Sunday, July 31, 2011

Death By Denim by Linda Gerber

Death by Denim (Death By Mystery #3)Death by Denim by Linda Gerber

This was taken from goodreads.com/jess_readerwriter, I wrote the review freely and I apologize if the reviews are not written in a professional manner.

Synopsis: Aphra Connolly is being chased by some very dangerous people. She knows her survival depends upon staying far away from love interest Seth, and listening to her mom's lectures on the finer points of anonymity and survival. But how is a girl supposed to live under the radar and not think about her boyfriend when she's in Paris - the most romantic city in the world? When her mom's contact in Paris is found floating in the Seine with a deadly message stuffed in his mouth, Aphra realizes that she will never be able to stop running unless she confronts the situation head-on. Sneaking away from her mom, Aphra tracks down the criminal mastermind in Italy, only to unwittingly reveal Seth's location. And her mistake has just put them both in mortal danger. . .



My rating: 3 stars of 5
Short, fast read
No character development
Lack of romance


I always had problems with the fact that the titles of these books were so loosely connected. The title for this book related to the plotline a lot more regardless if the reader really caught on or not.



Aphra is on the run. Well, sort of. The Mole is searching for them. She's gone incognito with her mother in France under a different name. Their cover is blown and they have to flee France and go to Natalie's contact. Natalie's contact comes up dead, gagged by strips of denim. The denim came from an abandoned factory in Italy, close to the Mulo's hideout. The Mole's plan is to get Seth and Aphra together and kill them. Aphra goes on a journey to save Seth with Ryan coming back into the story as her protector. But when Aphra goes to save him, she leads The Mole right to him. . . .



This book was really good! I feel like I don't have a lot to say though because you could knock this book out in a few hours and get up realizing that it didn't phase you. You never really get connected to the characters. The characters never really grow. After the first book, Aphra's dad is just kind of thrown out of the picture and you wonder how he's doing because last we really heard was that he was recovering from Hisako (Or, however you spell her name).



The series is entertaining and a good read when you don't really have plans to read something else. Death by Denim was an extremely fast read and it was slightly annoying because the action started like 100 pages into the book and if you think about it, you get that feeling like, "Oh, the action came in, now the book is almost over". Well, that's because it is. This book is only like 230 pages and I felt like so much more could have been said, emphasized, etcetera! I just wish it was a longer story with more romance. Towards the end, you wonder if there will be another book when there obviously won't be. Seth leaves and tells her he'll see her again and the epilogue makes you feel like another story will be told.



Long story short with no sugar added: This book was good, it was a little too short, a fast read, and there was a huge lack of romance and all the mushy gushy fluff that everyone wants.



The end of another series. Sad, sad, day.

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Sunday, July 31, 2011

Death By Denim by Linda Gerber

Death by Denim (Death By Mystery #3)Death by Denim by Linda Gerber

This was taken from goodreads.com/jess_readerwriter, I wrote the review freely and I apologize if the reviews are not written in a professional manner.

Synopsis: Aphra Connolly is being chased by some very dangerous people. She knows her survival depends upon staying far away from love interest Seth, and listening to her mom's lectures on the finer points of anonymity and survival. But how is a girl supposed to live under the radar and not think about her boyfriend when she's in Paris - the most romantic city in the world? When her mom's contact in Paris is found floating in the Seine with a deadly message stuffed in his mouth, Aphra realizes that she will never be able to stop running unless she confronts the situation head-on. Sneaking away from her mom, Aphra tracks down the criminal mastermind in Italy, only to unwittingly reveal Seth's location. And her mistake has just put them both in mortal danger. . .



My rating: 3 stars of 5
Short, fast read
No character development
Lack of romance


I always had problems with the fact that the titles of these books were so loosely connected. The title for this book related to the plotline a lot more regardless if the reader really caught on or not.



Aphra is on the run. Well, sort of. The Mole is searching for them. She's gone incognito with her mother in France under a different name. Their cover is blown and they have to flee France and go to Natalie's contact. Natalie's contact comes up dead, gagged by strips of denim. The denim came from an abandoned factory in Italy, close to the Mulo's hideout. The Mole's plan is to get Seth and Aphra together and kill them. Aphra goes on a journey to save Seth with Ryan coming back into the story as her protector. But when Aphra goes to save him, she leads The Mole right to him. . . .



This book was really good! I feel like I don't have a lot to say though because you could knock this book out in a few hours and get up realizing that it didn't phase you. You never really get connected to the characters. The characters never really grow. After the first book, Aphra's dad is just kind of thrown out of the picture and you wonder how he's doing because last we really heard was that he was recovering from Hisako (Or, however you spell her name).



The series is entertaining and a good read when you don't really have plans to read something else. Death by Denim was an extremely fast read and it was slightly annoying because the action started like 100 pages into the book and if you think about it, you get that feeling like, "Oh, the action came in, now the book is almost over". Well, that's because it is. This book is only like 230 pages and I felt like so much more could have been said, emphasized, etcetera! I just wish it was a longer story with more romance. Towards the end, you wonder if there will be another book when there obviously won't be. Seth leaves and tells her he'll see her again and the epilogue makes you feel like another story will be told.



Long story short with no sugar added: This book was good, it was a little too short, a fast read, and there was a huge lack of romance and all the mushy gushy fluff that everyone wants.



The end of another series. Sad, sad, day.

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