mono_vox (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} mono_vox) wrote,@ 2008-04-11 07:58:00 |
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50 books in 1 year - 2008 - # 9
Something Borrowed
By Paul Magrs
Something Borrowed
By Paul Magrs
Sequels and series are funny things. You can’t just dive in and wonder what will happen. There’s already previous you have to take into account, and there is the necessary recapping and background that’s needed for readers who haven’t read the first one.
Still, bar my impatience to get past this and into the story ‘Something Borrowed’ is rather good.
The descriptions of Whitby and the motley people who inhabit it ring true, as does the dialogue, which is relaxed, colloquial and sharp. Jessie is a great heroine, who is flawed in so many ways it would be hard not to like her.
Just like Magrs’ first book in the series, ‘Never the Bride’ there is a good dose of suspense and intrigue all the way through, that has lots of quirky details, subplots and flashback, without being confusing to keep up with.
The only thing I wasn’t so keen on was the final chapter, which ‘borrowed’ (see what I did there?) from The Wicker Man a wee bit too much for my liking, but the last paragraph leaves it open for a third book, which sounds great and I look forward to reading it.
