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Eileen Rendahl

Autor(a) de Don't Kill the Messenger

16+ Works 533 Membros 30 Críticas

About the Author

Includes the name: Eileen Rendahl

Séries

Obras por Eileen Rendahl

Don't Kill the Messenger (2010) 165 exemplares
Un-Bridaled (2006) 79 exemplares
Balancing in High Heels (2005) 68 exemplares
Do Me, Do My Roots (2004) 63 exemplares
Dead on Delivery (2011) 62 exemplares
Dead Letter Day (2013) 36 exemplares
Cover Me in Darkness (2016) 20 exemplares
Petals on the Pillow (2001) 14 exemplares
Un-Veiled (2007) 11 exemplares
Payback for a Post-Mortem (2012) 6 exemplares
Dreidels and Demons (2015) 3 exemplares
New shoes 1 exemplar

Associated Works

Grey's Anatomy 101: Seattle Grace, Unauthorized (2007) — Contribuidor — 23 exemplares
Jewish Noir II: Tales of Crime and Other Dark Deeds (2022) — Contribuidor — 17 exemplares
Sassy Seven (Box Set 7-in-1) (2014) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares

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When I saw the cover and the description for Cover Me In Darkness by Eileen Rendahl, I was drawn in immediately.*

Amanda gets a call from a the local psychiatric ward where her mother is staying- her mother has committed suicide. Her mother is in the ward for killing Amanda's baby brother after being brainwashed by a religious cult that Amanda was a part of too.

It is now time for the cult's leader to be released from jail and that is when Amanda's mother kills herself. It turns out someone slipped her mother a sharpened comb, a picture of Amanda's brother, and news clippings of the murder. It is looking as if Amanda's mother was coerced to kill herself.

Then other things start happening, Amanda is poisoned, thrown in front of a car, and other odd things start to happen. Are these all connected to the cult?

In the meantime, there is a side story of Amanda working at her job on a product about to receive FDA approval. If approved, it will make her company rich, but the testing results seem too perfect. Is this connected too?

The premise of this book sounded incredible and it was what drew me to the book. The problem was the writing. I cannot put any quotes in my review as I received this as a galley, but the writing is very simplistic and at times have sentence fragments. I am not a grammar person by a long shot, but it was bad enough that I noticed.

Rendahl has a background in YA novels and romance novels and her writing style showed as she moved into this genre. As I was reading it, I even wondered if this was a murder mystery for a YA audience. I would not be so critical, but the writing is what really detracted from this book.

I don't enjoy panning books as I know how difficult it is to write and publish a book, but this one was not enjoyable by the end. Some of the conclusions just seemed too quick and some of the murders happen to easily. The end confrontation, for example, is about two pages long and then it is over.

Sadly, this is a 2 star for me due to the premise alone.

*I received this book for review from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
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Nerdyrev1 | 2 outras críticas | Nov 23, 2022 |
I liked this book even better than the first one in the series. Melina is a complex character who really grew and changed throughout the book. The universe is also excellent and there's just enough snark to keep me laughing. I'm awaiting the next book with an anticipation usually reserved for new Dresden Files books.
 
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tsmom1219 | 2 outras críticas | Feb 24, 2022 |
Melina Markowitz is a Messenger, a go-between for paranormal forces and supernatural creatures. Problem is, when a girl's a go-between, it's hard not to get caught in the middle. When ninjas steal an envelope from Melina, her search leads her to a Taoist temple in Old Sacramento, where the priests seem to practice Zen and the art of mayhem. Melina learns from the handsome ER doctor (and vampire) who gave her the envelope that it contained talismans created by the priests to control Chinese vampires, who are attacking gang members to spark a street war. Add a cop who looks like a surfer dude and smells like snickerdoodles and things really start to heat up.

I loved this book (although the Chinese vampires gave me bad dreams when I read it before bed). I've read Rendahl's chick lit titles, which include Do Me, Do My Roots and Balancing in High Heels and thought they were a lot of fun, but really wondered how she'd do with urban fantasy. I wasn't disappointed. Melina is very likeable, as are the supernatural types she hangs out with. Ted, the surfer dude cop, is hunky and protective in a good way. And some of her asides and descriptions are laugh-out-loud funny.

I recommend this for those who love Harry Dresden and Sookie Stackhouse as much as I do. I hope this is the first book in a long, successful series.
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tsmom1219 | 6 outras críticas | Feb 24, 2022 |
Please see my full review at www.coffeeandtrainspotting.wordpress.com
 
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SarahRita | 2 outras críticas | Aug 11, 2021 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
16
Also by
4
Membros
533
Popularidade
#46,708
Avaliação
½ 3.7
Críticas
30
ISBN
23
Línguas
1

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