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alias_sqbr ([personal profile] alias_sqbr) wrote in [community profile] 50books_poc2009-07-08 04:04 pm

"Soul Song" by Marjorie M Lui (21)

She's a fiddle player with Voodoo magic, he's a sex slave Merman. They fight crime!

Overall I thought this was ok but underwhelming. I wrote a short review on my lj.

A question for people who've read more of her books (the only other I've read is "Red Heart of Jade"): do all her couples fall immediately in love the moment they meet? I didn't mind in "Red Heart.." since they were childhood sweethearts, but I didn't really believe it in this one, and I vaguely recall someone complaining about a similar problem with another of her books. Given that these are romance novels it's not much fun if I find the romance unengaging :/

[identity profile] kethlenda.livejournal.com 2009-07-08 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
It was like that in Tiger Eye, definitely. ZONGTRUELUVFOREVER after they'd known each other about 24 hours. Most of the plot is them dealing with external obstacles.