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Whispers in the Night
Whispers in the Night by Diane Pershing released on Nov 24, 2004 is available now for purchase.
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2004
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August 8, 2019
After a very sluggish start, this settles into an okay romance with some gothic elements. I really wavered between two and three stars, because there were aspects I quite liked, but ultimately, I really did find it a bit slow and dull in terms of its plot, and never really looked forward to picking it up again, which is generally not a good sign. Taking nearly a week to read a category romance is actually quite a long time for me.
The heroine is Kayla Thorne, who has inherited a nice big house from her recently deceased elderly husband. This has angered her husband's son, Steven. She agrees to let Paul Fitzgerald be the handyman, even though he's all alpha male and has finished a four year stretch in prison. (He was framed, of course). Paul's actually there because he wants to discover the location of Kayla's brother, a corrupt drug addict informant whose false testimony helped put Paul away.
So when Kayla becomes the subject of mysterious shenanigans and threats, who could it be?
What I did like was that the hero and heroine were well developed and came with interesting histories that informed their current decisions. Paul, in particular, as a lot of anger issues because of his time in prison, which is understandable, and I found his struggle in this regard to be portrayed very well. I also liked the fact that when he felt he should come clean about his real reason for being around Kayla - he did! The black moment didn't come about because of some convoluted reason for Paul keeping quiet, which I really appreciated.
Kayla comes with a "I was raped on prom night" backstory, but what I liked is that she isn't cured by Paul's magic penis. We learn she sought therapy herself, eventually exploring sex again on her own terms and coming to terms with her past in a time line that suited her. This also helped inform her character in regards to her apprehension around Paul's anger and her expectations as to how fast she thinks he should come to terms with his own anger issues. But her stubborn streak of, "No, I won't leave my house!" eventually made me roll my eyes. She unfortunately started veering into TSTL territory.
So it's a real shame that such a well-developed hero and heroine with believable conflicts should be trapped in a story that it just so....blah. The first 40 pages aren't much more than Kayla showing Paul around the property and I almost wept from the boredom. While the threats against Kayla are sinister, I just couldn't find myself mustering up enough emotion to, well, care. I can't put my finger on why I didn't connect with anything despite a complex hero and heroine. But, yeah, I was a bit bored through the whole thing. And the ending was disappointing considering this was otherwise reasonably well written.
The heroine is Kayla Thorne, who has inherited a nice big house from her recently deceased elderly husband. This has angered her husband's son, Steven. She agrees to let Paul Fitzgerald be the handyman, even though he's all alpha male and has finished a four year stretch in prison. (He was framed, of course). Paul's actually there because he wants to discover the location of Kayla's brother, a corrupt drug addict informant whose false testimony helped put Paul away.
So when Kayla becomes the subject of mysterious shenanigans and threats, who could it be?
What I did like was that the hero and heroine were well developed and came with interesting histories that informed their current decisions. Paul, in particular, as a lot of anger issues because of his time in prison, which is understandable, and I found his struggle in this regard to be portrayed very well. I also liked the fact that when he felt he should come clean about his real reason for being around Kayla - he did! The black moment didn't come about because of some convoluted reason for Paul keeping quiet, which I really appreciated.
Kayla comes with a "I was raped on prom night" backstory, but what I liked is that she isn't cured by Paul's magic penis. We learn she sought therapy herself, eventually exploring sex again on her own terms and coming to terms with her past in a time line that suited her. This also helped inform her character in regards to her apprehension around Paul's anger and her expectations as to how fast she thinks he should come to terms with his own anger issues. But her stubborn streak of, "No, I won't leave my house!" eventually made me roll my eyes. She unfortunately started veering into TSTL territory.
So it's a real shame that such a well-developed hero and heroine with believable conflicts should be trapped in a story that it just so....blah. The first 40 pages aren't much more than Kayla showing Paul around the property and I almost wept from the boredom. While the threats against Kayla are sinister, I just couldn't find myself mustering up enough emotion to, well, care. I can't put my finger on why I didn't connect with anything despite a complex hero and heroine. But, yeah, I was a bit bored through the whole thing. And the ending was disappointing considering this was otherwise reasonably well written.
August 30, 2018
Repleta de clichés, personajes estereotipados y frases machistas que me rechinan. El misterio es decente y el twist algo refrescante, pero los contras opacan con mucho los pros. No lo volvería a leer.
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