"He had that effect on people he was someone who quite literally exuded virility, and like a scent in the air it tickled the noses of everyone interested. Actually, I don't know a candy awful enough to stand as an analogy to this book. I was looking for brain candy this was the verbal equivalent of Pop Rocks. As soon as you will be done, your brain will act like waves on sand and erase it all.
Plus, on occasion, a voice that could shine but chooses to glow instead. All in all, the book has all the commercial ingredients: a superficial mystery and a predictable love story. Although the reader is being warned on the very first page of Chapter One -probably the best, funniest page of the whole novel, that she is boring like vanilla ice cream.
I would have hoped then for a more interesting character.
But should she perhaps aspire to slightly more than whipped cream and a little cherry on top? For underneath all that there is very little substance.ĭoes being entertained necessarily mean plunging into vacuity? I wonder: Does Victoria Laurie perhaps confuse chatty with witty? While there are entertaining moments, and a murder plot finally emerges, Laurie is neither a Janet Evanovich nor a Mary Higgins Clark. About the friend of narrator Abby moving out to California, Abby's dog Eggy, Abby and Eggy having breakfast together, Abby's moody clients. For the first one hundred pages, it's just useless talk, talk, talk. At the end of each episode, I use my intuitive talents to provide a possible answer to who, why and how.While I didn't expect an intense, à la Simenon mystery, I didn't contemplate reading something so chatty, either. Most recently, in partnership with my sister, I launched the Psychic Eye Mysteries Podcast, a weekly true crime show where we feature some of the most famous and enduring real-life unsolved mysteries. So, in addition to writing 35+ books and counting, I’ve also maintained a thriving 25-year practice as a professional psychic where I provide clients from all over the world with both a future forecast and access to loved ones that have crossed over to the other side. My spine-tingling murder mysteries are often inspired by my abilities as a psychic medium. My award wining Y/A novel When continues to rank as a top seller and can be found in most US school libraries. Holliday Ghost Hunter Mysteries, Cat & Gilley Life Coach Mysteries, and The Spellbound Series. As a mystery lover, I’ve used my storytelling skills to become a New York Times bestselling novelist and penned multiple series: Abby Cooper Psychic Eye, M. I’m author and psychic intuitive Victoria Laurie.
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