Book review: A Snake in Paradise, by Eden Baylee
A Snake in Paradise by Eden BayleeMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I am familiar with Eden Baylee's work having read a few of her short stories and her novel Stranger at Sunset. I've always enjoyed her work. She's a very skilled author. The descriptive quality of her writing puts the reader in the characters' shoes and evokes imagery so that it almost feels as if you are watching the action.
I was not familiar with the Lei Crime series and understand that these books are only available from Amazon.com at the moment. The author kindly gifted a copy to me so that I could read it.
A Snake in Paradise is a quick read that has a lot of depth. Lainey Lee is a 49-year-old woman who is newly divorced. She travels to Hawaii, somewhere she has always wanted to visit. The prologue sets the scene for some kind of criminal activity but doesn't give too much away. We then follow Lainey on her trip as she meets up with many interesting characters. This story will keep you guessing, and as it unfolds it becomes clear that this paradise destination is not as heavenly as it first seemed.
I enjoyed this story and would describe it as a page turner because it's the kind of book that you want to carry on reading to find out what happens next.
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Eden wrote: "Thanks so much for this Maria, I'm glad you enjoyed the book. As you know, I'm a fan of he novella format. It's always a fine balance of story and suspense in a shorter story form. It's funny ho..."
You did a great job with this one, Eden. I really enjoyed it. Lainey was a larger than life character and it was fun to follow her adventure. Lots of suspense that kept me interested :)
Eden wrote: "Thanks so much for this Maria, I'm glad you enjoyed the book. As you know, I'm a fan of he novella format. It's always a fine balance of story and suspense in a shorter story form. It's funny ho..."
I've changed the cover for you, Eden. I also found the old version on some other editions on Goodreads so I changed those too :)
Ahhh, thanks so much Maria! I hope it wasn't too much trouble. I'm a moron navigating Goodreads at times. I thought I had changed it already!
Maria wrote: "Eden wrote: "Thanks so much for this Maria, I'm glad you enjoyed the book. As you know, I'm a fan of he novella format. It's always a fine balance of story and suspense in a shorter story form. ..."
Really appreciate your review. Glad you enjoyed it!
eden
Eden wrote: "Ahhh, thanks so much Maria! I hope it wasn't too much trouble. I'm a moron navigating Goodreads at times. I thought I had changed it already!"No, it's really easy to change it. I have 'librarian' status here, so can change stuff like that :) I think everyone who joined in the early days was given librarian status, but not everyone has it, so if you don't and if you ever need something changed on your books let me know.
Maria wrote: "Eden wrote: "Ahhh, thanks so much Maria! I hope it wasn't too much trouble. I'm a moron navigating Goodreads at times. I thought I had changed it already!"No, it's really easy to change it. I hav..."
Thank you so much, Maria. Great to know! xox
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It's funny how this older cover version is still here on Goodreads. I thought I purged it! Many thanks again, eden