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Title: Snowfall by Sharon Sala ISBN: 1-55166-844-0 Publisher: Mira Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 2001 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.91 (23 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Don't Get "Snowed" by This Book
Comment: Caitlin Bennett is a well-known, well-respected mystery writer. She has been receiving threatening letters for the past few months that she has shared with no one except the police. They can't help her until a crime has been committed. Caitlin leads a sheltered life. She has few friends that she can confide in. One of those friends is Aaron, her editor. Aaron is concerned because the publishing company has received a bomb threat unless they stop publishing Caitlin's books.
Then Caitlin is involved in an accident. Someone pushed her in front of a speeding truck. Aaron insists that Caitlin allow his stepbrother, ex-cop Connor "Mac" McKee protect her until the police can find out who is terrorizing her. Caitlin and Mac had met once before when Aaron set them up on a blind date. Things didn't go well then, and aren't about to go well now.
This book didn't work for me. While there are some good scenes involving the murder of women who resemble Caitlin, it wasn't any surprise who was the bad guy. The romance read like it was forced and I was disappointed in the character of Caitlin. The relationship between the lead characters seemed stilted and the dialogue was sappy.
This is one of those situations where the author had something going with the suspense, but the romance ruined the story. In my opinion, if more had been put into the suspense angle and less on the romance, Ms. Salsa could have had a good book. I have enjoyed books by Sharon Salsa/Dinah McCall before and will probably continue to gamble on buying her books.
Rating: 4
Summary: A Super Suspense Thriller by Sharon Sala
Comment: Snowfall by talented writer Sharon Sala is a super suspense thriller that will hook the reader in from the first page. It's Demember in Manhattan. Falling snow covers the city and the body of a murdered woman that bears a special message from the killer. Could Caitlin Bennett a famous mystery writer be the next victim? A Book You Won't Want To Miss!
Rating: 2
Summary: Don't Bother!
Comment: I got this book from the library (thank goodness!) expecting it to have a good romance intertwined with a good suspense story. What I got instead was a terrible romance that got in the way of a decent suspense. I have read more than 200 romance novels from historical to contemporary by a huge variety of authors and this was absolutely the worst romantic paring I have ever run into.
My major dislike of this novel had to do with the two lead characters. With Mac, the reader never got any sense of who he was. We never learned who he was, what he really looked like other than being big and tall, or why he was supposedly in love with Caitlin. He was nothing more than "Caitlin's bodyguard" through the whole book, he never had an identity of his own. Mac was about the worst developed main character of any novel I have ever read and I have read hundreds.
Caitlin was a better developed character, but that wasn't really a good thing. The entire novel seemed to just go on and on about how Caitlin was just a poor little lonely, misunderstood rich girl. I prefer my lead heroines to care about people other than themselves, have strong personalities, and to show some spine. Caitlin was too self-centered, self-pitying, and helpless for my tastes. She ended up turning into a hysterical mess more times than I cared to count and Mac was always having to take care of her and save her. She didn't seem to be able to do much for herself. She also wasn't what I would call a nice person. For example, she was constantly treating her agent very badly. Yes, he was a very annoying character, but she had no reason to be as mean to him as she was. I found myself disliking Caitlin early on and finished the book still disliking her.
The romance itself was bad. I had no idea through the whole book why these characters would like each other, let alone love each other. The author never really gave us any reason why they loved each other, they just somehow suddenly did. They somehow went from disliking each other one day to proclaiming their love for each other a couple days later. It just wasn't believable for me. Also the heat between the two was just about non-existent.
The suspense story was better, although it was pretty easy to figure out who the villain was early on. There were a few surprises there, but I would say that the suspense would only be worth about a 3 star rating. If you're looking for romantic suspense, there are many better choices out there.
This was my first book by Sharon Sala and it will be my last. I'm surprised at the number of 4 and 5 star ratings this lackluster book received.
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Title: Dark Water by Sharon Sala ISBN: 1551669390 Publisher: Mira Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Butterfly by Sharon Sala ISBN: 1551669684 Publisher: Mira Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Reunion by Sharon Sala ISBN: 1551669668 Publisher: Mira Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Deep in the Heart by Sharon Sala ISBN: 0061083267 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 31 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Sweet Baby by Sharon Sala ISBN: 155166965X Publisher: Mira Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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