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The Scent of a Soul by Jennifer Thompson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Twenty six-year-old, Lilliah Woods, leaves her home of Winnemucca, Nevada to escape her ex-fiancé, Ryan Vitger. With little money, she moves into the slums to begin a new life. She has a mysterious neighbor, Marek Jamison, whom neighbors start to refer to as her guardian angel, because he is continually getting Lilliah out of trouble.

Lilliah is a genuine person that you cannot help but like. She is very giving and considerate of show more others even though she does not have much herself. She seems to have a knack for getting into trouble, somewhat due to her naivety.

Marek Jamison is hardly the guardian angel he is dubbed, but he is a good man/monster. He is fascinated by Lilliah’s scent. A scent he has not smelled since 1678, the same aroma of his deceased wife, Kirstie. Lilliah’s fragrance not only attracts Marek but others of his kind. Unfortunately, it attracts the worst fiend, his brother, Magnus.

Jennifer Thompson does an exceptional job with her debut novel, A Scent of Souls. She paints a vivid picture and does an extraordinary job with her character development. I look forward to reading her future work. I also congratulate her on being a 2013 HOLT Medallion Award of Merit Recipient.

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On the day of the Meryton assembly Darcy arrives in Meryton and is injured. He is taken to Longbourn to recover where the angelic Elizabeth nurses him back to health with a totally lack of propriety.
Apart from needing some proofreading, and the stilted writing style I found that everything happened too fast. No angst in the story for Darcy and Elizabeth, or the other pairings.
It received two stars because I did finish the story

Good read for sure.