Just an avid reader. Mostly SF/Fantasy, some hobbies, paranormal, urban fantasy and lighter, fluffier things.
Moving review from amazon.
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I am a big fan of the previous Jayne Castle books (Zinnia, Orchid, Amaryrillis, and Charmed) and was delighted to spot a new entry. I very much enjoyed this book and it had a lively paced plot.
As a series fan, I found the additional material on other aspects of Harmony's culture and the ruins left by the mysterious aliens enjoyable--a little more into the underside/lower-society. The female lead was well-fleshed out and engaged your intrest/sympathy. The pet dust bunny was a good entry into the flora/fauna/characters inhabiting Harmony.
I did really like the book. But I suspect my 4-star rating is very much as a fan of both this series and the author's other novels (writing as Jayne Ann Krentz and Amanda Quick).
Despite the good job of continuing the world-building and an initially interesting mystery, the romance portion left a lot to be desired. It took more than two-thirds of the book before the characters even thought of each other romantically other than noticing an attraction. Most of the supporting characters remained just that -- supporting cast thrown into the plot almost as scenery.
The mystery didn't really hold any surprises and progressed to a conclusion with very little clues or intuition on the part of the main characters--except for convenient posthumous clues from the first victim delivered under in-case-of-my-death type of notes.
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