I just finished reading NO PEACE FOR THE WICKED, which is the fourth book in the Pip Granger Soho series. I liked it very much, but it was a bit soppy. More than the others. Still, I enjoyed it, read it straight through instead of writing, and hope she writes more in the series.
Before that I read a YA that I wasn’t too hot on, so it goes un-named here. At first, I didn’t think I would be able to make it to my 50 page cut off, let alone past it (I give all books 50 pages before I quit). However, about page 40 I started getting in to it. It wasn’t what usually turns me off that was keeping me from enjoying it (pacing, unbelievable dialogue), it was the style. The author used certain words and phrasing over and over and over, which I guess she thought was “repetition” in a good way that gave it voice, but which I just found highly annoying. Obviously the editor didn’t mind…
The book was laugh out loud funny in highly emotional spots, which really worked beautifully to relieve reader tension (it was a very depressing story), but the forced voice keeps me from recommending it, or really liking it, or even wanting to read this author again, so it remains un-named here on my LJ. The other weird thing is it had a very, very strange title and I never did figure out what it was supposed to mean! Not a clue.
Okay…better update my writing LJ.
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