false 6341655 0312383703 9780312383701 155 58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1237403763m/6341655.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6341655-tears-of-pearl 167047 Tasha Alexander 2515 642 3 0 true Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 17:49:53 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 17:55:24 -0700 2009
First, I loved the continuing development of Emily and Colin's relationship, and really wished for even more romance than what we got in this book. There is understandably less tension involved now that they are married, but I'd hoped for a bit more of a thrill.

They mystery was not as compelling as previous mysteries. It felt too quickly wrapped up- if the mystery were perhaps half of a longer book then I wouldn't feel as if the end was tied up in too few pages.

Alexander did a wonderful job conveying a sense of place- she has a mastery of lush descriptions without bogging you down in endless adjectives.

Ultimatley, I think I'd been hoping for an altogether longer book with a plot that was dragged out more slowly. It seemed like her first 2 books were longer and thus better paced, Waltz and now this felt much shorter. ]]>