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J. D. Warren (1)

Auteur van Bedlam, Bath and Beyond

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J. D. Warren (1) via een alias veranderd in Naomi Neale.

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Briceland, Alan Vance
Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
Neale, Naomi
Nash, Naomi
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USA
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Richman, Virginia, USA
Royal Oak, Michigan, USA

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Usually I don't care for this style much because cute and quirky turns into obnoxious and tiring, but in this case the style actually worked. It starts like a strange episode of a 1950's wife locked in a house with charming (alien-like) children and a perfect (controlling) husband, complete with friendly (spying) neighbors and an annoying (annoying!) mother-in-law. It doesn't take long for the MC to realize her fake life is as fake as it feels, and then the real fun starts.



Gifted with an inventive story that isn't copied in every other book, I was intrigued by the villains and the strange world. I still don't fully get the complexity of the creatures and their intentions, that could have been explained better toward the end, but it's enough to keep my interest and doesn't have issues with pacing. Not big brawl scenes but that would be out of place anyway.

Samantha's a fun main character while she goes around flitting under the nose of her strange mother, rehearsing funny circumstances in her psyche, and flirting with the ever-gorgeous Cor.
Not everything about Samantha is explained, I guess to leave a little mystery left about sequels. I'm suspecting something about a missing father and magical genes.

The base of the book ends up being para-romance; the author made it believable enough that it's because they connect and aren't just joined together through convenient magic. It's neither sultry nor steamy, but it's sweet.

If you want charm, fun circumstances, cute characters, a sweet and simple romance, then Bedlam, Bath & Beyond is a worthy fit.

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ErinPaperbackstash | 1 andere bespreking | Jun 14, 2016 |
First off, I must say Bedlam, Bath and Beyond is one of the most enjoyable, fun and sexy books I’ve read in a long time (ignoring the fact I’ve not read a lot of books in the past couple months ). Reminiscent of Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum novels, with a fantasy aspect, Bedlam had me laughing out loud at times, and feeling… erm, rather warm at other times.

Click for my full review: rel="nofollow" target="_top">http://thekoolaidmom.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/bedlam-bath-and-beyond-by-j-d-warr...… (meer)
 
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thekoolaidmom | 1 andere bespreking | Feb 11, 2009 |
Reviewed for queuemyreview.com; book release Oct08

“Crate & Peril” by J.D. Warren is a lighthearted romp through a world filled with some very odd characters. Warren’s fairies (and they HATE to be called that) are definitely NOT like the ones from your childhood tales. Instead these ‘Kin’ are enigmatic and complicated. They have as many complexes as your average Jerry Springer guest and at times, they can resort to some pretty horrific acts...but that’s the ‘bad’ fairies. The good ones are still complicated and sometimes hard to understand, but at least they don’t consider humans as vermin!

This second book in Warren’s series picks up where “Bedlam, Bath and Beyond” left off. The heroine Samantha has hooked up with our hero Cor (all the fairies have nicknames because their real ones are long and dorky) and provides information and assistance to Cor’s band of Storm Ravens. The Storm Ravens are the ‘enforcers’ of the world of the Kin. They hunt down wrong-doers and other Kin who are ‘playing’ poorly with humans and deal with threats in both their ‘human’ and animal forms. In the first book Sam was rescued from a trap set by a truly evil fairy that is looking for a kingdom in hell. All that’s left for this nasty female Kin to do is come up with the required human baby sacrifice. Thankfully, Sam and Cor along with his Storm Ravens were able to thwart the nasty Kin’s plans. In this second book, the nasty Kin is back and this time her plan is even more heinous…a dumb human blonde has been impregnated with the Devil’s baby in order to grow the sacrifice. Sam and Cor become entangled in this plot and must do their parts to save the day. Along the way, Sam discovers some new friends, some new enemies, secrets about her heritage, and some secrets about Cor and his lineage.

Although there is plenty of humor in “Crate & Peril”, there’s also quite a bit of action and romance. There are plenty of interesting secondary characters that took me a bit to keep straight. Sam is a complex and sometimes unlikable character that requires more thought than your average romance heroine. The rules and history of Warren’s fairy world become more important in this second book and do require some concentration to keep up with. The setting in California is a bonus, as where else would a fairy tale land be set in today’s modern world? On the downside, the sex between Sam and Cor seemed almost to be inserted every so often to keep adult readers interested rather than an integral part of the plot. Of course, that may just be me!

In all, I enjoyed this second book in J.D. Warren’s series more than I did the first. “Crate & Peril” didn’t take long to read and kept me entertained and thinking the whole time. It’s not a book I’ll put on my keeper shelf, but I will keep my eyes open to see where Warren takes this interesting cast of characters next.
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