Review: Kept Me Riveted
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 23, 2013
Paranormal romance is NOT my usual favorite genre. As a matter of fact, I'm not sure what drew me to this book (it was probably the purple cover, if I'm being honest... I'm pathetically shallow like that when it comes to book covers). In any case, I downloaded it and started reading the first page. And... couldn't stop. I was yanked into this world and didn't want to leave. I stayed up way past my bedtime many nights and risked being late to work in the morning and after lunch breaks, because I couldn't get enough of this story and these characters. One complaint I did have was about the English ghost Marmaduke's dialogue. Many of his very funny lines were stepped on by Ms. Cantwell's (or maybe her editor's) belief that the reader couldn't figure out his colloquialisms through context. Part of the fun of playing with British versus American English is the misunderstanding that often arises from the differences in meanings. Much of Marmaduke's lines were over-explained, and that annoyed me. But that's a relatively tiny complaint. And I'm excited that there appear to be more Sophie Rhodes books planned. I'll definitely be reading the next one!