked … Taking a deep breath, she returned to the office, preparing to hurt him before he could do the same to her.” Their relationship consisted of negatives through most of the book, and then all of a sudden they admit they love each other. I would have preferred seeing interactions causing them to learn about each other and grow to like each other.
There are some deaths and crimes committed with unusual elements. On the one hand, these were creative and different. On the other hand, I had trouble buying into the motives and logic for some the actions, especially the one where a person hits Shay and takes her someplace. Some of the actions were to throw suspicion on others, but they weren’t well thought out and didn’t throw suspicion as intended.
DATA:
Story length: 401 pages. Swearing language: strong. Sexual language: strong. Number of sex scenes: 3. Total number of sex scene pages: 22. Setting: current day southern California. Copyright: 2009. Genre: romantic mystery.
OTHER BOOKS:
To date, I’ve read one other book by Jill Sorenson. My 5 star review of “Crash Into Me” Copyright 2009 was posted 8-20-09.
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Jan 07, 2011 04:45pm
I like the way Sorensen writes, but I do have a problem with her inclusion (in both books) of sex where one or both participants are under 18. It's not that I don't think teens have sex. It's that I don't want to read about it. It makes me feel icky to be getting caught up in sex between teenagers. But, I admit that's my hang-up and I know it doesn't strike other people that way.
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I don’t remember teens having sex in this book, but I believe you – I forget more than I remember. I agree that we all have our hang ups. I do remember the teens in the first book, and it didn’t bother me. It must be your honorable and good parental instincts. I’m learning a couple of Norma’s hang ups/dislikes as well.I just finished another book that I’ll be posting soon, in which I realized one of my hang ups – financial irresponsibility and irrationality. I’m a Susie Orman lover and follower. Two people were throwing away money off a bridge that they needed. A third person did something similar. I couldn’t take it. Give me a different plot please!!!!
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