Blue Dahlia (2004)

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This made me want to rate the Ireland trilogy by Nora Roberts much higher than I did in comparison to this one. The romance and setting were not compelling. I would have given this one star, but I gave it another because I liked the unconventional family built at Harper House. And at first, I was like, "cool, there's a ghost in this story!" But what a pointless dud that turned out to be. I thought the ghost issues were going to be nicely resolved, and we were going to find out more about Amelia, but no. Plus I don't know if it was supposed to be some shocking revelation that the ghost was Amelia a few pages from the end. It was blatantly obvious Amelia was the ghost because otherwise what would have been the point of the prologue? Maybe more will be in the next couple books. I'm kind of tempted to find out especially since the prologue ended with a mystery, but then what really happened was never revealed.

I kind of glossed over all the nursery/flower details in this book just because that's not my thing. I'm sure I could like gardening if I actually took the time to do it, but as of now, I'm completely unfamiliar with most of it. But I think people who are really into gardening would enjoy the book because of this.

I cringed during the dialogue when Logan invited Stella to Graceland. When I lived in Memphis, very few natives were Elvis fans, and many had never even visited Graceland in their lives (my husband being one of them). It's completely a tourist thing. The only big Elvis fans I've met who live in Memphis are people who moved there because of Elvis, LOL. Also, I couldn't tell if NR was just changing the name of the famous, touristy BBQ restaurant or if she just couldn't remember it from her own trip to Memphis. As far as I know there's no famous BBQ restaurant called the Reunion, but there is a very popular one called the Rendez-Vous. She did fine with Beale Street though.

The biggest kick I got out of this book was that Harper was a student at University of Memphis! He actually would have been going there at the same time I attended school there! I doubt that's ever going to happen in another book I read, let alone there even being a mention of U of M. ( )

you know what's going to happening but you can't stop read :) ( )

you know what's going to happening but you can't stop read :) ( )

very predictable.. not bad, but not captivating for 1st part in trilogy... has humor.. ghoststory... love... friendship...gardening...not as great as other trilogies... love story not captivating.. took me long time to read.. ( )