Review: Surprisingly Good.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 2, 2013
I was so happily surprised by the wit and intelligence of The Devil's Roses series. I highly recommend this book and the rest of the series. It has good writing and well thought out story arcs which keep you guessing as to what will happen next. The recurring them about the range of good to evil each person/creature has to commit to is well done. How many bad acts can you perpetrate in your life before you actually become evil. What essentially makes you "good"?With so many suspect reviews on kindle books, we face challenges in finding books worth our attention and money. It seems as if many of the books available are poorly thought out efforts by people who must be of high school age and are failing their English classes. (Most writing programs have spell checkers so the horrible editing is just lazy.) The favorable reviews seem to be written by their friends. I have been an avid reader all my life. Perhaps, that is why I am passionate about honest reviews.This book by Tara Brown is a great summer read. Fast paced, fun characters who are both good and evil. I enjoyed Aimee's story because she was written as a real girl who has a good sense of humor and fights to hold onto her humanity no matter what horrors the supernatural community throw at her. There are sexy good guys and also charismatic and hot bad guys. It's great having a hero who is female, smart, and very gutsy and villains who are equally intelligent and funny. It's fun to watch Aimee and her friends and enemies grow throughout the series. I will be reading a lot more of Tara Brown's books.