A easy, fun read! A quirky family of characters that often made me laugh out loud. The author has a great sense of humour with the talent to bring it to the written page to share with the reader. Best of all I live and grew up in "The Hammer" and really enjoyed the references to places, streets,etc that I know. This was my first read by this author thanks to winning a copy of this book via LibraryThing Early Reviewers. ( )

Well . . . everyone has pretty much said what I wanted to say. It was a fun book that made me laugh and that is what a good author is about, eh? I will definitely be looking to see what else Melodie Campbell has! I'm very grateful for this Early Reviewer program that drops gems into my lap that I may never have read. ( )

I received this book in exchange for a review. It was a fun, quick read. Very funny. I look forward to reading more books in this series. ( )

A Rapid Reads book, lots of personality, humour, zany characters and a fun read, short and compact. The action and dialogue is so reminiscent of an old Black and White madcap movie set in modern day I knew immediately I would enjoy it. The characters are all written with their individual IDs intact and ready to go.

Melodie Campbell has an ability to take a storyline by the roots and shake it up with often hilarious results. This the second book I have read by this author, both from different series. Still, the author's innate ability to create fantastic stories is the foundation of both series.

Here we have Gina Gallow, the goddaughter of a Mob Boss and owner of her own jewelry store. Though she doesn't want to be part of 'The Family' business, she is not beyond eliciting help when she needs it, even enlisting her fiance in her capers. Who else would be burglarizing to steal fake gems to replace with the real thing? And what about the Lone Rearranger? Who but Melodie Campbell would pull off this zany story of family characters with their crazy personalities? Which comes first, loyalty to family or loyalty to the job? Loved this romp; Melodie, I will happily follow wherever your books will take me! ( )

Title: The Goddaughter’s Revenge
Author: Melodie Campbell
Pages: 127
Year: 2013
Publisher: Raven Books
I got this book because the plot sounded interesting and I always love a good mystery. Well, this might be one and it might not be. I won’t be reading it further because of the language used. I understand that the mob is involved in the story and was expecting a little coarse language or maybe a few swear words, but when the f-bomb was used on page 15 that was as far as I was going to read. This was not the only instance of bad language, but at this point there were just too many bad words in such a short amount of pages.
The summary of the story promised to be good, but I’ll never know. Also, the story should be viewed as a novella in my opinion. It’s a shame that a potentially exciting and intriguing story was ruined with foul language. I cannot recommend this book.
My rating is 1 star.
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