Review: fun quick read
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 26, 2013
Winter's Heat. Zo Archer.Review from Jeannie Zelos book reviews.I didn't look closely enough at this before requesting, was too drawn in by the Downton comparison. My bad! Its a novella – just 100 pages, and I rarely read those unless they accompany a series I'm familiar with. This book encapsulated exactly the reasons I personally avoid them. Its well written, full of believable and likeable (and dislikeable too where needed) characters, but its simply too short for me to get really engrossed and lost in the story. I'm a quick reader so this was soon finished and I felt slightly unsatisfied. I wanted more – of the characters, of the story etc but there wasn't more.The description covers the basic plot pretty well, Ada doesn't expect to see Jack but he's fresh back off a mission and asks to take this case to meet with her again. There wasn't really enough drama to give me the highs and lows I need in my reading, but again novellas rarely have the length for that which is why I avoid them, and that's the main reason for my lower star rating. I'm sure for many people this would be a five, and the writing quality certainly deserves it – its just the (in)action of the plot that let it down for me.Anyway, if you like a shortish read – and many people with limited time or slow readers do-  this book may well appeal. Its a complete story, well written and the details fit the time period. I guess this is part of an established series and if I’d read that I’d have got more from it but as it is its not one I really enjoyed. ( edit: just looked at there are two Nemesis full length novels due out in Nov 2013 – I think they'd be well worth reading)It's priced at 2.99 for 100 pages which is quite expensive compared to the full length ones which are both 4.99 for 384 pages.Stars: three – a longer book, more in depth action and emotion would have rated higher and I think the forthcoming full length books will likely do that for me.ARC supplied via Netgalley.