Review: Not Mary Hughes' best work
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 25, 2010
Small town junior detective Elena O'Rourke is excited to get assigned lead in a murder investigation. The victim has an odd injury in his private parts--two small puncture wounds. And even odder he was drained of blood. One of her suspects, sexy Bo Strongwell keeps turning up everywhere. She just doesn't trust his story that he's part of the 'neighbohood watch' and that he's her sister's apartment 'building manager'. What's up with that? And why does he keep nibbling on her when they kiss? While working the case, she learns there's a lot going on in her town that she ever knew about--and her job is on the line!This book was just OK. The storyline of the book was pretty good, but it really needed a good line editor to suggest parts that could have been cut out and streamlined. It tended to drag and bog down in parts. I got tired of some of the repetitive stuff....like run ins with annoying Dirk, how many times we had to hear it had been five years since Elena had sex, etc. The character development was weak--I didn't connect with either of the main characters. I would have liked more development of the relationship between Bo and Elena. Seems like they had sex, and then boom they are supposedly in love.This is the second book I've read by Mary Hughes. Biting Nixie was the first, and I enjoyed it a good bit more than this one. It was much more funny, better paced, and had good character development. If you are trying this author for the first time, I suggest starting withBiting Nixie (Biting Love). Laugh out loud funny, it was similar in style to the popular Queen Betsy series.I looked it up on the author's website and here's the chronological sequence of the Biting Love series:Bite My Fire: Biting Love Book 1Biting Dracula* a free short story--a follow up to this book (on her website for download)Biting Nixie: Biting Love Book 2A Biting Christmas Special a free short story--a follow up to Biting Nixie (on her website for download)The Bite of Silence a novellaBiting Me Softly: Biting Love Book 3If you are looking for more humorous paranormal romances, check out some of my favs....http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltguides/fullview/R2F2KM85QPMRAE/ref=cm_pdp_sylt_title_1(copy and paste into your browser address bar)