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"Sword-Edged Blonde" Continuing on in the Series
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Read 'em already.
I get the bit about Liz. She really hasn't had much development yet so she just seems sorta...there. The second book adds a layer to her, but not nearly enough. I'm hoping the next one will add some depth to her as well, but I doubt it.
And I rather like Eddie.
I get the bit about Liz. She really hasn't had much development yet so she just seems sorta...there. The second book adds a layer to her, but not nearly enough. I'm hoping the next one will add some depth to her as well, but I doubt it.
And I rather like Eddie.
Good idea, Dawn. I'm glad you liked my pick well enough to read more. Heh....I think I'll get to them in a few days, too.
Yes damn you all, don't I have enough books to read already? I enjoyed the first book so much I started the second book and I have the third loaded on my Kindle
Ala wrote: "Read 'em already. I get the bit about Liz. She really hasn't had much development yet so she just seems sorta...there. The second book adds a layer to her, but not nearly enough. I'm hoping the n..."
I don't know what it is about Eddie that I don't like. It's just.. He has no problem punching a chick in the face, doesn't even think twice about it. Sure, they might deserve it usually.. But it's just one thing that demonstrates how he comes across as cold to me. He kills people left and right, and never feels a shred of guilt over it. And then in book two, (view spoiler), he doesn't even really mourn.. Just moves on. It's weird.
I will be continuing on in the series, just have to find time to fit them in with everything else I have to read.
So I finished the third one yesterday.. I don't know. At times I was so annoyed with it, it was just so unrealistic. (view spoiler) For real.. It was driving me nuts. But I don't know.. Despite that? I kept reading. I could have put it down and done other things last night, but every time I did I picked it back up shortly after so I could see what happened next. And I stayed up later than I wanted to finish it off.. So I guess that says something. In the end, that's what's saving it from a 2 star rating..
The sequel wasn't as good but it was still ok. Shall move on to the third book soon.
Third one is a weird Arthurian deal. I liked it well enough.
Ala wrote: "Don't forget The Hum and the Shiver, Bob."Yeah I'm going to check it out too :)
Is anyone else continuing on in the series? These are really quick reads, so I figured I'd just read all three right in a row. I rated the first one 3.5 stars, rounded down to 3 for goodreads. I read the second one yesterday, and didn't like it as much, but it's still at least 3 stars (review pending).
My gripes.. I don't like Liz. I don't know what it is about her, I just don't like her at all. Maybe it was how quickly she came into the story, there was no development with her character. And honestly... I don't know that I really like Eddie either. He's just so cold.. He has no guilt or regret over killing anyone, woman or man or probably even child if he thought they deserved it. And his style of solving cases just seems to be to wander around and get lucky a lot. I hoped that was just the first book, but it happened a lot during the second as well. There doesn't seem to be much actual sleuthing going on, just a lot of coincidencing.
I don't know.. I'm still going to read the third today, I just wondered if anyone else had any thoughts :)