Brilliant. Well-rounded characters, with a heroine that has her flaws as well as her good points. She wasn't too strong or too wet. An enjoyable plot that definitely left me wanting to read the next book (which I did!) ( )

'Chance has a really identifiable heroine in Cassie Palmer. I honestly haven't a single thing to complain about with her - and seeing how hard it is to write a leading-lady that reviewers don't want to shoot, it's a rather impressive feat.'

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Not the best written book ever, and I must admit the first 100 pages or so were slow going. However the pace picked up after that and my impression of the book with it. Though clumsy at times ( I particularly disliked the use of well known historical figures in the storyline) it was a decent enough read. Enough to make me want to read the next book in the series at least. Hopefully it will improve as the characters do have a lot of potential.

One thing I really liked - the main characters comical ghostly sidekick. He's very well utilised to add some humour to the book. Also, unlike many other novels in this genre, sex wasn't overused, which is one thing that makes me want to read more. Not that I'm opposed to sex scenes, but many in this genre seem to be little more than a bit of soft porn with some supernatural elements thrown in as an afterthought. ( )

This book has been in my TBR pile for a very long time. That is because I thought it sounded fabulous and I was saving it until I wanted to treat myself. I don't know why but I just thought this was going to be something special. I did the same thing with the Ilona Andrew's "Magic" series and wasn't disappointed. Unfortunately I can't say the same thing here. The first chapter or so was fine. I didn't really understand everything going on but I figured in due time it would all be explained and make sense. Not so much. There were so many seperate plots and so many different groups with different motives, and so many different supernatural species that I was hopelessly lost. To add to that confusion, Cassie, our heroine, has special powers. She is clairvoant, she can talk to ghosts, she can enter other people's bodies, she can go into the past, and oh yeah, she has a magical tatoo on her back. All of these powers probably should have been slowly revealed over the course of the book (or better yet, over the series of books). So many times, I lost track of what was going on or who was who. This just shouldn't happen in a fiction story. Now, I did give this book two stars so there are some positives. I kinda like Cassie, and I definitely like her ghostly sidekick. There are some characters I can't decide if I like or hate, so there is at least a little intrigue there. If this book would have been one of the plots to kill Cassie, by one of the organizations in the book it would have been a decent book I think. It was just so overwhelming. I feel like the trips back stopped the momentum when things started to get interesting in the present. I really like the scens where there was a lot of dialouge. I think that dialogue is a stregnth of the author's. Above all, I gave this story two stars because despite all my frustrations with it, I immediately started the second in the series. I am about 100 pages into it, and so far its about a thousand times better than this messy story. ( )

The book (and series) started promisingly, with an attention-getting first sentence, and action from the get-go. I liked being thrust straight into the action, and having the story filled in both backwards and forwards. There were elements of the series that I did really enjoy. But pretty soon I was feeling that too much was happening, and I just didn't care enough about the characters to track the details of the dilemmas they were facing. ( )