Review: Sweet rather than sultry - and it's a sequel
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 12, 2010
If it feels like you're stumbling into a conversation with this one, you are.  Specifically, one started inBeauty of Sunset.  While still a good snippet of a story, it lacks oomph.Former model turned writer and mid-40-ish Edie waits for lover and mid-30-ish surgeon John to join her on a promised vacation and he's late.  Imagining all sorts of things involving other women (younger), she predictably gets it wrong and the end predictably unfolds.  It's all very nice and predictable.And it'd be nicer if we knew the couple just a little bit better, although anyone Edie's age can undoubtedly relate to a lot of her concerns anyway.  It's not really sexy, although there is some.  This is most definitely best read as a sequel and not a standalone.  For good examples of Connolly's early work, her Department 57 series (search engine it) as well as her Richard and Rose set are both enjoyable.