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Title: Sharp Edges by Jayne Ann Krentz ISBN: 0-671-52409-7 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.96 (27 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Not one of my favorites
Comment: This book could have been better, tighter, but it wasn't. The ending was especially disappointing.The main characters, Eugenia and Cyrus were too different and I never believed their relationship was more than sexual companionship and a limited business partnership. For a director, she seemed way too impulsive and irrational. For an owner of a multi-office investigation company Cyrus seemed too much on a one-man unit. I liked the idea of them living together in the end, giving themselves more time, but I did not need a marriage to tie up the story. I wanted the relationship to simmer a bit longer before they made a lifelong commitment.
I love art and antiquities which is one of the reasons I like Krentz as she often uses art and antiquities in her plots. I have seen ancient Roman glass. I was very upset that Krentz did not share Eugenia's reaction when she saw the actual Hades cup. Where was that moment of excitement when she saw the real thing and knew what Cyrus has said about its beauty was true? What about the sparks when Eugenia and Cyrus looked at the cup together? We do not even know how the cup got from the condo to the museum? And what was Tabitha's initial reaction when she learned of the cup? When she learned of their romance? And who was Damien really? Honestly, Krentz could have cut out Rhonda and Joshua (who cares about them anyway?) and spent more time developing Eugenia and Cyrus. This book seemed to be rushed at the end, I agree with another reviewer who suggested Ms. Krentz slow down and give us a complete and satisfying story.
Rating: 4
Summary: Sharp Edges
Comment: For the first quarter of the book, I thought Eugenia was (to be polite) a witch. She slowly became likeable. All of poor Cyrus's choices in clothing were so tacky. The story had a good blend of romance and mystery. After reading this book and all the talk of glass, I have a serious interest in collecting glass art.
Rating: 5
Summary: Typically JAK - great fun!
Comment: Okay, JAK is not long in originality. You know that going in, if you are looking for totally different characters, don't think you ever will find them in her body of work. One might call her a one trick pony, but it is a very well trained pony and you really don't mind watching again and again, despite the different finery and feathers she dresses the pony in. So if you buy a JAK, don't complain because you see the same pattern...you KNOW that is what you buying. That said....
It is a fun book, with JAK wonderful quirky writing. I mean, when her character takes one look at the Private Investigator Cyril Chandler Colfax and thinks "She wondered what the penalty was for strangling very large men who wore tacky aloha shirts, khaki chinos and moccasin-style loafers. Surely no judge or jury would convict her, she thought. Not when they saw the evidence." Well, you know the romance is off to a rocky start!!! Eugenia Swift is a sensible young woman, a connoisseur of beautiful art, a very elegant woman. She has been asked to go to Frog Cove Island, and artistic Haven outside of Seattle. She is to go there to catalogue the art collection of Adam Daventry. Only, she is forced to take Colfax as a body guard, much to her dismay. The dismay increases to horror, when Colfax insists they pose as lovers while on the island.
This does not sit well will Eugenia, because she is going there not only to catalogue the artworks, but to find out what happened to her friend, Nellie Grant, the late Adam's Daventry's lover. She thinks the green-eyed Colfax (green this time - you get green, grey or amber....lol) might crimp her investigation into Nellie's death. What she does not understand, Colfax is on a trek to avenge an old wrong.
Eugenia has always keep her emotions on the shelf, putting everything into her career, but it soon becomes evident, that their lives will depend on them playing convincing lovers.
JAK delivers her usual spunky heroine who tries to run circles around the deceptively deep male...and does it with style.
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Title: Deep Waters by Jayne Ann Krentz ISBN: 0671524208 Publisher: Pocket Star Pub. Date: 01 December, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Trust Me by Jayne Ann Krentz ISBN: 0671516922 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Hidden Talents by Jayne Ann Krentz ISBN: 0671011359 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: Wildest Hearts by Jayne Ann Krentz ISBN: 0671728571 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Silver Linings by Jayne Ann Krentz ISBN: 0671019627 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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