Review: Engaging and enchanting
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 1, 2013
Once again, Kate SeRine wove an engaging and enchanting tale in ALONG CAME A SPIDER.When a spell went awry two hundred years ago, fairy tale characters were pulled out of Make Believe into the Here and Now. One of them is Beatrice "Trish" Muffet.Trish has the talent of reading a dead person's last moments, in order to shed light on the possible cause of the victim's unnatural death. However, getting involved investigating Tim Halloran's murder led her to unexpected and dangerous adventures, as well as teaming up with the one man she'd never been able to forget--Nicky Blue, aka The Spider.What was Nicky doing back in town? Why was a malevolent ghost haunting her and screaming for her blood? When all was over and done with, would Nicky leave once again, despite the things they have shared?The characters may be from Make Believe, but Kate SeRine puts her own mark on them and made them three-dimensional, realistic and humanly flawed, characters we can relate to and root for.Trish is a strong, compassionate heroine, and I like how she fought for Nicky. I like the way the friendships are displayed here, specifically her friendship with Red and Lavender.It was great to see the characters from the previous books get cameo roles here--Red and Nate, Lavender and Seth. I do find it interesting that Red (Tess) gets around a lot--she was both Seth and Nicky's ex-girlfriend.It was also fun to get to know new characters, like Mary "Contrary" Smith and see the new situations that Ms SeRine put them in. And oh my, I guess it's logical that Snow should end up opening a brothel. After all, she shacked up with the seven dwarves, right? *snicker* There are also mysterious ones, like Alex McCain who doesn't know his origins. It would be fun to read his story and find out who he is in Make Believe.The story's pacing was just right, with plenty of romance and action to mix up the excitement.I can't get enough of the Transplanted Tales series, and I'm happy to note more books would be forthcoming in the future, as definitely there are more Tales whose stories need telling.Reviewed by Ashiafor TheRomanceReviews.com