Helpful Score: 9
I have given up on Lisa Jackson, the stories might not be bad but the content is just too much description and in this case you get no where in the first half of the book. By the time I got to page 200 I was bored beyond bored and just skipped to the last chapter which tells the whole story, so I didn't miss anything story wise in the last 200 pages.
Helpful Score: 7
This is one of Lisa's sorriest I've encounted. It takes the co-authors a minimum of three pages to cover one page of story line. I wasn't able to finish beyond chapter five...
This could have been an ok book, but dragged on with repetition and an extremely lame conclusion. Come to think about it, the middle of it was pretty unrealistic, too, and it would need work throughout to make it into a believable story. The characters were not likable, imo, and the "heroine" turned out to be TSTL (Too Stupid To Live). Also, for some unfathomable reason, none of the characters were forthcoming with information to police regarding a murder investigation, but somehow thought it was important to get together and discuss it amongst themselves, which had no benefit whatsoever. I've read many of Lisa Jackson's books and enjoyed them so am not sure what happened here. Was it due to the influence of her sister, whom I've never read? Whatever, their editor should have told them to get real and do some rewriting so didn't read like a sixth grader plotted it.
Helpful Score: 2
This book is not about ghosts as suggested by a previous review. It was a little slow to get into but once I started reading I enjoyed it very much. This was my first time reading a Lisa Jackson book. I would recommend to anyone who likes a mystery with a love story mix.
Helpful Score: 1
Sisters, Lisa Jackson and Nancy Bush, teamed up to write this paranormal romantic suspense. I haven't read many books that were of this genre, but I have to say I do like it. The book starts with a bang, as it takes us to 1989 where 16-year-old Jezebel `Jessie' Brentwood is running. Something dark and scary is chasing her, and Jessie, sadly, has nowhere to hide when the killer finally places her six feet under.
Twenty years later, we are introduced to Rebecca `Becca' Sutcliff. It's Valentine's Day and she's just about had enough. Valentine's Day only brings back bad memories of her deceased husband, who left her for someone younger. Things go from bad to worse when Becca sees Jessie's ghost. At the same time, Jessie's bones have just been discovered. Becca and her high school friends all meet up in order to talk about what has happened. Sadly, by the time the book ends the group of friends will never be the same.
The story in itself is great! Throughout the entire novel, I felt a sense of suspense as each character went on with their day-to-day lives while this killer was watching them. Some of the high schools friends are fleshed out quite nicely, others were slightly stereotypical in their actions, but I think my main problem was the romantic leads of Becca and Hudson. Hudson is the typical high school hunk that all the girls loved, he was involved with Jessie until she disappeared, then hooked up with Becca years later.
The relationship of Becca and Hudson when they were young was all about sex, so I never really felt like there was any substance in their relationship and it was more about Hudson getting over his grief and Becca wanting to bag her crush. When they get older and reunite again, they start up their romance with pretty much the same thing. Sex, sex, and more sex. I didn't mind this, as there is definitely chemistry between the two, but to say this was a real relationship is another matter. I never felt that they loved each other, only lusted after one another. The authors do add little tidbits of Hudson liking Becca when they were younger, but this came a little late in the novel for me to really care.
Nonetheless, I had a good time reading this book and hope to read more by Jackson and Bush.
Twenty years later, we are introduced to Rebecca `Becca' Sutcliff. It's Valentine's Day and she's just about had enough. Valentine's Day only brings back bad memories of her deceased husband, who left her for someone younger. Things go from bad to worse when Becca sees Jessie's ghost. At the same time, Jessie's bones have just been discovered. Becca and her high school friends all meet up in order to talk about what has happened. Sadly, by the time the book ends the group of friends will never be the same.
The story in itself is great! Throughout the entire novel, I felt a sense of suspense as each character went on with their day-to-day lives while this killer was watching them. Some of the high schools friends are fleshed out quite nicely, others were slightly stereotypical in their actions, but I think my main problem was the romantic leads of Becca and Hudson. Hudson is the typical high school hunk that all the girls loved, he was involved with Jessie until she disappeared, then hooked up with Becca years later.
The relationship of Becca and Hudson when they were young was all about sex, so I never really felt like there was any substance in their relationship and it was more about Hudson getting over his grief and Becca wanting to bag her crush. When they get older and reunite again, they start up their romance with pretty much the same thing. Sex, sex, and more sex. I didn't mind this, as there is definitely chemistry between the two, but to say this was a real relationship is another matter. I never felt that they loved each other, only lusted after one another. The authors do add little tidbits of Hudson liking Becca when they were younger, but this came a little late in the novel for me to really care.
Nonetheless, I had a good time reading this book and hope to read more by Jackson and Bush.
