Mine Til Midnight, by Lisa Kleypas
Grade: B+
Kleypas is high-end crack. You know it's not going to be as good as the really good stuff, but you can't help it - you keep reading.
Mine Til Midnight is Cam Rohan's book, the half Rom from Devil in Winter. He's a fantastic hero, and the chemistry between the h/h worked very well for me. Amelia is a responsible and practical heroine, caring for her family as best she can. But unlike other responsible and practical heroines, she was not nearly as annoying as the others. She was firm and assertive without being obnoxious and stupid. Many practical heroines are TSTL. Their practicality turns into stupidity and stubbornness even when it's obvious they're wrong. Amelia didn't fall into that category.
Kleypas can't help but throw in some paranormal elements, which were borderline cheesy if she'd played them up too much, but the paranormal elements were very, very subtle for most of the book. I also found the education on the culture and life of the Romany slightly heavy-handed at times. OTOH, it will be interesting to see how more of the Rom culture plays into the future books in this series.
Kleypas is high-end crack. You know it's not going to be as good as the really good stuff, but you can't help it - you keep reading.
Mine Til Midnight is Cam Rohan's book, the half Rom from Devil in Winter. He's a fantastic hero, and the chemistry between the h/h worked very well for me. Amelia is a responsible and practical heroine, caring for her family as best she can. But unlike other responsible and practical heroines, she was not nearly as annoying as the others. She was firm and assertive without being obnoxious and stupid. Many practical heroines are TSTL. Their practicality turns into stupidity and stubbornness even when it's obvious they're wrong. Amelia didn't fall into that category.
Kleypas can't help but throw in some paranormal elements, which were borderline cheesy if she'd played them up too much, but the paranormal elements were very, very subtle for most of the book. I also found the education on the culture and life of the Romany slightly heavy-handed at times. OTOH, it will be interesting to see how more of the Rom culture plays into the future books in this series.