Review: Good story, still purple
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 19, 2013
I read this right after A Hint of Frost and a lot of what made that book great is in here. Ms. Edwards is a very good story teller. The plots are rock solid, no holes, nothing extra and nothing missing. It makes for a great read in that respect.However there were a couple of things that bothered me. There is a habit of repetitive actions in characters in this series. A Hint of Frost had Lourdes fainting, this one has Vaughn swearing stuff. "I swear they will pay for each drop." "I swear I will keep you safe." While it's very appealing at first, it made me roll my eyes later on.The other thing that bugged me a little is the purple prose. It got to the point where sentences were so awkward they stopped making grammatical sense. Nevertheless, I really liked this story and I am looking forward to the next one.