Review: Engaging mystery with great characters!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 18, 2013
Although CELEBRITY STATUS is the first book I’ve read in the Kate Huntington series, it does quite well as a stand-alone. There are enough references to prior plot lines that you get the sense of the characters’ histories, but the past doesn’t dominate the story.What I particularly liked about the book was how Kassandra Lamb uses her own experience as a psychotherapist to give motivation and depth to her characters. For example, Kate is a very emphatic therapist; attending to her clients with care and respect. We share the anger and powerlessness that Kate’s husband, Skip, feels when his family is threatened. And understand their bewilderment when their life together seems to be careening out of control. All the characters were quite real, quite believable, and not at all stereotypical or contrived.Between the nuanced characters, the aura of new love in Kate’s life, and the care and responsibility Kate feels for her clients, the novel was well-crafted. Kassandra Lamb carried the tension and mystery throughout the book, upping the stakes with each chapter, making me want to keep reading! I liked this book and am definitely going to go back and start at the beginning of the series.