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Good characters. I liked the psychic parts. I disliked heroine stupidity and conflict caused by miscommunication. REVIEWER’S OPINION: I was really enjoying this most of the way through – thinking a good 4 stars. But then the author used two of my pet peeves which frustrated me and brought it down to 3 stars. (1) After they have sex for the first time, they each think the other doesn’t like them and therefore treat each other badly. She looked unhappy, so he felt rejected and acted cold to her. She in turn felt rejected and acted cold to him. The truth was she had a headache. All she had to do was say “I enjoyed sex with you but now I have a headache.” I’m sorry, but I just don’t like conflict based on vague communication. It’s a cheap way to have conflict. Much better is basing it on actions, events, personality clashes, or other people. (2) Heroine is extremely stupid at the end. She knows who the killer is and goes to his house alone. Of course something bad happens to her. Other than the above, I enjoyed the characters and how their relationship developed. I enjoyed the scenes where her psychic ability allowed her to know things and caused some interesting interaction. The ending explanation of how the killer did what he did was odd. But this is fiction, so I’ll go along with it. There were several sex scenes, not the hottest, but they were pretty good. STORY BRIEF: Sidney is psychic. When she touches someone she sees what they are thinking or their recent actions. A serial killer has killed two women. The dog of one of the victims comes to Sidney’s home. She touches the dog and sees things related to the killing. She gives information to the police, which is how she meets Marc who is investigating the murders. At first she is a suspect. The newspaper prints an article about her helping the police as a psychic. The killer then breaks into her home and leaves a dead cat on her bed. Marc is trying to protect Sidney while he investigates. They are drawn to each other. A secondary story involves Sydney’s sister who is going through a divorce. DATA: Story length: 205 pages. Swearing language: mild, including religious swear words. Sexual language: moderate. Number of sex scenes: 7. Estimated number of sex scene pages: 13. Setting: current day southern California. Copyright: 2008. Genre: romantic suspense.
** spoiler alert ** This novel honestly surprised me. I read the first novel in the series, and it was alright I suppose. But I wasn't sure I'd like to read the next book (this one) because if it was just going to be exactly the same as the previous book I would go insane. Becky Bloomwood is quite the character. In my opinion, at times she's rather clueless and doesn't have enough willpower to control herself when it comes to shopping. Most people can say no, and hardly regret it; not her. She just...can't I suppose. The end of the novel was my favorite (: Becky's idea to auction all her possessions before moving to America was brilliant. I loved how she showed everyone she was capable of getting back on her feet. I must say, this book actually made me cry, when Luke and Becky were sitting at the airport talking, I was thinking "dammit Becky, go along with him." But then at the very end when Luke walks into where Becky works in Barney's I was amazed at how meant for each other they seemed.