The Sassy Bookworm
This started off pretty interesting, but when the main character when to Jamaica it all sort of fell apart for me. The stories about the family history were very one dimensional and the way they were presented, made the second half of the book a bit jarring to read.
I love when a book teaches me something and this was just such a book! The author takes you on a trip around the world to find out the history of vanilla and economics that surround it and let me tell you, who never knew vanilla was such a cutthroat business! Easy to read and well written, this one gets a full 5 stars from me!
Didn't realize this was book 5 of a series. I'll revisit it when I have read books 1-4...
I really liked this one! It was very atmospheric with some great twist and turns that had me guessing until the end. I am looking forward to reading more by this author.
Just an OK read for me. The expected mystery just never seems to get off the ground and the ending just left me with more questions. That being said the author does a good job of capturing that “NOIR” feeling and I found that enjoyable, so it wasn't a total loss.
An entertaining read with a pretty good mystery. I didn't love the main character and actually felt like throttling her on a few occasions, but I am realizing I don't have to like a character to enjoy the novel overall. I look forward to book two in the series.
A difficult book to read for sure. It gripped me from the beginning and read it straight through in one sitting.
This was sort of like historical fiction meets Dan brown. The story centers around Sandro Botticelli's masterpiece Primavera, the hidden clues within etc. It kept me interested for the most part, but could have probably lost about 50 pages in the middle as it seemed to drag a bit. Overall a good read though.
Up until the end of part two this was a solid four star read for me, then Ryan cheats on Brandon and we skip ahead 12 years. I hate cheating HATE IT, HATE IT, HATE IT! There is nothing you can do to bring a H back from doing that in my eyes. Sigh, up until that point I was loving the book.
