Debbie's Spurts
Just an avid reader. Mostly SF/Fantasy, some hobbies, paranormal, urban fantasy and lighter, fluffier things.
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Review of "The Vampire's Mail Order Bride" (Nocturne Falls, #1) by Kristen Painter
This reader's personal opinion, ©2018, all rights reserved, not to be quoted, clipped or used in any way by goodreads, Google Play, amazon.com or other commercial booksellers*
Random freebie, well-edited and written.
Well, as a cute contemporary romance it works. Liked the main characters more than I expected. Liked the story more than I thought I would considering chick was being TSTL appearing on stranger's doorstep to move in.
Vampires? -- well, not really. The main character could have just been called "tycoon" or "billionaire."
Mail Order? -- well, not really. Just an online dating service and the main character masqueraded as the date anyway.
Bride? -- well, nope.
Series? -- not sure I'll continue just because not always in a contemporary romance mood. It's a cute small town with various residents and a gimmick of celebrating Halloween all year round (allowing various supernaturals to roam about unnoticed).
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Ratings scale used in absence of a booklikes suggested rating scale:
★★★★★ = All Time Favorite
★★★★½ = Extraordinary Book. Really Loved It.
★★★★☆ = Loved It.
★★★½☆ = Really Liked.
★★★☆☆ = Liked.
★★½☆☆ = Liked parts; parts only okay. Would read more by author.
★★☆☆☆ = Average. Okay.
★½☆☆☆ = Disliked or meh? but kept reading in hopes would improve.
★☆☆☆☆ = Loathed It. Possibly DNF and a torturous read.
½☆☆☆☆ = So vile was a DNF or should have been. Cannot imagine anyone liking. (Might also be just an "uploaded" word spew or collection that should not be dignified by calling itself a "published book." If author is going batshit crazy in the blogosphere over reviews -- I now know why they are getting bad reviews. Or maybe author should take remedial classes for language written in until basic concepts like using sentences sink in. Is author even old enough to sign a publishing contract or do they need a legal guardian to sign for them?)
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